Gok Wan joins Channel 4's Royal Ascot team as fashion presenter

3 June 2014

Fashion expert and award-winning presenter, Gok Wan, will join Channel 4 Racing’s Royal Ascot team as the broadcaster ramps up its fashion coverage live from the prestigious five-day Royal meeting (June 17th -21st).

As part of Channel 4’s major commitment to Royal Ascot, Gok will lead the broadcaster’s fashion and style coverage from the Royal meeting – famed for its elegant designer outfits and hats.  Presenting from a specially created position on Ascot’s ‘Motivator Lawn’, Gok will be joined by special guests across the week including a number of leading milliners and designers such as Philip Treacy, Jane Taylor, Caroline Charles, Suzannah Crabb, Stewart Parvin and Rachel Trevor-Morgan.  

Gok has previously presented a range of leading fashion and style programmes for Channel 4 including Gok’s Fashion Fix, Gok’s Style Secrets and How to Look Good Naked.  Additionally, Gina Bryce will also present a series of ‘Inside Ascot’ features – lifting the lid on the work that goes into making Royal Ascot one of the world’s most prestigious sporting events.

Channel 4 will broadcast over 30 hours of live coverage across Royal Ascot which will include all six races each day and begins at 1.40pm – in addition to a daily Morning Line preview programme and evening highlights.  Clare Balding will lead Channel 4’s presenting team, which will include Nick Luck, Jim McGrath and Graham Cunningham in the trackside studio and race commentary from Simon Holt and Richard Hoiles.   

Reporters Emma Spencer, Mick Fitzgerald and Rishi Persad will help bring viewers closer to the action with exclusive access to the Ascot stables, jockey’s changing room and steward’s room.  Tanya Stevenson will be on-hand to relay the betting markets with Brian Gleeson offering an Irish perspective.

Ed Havard, Channel 4’s Head of Special Programmes and Live Events said: "Royal Ascot is one of the highlights of our year.  No-one brings fashion to life like Gok and we're delighted that he is joining Clare and the rest of the team to showcase the spectacle of this event for our audiences."

Gok Wan said:   “With all its glamour, drama and of course the royalty, there is nothing quite like Royal Ascot.  I’m delighted to be joining Channel 4 Racing for this incredibly special event and to be working alongside Clare Balding and the team.”

Full details of Channel 4’s Royal Ascot coverage including new features and innovations will be announced in the lead up to the event.  

Channel 4 Racing is sponsored by Dubai.

 

For more information, including an interview with Gok Wan, please click on the PDF below.