Springwatch presenter Kate Humble reveals she’s struggling for TV work and could quit it altogether at age 50

KATE Humble has revealed she’s struggling for TV work and could even quit it altogether.

The wildlife and nature presenter admits that next year could be her last on-screen thanks to the world of television being in a “very strange place” right now.

Kate, who has fronted shows including Springwatch and Escape to the Farm, 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.”

Speaking to , Kate continued: “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 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 Countryfile, A Country Life for Half the Price and, most recently, Good Life, Green Life.

Kate – who released her first cook book last year – previously opened up about how her presenting work previously took a toll on her 30 year marriage to TV producer Ludo.

She said: “Basically, I got divorced almost every week as I tried to balance filming with writing the cookbook, which I had no idea how to do because I’d never done one before.

“I was vile to poor Ludo. It was really hard. We were doing our day jobs while getting it up and running, with no knowledge or experience.

“We constantly asked ourselves, ‘Are we making a terrible mistake?’ But now we are living the dream.”