Woman & Home

WOMEN in RADIO

Kate Garraway

Kate joined ITV back in 1989, at which time she was also presenting on BBC Radio Oxford. After over two decades in TV, Kate returned to her radio roots in 2012 when she co-presented two episodes of Radio 1’s Weekend Breakfast, and since March 2014, she has presented Mid Mornings with Kate Garraway every weekday on Smooth Radio. Being on-air is clearly something that brings Kate, 57, joy, as when she returned to Smooth Radio following the death of her husband, Derek Draper, earlier this year, she said, ‘I have missed you and it’s so

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