List of BBC newsreaders and reporters

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BBC News employs many presenters and correspondents who appear across TV, radio and contribute to BBC Online. BBC News provides TV journalism to BBC One bulletins and the rolling news channels BBC World News and the BBC News Channel in the UK. In addition BBC News runs rolling news network BBC Radio 5 Live and the international BBC World Service. They also contribute to strands across BBC Radio 4 and bulletins on all radio networks. The BBC has over 200 correspondents based both in the United Kingdom and abroad.

TV News presenters

Main presenters

Presenter Programme(s) Channel(s) Regular hours
Bill Turnbull Breakfast BBC One, BBC News Channel 0600-0915 Monday-Thursday
Sian Williams Breakfast BBC One, BBC News Channel 0600-0915 Monday-Thursday
Charlie Stayt Breakfast BBC One, BBC News Channel 0600-0915 Friday, 0600/0700-1000 Saturday, 0600-0900 Sunday
Susanna Reid Breakfast BBC One, BBC News Channel 0600-0915 Friday, 0600/0700-1000 Saturday, 0600-0900 Sunday
Kate Silverton BBC News at One,
BBC Weekend News
BBC One, BBC News Channel 1300-1330 Monday, (Various times) Saturday (Alternate Weeks)
Sophie Raworth BBC News at One BBC One, BBC News Channel 1300-1330 Tuesday-Friday
Huw Edwards BBC News at Five,
BBC News at Ten
BBC News Channel
BBC One (2200-2230 only)
1700-1800, 2200-2230 Monday-Thursday
Gavin Esler BBC News at Five,
Newsnight
BBC News Channel (1700-1800 only),
BBC Two (2230-2300 only)
1700-1800, 2230-2300 Friday
George Alagiah BBC News at Six BBC One, BBC News Channel 1800-1830 Monday-Thursday
Fiona Bruce BBC News at Six,
BBC News at Ten
BBC One, BBC News Channel 1800-1830, 2200-2230 Friday
Ellie Crisell BBC One 8pm Update BBC One Monday-Thursday
Riz Lateef BBC One 8pm Update BBC One Friday
Jeremy Paxman Newsnight BBC Two 2230-2320 Monday-Wednesday
Kirsty Wark Newsnight BBC Two 2230-2320 Thursday
Mishal Husain BBC Weekend News BBC One, BBC News Channel (Various times) Sunday

BBC News Channel presenters

Presenter Programme Regular hours
Simon McCoy BBC News 0830-1100 Monday-Friday
Rachel Schofield BBC News 0830-1100 Monday
Carrie Gracie BBC News 0830-1100 Tuesday-Friday
Matthew Amroliwala BBC News 1100-1300 and 1330-1400 Monday-Friday
Jane Hill BBC News 1100-1300 and 1330-1400 Monday-Friday
Jon Sopel BBC News 1400-1700 Monday-Thursday
Emily Maitlis BBC News 1400-1700 Monday
Louise Minchin BBC News 1400-1700 Tuesday-Friday
Julian Worricker BBC News 1400-1700 Friday
Ben Brown BBC News 1830-2200 Monday-Thursday
Joanna Gosling BBC News 1830-2200 Monday-Thursday
Clive Myrie BBC News 1830-2200 Friday, 1900-0000 Saturday-Sunday (Alternate Weekends)
Annita McVeigh BBC News 1830-2200 Friday, 1900-0000 Saturday-Sunday (Alternate Weekends)
Chris Eakin BBC News 2230-0100 Monday-Thursday
Tim Willcox BBC News 2230-0100 Friday
Maxine Mawhinney BBC News 1000-1600 Saturday, 1300-1900 Sunday
Nicholas Owen BBC News 0900-1300 Sunday
Babita Sharma Newsday 0000-0500 Monday, 0100-0500 Tuesday-Wednesday
Rico Hizon Newsday 0100-0500 Monday-Thursday
Kasia Madera Newsday, BBC News 0100-0500 Thursday-Friday, 0100-0600 Saturday
Sharanjit Leyl Newsday 0100-0500 Friday
Rachael Hodges BBC News 0000-0600 Sunday

BBC World News presenters

Presenter Programme Regular hours
Komla Dumor^ BBC World News 0500-0800 Monday-Thursday (Alternate Weeks)
Naga Munchetty^ BBC World News 0500-0800 Monday-Thursday (Alternate Weeks)
Martine Dennis^ BBC World News 0500-0800 Friday, 0600-1200 Saturday-Sunday
Geeta Guru-Murthy BBC World News 0800-1200 Monday
David Eades BBC World News 0800-1200 Tuesday-Friday
George Alagiah GMT 1200-1300 Monday-Thursday
Stephen Sackur GMT 1200-1300 Friday
Mishal Husain Impact 1400-1600 Monday-Thursday
Lyse Doucet Impact 1400-1500 Friday
Lucy Hockings BBC World News 1300-1400, 1600-1700 Monday-Friday
Nik Gowing The Hub 1700-1900 Monday-Friday
Zeinab Badawi World News Today 1900-2100 Monday, Thursday, 1900-2000 Friday
Kirsty Lang World News Today 1900-2100 Tuesday, Wednesday
Katty Kay BBC World News America 2100-2200, 2300-0000 Monday-Friday
Mike Embley BBC World News 2200-2300, 0000-0100 Monday-Friday
Babita Sharma Newsday 0000-0500 Monday, 0100-0500 Tuesday-Wednesday
Rico Hizon Newsday 0100-0500 Monday-Thursday
Kasia Madera Newsday, BBC News 0100-0500 Thursday-Friday, 0100-0600 Saturday
Sharanjit Leyl Newsday 0100-0500 Friday
Karin Giannone BBC World News 1200-1900 Saturday-Sunday
Peter Dobbie BBC World News 1900-0100 Saturday-Sunday
Rachael Hodges BBC World News 0100-0600 Sunday

