Kate Humble

TV Show Host

Kate Humble was born in Wimbledon, England, United Kingdom on December 12th, 1968 and is the TV Show Host. At the age of 55, Kate Humble biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, TV shows, and networth are available.

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Other Names / Nick Names
Katherine Mary Humble, Lauren Heston, Kate Graham
Date of Birth
December 12, 1968
Nationality
United Kingdom
Place of Birth
Wimbledon, England, United Kingdom
Age
55 years old
Zodiac Sign
Sagittarius
Profession
Naturalist, Television Presenter
Kate Humble Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 55 years old, Kate Humble has this physical status:

Height
175cm
Weight
Not Available
Hair Color
Light brown
Eye Color
Dark brown
Build
Athletic
Measurements
Not Available
Kate Humble Religion, Education, and Hobbies
Religion
Christian
Hobbies
Not Available
Education
The Abbey School, Reading, Berkshire, UK (1986)
Kate Humble Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Ludo Graham ​(m. 1992)​
Children
Not Available
Dating / Affair
Not Available
Parents
Diana, Nick
Siblings
Charlie
Kate Humble Career

In 1990, Humble appeared for the first time as an actress in a TV production, Spymaker: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming, and was credited as "Lauren Heston … The redhead". She was the assistant to a casting director who was looking for an actress to play a brief nude scene, and she got the job herself.

Humble started her television career as a researcher, later transferring to presenting programmes such as Top Gear, Tomorrow's World and the 2001 series The Holiday Programme – You call the shots where the team travelled the world doing whatever viewers recommended using the then-novel media of text messaging and emailing the team as they travelled.

Humble has specialised in presenting wildlife programmes, including Animal Park, Springwatch and Autumnwatch with Bill Oddie, Simon King, Chris Packham and Martin Hughes-Games and later, Wild in Africa and Seawatch.

From 2000 to 2005, she presented a BBC series called Rough Science, in which a number of scientists were set various challenges to be solved using basic tools and supplies.

Humble presented The Blue Planet Live! on the 2008 UK tour at Wembley Arena, St David's Hall in Cardiff and at Symphony Hall in Birmingham.

Her BBC television series, The Hottest Place On Earth, is a record of a month spent living with the Afar people in Ethiopia's hostile Danakil Depression.

She occasionally performs on the lecture circuit with a show based on her experiences with wildlife, titled Harassed by Hippos and Battered by Cod: A Humble Way to Make a Living.

On 16 February 2009, she made her first appearance in Countdown's Dictionary Corner.

She founded the web site Stuff Your Rucksack that helps organisations around the world find the items they need by matching them with travellers.

On 29 July 2009, Humble was the subject for the programme Who Do You Think You Are? where she discovered that she had family connections to the Hartley Colliery disaster. Her paternal grandfather Bill Humble was a test pilot who tested the Hawker Tempest and her maternal grandfather Stan Carter was an officer in the RAF and after being shot down was held as a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft III at the time of "The Great Escape".

In August 2009, Humble presented a series of programmes for the BBC in which she made a two thousand mile journey across the Middle East, following the ancient frankincense trade route of Arabia which first connected the Arab world with the West. The series culminates in her presenting frankincense, that she has carried throughout the journey, to be used in a Christmas service at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.

On 3 October 2009, Humble was appointed President of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. In 2013, Humble was succeeded as President of the RSPB by Miranda Krestovnikoff.

In 2010, Humble described being on holiday in the north-eastern region of Afghanistan where there were no signs of conflict, but where the Wakhi people were expected to be hostile. Instead, Humble said they were "amongst the most astonishing, hospitable, warm, genuine people" she has ever met. They were also hard and tough, and Humble believes that "if anyone thinks they are going to win a war against an Afghan they are insane!" She is writing about her experiences in Afghanistan for a forthcoming publication.

From 3 to 7 May 2010 she appeared as the dictionary corner guest on Countdown.

In February 2011, Humble presented a three-part series of programmes, The Spice Trail, on the trail of six of the world's most valuable spices revealing their history, trade, mythology and usage.

In March 2012, she co-presented with Dr Helen Czerski a three part BBC series, Orbit. In July, Humble co-presented Volcano Live with Professor Iain Stewart.

In 2017 Humble presented the BBC Two documentary series Extreme Wives with Kate Humble. In the first episode she visited the Kuria people in Kenya and explored issues of polygamy and female genital mutilation. In the second episode she spoke to members of the Haredi orthodox Jewish community in Jerusalem. The third episode meets the matrilineal community of Shillong in the Indian state of Meghalaya.

Humble's book, Thinking on My Feet: The small joy of putting one foot in front of another, was shortlisted for the 2019 Wainwright Prize.

In November 2020 she was included in the BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour Power list 2020.

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Kate Humble, the Animal Park presenter, admits she is having trouble with TV work and has considered quitting the profession completely

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 4, 2023
At the time, Kate Humble has admitted that she is having trouble finding TV work because the field is a'very strange place.'

Kate Humble, 53, of Springwatch, says that not having children is the key to her happy marriage

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 21, 2022
Kate Humble has stated that not having children is the root of her long and happy marriage. Ludo Graham, a television presenter who died in 1992, married 53-year-old presenter Ludo Graham, 61, who said that not having children allowed them both "space to grow" over the years. The Springwatch actress also claimed that it allowed the couple to feel 'liberated' throughout their 30-year marriage.