She produced and directed the arts project Private View, which featured the actor Michael Sheen. D'Arby won a Royal Television Society award for her work presenting the current affairs programme Inside Out for BBC West. On 23 August 2018, d'Arby hosted the final of Eurovision Young Musicians 2018 at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh alongside Petroc Trelawny. On 24th October 2022, she was part of the blue team on 'Bargain Hunt: BBC 100th Birthday Special' to commemorate the BBC's 100th Anniversary. Her team mate was Owain Wyn Evans and the red team were Tony Blackburn and Gyles Brandreth. The red team made a profit of £10, sadly Josie's blue team lost with minus £45. Charity work In Summer 2012, d'Arby was one of eight core walkers who walked 200 miles from South to North Wales in aid of Wales Air Ambulance charity. She was a celebrity ambassador for the British Red Cross for whom she has travelled to both South Africa and Cambodia and been a guest speaker at their national assembly. She and Cerys Matthews hosted the Children in Need section for Wales. d'Arby often hosts Proms in the Park for BBC Four. D'Arby was name-checked in the YouTube hit video by M.J. Delany "Newport (Ymerodraeth State of Mind)" with the explanation: "Yes, it's strange, we didn't know either – Thank you Wikipedia." She appeared in the 2011 video for the song, along with several other Welsh celebrities, made for Comic Relief. She worked closely with Survivors Fund (SURF), a charity that supports survivors of the Rwandan genocide of 1994. References External links Home page Welsh television actresses Welsh television presenters Welsh women television presenters Welsh soap opera actresses Alumni of the Anna Scher Theatre School Alumni of the London School of Journalism Alumni of RADA People from Newport, Wales 1972 births Living people Welsh people of Jamaican descent Black British television personalities 21st-century Welsh actresses 20th-century Welsh actresses Top of the Pops presenters