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Mariella Frostrup is a writer and broadcaster who has made extensive appearances on major TV networks and is a well-renowned journalist, conference facilitator and host. Mariella has appeared on Channel 4, SKY and the BBC as well as BBC Radio 4 over a long career in television. Mariella was born in Oslo, Norway, grew up in Ireland and has been living in London since the age of 16. She began her career as a PR executive for Parlophone records where she most famously worked on the Live Aid concert at Wembley in 1985. Following a 10-year stint at Parlophone, Mariella moved into the television industry as a film critic where she presented Thames Television’s Video View later moving on to The Little Picture Show for Carlton Television.
Mariella has interviewed many celebrities such as Paul McCartney, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Susan Sarandon and Nick Clegg as well as appearing on a variety of different TV programmes such as Have I Got News for You and Absolutely Fabulous. She has also previously hosted Radio 4 show’s Open Book and fronted the Memory Season. Mariella is also a passionate journalist writing for The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Observer, The Mail on Sunday, Harpers & Queen and The New Statesman.
Throughout her career so far, Mariella has amassed multiple note-worthy achievements. In 2007, she chaired a Q&A session with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown at the Labour Party Conference in Bournemouth. In 2008 Frostrup received an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters from Nottingham Trent University as recognition for her continuous contributions to Journalism and broadcasting. She is the voice of the London Overground being voted the sexiest voice on television in 2005. More recently, Mariella has produced work around The Menopause presenting a documentary on BBC One called The Truth About Menopause. She went on to publish a book on the subject and has spoken on her own experiences. Currently, Mariella presents the documentary series Britain’s Novel Landscapes with Mariella Frostrup and as of 2022 has co-founded Menopause Mandate with Davina McCall, Penny Lancaster and others, to campaign for greater awareness of the impact of the menopause. Mariela also witnessed the signing of The Menopause pledge, which is a pledge made by the House of Commons to support those experiencing the menopause.
Following a long and successful career in the media industry, Mariella Frostrup is now booked as a speaker, conference facilitator and host. Contact Diversity & Inclusion Speakers today to book Mariella Frostrup for your event!
“Mariella was fantastic. So interesting and the audience LOVED her”
“On behalf of Tim and BBC Worldwide, thank you so much for coming in to interview Louis today at our Bigger Picture day. The session was a huge success. Thanks for making today so memorable for our employees – always such a star and a pleasure to work with you again”
“Thank you so much for joining us online yesterday to talk to FCDO staff about menopause. We all enjoyed it enormously and have had lots of wonderful feedback from colleagues (male and female) about how inspiring you were and how empowered they now feel. I’m not sure if you were able to follow the chat while speaking but we had over 250 people on the line, from the Maldives and the Gulf in one direction to the US and Caribbean in the other. And we’ve had lots of enquiries today from people who want to watch the recording. So a huge thank you, you’ve really helped us take the conversation to a much wider audience than before, and start to normalise the topic in our working culture.”
“Mariella as ever was wonderful, and today was even more natural, charismatic and amusing. She had a great rapport with James and Night and it really came across well. Our employees are saying it was the best one yet – so please pass on our heartfelt thanks to Mariella. She really is the best in the business and we love working with her. We will be in touch on the next one!”
“On behalf of Tim and BBC Worldwide, thank you so much for coming in to interview Louis today at our Bigger Picture day. The session was a huge success. Thanks for making today so memorable for our employees – always such a star and a pleasure to work with you again”
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