GEMMA CAIRNEY

Gemma Cairney is an award-winning broadcaster, youth rights activist and author who is passionate about empowering young people.

After attending The Brit School and a brief stint in fashion during her early 20s, Gemma’s unique, infectious broadcasting style was swiftly spotted by the BBC. Gemma presented BBC Radio 1’s Social Action Show, The Surgery for a number of years and regularly presents on BBC Radio 6 Music both fronting specialist series and depping the Early Breakfast and Weekend Breakfast Shows.

Gemma’s radio documentaries include: The Leisure Society (BBC6 Music), The Sound Odyssey (BBC Radio 4), Dolly, Dylan or Daft Punk (BBC6 Music), to name a few.

Gemma has presented the BBC’s Glastonbury Festival coverage and co-hosted BBC1’s New Year’s Eve coverage which had more than 12 million viewers. In 2016 Gemma co-hosted the BBC Music Awards on BBC1. In 2014 she made royal history by hosting a live Google hangout from Buckingham Palace for The Queen’s Young Leader project alongside HRH Prince William and HRH Prince Harry. She also coproduced internet entertainment show, The Fox Problem.

Gemma’s debut book, OPEN: A Toolkit for How Magic and Messed Up Life Can Be was published in 2017.