Christa Marion Ackroyd is an English journalist and broadcaster, best known as a former presenter for the regional TV news programmes Calendar (for ITV Yorkshire) and BBC Look North.

[9] In July 2013, the BBC announced that Ackroyd had been dismissed after what was considered to be an unspecified "breach of contract" and would not return to present Look North.

[11] Since her departure from the BBC, Ackroyd has played some minor roles in television drama, including the Danish series Bedrag (Follow the money) in 2016.

She also returned to ITV Yorkshire as a freelance journalist for Calendar, covering the Rotherham count at the 2015 general election.

In July 2013, it was revealed that HM Revenue and Customs had started an investigation into Ackroyd's tax arrangements, whilst employed by the BBC.

The judge in the case stressed Miss Ackroyd had done nothing wrong, had acted honestly and had been 'encouraged' by the BBC to sign such a contract.

In February 2019 Lord Hall the Director General of the BBC told a commons committee that the corporation took full responsibility for the use of personal services company contracts and apologised to presenters.

Ackroyd and others who were told they must be engaged via such contracts received payment equivalent to the tax bill from the BBC following Lord Hall's apology.