Mary Nightingale 

(born 26 May 1963) is an English journalist and television presenter, best

known for presenting the ITV Evening News since 2001.

Education and early career[edit]

Nightingale was educated at St Margaret's School, an independent school for girls, near
the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital in Exeter, Devon,[1] and King Edward VI School in Totnes,
Devon. She obtained a BA in English from Bedford College, University of London, now merged
with Royal Holloway, University of London.[2][3]
Nightingale began her career in journalism as a presenter and writer on World Business Satellite
for TV Tokyo.[4] She then went on to work for BBC World's World Business Report as a presenter
and writer, covering economic and corporate news.[5]
Nightingale also worked for Reuters Financial Television in 1994 as a presenter on the early
morning financial programme.[4][6][clarification needed][7]

TV career[edit]
1990s[edit]
She co-presented Carlton Country, a factual series about life in the countryside, as well as
presenting the Holiday programme on BBC One.[8] In May 1994, she became the first presenter
of After 5 the London News Network early-evening show. In 1991, she worked as co-presenter
on ITV's coverage of the Rugby World Cup in Britain, France and Ireland, and in 1995, presented
from the following tournament in South Africa on the regular evening highlights programme.[9] In
1996, Nightingale presented BBC Two's Ski Sunday.[6][10]
Until April 1999, Nightingale was co-presenter with Alastair Stewart of London News Network's
flagship news programme London Tonight[9] and was the sole presenter of London
Today, Carlton's lunchtime news bulletin.[9] She also presented the daily late news bulletins
of London Tonight.[citation needed]

2000s[edit]
Nightingale anchored ITV's flagship holiday programme Wish You Were Here...? from 1999–
2001,[8][11] and also presented The Really Good Food Show.[8]
In 2001, Nightingale was promoted to the ITV Evening News and she left her position on London
Tonight.[citation needed] She was also part of the ITN team covering the 2001 general election.[11]
In 2002, she broke the news of the death of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.
Nightingale has also fronted various ITV programmes including: Holidays Undercover in 2006,
[9]
 The Girl Who Would Be Queen,[9] and Diana - A Service of Thanksgiving in 2007.[12]

2010s[edit]
Nightingale was an occasional presenter of the ITV Lunchtime News and ITV News weekend
bulletins, and previously acted as a relief presenter on ITV News at Ten before the programme's
restructure in October 2015.[13]
In April 2011, she took over from Mark Nicholas[14] as the host of the ITV daytime cookery
programme Britain's Best Dish.[15]
On 23 September 2012, she presented William & Kate: The South Seas Tour on ITV.[16]
On 13 December 2016, it was announced Nightingale would become the sole presenter of
the ITV Evening News from January 2017 onwards.[17]

2020s[edit]
On 8 September 2022, Nightingale announced on ITV News that Queen Elizabeth II had died.
Awards[edit]
In 2002 and 2004, she won TRIC Awards in the category "Newscaster of the Year".[18][19]

Personal life[edit]
Nightingale has been married since April 2000 to television producer Paul Fenwick, the former
Human Resource director of Trailfinders. [20][21] The couple have two children.[22]

