List of current BBC newsreaders and reporters
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.
Television news presenters
BBC One and BBC Two
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 | ||
BBC News (TV channel)
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]
Chief presenters
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] |
Other presenters
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 |
Radio news presenters
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.
BBC Radio 2
Presenter | Programme(s) |
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Harvey Cook[9] | BBC News |
Tina Daheley | Zoe Ball breakfast show |
Jeremy Vine | Jeremy Vine |
BBC Radio 4
Presenter | Programme(s) |
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Mishal Husain | Today |
Nick Robinson | |
Amol Rajan | |
Martha Kearney | |
Justin Webb | |
Sarah Montague | The World at One |
Edward Stourton | |
Jonny Dymond | |
Evan Davis | PM[10] |
David Eades | The World Tonight |
Paddy O'Connell | Broadcasting House |
Jonny Dymond | |
BBC Radio 5 Live
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 |
BBC World Service
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 |
Journalists
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Foreign correspondents
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
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North America
Middle East
Africa
Latin America
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UK and Ireland correspondents
Only network correspondents are listed, but additional correspondents from national and regional news teams also report for the network.
England
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Scotland
Wales
Ireland
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Specialist correspondents
Politics
Family & Education
Home & Legal Affairs
Security
Defence
Diplomatic and Royal
Economics
Business
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Health
Social Affairs
Religious Affairs
Transport
Technology
Science
Environment and Climate
Culture, Arts and Media
Sport
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Contributing Editors
- Reeta Chakrabarti ♦
Special correspondents
- Lucy Manning
- Fergal Keane
- Ed Thompson
Programme correspondents
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Segment presenters
BBC News employs a number of business and sports presenters to anchor sections of news programmes.
Sport
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] |
Business
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 |
Weather forecasters
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.
- Darren Bett
- Katerina Christodoulou
- Stav Danaos
- Chris Fawkes
- Alexis Green
- Alina Jenkins
- Sarah Keith-Lucas
- Simon King
- Carol Kirkwood
- Louise Lear
- Lucy Martin
- Susan Powell
- Ben Rich
- Elizabeth Rizzini
- Tomasz Schafernaker
- Matt Taylor
- Helen Willetts
- Owain Wyn Evans
Programme presenters
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 |
See also
- List of former BBC newsreaders and journalists
- Category:British journalists
- Category:British television journalists
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