Konnie Huq
Born	17 July 1975 (1975-07-17) (age 32) Ealing, London, England
Occupation	Television presenter
Known for	Blue Peter presenter

Konnie Huq (Bengali: কনি হক, pronounced "Huck"; born 17 July 1975) is a British television presenter who is best known for being the longest-serving female presenter of Blue Peter, having presented it from 1st December 1997 until 23 January 2008. is the 198th day of the year (199th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... , Ealing is a town in the London Borough of Ealing. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... A television presenter is a British term for a person who is known for introducing or hosting television programmes. ... For other uses, see Blue Peter (disambiguation). ... Bangla redirects here. ... is the 198th day of the year (199th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A television presenter is a British term for a person who is known for introducing or hosting television programmes. ... For other uses, see Blue Peter (disambiguation). ... (Redirected from 1st December) December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ...

Biography

Konnie Huq's parents moved to England from East Pakistan in the 1960s, and she was born and grew up in Ealing, London, with her two sisters, Rupa and Nutun. She was educated at Notting Hill & Ealing High School in London, and Robinson College, Cambridge, where she obtained a 2:1 in Economics. For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... East Pakistan was a former province of Pakistan which existed between 1955 and 1971. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969. ... , Ealing is a town in the London Borough of Ealing. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Notting Hill and Ealing High School is an independent school of the Girls Day School Trust for girls aged 5-18. ... College name Robinson College Named after Sir David Robinson Established 1977 Location Grange Road Admittance Men and women Warden (Anthony) David Yates Undergraduates 397 Graduates 105 Sister college St Catherines College, Oxford Official website Boat Club website Robinson College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of... Face-to-face trading interactions on the New York Stock Exchange trading floor. ...

In 1989, at the age of 14, Huq was a guest on Blue Peter with the National Youth Music Theatre, where she sang a solo. In 1992, ahead of the upcoming general election, Huq interviewed Labour leader Neil Kinnock for the children's programme Newsround. The London-based National Youth Music Theatre or NYMT is the United Kingdoms leading organisation for young people in the field of musical theatre. ... The United Kingdom general election of 1992 was held on 9 April 1992, and was the fourth consecutive victory for the Conservative Party. ... The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. ... Neil Gordon Kinnock, Baron Kinnock, PC (born 28 March 1942) is a British politician. ... Newsround (originally called John Cravens Newsround, before the departure of Craven) is a BBC childrens news programme, which has run continuously since 4 April 1972, and was the worlds first television news magazine aimed specifically at children. ...

In 1997, several months prior to joining Blue Peter, Huq presented Five's early morning children's programme Milkshake! Five, launched in 1997, is the fifth and final national terrestrial analogue television channel to launch in the United Kingdom. ... Milkshake! is a British television program. ...

In 2008, Huq reportedly turned down a six figure sum to pose naked for Playboy magazine, Huq also refused to pose topless for Loaded Magazine. This was mentioned on an Episode of Al Murray's Happy Hour aired on 21 January 2008. ^[1] For other uses, see Playboy (disambiguation). ... Al Murrays Happy Hour is a chat show presented by Al Murray. ... is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ...

Blue Peter

Huq is best known for presenting the BBC children's television show Blue Peter she joined on 1 December 1997. (At the time, Huq was regarded as being its 25th presenter, but the subsequent acknowledgement in 1998 of Anita West as a former presenter, means Huq is now the programme’s 26th host.) She is currently the third longest-serving Blue Peter presenter of all time and on 1 October 2007 became its longest-serving female host, passing Valerie Singleton's record. On 22 January 2008, Huq presented her last live Blue Peter. For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Blue Peter (disambiguation). ... is the 335th day of the year (336th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... Anita West is a former British actress and television presenter. ... is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Valerie Singleton (born 9 April 1937) is a British television and radio presenter, best known for her many years as the female presenter of the popular childrens series, Blue Peter. ... is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ...

One of Huq's most memorable early moments on Blue Peter was going to Bangladesh, and visiting members of her extended family whom she had not seen in a long time. In the shows 2004 "Summer Expedition" to India, Huq became an extra in a Bollywood film, and practised dancing alongside its stars. For the programme's 2004 "Welcome Home" appeal, she made an emotional visit to Angola on behalf of Blue Peter, in the hope of reuniting children with the families they had been separated from due to war. In 2008, during her last ever programme, she broke a Guiness World Record by managing to pin 17 Blue Peter Badges onto fellow presenter, Andy Akinwolere's shirt in a minute. Bollywood (Hindi: , Urdu: ) is the informal term popularly used for Mumbai-based Hindi-language film industry in India. ... Suresh Joachim, minutes away from breaking the ironing world record at 55 hours and 5 minutes, at Shoppers World, Brampton. ... The standard Blue badge A Blue Peter badge is a much coveted award for Blue Peter viewers, given to people on the childrens television programme for either being on the show or achieving something. ...

