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This is a list of newsreaders and journalists currently employed by BBC Television and BBC Radio.
Presenters and journalists appear across BBC television, radio but also contribute to BBC Online.
BBC News provides television journalism to BBC network bulletins (on BBC One and BBC Two) and programmes as well as the BBC News Channel available around the world and in the United Kingdom. BBC News runs BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC World Service as part of its rolling news coverage, journalists and presenters also contribute to podcasts produced by BBC News for BBC Radio 4, as well as solely for BBC Sounds.
The BBC has over 5,500 journalists [1] based both in the United Kingdom and abroad. BBC appointments can be short- or long-term; for example, reporter Peter Bowes revealed on BBC News (broadcast live on 8 September 2020) that Los Angeles has been his home for 25 years.
Many presenters listed here contribute to various BBC News programmes, and some are involved in other BBC projects. Additionally, certain BBC News presenters offer relief presentation for programmes airing on these channels. It's important to note that this list excludes presenters of broadcasts simulcast from the BBC News channel on BBC One overnight or during weekday mornings on BBC Two.
Presenter | Programme(s) | Notes |
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Clive Myrie | BBC News at One, BBC News at Six , BBC News at Ten , BBC Weekend News | Chief presenter [2] & World Affairs Correspondent |
Sophie Raworth | BBC News at Six , BBC News at Ten | |
Reeta Chakrabarti | BBC News at One , BBC News at Six , BBC News at Ten , BBC Weekend News | |
Jane Hill | BBC News at One , BBC News at Six , BBC News at Ten , BBC Weekend News | |
Ben Brown | BBC News at One , BBC Weekend News | Chief presenter |
Mishal Husain | BBC News at Six , BBC News at Ten , BBC Weekend News | |
Fiona Bruce | BBC News at Six , BBC News at Ten , Question Time | |
Tina Daheley | BBC Breakfast , BBC News at Six , BBC News at Ten , BBC Weekend News | Relief presenter |
Katya Adler | BBC News at One, BBC Weekend News | |
Victoria Derbyshire | Newsnight | |
Faisal Islam | ||
Kirsty Wark | ||
Jon Kay | BBC Breakfast | |
Sally Nugent | ||
Naga Munchetty | ||
Charlie Stayt | ||
Roger Johnson | Relief presenter | |
Ben Thompson | ||
Nina Warhurst | ||
The presenters listed below often contribute to various BBC News programmes and may have roles in other departments within the BBC. Additionally, some BBC News presenters not listed here occasionally fill in on programs broadcast on this channel. Noteworthy exceptions are the presenters of the domestic programmes BBC Breakfast, BBC One bulletins, and BBC Newsnight simulcast on the domestic feed.
A significant change occurred on April 3, 2023, when the BBC consolidated its domestic and international rolling news channels into a unified operation. To spearhead news broadcasts on the merged channel during weekdays, the BBC appointed six (original) "chief presenters". This has since grown to twelve. Among them, nine are based in London, while two operate from Washington DC and one operates out of the BBC News studio in Singapore. [3]
The programmes where the presenter is the lead presenter are shown here in bold. Chief presenters work across BBC One, BBC Two and primarily the BBC News Channel. The chief presenters broadcast on the channel between 12:00 and 8:00 London time during weekdays. Chief presenters will front BBC News coverage of editorially significant events on weekends. News broadcasts outside of these hours, and on weekends are fronted by other BBC presenters, many of which previously appeared on the domestic and international rolling news channels prior to their merger.