^These presenters are also seen on the BBC News Channel and BBC One as these channels simulcast the 0500-0600 hour of BBC World News.

Relief presenters

Presenter Programme(s) Channel(s)
Fiona Armstrong BBC News BBC News Channel
Zeinab Badawi BBC News, BBC News at Five BBC News Channel
Luisa Baldini BBC News BBC News Channel
Martine Croxall BBC News, BBC World News BBC News Channel, BBC World News
Ben Geoghegan BBC News BBC News Channel
Pooneh Ghoddoosi BBC World News BBC World News
Gavin Grey BBC News BBC News Channel
Celina Hinchcliffe BBC One 8pm Update BBC One
Deborah Mackenzie BBC News BBC News Channel, BBC World News
Jon Kay Breakfast BBC One, BBC News Channel
Sophie Long BBC News BBC News Channel
Adam Parsons BBC News, BBC World News BBC News Channel, BBC World News
Nisha Pillai World News Today BBC World News
Chris Rogers BBC News, BBC World News, Newsday BBC News Channel, BBC World News
Sonali Shah BBC World News BBC World News
Julia Somerville Breakfast, BBC News BBC One, BBC News Channel
Sue Thearle BBC News BBC News Channel
Carole Walker BBC News BBC News Channel
Adnan Nawaz BBC World News, Newday BBC World News, BBC News Channel

Radio News presenters

BBC Radio 4 presenters

Presenter Programme(s) Channel(s) Regular hours
John Humphrys Today BBC Radio 4 0600-0900 Monday-Friday, 0700-0900 Saturday (on rota)
James Naughtie Today BBC Radio 4 0600-0900 Monday-Friday, 0700-0900 Saturday (on rota)
Sarah Montague Today BBC Radio 4 0600-0900 Monday-Friday, 0700-0900 Saturday (on rota)
Evan Davis Today BBC Radio 4 0600-0900 Monday-Friday, 0700-0900 Saturday (on rota)
Justin Webb Today BBC Radio 4 0600-0900 Monday-Friday, 0700-0900 Saturday (on rota)
Martha Kearney The World at One BBC Radio 4 1300-1345 Monday-Thursday
Shaun Ley The World at One, The World This Weekend BBC Radio 4 1300-1345 Friday, 1300-1330 Sunday
Eddie Mair PM BBC Radio 4 1700-1800 Monday-Friday
Ritula Shah The World Tonight BBC Radio 4 2200-2245 Monday-Tuesday
Robin Lustig The World Tonight BBC Radio 4 2200-2245 Wednesday-Friday
Carolyn Quinn Saturday PM, The Westminster Hour BBC Radio 4 1700-1730 Saturday, 2200-2300 Sunday
Paddy O'Connell Broadcasting House BBC Radio 4 0900-1000 Sunday

BBC Radio 5 Live presenters

Presenter Programme(s) Channel(s) Regular hours
Nicky Campbell 5 Live Breakfast BBC Radio 5 Live 0600-1000 Monday-Friday
Rachel Burden 5 Live Breakfast BBC Radio 5 Live 0600-1000 Monday-Friday
Phil Williams Weekend Breakfast BBC Radio 5 Live 0600-0900 Saturday, 0600-0830 Sunday
Anna Foster Weekend Breakfast BBC Radio 5 Live 0600-0900 Saturday, 0600-0830 Sunday
Victoria Derbyshire Victoria Derbyshire BBC Radio 5 Live 1000-1200 Monday-Friday
Garry Richardson Sportsweek BBC Radio 5 Live 0830-0930 Sunday
Shelagh Fogarty Shelagh Fogarty BBC Radio 5 Live 1200-1400 Monday-Friday
Richard Bacon Richard Bacon BBC Radio 5 Live 1400-1600 Monday-Thursday
Peter Allen 5 Live Drive BBC Radio 5 Live 1600-1900 Monday-Friday
Aasmah Mir 5 Live Drive BBC Radio 5 Live 1600-1900 Monday-Friday
Tony Livesey Tony Livesey BBC Radio 5 Live 2230-0100 Monday-Thursday
Stephen Nolan Stephen Nolan BBC Radio 5 Live 2200-0100 Friday-Sunday
Rhod Sharp Up All Night BBC Radio 5 Live 0100-0500 Monday-Wednesday
Dotun Adebayo Up All Night BBC Radio 5 Live 0100-0500 Thursday-Sunday
Adrian Goldberg 5 live Investigates BBC Radio 5 Live 2100-2200 Sunday

Reporters

Foreign correspondents

World Affairs

Editor:

Correspondents:

Middle East

Editor:

Correspondents:

U.S.