She presented with Stuart Miles, Katy Hill, Romana D'Annunzio, Richard Bacon, Simon Thomas, Matt Baker, Liz Barker, Zöe Salmon, Gethin Jones and Andy Akinwolere. Stuart Miles (born 20 February 1970) is a British television presenter, best known for presenting the popular childrens programme Blue Peter From 1993-1994, he presented Saturday Disney which eventually led to him joining Blue Peter on 27 June 1994. ... Katy appeared on The Games in 2004 Katy Hill (born 15 April 1971) is a British television presenter. ... Romana DAnnunzio (born 14 January 1972 in Duddingston, Edinburgh) is a Scottish television presenter, who presented the childrens programme Blue Peter from 1 March 1996 until 20 February 1998; she got the job after a chance meeting its then-editor, Lewis Bronze, at the Edinburgh Television Festival. ... Richard Bacon (born 30 November 1975) is an English television and radio presenter, currently hosting the drive-time show on Xfm London between 4-7pm Monday to Thursday and 3-6pm on Fridays. ... Simon Thomas (born January 26, 1973 in Cromer, Norfolk) is a British television presenter. ... This article is about the British television personality. ... Elizabeth Liz Barker (born 16 May 1975) is a television presenter on British television. ... Zöe Salmon (born 7 January 1980, in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland) is a British television presenter, currently hosting the childrens television show Blue Peter. ... Gethin Clifford Jones (born 12 February 1978, in Cardiff, Wales) is a Welsh television presenter best-known for co-presenting the long-running BBC childrens show Blue Peter. ... Andy Akinwolere (born 30th November 1983 in Nigeria, moved to Birmingham, UK when he was eight years old) is a British television presenter, who began hosting the BBC television programme Blue Peter on 28 June 2006, and has the distinction of being its second ever black presenter, after Diane-Louise...

In March 2007 she apologised to viewers after a competition on the show was faked, saying "We'd like to say sorry to you because when this mistake happened, we let you down."^[2] She was later reported as saying that this event contributed to her decision to leave the show. ^[3][4]

On 31 May 2007, Huq announced that she would be leaving Blue Peter in early 2008.^[5] Her last live show was aired on 22 January 2008, making her the longest serving female host ahead of Valerie Singleton.^[6]. is the 151st day of the year (152nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ... Valerie Singleton (born 9 April 1937) is a British television and radio presenter, best known for her many years as the female presenter of the popular childrens series, Blue Peter. ...

On 23 January 2008, Huq hosted her final Blue Peter, with a clip show of her highlights through the ten years she had been on the show. is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ...

The BBC was accused of political bias by a Conservative councillor in August, 2007, because Huq attended a pro-cycling event with London's Mayor, Ken Livingstone, and Jenny Jones from the Green Party.^[7] Her agent went ahead with this event despite the BBC telling him not to.^[7] For other uses, see August (disambiguation). ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Kenneth Robert Livingstone (born June 17, 1945) became Mayor of London on the creation of the post in 2000 having previously been Labour Leader of the Greater London Council from 1981 until it was abolished in 1986. ... Categories: Green politicians | Members of the London Assembly | People stubs ...

Other television work

Between 2002 and 2004, Huq co-presented the CBBC Channel's UK Top 40. More recently, she made her debut as a news presenter on the BBC Asian Network, in a series of documentaries on a new radio current affairs programme called the Asian Network Report. The CBBC Channel is a British television service aimed at 6 to 13 year olds produced by the BBC. It complements the CBBC programming that continues to air on BBC One and BBC Two. ... Asian Network logo BBC Asian Network studio at The Mailbox shopping centre, Birmingham. ... As part of Schedule changes introduced in 2006 a couple of new specialised news and current affairs programmes were introduced on the BBC Asian Network as part of an emphasis on integrating the station with the rest of the BBC and pursuing the stations responsibility under the BBC Charter to...