Presenter | Location | Programme(s) |
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Sally Bundock | BBC News, Business Today [4] | |
Lucy Hockings | BBC News, BBC News Now | |
Matthew Amroliwala | London | BBC News, Verified Live , BBC News at One |
Maryam Moshiri | BBC News, BBC News at One , BBC Weekend News The World Today [5] ', Talking Business | |
Christian Fraser | BBC News, The Context | |
Ben Brown | BBC News, BBC News at One , BBC News at Six , BBC News at Ten , BBC Weekend News [4] | |
Annita McVeigh | BBC News, BBC News at One , BBC Weekend News [4] | |
Geeta Guru-Murthy | BBC News, BBC News at One , BBC Weekend News [4] | |
Clive Myrie | BBC News, BBC News at One, BBC News at Six , BBC News at Ten , BBC Weekend News [6] | |
Caitríona Perry | Washington | BBC News, BBC World News America |
Sumi Somaskanda | ||
Steve Lai | Singapore | Newsday [7] |
The list below reflects presenters' normal postings, but can be posted to cover other studios
Presenter | Base | Notes |
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Lucy Grey | London | |
Celia Hatton | ||
Frankie McCamley | ||
Rich Preston | ||
Vishala Sri-Pathma | ||
Lewis Vaughan Jones | ||
Anjana Gadgil | ||
Rajini Vaidyanathan | ||
Azadeh Moshiri | ||
Nicky Schiller | ||
Catherine Byaruhanga | ||
Tanya Beckett | ||
Lukwesa Burak | ||
Nancy Kacungira | Currently on maternity leave [8] | |
Samantha Simmonds | ||
Lauren Taylor | ||
Kylie Pentelow | ||
Anna Foster | ||
Lyse Doucet | Presents on location | |
Ben Thompson | London/Salford | BBC Breakfast Relief presenters |
Ben Boulos | ||
Luxmy Gopal | ||
Sarah Campbell | ||
Mariko Oi | Singapore | |
Monica Miller | ||
Arunoday Mukharji | ||
Suranjana Tewari | ||
Helena Humphrey | Washington DC | |
Carl Nasman | ||
Katty Kay | US Election Night presenter | |
Waihiga Mwaura | Nairobi | Focus on Africa presenter |
Rhoda Odhiambo |
The broadcasters mentioned below frequently contribute to various BBC Radio programmes and may hold roles in different departments within the BBC. Moreover, some BBC Radio hosts not listed here occasionally step in on programmes aired on this channel.
Presenter | Programme(s) |
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Harvey Cook [9] | BBC News |
Tina Daheley | Zoe Ball breakfast show |
Jeremy Vine | Jeremy Vine |
Presenter | Programme(s) |
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Sean Farrington | Wake Up to Money |
Rick Edwards | 5 Live Breakfast |
Rachel Burden | |
Nicky Campbell | Nicky Campbell |
Lucy Grey | 5 Live Breakfast |
Naga Munchetty | Naga Munchetty |
Nihal Arthanayake | Nihal Arthanayake, Must Watch |
Chris Warburton | Saturday Breakfast, Sunday Breakfast, In Short |
Eleanor Oldroyd | Saturday Breakfast |
Sam Walker | Sunday Breakfast |
Adrian Chiles | Chiles on Friday [11] |
Tony Livesey | 5 Live Drive |
Clare McDonnell | |
Stephen Nolan | Stephen Nolan |
Dotun Adebayo | Up All Night |
Laura McGhie | |
Colin Murray | |
Patrick Kielty | |
Helen Skelton |
Presenter | Programme(s) | Notes |
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James Copnall | Newsday | Alternate |
Julian Worricker | Weekend | |
Rob Young | ||
Andrew Peach | Newshour, The Newsroom | |
Karin Giannone | Outside Source | |
James Reynolds | ||
Nancy Kacungira | ||
Owen Bennett-Jones | Newshour | Alternate (on rotation) |
James Coomarasamy | ||
James Menendez | ||
Lyse Doucet | ||
Julian Marshall | ||
Tim Franks | ||
Valerie Sanderson | The Newsroom | |
Roger Hearing | Business Matters | |
Pooneh Ghoddoosi | BBC Partner Hub |
♦ = Presenter
The list provided indicates the usual assignments of correspondents. In instances of significant global events, like the Libyan crisis in 2011 or the Gaza conflict in 2023, foreign correspondents may be temporarily reassigned from their regular locations to cover these stories on a rotational basis. During such times, they are often labelled as "World Affairs Correspondents" or, if in Europe, as "Europe Correspondents." Subsequently, they return to their usual assignments. Additionally, this temporary reassignment may occur to cover holidays, primarily in July and August, as well as during Christmas periods. The BBC has a variety of specialist positions also including Regional Editors who are often shared across the world service output also.
World Affairs
Europe
Asia/Pacific
| North America
Middle East
Africa
Latin America
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Only network correspondents are listed, but additional correspondents from national and regional news teams also report for the network.
England
| Scotland
Wales
Ireland
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Politics
Family & Education
Home & Legal Affairs
Security
Defence
Diplomatic and Royal
Economics
Business
| Health
Social Affairs
Religious Affairs
Transport
Technology
Science
Environment and Climate
Culture, Arts and Media
Sport
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BBC News employs a number of business and sports presenters to anchor sections of news programmes.