Filmography[edit]
Year Title Role

1991, 1995 ITV Sport Presenter

1994 Reuters Financial Television Presenter

1994–? After 5 Presenter

1995 Carlton Country Presenter

1995 ITN World News Service Presenter

1995 Soldier Soldier Newsreader (cameo)

1996 Eye Spy Presenter

1996 Ski Sunday Presenter

1997 Thursday Night Live Guest

1998 Holiday Presenter

1999 London Tonight Presenter

1999 Really Good Food Presenter

1999–2001 Wish You Were Here...? Presenter

1999–2001 ITV Nightly News Presenter

2000 Aircraft Emergency Presenter

2000 Call My Bluff Guest

2001–
ITV Evening News Lead presenter
present

2001 Find Your Family Presenter

2001–2015 ITV Weekend News Presenter

2001 Tonight Reporter

2002 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Guest

2003 Package Holiday Undercover Presenter

2003–2004 Real Bad Girls Narrator

2003 Today with Des & Mel Guest

2004–2008 ITV News at 10.30 Presenter

2004–2005 ITV News Channel Presenter

2006 Holidays Undercover Presenter

2006 Steve Irwin Tribute Narrator

2006 The Year of Weird Weather Presenter

2007 The Girl Who Would Be Queen Presenter

2007 Diana - A Service of Thanksgiving Presenter

2008–2015 ITV News at Ten Deputy presenter

2009–2015 ITV Lunchtime News Presenter

2011, 2018 The Royal Wedding Reporter

2011 Britain's Best Dish Presenter

2012 The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Reporter

2012 William & Kate: The South Seas Tour Presenter

Newsflash: Stories That Stopped the

2013 Guest
World

2014 On Assignment Reporter

2014 Maddie: A Global Obsession Guest

2015 And Here Is the News... Guest

2015 Cameraman to the Queen Guest

2017 Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway Guest

2019 Years and Years Herself

2021 Prince Philip - A Royal Funeral Reporter[23]

2022 Queen Elizabeth II Presenter[24]

2022 Queen Elizabeth II - Lying at Rest Presenter[25]

2022 Queen Elizabeth II: The State Funeral Presenter[26]

References[edit]
1. ^ School details - St Margaret's (Exeter) Archived 4 July 2011 at the Wayback
Machine Guide to Independent Schools
2. ^ Toffs at the top Archived 16 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine Press Gazette, 16
June 2006
3. ^ Royal Holloway and Bedford alumni Magazine "Higher" - Issue 14 - Summer 2011, p.35
4. ^ Jump up to:a b Meet the Team ITV News
5. ^ Presenters - Mary Nightingale JLA
6. ^ Jump up to:a b Biography - Mary Nightingale TV Newsroom
7. ^ Reuters axes financial TV BBC News, 29 November 2001
8. ^ Jump up to:a b c Nightingale ends her travels MediaGuardian, 28 June 2001
9. ^ Jump up to:a b c d e CV - Mary Nightingale Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback
Machine Noel Gay
10. ^ 25 things about Ski Sunday... BBC Sport, 12 December 2003
11. ^ Jump up to:a b ITV unveils election team BBC News, 24 April 2001
12. ^ Full guide to the Diana service London Evening Standard, 30 August 2007
13. ^ ITV News at Ten and Weather UK TV Guide, 21 March 2011
14. ^ Britain's Best Dish - ITV1, 5pm and Great British Menu - BBC2, 6.30pm Daily Mirror, 4
April 2011
15. ^ Britain's Best Dish Archived 15 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine ITV Press
Centre, 24 March 2011
16. ^ "William & Kate: The South Seas Tour".
17. ^ Mary Nightingale to be sole anchor of ITV Evening News in 2017 Jasper Cox, Press
Gazette, 13 December 2016
18. ^ Full list of winners for the Tric Awards MediaGuardian, 12 March 2002
19. ^ 2004 TRIC Award Winners Archived 14 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine Television
and Radio Industries Club, 2004
20. ^ Here's the news: I'm pregnant; MARY'S JOY OVER BABY Daily Mirror, 25 July 2002
21. ^ It's a Wish come true for travel buff Mary Daily Mirror, 31 March 1999
22. ^ Confessions of a chalet girl The Daily Telegraph (London), 4 February 2011
23. ^ "Prince Philip's funeral: Tom Bradby – Meghan and Harry's confidant – to anchor ITV
coverage".  msn.com. Retrieved 19 April  2021.
24. ^ "Queen Elizabeth II". tv.com. Retrieved 14 September  2022.
25. ^ "Queen Elizabeth II - Lying at Rest". tv.com. Retrieved 14 September  2022.
26. ^ "ITV has today announced its plans for the coverage of the state funeral of Queen
Elizabeth II". tv.com/presscentre. Retrieved  18 September 2022.