TV AND RADIO CREDITS:
► Capital Breakfast – Co-host alongside Roman Kemp and Sonny Jay
► Shipwrecked (E4) – Presenter
► Art50: The British (Sky Arts) – Presenter
► The X Factor Celebrity & X Factor: The Band live final (ITV) – Backstage presenter
► Strictly Come Dancing 2018 (BBC One)
► World Chase Tag Championships (Channel 4) – Presenter
► Crufts (Channel 4) – Presenter alongside Claire Balding
► Sport Relief 2020 (BBC One & Two)
► BAFTA Film Awards 2020 (Facebook) – Red carpet livestream presenter
► Young Sports Personality Of The Year 2019 (BBC One) – Panelist
► Ski A&E (W Channel) – Presenter
► Lorraine (ITV) – Entertainment Reporter
► BRIT Awards 2019 – International Live Stream Presenter
► The Women’s Prize For Literature & Young Adult’s Reading List – Correspondent
► The Classic FM Revision Hour – Presenter alongside Ellie Goulding, Lewis Capaldi & Dan Smith
► Comic Relief 2019 (BBC One) – Digital Host
► Tailgate: NFL, NBA, MLB (Yahoo UK Sports) – Presenter
► The X Factor Celebrity Xtra Bites – Spinoff show presenter
► Sport Relief 2019: All Star Netball (BBC Two)
► Red Bull Soapbox Race (Dave) – Presenter
► Fact or Fake News? (BBC Bitesize) – Presenter
► The Beauty Of It All podcast with Superdrug – Host
► National Lottery Awards 2019 (BBC One) – Host at The Sage North East
► Art50 (Sky Arts) – Presenter alongside Stephen Mangan & Joan Bakewell
► Capital Jingle Bell Ball 2018 / Summertime Ball 2019 TV Highlights (Sky One) – Presenter
► Carnage (Sky One) – Presenter alongside Freddie Flintoff and Lethal Bizzle
► The Voice, The Voice Kids (ITV) – Backstage reporter
► Trending Live (4Music) – Presenter
► ITN – News & Entertainment Reporter
► Isle Of Wight Festival (Sky One and Sky Arts) – Live coverage alongside Edith Bowman and Joel Dommett
► 2Awesome (ITV2) – Presenter
► Fresh (4Music, Box Hits, Box Upfront) – Presenter
► The Hot Desk (ITV2) – Presenter
► Street Velodrome (BT Sport, Eurosport) – Presenter
► FYI Daily (ITV2) – Writer & Presenter
► The Women’s March London – Amensty International stage host and global live broadcast
► The Slenderman Killings (Channel 5 documentary) –Presenter
► Access All Areas (Disney Channel) – Presenter
► Capital Xtra – Weekend Breakfast with Vick Hope (nominated for Best Radio Show at the UMAs)
► The Resilience Sessions podcast – Guest
► Live And Deadly: Halloween Special (ITV2) Presenter
► The Hit List Celeb Christmas Special 2019 (BBC One)
► Child Genius vs Celebs Christmas Special 2019 (Channel 4)
► Richard Osman’s House Of Games 2019 (BBC Two)
► Comedians Watching Football With Friends (Sky One & Comedy Central)
► The Fashion Awards 2018: Digital Takeover with River Island
► Flugtag and Red Bull Soapbox Race (Red Bull TV) –Presenter
► Love Island: Aftersun (ITV2) – Panelist
► The London Nocturne (Channel 4, Eurosport, Sky Sports) – Presenter
► I AM (4Music with River Island) – Presenter
► Celebability (ITV2) – Panelist
► Can You Make It worldwide broadcast (Red Bull TV) –Presenter
► Fender Undiscovered Artist Of The Year – Host
► Dinner Date: Love At First Bite (ITV2) – Panelist
► The Hook – Interviewer
► UK Hotlist Breakers (4Music) – Presenter
► That’s Not Me (Visions Festival award-winning & RTS-nominated documentary) – Presenter
► O’Brien (ITV) – Panellist & social commentator
► Trending (4Music) – Writer, Presenter, Producer
► Style Click (4Music, Kiss, Heat, The Box) – Presenter
► BBC Radio Cambridgeshire – Presenter (cover) of Sunday Early Breakfast, Weekday Lunchtimes
► Vick’s Viral Videos (Bebox.com) – Writer & Presenter
► Geordie Shore: Their Journey (MTV, Channel 5) – Talking head
► The Hangout (4Music, Kiss, the Box) – Presenter
► VVV, VVVintage & VVVision (Vevo) – Presenter
► The Fix: Your Weekly News Buzz (4Music) – Presenter
► Face The Fans (4Music) – Presenter
► The Fix daily (4Music, Heat TV, The Box) – Writer & Presenter, Producer
