Polly Middlehurst

Biography

Experienced former Sky and GB News Anchor, Moderator, Facilitator, Event Host, Media Resilience Coach, Voice Artist

An experienced international TV News Anchor, Polly Middlehurst is was the main news presenter of the UK’s national TV station, GB News, leading hourly bulletins before the channel’s discussion programming.

An established News Anchor on London’s Sky News for twenty years, Polly covered major breaking news events from royal weddings to political uprisings worldwide.

Polly has also been an international TV News Anchor for the international Chinese news outlet CGTN in London as well as broadcasting to the UK military globally on Forces TV.

On radio she has worked for BBC World Service, BBC Radio 4 and Capital FM London.

MOVIE APPEARANCES: Polly was cast as a News Anchor in two Hollywood hit movies – ‘The 355’ (2022) and Kevin Hart’s ‘Lift’ (2024).

EVENT MODERATOR: Polly hosts events, recently launching a private equity fund in the City of London for JPD Capital steering the conversation between a panel of UK MPs and leading industry figures.

Polly was also hired by Hewlett Packard to chair a Q & A session at their Mobile Tech Conference at the London Excel Centre in 2020. In 2019, Lego Bricklive sent her China to chair a discussion evening, hosting elite guests in the presence of His Excellency the Chinese Premier and His Serene Highness the Prince of Monaco. In 2018, Polly moderated the annual PDAC Convention in Toronto, Canada, the world’s premier international event for the mining industry.

Other clients include: NATO, UK Foreign Office, UK Ministry of Defence, NHS England, London Stock Exchange, Hilton Worldwide, Baker Hughes Energy (London & Florence, Italy), The Wellcome Foundation, Amdocs, Accenture and The London Business School.
Voiceover Artist : Polly’s ‘trustworthy, clear and authoritative’ tone, described as a ‘warm news delivery’ is a sought-after choice for digital/TV/radio, narration and live events.