Kirsteen Anne "Kirsty" Wark FRSE is a British journalist and television presenter, best known for fronting BBC Two's news and current affairs programme Newsnight since 1993, and its weekly arts spin-off Newsnight Review from 2002 to 2014. Wark was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in March 2017.

Filmography

• Douglas Is Cancelled — Interviewer
• Good Omens — Television Newsreader
• 2016Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie — Kirsty Wark
• Black Mirror — Award Presenter
• Home Movie Roadshow
• The Review Show
• A Question of Genius
• Party Animals
• The Book Quiz
• Newsnight Review
• Doctor Who — Kirsty Wark
• 2003The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story — Narrator
• Spooks — Newsnight Presenter, Newsreader
• 2001Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul — Host
• 2001Empire of the Nude: The Victorian Nude — Narrator
• 2001J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and Me — Narrator
• Newsnight
• Omnibus

Appearances as themselves (32)

• 2025City Lights: Pure Dead Brilliant — Self
• Forensics: Murder Case — Self - Presenter
• 2024Joan Rivers at the BBC — Self (archive footage)
• Lives Well Lived — Self - Presenter
• The Women Who Changed Modern Scotland — Self
• 2021Bridget Riley: Painting the Line — Herself - Interviewer
• The Weakest Link — Self
• The Years that Changed Modern Scotland — Self - Presenter
• Joe Lycett's Got Your Back — Self
• 2018Royal Academy of Arts: Summer Exhibition 2018 — Self
• 2018The Many Primes of Muriel Spark — Herself - Presenter
• 2017Carnage: Swallowing the Past — Herself
• House of Games — Self - Contestant
• Walks with My Dog — Self
• 2015Wolf Hall: The Inside Story — Self - Presenter
• The Great Comic Relief Bake Off — Self - Contestant
• The Politician's Husband — Herself
• Tipping Point: Lucky Stars — Self - Contestant
• Was It Something I Said? — Self - Narrator
• Celebrity Antiques Road Trip — Self - Participant
• My Family at War — Self
• Would I Lie to You? — Self
• The IT Crowd — Herself
• The One Show — Self
• 2004Cast & Crew: If.... — Self - Presenter
• 2004Vivienne Westwood Talks to Kirsty Wark — Self
• 2001Lee Miller: A Crazy Way of Seeing — Self - Narrator (voice)
• 1999Ruth Ellis: A Life for a Life — Self - Presenter
• Room 101 — Self - Guest
• Absolutely Fabulous — Self
• Have I Got News for You — Self
• Have I Got a Bit More News for You — Self - Panellist