In early 2004 Huq was briefly a presenter for Top of the Pops. She appeared on the CBBC series M.I.High as herself in the episode "The Big Freeze" broadcast on 22 January 2007. She presented GMTV's coverage on New York Fashion Week on the week of 10 September 2007. She has also been a guest panelist on the comedy gameshow 8 out of 10 Cats. Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, was a long-running British music chart television programme, made and broadcast by the BBC. It was originally shown each week, mostly on BBC One, from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. ... Current CBBC Logo CBBC - short for Childrens BBC - is the brand-name for the BBCs childrens television programmes aimed at children aged between 6 and 12 years old. ... M.I.High is a CBBC childrens adventure series following the exploits of a group of inner-city high school kids, Blane, Daisy and Rose, who work as undercover spies. ... is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... GMTV (Good Morning Television) is a national British breakfast television station owned by ITV plc (75%) and The Walt Disney Company (25%). It has held the license for the breakfast Channel 3 franchise since 1993, when it outbid the previous 6am-9. ... ... is the 253rd day of the year (254th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... 8 out of 10 Cats is a comedy panel game made by Zeppotron (a subsidiary of Endemol) for Channel 4. ...

December 2007 saw Konnie appear on a celebrity version of Ready Steady Cook alongside Blue Peter co-presenter Andy Akinwolere, as well as playing a servant (called Konnie) on the last episode of the second series of Robin Hood. Also in 2007, Konnie began presenting the ITV1 London show London Talking, a political debate show, alongside Vanessa Feltz and Nick Ferrari. Ready Steady Cook is a BBC daytime TV cooking programme first aired in 1994. ... Andy Akinwolere (born 30th November 1983 in Nigeria, moved to Birmingham, UK when he was eight years old) is a British television presenter, who began hosting the BBC television programme Blue Peter on 28 June 2006, and has the distinction of being its second ever black presenter, after Diane-Louise... ITV London is the collective brand name and identity used by ITV plc for the ITV1 television channel in the London region. ... Vanessa Feltz (born February 21, 1962) is an English journalist and broadcaster. ... Nick Ferrari is a radio presenter who currently hosts the weekday breakfast show from 0700-1000 UTC (and BST in summer) on the London-based talk and phone-in radio station LBC 97. ...

Konnie has filmed a programme for the BBC series Who Do You Think You Are? ^[8]. She will be the subject of one of the programmes in the fifth series, which will be broadcast in Autumn 2008. Who Do You Think You Are? was a ten part television series shown on the UKs BBC2, in 2004, in which various celebrities go on a journey, in order to try and trace their family tree. ...

She has also co-presented some of the weekly Your News programme for BBC News 24 in 2008. A map identifies where each episode is filmed. ... BBC News 24 is the BBCs 24 hour rolling news television channel in the United Kingdom. ...

Comic Relief

In 2005, she took part in BBC One's reality TV show Comic Relief Does Fame Academy, in aid of Comic Relief, and was the third contestant to be voted off, after her rendition of Kim Wilde's "Kids in America". She also travelled to Uganda and met orphan children, on behalf of Comic Relief, and is currently a celebrity ambassador for the British Red Cross. Comic Relief Does Fame Academy is a spin-off of the original Fame Academy show where celebrities (students) sing as students of the Academy. ... For the origin of the term, see comic relief. ... Kim Wilde (born Kim Smith, November 18, 1960 in Chiswick, West London) is an English pop singer, professional gardener and pop cultural figure. ... Kids in America is a 1981 song performed by Kim Wilde. ... The British Red Cross Society is a prominent part of the largest impartial humanitarian organisation in the world – the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. ...

The Tube

On 15 September 2006 Huq became one of the presenters of The Tube alongside Tony Wilson, Alex james and Emily Rose Channel 4 Radio^[9] working with production company UKoneFM. The first show was broadcast on 3 November 2006.^[10] is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Channel 4 Radio is a radio brand launched by Channel 4 in January 2007[1], a wholly state owned public corporation in public broadcasting and film production in the UK funded commercially. ... is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Olympic Torch Incident

On the 6th April 2008 Konnie Huq was carrying the Olympic Torch through London where a protestor tried to grab the torch from her. (See http://youtube.com/watch?v=1-KMVWRFLes) On BBC News later that day she condemned China for its "appalling human rights record". The olympic flame at the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics The Olympic Flame or Olympic Fire is a symbol of the Olympic Games. ...

References

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External links

• Konnie Huq’s Blue Peter video blog
• Konnie Huq at the Internet Movie Database
• Asians in Media article on new Asian Network Report
• Konnie Huq supports Dance for life