► HotBox (The Box, 4Music) – Presenter
► VIP Vlogs (4Music) – Presenter
► Virgin Music On Demand – Channel ContinuityPresenter
► The Breakfast Fix (4Music) – Writer, Presenter, Producer
► Access (Channel 5, 5*, 5USA) – Writer & Presenter
► ITN (Showbiz 411, ITV2, ITV3, ITV4, 4Music, Ch5, AOL, Yahoo) – Entertainment Reporter
► FFCTV (Fulham Football Club) – Presenter
► The Fix (4Music) – Writer, Presenter, Producer
► Global (BBC World) – Guest Report (Valentine’s Day Special)
► Heat’s Huge News (Heat TV) – Writer, Producer, Presenter (Voiceover)
► AiredOutTV (AirFi) – Presenter
► Blue Peter: You Decide (CBBC) – Presenter Search Finalist (final 20)
► Exploring the behaviour of Brits abroad (Channel 4 pilot) – Presenter
► MTV News (MTV UK) – Entertainment News Reporter
► Urban Love (MTV pilot) – Presenter
► The Friday Hip Hop Report (JumpOffTV UK) – Presenter
► The Friday Hip Hop Report (JumpOffTV US) – Guest Presenter
► The FHHR Debate Show (JumpOffTV UK) – Chair and Panelist
► Varisty Homme (VarsiTV) – Writer, Presenter, Producer
► Space Invaders (VarisTV) – Presenter, Producer
► CU-TV – Presenter
LIVE:
✹ Stand Up To Cancer – Union Chapel gig host
✹ Ru Paul’s Drag Con UK – Main stage host
✹ Sonic The Hedgehog premiere with Jim Carrey – Host & blue carpet interviewer
✹ Cambridge University ‘Women In The Music Industry’ panel – Speaker
✹ Onside Awards, Royal Albert Hall – Host alongside Dev Griffin & HRH Prince Harry
✹ Stylist Live – Panel discussion chair: ‘What It Means To Be A Remarkable Woman in Gen Z’
✹ Great North Run – Live Host
✹ Art50 with Sky Arts – Live Festival Host at The Barbican Centre
✹ Pure Beauty Awards – Host
✹ Made In Sport charity launch – Host alongside ambassadors HRH Prince Harry, Anthony Joshua & Nicola Adams MBE
✹ Pride Of Sport Awards – Presenter of Young Fundraiser Of The Year
✹ Jumanji UK premiere – Host
✹ The Women’s March London – Host (Amnesty International stage and global broadcast)
✹ Capital Summertime Ball 2017, 2018, 2019, Capital Jingle Bell Ball 2017, 2018 – Host
✹ The Royal Television Society Futures seminar – Host (working with young people from diverse backgrounds break into broadcast)
✹ The Johnson and Johnson Beauty Awards – Host
✹ Amnesty International Still Marching – Women Breaking Barriers panelist
✹ Africa Utopia Festival – African Fashion panel host
✹ Women Of The World Festival – Day Of The Girl host and mentor
✹ Capital Up Close with Ed Sheeran (2017) / Ariana Grande (2018) – host
✹ Disney showcase of Minnie And Mickey’s lasting cultural icon status – panel host
✹ GRL KING with Nails Inc – Inspirational Women panel host
✹ Street Velodrome at The London Bike Show – MC
✹ Music For Breakfast – Host (alongside BBC 1Xtra’s CJ Beatz)
✹ Ryan & The Rumours gig – Host
✹ 4D (Jarmaine Great plus special guests) – Host
✹ Mike Hough YouTube Secret Session – Host
✹ Playtime at Under The Bridge – Host
✹ Walk The Walk, Sunwalk Festival – Host
✹ Federation Of Small Business Awards – MC
✹ Apple Q&A ‘Meet The DJ’ podcast with Grandmaster Flash
✹ Apple Q&A ‘Meet The Director’ podcast with Claire Lewins and the Alis (‘I Am Ali’)
WRITING:
✎ Listen Up: Rule The Airwaves Rule The School (published by Scholastic) – Author
✎ Marie Claire – (regular columnist)
✎ Shout Magazine
✎ New Teach
✎ 4music.com
✎ Heatworld.com
✎ Mtv.co.uk/news
✎ The Argentina Independent
✎ Time Out (Argentina & South America)
✎ ViDA (Virtual Dating Assistants) advice column
✎ Invalid Observations
✎ Varsity
✎ The Cambridge Student
✎ YOU Magazine
✎ The Journal
✎ The Penguin
FILM:
🎥 How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World – Phlegma The Fierce (voice)
AWARDS:
★ TRIC Awards 2020 – Winner of ‘Best Radio Show’ (Capital Breakfast)
★ Marie Claire Future Shapers Awards – Winner of ‘Broadcasting Powerhouse’
★ Nike x Football Beyond Borders – Named ‘Woman Who Changed The Game 2019’
