List of BBC London presenters and reporters
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BBC London is the BBC's brand for regional news in the Central and Greater London area of the United Kingdom. The television news service, BBC London News is broadcast on BBC One after the main weekday BBC News bulletins on the channel and also at weekends. A number of presenters who also double as reporters are used, many of whom have been with the programme since its launch or prior to this, with the programme's predeccesor Newsroom South East. Below are the details of some of the current presenting team:
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[edit] Riz Lateef
Riz Lateef is the anchor of the BBC London News weekday 18:30 bulletin on BBC One.
She joined the programme in 2004 as a reporter and occasional newsreader. Following the departure of Emily Maitlis in March 2006 to present on BBC News 24, Riz was promoted to co-present the flagship 18:30 BBC London News programme on BBC One briefly with Asad Ahmad, before being confimed as the main presenter recently.
Previously, she has reported for Breakfast and presented regional news for the BBC in the North East & Cumbria. Riz was also a guest presenter on BBC One's Holiday programme in 2003 and 2004.
[edit] Asad Ahmad
Asad Ahmad is the secondary presenter of the main 18:30 program on BBC1. He had previously co-presented the program on alternate fortnights with Riz Lateef, and can now be seen presenting the short bullitens as part of Breakfast, the one o'clock news and the ten o'clock news, as well as occasionally reporting for the program.
Before joining BBC London, he had presented BBC Scotland's flagship news bulletin Reporting Scotland as well as the news bulletins on Breakfast.
[edit] Matt Barbet
Matt Barbet is a presenter on BBC London. He presents across all of the BBC London News television output, including anchoring the flagship 18:30 programme. He also presented BBC London's Children In Need coverage in 2006.
Before joining BBC London he worked at BBC Radio 1 as a newsreader on the Sara Cox Breakfast Show, and also appeared briefly as a newsreader on Channel 5.
[edit] Louisa Preston
Louisa Preston presents the morning breakfast shows on Thursdays and Fridays as well as working alongside fellow presenters making appearances on most show timings.
In the past Louisa worked on the ill-fated ITN News Channel, she was one of the main five presenters of this channel providing audiences with the weekend news bulletins and most lunchtime and evening bulletins. Before becoming a presenter, she had worked a production journalist for ITN.
[edit] Mike Ramsden
Mike Ramsden is a presenter on BBC London News. He can be seen in the London area in bulletins during BBC1's Breakfast, at 1.30pm during the BBC London lunchtime bulletin, on the main evening programme at 6.30pm, and during the 10 O'Clock News.
Mike is also a reporter for BBC London News, working on the biggest stories that affect the capital. He covered the highs and lows of July 2005, when London won the bid to host the 2012 Olympics, and then was the victim of bomb attacks. More recently he researched, filmed and edited a series of reports from Africa on the work of a London charity improving the lives of African farmers.
Mike cut his teeth in BBC local radio the East Midlands. He presented the drivetime news programme on BBC Radio Leicester, before moving to television on East Midlands Today based in Nottingham.
[edit] Victoria Hollins
Victoria Hollins is the latest person to join the presenting team on BBC London, often presenting the morning bullitens. She had previously worked on BBC London's radio program as a newsreader.
[edit] Sport: Mark Bright
Mark Bright (born June 6, 1962) is an ex-footballer who now presents the sports news for BBC London, commonly appearing on Thursday nights on the flagship evening show.
Many viewers remember his appearances for Crystal Place, and later Sheffield Wednesday. Mark ended his career with Charlton FC in 1999 after assisting the club to reach the premiership. Following football Mark continues to engage in sport, running a number of London Marathons and Great North Run's to raise funds for Cancer Research making Mark the ideal candidate to present the sports features.
[edit] Weather: Peter Cockroft
Peter Cockroft is a British weather forecaster, he joined the Met Office in 1974, though he didn't become a weather forecaster until 1990. He joined the BBC in 1991 and became one of the presenters of the national weather forecasts, in 2002 he became the main weather presenter on BBC London News. He lives in Oxfordshire with his wife Ann and daughter Rosie.
Peter is the face of BBC London's weather forcasting, providing forecasts for all bulletins, often from the roof in the summer months during the 18:30 programme.
[edit] Others
Traffic and travel updates are provided during morning bulletins on Breakfast by Jules Lang (née Wilson) and Kate Allen, who is currently on maternity leave. Both have also appeared in the past on BBC News 24 to give updates during certain events affecting Central London. Alan Soady presents news bulletins.
The show commonly gives host to various new talent, the weather in the mornings being presented by numerous different presenters. Some presenters and reporters have moved to the programme from other regional news programmes, such as Alex Bushill, formerly of Spotlight who went on to become West of England correspondent for the national news.
[edit] See also
Emily Maitlis Former presenter of the 1830 news