Presenter | Regular shifts | Notes |
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Rob Bonnet | Today | |
Garry Richardson | ||
Mike Bushell | BBC Breakfast , BBC News Channel [68] | |
Reshmin Chowdhury | BBC News Channel | |
Katherine Downes | Sportsday | |
Russell Fuller | BBC World Service, 5 Live | |
Karthi Gnanasegaram | Today , 5 Live, BBC News Channel, BBC Weekend News , Sportsday , BBC Breakfast | |
Lizzie Greenwood-Hughes | BBC News Channel, BBC Weekend News , Sportsday | |
Damian Johnson | BBC News Channel | |
Jonathan Legard | Today , 5 Live, BBC News Channel | |
Gary Lineker | Match of the Day | |
Tim Hague | BBC Sport | |
Tulsen Tollett | BBC World News, BBC News Channel | |
Olly Foster | Relief | |
Will Perry | ||
Azi Farni | ||
Hugh Ferris | ||
John Watson | ||
Steven Wyeth | ||
Marc Edwards | ||
Chetan Pathak | ||
Laura McGhie | ||
Gavin Ramjaun | ||
Louisa Pilbeam [69] |
Presenter | Regular shifts | Notes |
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Sally Bundock | BBC World News and Business Today | Relief presenter |
Sean Farrington | Wake Up to Money , Today (BBC Radio 4) | |
Will Bain | Wake Up to Money , Today (BBC Radio 4) | |
Tanya Beckett | BBC News, Business Today | |
Aaron Heslehurst | Talking Business with Aaron Heslehurst, Business Today , BBC News Channel | |
Paul Lewis | BBC Breakfast , Money Box | |
Hannah Miller | BBC Breakfast | |
Vishala Sri Pathma | BBC News Channel, Business Today | Relief presenter |
Samantha Simmonds | BBC News Channel, Business Today | |
Ben Thompson | BBC News Channel, Business Today | |
Nina Warhurst | BBC Breakfast |
BBC Weather is delivered by a team of Met Office broadcast meteorologists to deliver forecasts across its range of television and radio services. Most forecasters work across all mediums and shifts.
Presenter | Programme(s) | Notes |
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Tom Brook | Talking Movies , Talking Television | |
Sophie Ikenye | Focus on Africa | |
Lukwesa Burak | ||
Waihiga Mwaura | ||
Nancy Kacungira | In Business Africa | |
Ade Adepitan | The Travel Show | |
Benjamin Zand | The Travel Show , Our World | Producer |
Evan Davis | The Bottom Line | |
Spencer Kelly | Click | |
Jo Coburn | Politics Live | |
Zeinab Badawi | HARDtalk | |
Stephen Sackur | ||
Rob Bonnet | HARDtalk Extra Time | |
Tim Sebastian | The Doha Debates | |
Samira Ahmed | Newswatch | |
John Simpson | Unspun world | |
Linda Yueh | Talking Business | |
David Coulthard | Inside F1, F1: Behind the Wheel | |
Stacey Dooley | Stacey Dooley Investigates (shown on BBC Three) | |
Tanya Beckett | Witness, Talking Business | |
James Naughtie | Meet the Author | |
Rebecca Jones | ||
Chloe Tilley | World Have Your Say [70] | |
Levi Jouavel | The Catch Up [71] | |
Kirsty Grant | ||
Callum Tulley |
Newsnight is the BBC's news and current affairs programme, providing in-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines. The programme is broadcast on weekdays at 22:30 on BBC Two and the UK feed of BBC News channel; it is also available on BBC iPlayer.
Andrew Paul Gilligan is a British policy adviser, and former transport adviser to Boris Johnson both as Mayor of London and as Prime Minister. Until July 2019, he was senior correspondent of The Sunday Times and had also served as head of the Capital City Foundation at Policy Exchange. Between 2013 and 2016 he also worked as the Mayor's cycling commissioner for London, and in 2020 he was an appointee of Central Government to TfL's Board. He is best known for a 2003 report on BBC Radio 4's Today programme in which he described a British government briefing paper on Iraq and weapons of mass destruction as having been "transformed in the week before it was published to make it sexier". This change became widely known, in the words of newspaper headlines about the story, as being "sexed up".
Andrew Ferguson Neil is a Scottish journalist and broadcaster who is chairman of The Spectator. He was editor of The Sunday Times from 1983 to 1994. He has presented various political programmes on the BBC and on Channel 4.
