Animal Park presenter Kate Humble reveals she’s struggling for TV work and is considering quitting the industry altogether

TV presenter Kate Humble has revealed that she is struggling for TV work as the industry is a ‘very strange place’ at the minute. 

The Animal Park presenter, 54, admitted television ‘does feel different’ to when she first started her career ’30 years ago’ because not enough new content is being commissioned.

Kate said she no longer knows whether TV will be a ‘major part of her life’ anymore and has considered quitting altogether.

Speaking to Platinum, the BBC presenter said: ‘TV is a very strange place at the moment. Fifty per cent of freelancers are saying they’re out of work, programmes are just not being commissioned.

‘It’s been a long-running joke for probably the entire 30 years I’ve been working in television, but in January, Ludo [Graham, Kate’s husband] will ask me, “Is this the last year you’re ever going to work in television?” and I’ll say, “Yes”. Then another year goes by and somehow I still seem to be doing it. Now it does feel different though.’

Kate, 54, admitted television ‘does feel different’ to when she first started her career ’30 years ago’ (pictured with co-host Ben Fogle in August 2023)

She added: ‘The landscape is changing and I honestly don’t know whether television is going to be a major part of my life, no part of my life or part of what has always been a bit of a portfolio career, which basically means doing whatever comes along that pays the bills and feeds the dogs.’

In 2020, Kate invited cameras to film her life at home on her farm in Monmouthshire in Wales, for Channel 5’s Escape To The Farm.

She has also presented the likes of Animal Park, Countryfile, A Country Life For Half the Price and Good Life, Green Life.

Kate tied the knot with TV producer Ludo Graham, 61, in 1992 and last year claimed not having children is the secret to her long and happy marriage.

She revealed that not having children allowed them both ‘space to grow’ over the years.

Kate also claimed it allowed the couple to feel ‘liberated’ throughout their 30-year marriage.

She told Woman’s Weekly magazine: ‘I think not having them gives you a liberation that parents don’t have.

‘You grow and change a lot over 30 years, and in a lot of ways we’ve had the space to allow each other to do that.

‘We don’t have great expectations of each other, either. I don’t expect him to be the breadwinner; he doesn’t expect me to be the mother.’

The Springwatch host said she no longer knows whether TV will be a ‘major part of her life’ anymore and has considered quitting altogether (pictured on Springwatch in 2012)

She said: ‘Ludo [Kate’s husband] will ask me, “Is this the last year you’re ever going to work in television?” and I’ll say, “Yes”. Then another year goes by and I still seem to be doing it’ (pictured with husband Ludo in 2016)