★ TRIC Awards 2019 – Winner of ‘Best Radio Show’ (Capital Breakfast)
★ TRIC Awards 2019 – Winner of ‘Best Entertainment Show’ (Strictly)
★ Visions Film Festival – Winner of ‘BBC Award For Factual Entertainment’ (That’s Not Me)
★ Hello Magazine – Named ‘Rising Star of 2018’
★ Fabulous Magazine – Named ‘Future Face of 2018’
★ BAFTA TV Awards 2019 – ‘Best Entertainment Programme’ Nominee (Strictly)
★ NRTAs 2019 – ‘Favourite TV Personality’ Nominee
★ NRTAs 2018 – ‘Favourite TV Personality’ Nominee
★ Urban Music Awards 2017 – ‘Best Radio Show’ Nominee (Capital Xtra Weekend Breakfast)
★ Royal Television Society Awards – ‘Best Student Doc’ Nominee (That’s Not Me)
Hailing from a Nigerian-Geordie household in the beautiful climes of Newcastle upon Tyne, I did all the extra ed classes under the sun to get into Cambridge to study for a degree in modern languages (French, Spanish, Portuguese). Setting up uni TV channels and taking runner jobs at the weekends led to a year working as a print journalist for the Argentina Independent and hosting an MTV show in Buenos Aires, graveyard shifts in production companies and newsrooms on both sides of the camera, and content with which I pretty relentlessly hassled commissioners. For that, I am eternally sorry.
Hours and hours of live TV and radio later and I can be found presenting music, news, entertainment and sports programming for major broadcasters and online. Between MTV, ITN, Capital and 4Music, I’ve had the honour of interviewing some of the biggest dogs in the biz, backstage at festivals, on the red carpet and while having Colin Farrell lick prawn cocktail (yes, it’s the 50s) off my dress at press junkets (not actually that long a story).
Alongside regular daily presenting duties across Capital, 4Music and ITV2, 2017-8 highlights included landing the maddest show on TV, Carnage, on Sky One with Lethal Bizzle and Freddie Flintoff; 19 hours of live coverage of Isle Of Wight Festival with absolute legend Edith Bowman on Sky Arts and Sky One; hosting the Summertime Ball to an 80,000-strong Wembley Stadium; curating and hosting the most beautiful series of next gen artists whose monthly performances for our 4Music/Box shows Fresh Focus and Fresh Forward are truly sublime; and our breakfast show retaining its number 1 spot in London and surpassing a million listeners.
My first article was published in Marie Claire, and it was lovely to receive the Broadcast Powerhouse Award at the Marie Claire Future Shapers Awards. Thanks a bunch also to Hello, Fabulous, Disorder, Wonderland, Arcadia, Evening Standard, Crookes and THRDs for your Ones To Watch nods this year; I really appreciate you watching!
Trained to shoot (Canon 5D, Sony EX1), edit (Avid, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere) and produce to tight newsroom turnarounds, and with strong creative editorial vision when script-writing, as an ITN reporter I’m responsible for the whole process from start to finish. My favourite broadcasters are documentarians (Louis Theroux, Dawn O’Porter and Reggie Yates, I’m looking at you, ya beauts) and my first TV documentary The Slenderman Killings was broadcast on Channel 5 at Halloween. I’ve been writing, producing and presenting shorts delving into topics I feel passionate and curious about. Just ask, I’d love to tell you about them.
As a human rights activist of many years, working alongside refugee volunteer projects and Amnesty International as an ambassador for their Women Breaking Barriers campaign have been causes very close to my heart. Our work continues and I’m feeling so positive about the change for good that we are powerful enough to incite when we stand together.
Some Miscellanea: I like dancing, playing football, Almodovar films, the colour turquoise, Beyonce and tiny animals wearing clothes.