Kate Gerbeau (née Sanderson) (born 9 August 1968 in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham) is an English television presenter and news reader, currently on Five News.

Biography

Gerbeau gained a BA from Bristol University in French and German.

Career

From 1997-2001, she presented Newsround, after leaving this, she presented Watchdog with Nicky Campbell. She was famously impersonated by Ronni Ancona on The Big Impression. Kate left Watchdog in 2004. She also presented The Heaven and Earth Show. Kate was also a newsreader on BBC Breakfast and also presented the news on Breakfast with Frost.

In December 2004 she joined Five, and co-presented the two-hour long Golden Mummy Tomb Opening Live with Guy de la Bédoyère from Bahariya in Egypt's Western Desert, featuring the Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass. She was a newsreader on Five News, until the birth of her daughter.

In July 2008 she presented a documentary TV series on Five – Wild Animal ER – about Tiggywinkles, the animal welfare charity and veterinary hospital.

Personal life

Gerbeau married entrepreneur businessman Pierre-Yves Gerbeau in 2005. On 1 November 2008, she gave birth to their first child, daughter Chloe, after three miscarriages.

References

External links

• Kate's profile at Sky.com
• BBC Breakfast profile