Cast & creator
Kirsty Young
Best known for Have I Got News for You, Have I Got News for You, Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Kirsty Jackson Young is a Scottish television and radio presenter. She is best known as one of the original newsreaders of 5 News on Channel 5, particularly because of its unique presentation style for the time that featured newsreaders standing up, or sitting on a desk rather than behind it.
16
film credits
14
television credits
30
1984–2026 · acting roles
7.2
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (30)
Showing 30 of 30 credits
Have I Got News for You
Self
1990Have I Got News for You
Self - Hostess
1990
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Self - Presenter
8 Out of 10 Cats
Self
2005
Would I Lie to You?
Self
2007
Room 101
Self
1994
Timeshift
Self - Narrator
2002Style Challenge
1996
John Bishop: In Conversation with...
Self
2016It's Only TV But I Like It
Self
1999
The Great Sport Relief Bake Off
Self - Contestant
2012Fantasy World Cup
Self
1998
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
Self- Presenter
2026
Crimewatch
Self - Host
1984
The Queen's Platinum Jubilee
Presenter
2022
The Betty Driver Story
Self
2011
The Coronation Concert
Self- Co-presenter
2023
Attenborough at 90
Self
2016
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
Self - Narrator (voice)
2024Predictions
(Presenter)
2000
Have I Got News for You: The Best of the Guest Presenters Volume 2
Self (archive footage)
2005
Elizabeth & Philip: Love and Duty
Self - Presenter
2017
A Tribute to Her Majesty the Queen
Narrator
2022
The State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II
Self - Presenter
2022
You've Never Slept in Mine
Liz
1985
Platinum Beacons: Lighting up the Jubilee
Presenter
2022D-Day 80: Tribute to The Fallen
Self - Presenter
2024Cue the Queen: Celebrating the Christmas Speech
Self
2015
B.T.K. The Worlds Most Elusive Serial Killer
Self (Narrator)
2005
When the Queen Spoke to the Nation
Self - Narrator (voice)
2022