Kate Garraway


Kathryn Mary Garraway is an English broadcaster and journalist. She is the presenter of Mid Mornings with Kate Garraway on Smooth Radio and co-anchor of Good Morning Britain on ITV Breakfast.

Early life

Garraway's father was a civil servant and her mother was a teacher. She attended Dunmore Primary School and Fitzharrys School in Abingdon. She then graduated from Bath College of Higher Education with a BA in English and History.

Career

Television

In 1989, Garraway joined the South edition of ITV News Central on ITV Central as a production journalist, reporter and news presenter. In 1996, she became co-presenter of the South East edition of ITV News Meridian on ITV Meridian after she was "talent spotted" by a boss who viewed her presenting a three-minute bulletin on ITV Central.
In 1998, Garraway joined Sunrise on Sky News with Martin Stanford.
Garraway joined GMTV in September 2000, co-presenting GMTV Today with Andrew Castle each Friday. Garraway eventually went on to share presenting duties with Fiona Phillips and Emma Crosby. In 2009, when GMTV relaunched, she co-hosted the programme with Ben Shephard, presenting on Monday, Tuesday and alternate Wednesdays. During Garraway's time at GMTV, she had also co-presented with Eamonn Holmes, John Stapleton and Dan Lobb. She presented her final show on 31 August 2010.
She presented one series of Too Many Cooks in 2004. In 2007, she was the questioner on The People's Quiz. In 2009, Garraway presented The Biggest Loser for ITV. She was later replaced by Davina McCall. Garraway was a regular panellist on Wall of Fame, hosted by David Walliams.
She became entertainment editor of Daybreak on ITV Breakfast in September 2010. On 6 December 2011, she took over from Christine Bleakley as the main presenter on an interim basis. On 4 May 2012, it was announced Lorraine Kelly would become the permanent replacement for Bleakley in September 2012. On 3 August 2012, it was reported that Garraway had signed a new contract to present each Friday in Kelly's absence. On 15 February 2014, it was announced Kelly would additionally front the Friday edition of Lorraine.
On 3 March 2014, it was reported that Daybreak would be cancelled and replaced with Good Morning Britain. However, with these changes, came the news that Lorraine Kelly would be presenting Lorraine five days a week, meaning that Garraway no longer continued to present Kelly's show on Fridays. She hosted her final Daybreak and Lorraine shows on 25 April 2014 ahead of joining Good Morning Britain the following month. Since joining Good Morning Britain, Garraway's appearances on Lorraine have become less frequent. Garraway once again became interim main presenter on ITV Breakfast when Ben Shepherd cut his appearances each week to just two; which meant Garraway hosted four times a week until Piers Morgan joined the show later that year.
From March 2014 until November 2016, Garraway occasionally presented The National Lottery Draws on BBC One. In September 2017, she made a cameo appearance in Hollyoaks.
In November 2019, it was announced that Garraway would be participating in the nineteenth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!.

''Strictly Come Dancing''

Garraway appeared in the fifth series of Strictly Come Dancing, partnered with professional dancer Anton du Beke. Garraway finished 8th of the 14 couples despite receiving the lowest score from the judges in every week but one, as she was repeatedly saved by the public vote, prior to her elimination in week seven.
In February 2008, Garraway launched legal action against the Sunday Mirror after it published a photograph of her embracing du Beke, insinuating that they were having an affair, which the pair both denied.

Radio

Garraway's broadcasting career began with BBC Radio Oxford, and she had become an Independent Television News trainee journalist by 1994.
On 18 and 19 August 2012, Garraway co-presented two episodes of 'Weekend Breakfast'. Over the weekend of 8 September, Garraway again presented 'Weekend Breakfast' with Colin Patterson.
On 6 October 2013, she stood in for Andrew Castle for a show on LBC Radio.
Since March 2014, Garraway has presented Mid Mornings with Kate Garraway 10am–1pm on Smooth Radio.

Personal life

Garraway married Ian Rumsey, her former boss at ITV Meridian, in her hometown of Abingdon, Oxfordshire in 1998. They divorced in April 2002.
In September 2005, Garraway married Derek Draper in Camden, London. Draper was a political aide to former Labour cabinet minister Peter Mandelson, and was at the centre of the scandal known as "Lobbygate". They have two children. Draper fell ill with COVID-19 in March 2020.
Garraway is a charity ambassador for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
She released her first book on 9 March 2017, entitled The Joy of Big Knickers .
She is a supporter of Gillingham FC.

Filmography

;Television
YearTitleRoleEpisodes
1998–2000SunriseNews presenter
2000–2010GMTVCo-presenterAlternating episodes
2001, 2003–2014, 2017, 2018—Loose WomenStand-in anchor/Guest panellist18 episodes
2004Too Many CooksPresenter1 series
2005This MorningGuest presenter1 episode
2007Strictly Come DancingContestantSeries 5
2007The People's QuizQuestioner1 series
2009The Biggest LoserPresenter1 series
2010–2014DaybreakPresenterEntertainment editor
2010–2014DaybreakPresenterActing Monday–Friday presenter
2010–2014DaybreakPresenterFriday presenter
2010–2014, 2018LorrainePresenterDeputy presenter
2010–2014, 2018LorrainePresenterFriday presenter
2011Wall of FameRegular panellist1 series
2011Carols from BuckleburyPresenterOne-off episode
2014–2016The National Lottery DrawsPresenterOccasional episodes
2014—Good Morning BritainNewsreaderThursday
2014—Good Morning BritainPresenterFriday
2017GMB TodayCo-presenter
2019I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!ContestantSeries 19

;Guest appearances
;Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
2017'HerselfCameo role
2017The Lego Ninjago MovieHerself Cameo role