Julia Hartley-Brewer is a conservative British radio presenter, political journalist, and newspaper columnist. She has hosted a radio show on Talkradio simulcast on TalkTV, called Julia Hartley-Brewer on weekdays from 10am.
RTÉ News and Current Affairs, also known simply as RTÉ News, is the national news service provided by Irish public broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). Its services include local, national, European and international news, investigative journalism and current affairs programming for RTÉ television, radio, online, podcasts, on-demand and for independent Irish language public broadcaster TG4. It is the largest and most popular news source in Ireland – with 77% of the Irish public regarding it as their main source of both Irish and international news. It broadcasts in English, Irish and Irish Sign Language. The organisation is also a source of commentary on current affairs. The division is based at the RTÉ Television Centre in Donnybrook, Dublin; however, the station also operates regional bureaux across Ireland and the world.
Mark Mardell is a British journalist, formerly the presenter of The World This Weekend on BBC Radio 4. He had previously served as BBC News's Europe editor, and provided coverage for each United Kingdom general election between 1992 and 2005, before he became North America editor.
BBC Breakfast is a British television breakfast news programme, produced by BBC News and broadcast on BBC One and the BBC News channel every morning from 6:00am. The simulcast is presented live, originally from the BBC Television Centre, London before moving in 2012 to MediaCityUK in Salford, Greater Manchester. The programme is broadcast daily and contains a mixture of news, sport, weather, business and feature items.
Jonathan B. Sopel is a British journalist, television presenter and podcaster. He was formerly BBC News's North America editor; chief political correspondent for the domestic news channel BBC News; a presenter on the Politics Show on BBC One and the BBC News channel; and from 2013 to 2014, the main presenter of Global on BBC World News. Since 2022, he has been presenting the Global daily news podcast The News Agents.
Carrie Gracie is a Scottish journalist and newsreader best known as having been China Editor for BBC News.
Dateline London was a weekly BBC News discussion programme. A panel of four leading journalists, lecturers, and foreign correspondents discussed top news stories from an international perspective. The last episode made was on 15 October 2022.
Robert Adam Fleming is a Scottish journalist and presenter for BBC News. He was formerly its Chief Political correspondent, Brussels correspondent, and has previously worked for Daily Politics and Newsround. He co-presented the podcast and television programme Brexitcast, before becoming lead presenter of its successor, Newscast.
Laura Juliet Kuenssberg is a British journalist who presents the BBC's flagship Sunday morning politics show.
Yalda Hakim is an Australian broadcast journalist, news presenter, and documentary maker. She was one of the chief presenters at BBC News broadcasting in English in the UK and globally. After her family left Afghanistan and settled in Australia in 1986, she grew up in the western Sydney suburb of Parramatta and went on to study journalism. She started her career at SBS Television, moving to BBC TV in 2012. In July 2023, it was announced that she was leaving the BBC to join Sky News.
Norman Stuart Smith is a British journalist. He became the chief political correspondent of BBC News in 2011, and was its assistant political editor from 2014 to 2020.
Amol Rajan is an Indian-born British journalist, broadcaster and writer. Rajan is a former adviser to Lord (Evgeny) Lebedev, and was appointed the editor of his newspaper The Independent in 2013. When The Independent announced it was dropping the print edition in February 2016, and continuing as only an online operation, he was retained for a period as "editor-at-large". He was the media editor of BBC News from December 2016 to January 2023, and has been a presenter on the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 since 2021. He replaced Jeremy Paxman as the host of University Challenge on 17 July 2023.
The Context, also styled as The Context with Christian Fraser, is a live current affairs programme that airs Monday to Friday on the international and UK feeds of the BBC News channels from 20:00 GMT till 22:00 GMT.
Vicki Young is a British journalist.
Christopher Richard Mason is an English journalist, who has been the political editor of BBC News since 2022. He is also a presenter of the podcast and television programme Newscast. He was formerly the BBC's political correspondent.
Thomas Hedley Fairfax Harwood is a British journalist, political commentator and television show host. He became the deputy political editor of GB News in March 2023. Harwood previously worked as a reporter for the right-wing political news website Guido Fawkes between 2018 and 2021, and was a regular contributor to The Daily Telegraph, writing online columns from 2019 to 2021.
GB News is a British free-to-air, opinion-orientated news television and radio channel. The channel is available on Freeview, Freesat, Sky, YouView, Virgin Media and via the internet on Samsung TV Plus and YouTube. An audio simulcast of the station is also available on DAB+ radio.