KATTY KAY TO HOST NEW BBC WEEKLY PROGRAM FEATURING IN-DEPTH CONVERSATIONS WITH THE MOST POWERFUL PEOPLE IN CULTURE, BUSINESS, AND SCIENCE
The BBC’s Influential with Katty Kay will premiere on the BBC News channel on November 16. Episodes will then air across digital and audio platforms.
NEW YORK, NY— NOVEMBER 7, 2023 — The BBC today announces the launch of Influential with Katty Kay, a weekly program featuring in-depth conversations with some of the most powerful and change-making people in the worlds of culture, business, and science.
With insightful, unexpected conversations and a laid-back style, Kay goes on location – from farmers markets and museums to Shakespeare’s Globe Theater in London – to get to know the people behind their personas and gives audiences a candid and deeply personal peek behind the curtain.
The 9-episode season, which premieres on November 16th with first guest actor Wendell Pierce, will air weekly across the BBC News channel, BBC.com and YouTube. An audio version will be available on all major podcast platforms and on BBC iPlayer in the UK. Extended versions of the episodes will be available in North America on BBC Select in the new year.
Upcoming guests include:
- Wendell Pierce, Actor
- Ina Garten, Television Cook and Author
- Anthony Fauci, Former NIAID Director
- Ken Follett, Author
- Misty Copeland, Principal Dancer with American Ballet Theatre
- Michael Lewis, Author and Financial Journalist
- Jane Wurwand, Founder of Dermalogica
- José Andrés, Chef and Restaurateur
- Hugh Bonneville, Actor
Influential with Katty Kay is produced by Ilyas Kirmani (Executive Producer) and Aiden Johnson (Senior Producer). Pete Murtaugh is the Chief Photographer and Editor.
Katty Kay is Presenter-at-Large and US Special Correspondent for BBC Studios where she hosts and produces documentary specials such as Trump: The Comeback? and Europe’s Royals Revealed. She is also a regular contributor to major news events on BBC.com and the BBC News channel including US 2024 politics coverage, the U.S. midterm elections and the Coronation of King Charles III.
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