Charlie Stayt

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Charlie Stayt is a British journalist and television news presenter, who currently works for the BBC. From January 2008 he has been the weekend presenter for BBC Breakfast, the early morning news programme broadcast on BBC One and BBC News. He also continues to occasionally present relief shifts on BBC News.

Stayt began his career working for ITN in 1995, as a reporter for Five News,and could be seen presenting the network's prime-time bulletins and half hour live debate programmes.

He first joined Breakfast in 2006, acting as regular cover for Bill Turnbull at the weekend, and occasionally replacing Dermot Murnaghan during the week. Following the departure of Murnaghan in December 2007 he replaced Turnbull, who had replaced Murnaghan, as weekend presenter alongside Susanna Reid.

During his career he has anchored Five News's 9/11 coverage, and spent a total of ten years at ITN, both as a correspondent and a presenter. He was also a presenter for Sky News.

He's presented numerous current affairs programmes, and also hosted live 'reality' TV shows 'Jailbreak', and 'Are You Telepathic'.

Before moving into television he worked in radio, hosting Capital Radio's award winning news programme The Way It Is, and also reported for LBC and BBC Radio 5 Live.

Stayt started his career in commercial radio in his home town of Gloucester, although he now lives in West London, and has two children.

He says he was a "late starter as a journalist", but that his years spent working as a roofer, a roadie and a barman were not entirely wasted.

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• BBC Breakfast Profile