Editor:

Correspondents:

Africa

Editor:

Correspondents:

  • Will Ross - Accra
  • Jonah Fisher - Johannesburg
  • Andrew Harding - Johannesburg
  • Karen Allen - Nairobi
  • Peter Greste - Nairobi

Europe

Editor:

Correspondents:

Asia

Asia Pacific Editor:

South Asia Editor:

Correspondents:

Oceania

Specialist correspondents

Special

Political

Editor:

Deputy Editor:

Chief Correspondents:

Correspondents:

National Editors:

Parliamentary

Health

  • Jane Hughes
  • Branwen Jeffreys
  • Jane Dreaper
  • Dominic Hughes

Home Affairs

Crime

  • Ben Ando

Social Affairs

  • Alison Holt

Legal Affairs

  • Clive Coleman

Education

Religious Affairs

  • Robert Piggot

Royal Affairs

Diplomatic

Security

Defence

Economics

Business

  • Robert Peston - Editor
  • Simon Gompertz - Personal Finance
  • John Moylan
  • Emma Simpson
  • Joe Lynam
  • Rob Pittam
  • Jonty Bloom

Technology

Science

Rural Affairs

  • Jeremy Cooke

Environment

Transport

  • Richard Scott

Entertainment

Arts

Sport

Regional correspondents

Northern England

  • Chris Buckler
  • Danny Savage
  • Fiona Trott
  • Nick Ravenscroft
  • Judith Moritz

Eastern England

  • Mark Worthington

Midlands

West of England

South West of England

Scotland

  • Lorna Gordon
  • James Cook
  • Colin Blaine
  • James Shaw
  • Raymond Buchanan - Holyrood

Northern Ireland

Wales

News correspondents

  • Keith Doyle
  • Andy Moore
  • Sabet Choudhury
  • Helena Lee
  • Emma North
  • Michelle Robinson
  • Lisa McAllister
  • Maddy Savage
  • Jane Frances-Kelly
  • Giles Dilnot
  • Anna Adams - interactive reporter
  • Asha Tanna
  • Greg Wood

Programme correspondents

Breakfast

PM / The World at One

  • Andrew Bomford
  • Michael Buchanan
  • Hugh Sykes

The World Tonight

  • Charlotte Ashton
  • Paul Moss

Newsnight

Segment Presenters

BBC News employs a number of business and sports presenters to anchor sections of news programmes.

Sports Presenters

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Presenter Regular Shifts
Tanya Arnold BBC Breakfast, BBC News Channel
Mike Bushell BBC Breakfast (Fri-Sat/Relief), BBC World News
Reshmin Chowdhury BBC News Channel, BBC World News
Francis Collings BBC News Channel, BBC World News
Amanda Davies BBC Breakfast (Sun), BBC News Channel, BBC World News
Olly Foster BBC Weekend News, BBC News Channel, BBC World News
Russell Fuller BBC World Service, BBC News Channel, 5 Live
Ivan Gaskell BBC News Channel
Karthi Gnanasegaram BBC News Channel
Matt Gooderick BBC News Channel
Lizzie Greenwood-Hughes BBC News Channel
Amelia Harris BBC News Channel, BBC World News
Celina Hinchcliffe BBC Weekend News, BBC News Channel, BBC World News
Rachael Hodges BBC News Channel
Chris Hollins BBC Breakfast (Mon-Thu)
Jonathan Legard BBC News Channel, Today, 5 Live
Sonja McLaughlan BBC News Channel, BBC World News
Adnan Nawaz BBC News Channel, BBC World News
Sally Nugent BBC Weekend News, BBC News Channel
Jacqui Oatley BBC News Channel
Carrie Prideaux BBC News Channel
Garry Richardson Today
George Riley BBC News Channel
Sanjeev Shetty BBC News Channel
Sue Thearle BBC News Channel, BBC World News

Business Presenters

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Presenter Regular Shifts
Tanya Beckett BBC World News
Sally Bundock BBC World News
Jenny Culshaw BBC News Channel
Sara Coburn BBC News Channel, BBC World News
Sally Eden BBC News Channel, BBC World News
Juliette Foster BBC World News
Penny Haslam BBC Breakfast, BBC News Channel
Aaron Heslehurst BBC Breakfast, BBC News Channel, BBC World News
Simon Jack Today
Dominic Laurie BBC Breakfast, BBC News Channel
Steph McGovern BBC Breakfast
Maryam Moshiri BBC News Channel
Jamie Robertson BBC World News
Susannah Streeter BBC News Channel
Ben Thompson BBC Breakfast, BBC News Channel

Weather forecasters

BBC Weather employs a number of broadcast meterologists to deliver forecasts across its range of television and radio services. Most work across all mediums and shifts.

Programme presenters

See also

References

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