Emma Louise
Most main-stage events are won or lost in the first ten minutes of hosting. The audience decides whether the day will feel sharp or laboured before any keynote begins. Buyers need a host who can hold the room, handle live changes without visible strain, and translate technical material for a mixed audience without flattening it.
Emma Louise is a BBC broadcaster and live event host who anchors conferences, awards and festival stages with the polish of a main-channel presenter and the editorial control of a working journalist.
Full Profile
Why organisations work with Emma Louise
- A working BBC presenter on Newsround and Radio 1, not a former broadcaster trading on past credits. The on-camera and on-mic discipline is current.
- Hosting range that crosses formats few presenters cover credibly: literary (#Merky Festival), industry (Series Mania Forum main auditorium, Radio Academy Festival), arts (Arts Council Awards) and corporate stages.
- Editorial production background at BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra. She can shape a run of show and rewrite a script under pressure, not only read what is in front of her.
- Comfortable with technical and policy content for non-specialist audiences, evidenced by presenting work on AI literacy for BBC Bitesize and climate and ocean science films for WWF, The Eden Project and the National Oceanography Centre.
- Brand-side hosting and content credibility with Samsung, HSBC, Nokia, KFC and Save the Children, which translates into a host who understands the commercial brief, not only the editorial one.
Biography highlights
- Presenter, BBC CBBC Newsround
- Presenter, BBC Radio 1, including a four-series run of “Radio 1 Relax in Love” and regular cover on the Early Breakfast show
- Weekend presenter, Fun Kids Radio
- Radio Academy 30 Under 30 alumna
- Host credits include #Merky Festival, Series Mania Forum main auditorium, Arts Council Awards, and Radio Academy Festival
- Branded content and on-camera work for Samsung, HSBC, Nokia, KFC, Save the Children and WWF; BBC Bitesize Guide to AI; long-form environmental films for WWF, The Eden Project and the National Oceanography Centre
Biography
A live event lives or dies in the hands of its host. Emma Louise is a working BBC presenter, not a hired voice, and she runs a stage with the editorial instinct of a journalist who has produced as much as she has presented.
She is on screen as a presenter on CBBC Newsround, broadcasting live from the BBC’s Salford studio and reporting across the UK. On Radio 1 she has fronted “Radio 1 Relax in Love” for four series and covers the Early Breakfast show on rotation. Her weekends sit on Fun Kids Radio. The Radio Academy named her in its 30 Under 30 cohort, the industry’s primary signal of presenters and producers on a serious trajectory.
Her hosting roster is unusually wide. She has held the main auditorium at Series Mania Forum, anchored panels at the Radio Academy Festival, hosted #Merky Festival for Stormzy’s literary platform, and fronted the Arts Council Awards. The same host moves between literary, broadcasting industry, arts and corporate stages without changing register. That portability matters when a programme needs one presenter across a varied agenda.
Subject range is the second differentiator. She has presented the BBC Bitesize Guide to AI for younger audiences and long-form environmental and ocean science content for WWF, The Eden Project and the National Oceanography Centre. Branded work for Samsung, HSBC, Nokia, KFC and Save the Children gives her a working understanding of how a commercial client wants its content shaped. A buyer is hiring a host who can interview a CEO, a scientist and a creative on the same stage and make all three sound their best.
Key speaking topics
- Live event hosting and main-stage MC
- Awards ceremony hosting
- Panel moderation and on-stage interviews
- Conference and summit anchoring
- Broadcast journalism and on-camera presenting
- Environment, climate and ocean science communication
- AI literacy and technology storytelling for non-specialist audiences
Ideal for
- Corporate conferences and internal summits looking for a senior, BBC-credentialed host
- Awards ceremonies and gala dinners
- Industry festivals and panel programmes needing a moderator who can carry technical content
- CMOs, comms directors and event leads briefing for a host who handles brand-side and editorial sensitivity in the same room
Audience outcomes
- A confidently anchored programme that lands its key messages on schedule
- Panel conversations that surface specific points rather than drift
- Technical and policy material made accessible to a mixed audience without losing precision
- A host who absorbs late changes to the run of show without visible cost to the audience