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
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Programme(s)
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Notes
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Clive Myrie
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BBC News at One, BBC News at Six, BBC News at Ten, BBC Weekend News
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Chief presenter[2] & World Affairs Correspondent
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Sophie Raworth
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BBC News at Six, BBC News at Ten
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Reeta Chakrabarti
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BBC News at One, BBC News at Six, BBC News at Ten, BBC Weekend News
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Jane Hill
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BBC News at One, BBC News at Six, BBC News at Ten, BBC Weekend News
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Ben Brown
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BBC News at One, BBC Weekend News
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Chief presenter
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Mishal Husain
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BBC News at Six, BBC News at Ten, BBC Weekend News
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Fiona Bruce
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BBC News at Six, BBC News at Ten, Question Time
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Tina Daheley
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BBC Breakfast, BBC News at Six, BBC News at Ten, BBC Weekend News
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Relief presenter
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Katya Adler
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BBC News at One, BBC Weekend News
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Victoria Derbyshire
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Newsnight
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Faisal Islam
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Kirsty Wark
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Jon Kay
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BBC Breakfast
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Sally Nugent
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Naga Munchetty
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Charlie Stayt
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Roger Johnson
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Relief presenter
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Ben Thompson
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Nina Warhurst
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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
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Location
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Programme(s)
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Sally Bundock
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London
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BBC News, Business Today[4]
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Lucy Hockings
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BBC News, BBC News Now
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Matthew Amroliwala
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BBC News, Verified Live, BBC News at One
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Maryam Moshiri
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BBC News, BBC News at One, BBC Weekend News The World Today[5]', Talking Business
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Christian Fraser
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BBC News,The Context
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Ben Brown
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BBC News, BBC News at One, BBC News at Six, BBC News at Ten, BBC Weekend News[4]
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Annita McVeigh
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BBC News, BBC News at One, BBC Weekend News[4]
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Geeta Guru-Murthy
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BBC News, BBC News at One, BBC Weekend News[4]
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Clive Myrie
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BBC News, BBC News at One, BBC News at Six, BBC News at Ten, BBC Weekend News[6]
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Caitríona Perry
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Washington
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BBC News, BBC World News America
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Sumi Somaskanda
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Steve Lai
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Singapore
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Newsday[7]
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Other presenters
The list below reflects presenters' normal postings, but can be posted to cover other studios, they often assume News Correspondent roles when not in a presenting capacity, some have specialisms for example Carl Nasman is the BBC's Environment and Climate Change presenter, he is an anchor and correspondent for coverage of COP summits as well as hosting Future Earth.
Some relief presenters have regular privileged cover roles, on slots to improve continuity.
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
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 5 Live
BBC World Service
Journalists
♦ = Presenter
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[edit]
Asia/Pacific[edit]
Vacant
Deputy Editor[edit]
Aparna Alluri
Regional Editor[edit]
Celia Hatton ♦
South East Asia Editor[edit]
Anbarasan Ethirajan
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Correspondents[edit]
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North America[edit]
Middle East[edit]
Vacant
Regional Editor[edit]
Sebastian Usher
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Correspondents[edit]
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Analyst[edit]
Sebastian Usher
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Mary Harper[22]
Deputy editor[edit]
Anne Soy
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Correspondents[edit]
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Latin America[edit]
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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[edit]
Correspondents[edit]
North of England[edit]
- Danny Savage
- Ed Thomas
- Judith Moritz
Midlands[edit]
South of England[edit]
West and South West England[edit]
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Scotland[edit]
James Cook[32]
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Correspondents[edit]
- Lorna Gordon
- Jamie McIvor
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Ireland[edit]
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Specialist correspondents
Politics[edit]
Based out of the Westminster Millbank newsroom, flexible correspondents as there is frequent uptake from the nations/regions to supplement local coverage nationally such as during a general election. During General Election periods foreign and specialist correspondents are drafted in to increase coverage, specialist correspondents often cover the election from their specialism's lens.
Family & Education[edit]
Branwen Jeffreys
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Correspondents[edit]
- Elaine Dunkley[39]
- Hazel Shearing
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Home & Legal Affairs[edit]
Security and Defence[edit]
Diplomatic and Royal[edit]
Vacant
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Correspondents[edit]
Diplomatic[edit]
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Economics[edit]
Business[edit]
Simon Jack
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Correspondents[edit]
- Emma Simpson
- Jonty Bloom
- Simon Gompertz – Personal and Finance Correspondent
- Theo Leggett – International Business Correspondent[47]
- Katie Prescott
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BBC Sport has many more correspondents focussed on Final Score and Match of the Day programmes, all BBC Sport presenters are also correspondents for the department.
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Social Affairs[edit]
Alison Holt
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Correspondents[edit]
- Ben Hunte – LGBTQ Correspondent[53]
- Megha Mohan – Gender and Identity Correspondent[54]
- Michael Buchanan
- Alison Holt[55]
- Nikki Fox – Disability Correspondent
- Adina Campbell – Community Affairs Correspondent[56]
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Religious Affairs[edit]
Aleem Maqbool
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Correspondent[edit]
- Lebo Diseko – Global Religion Reporter[57]
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Transport[edit]
Technology[edit]
Based in Glasgow, these also benefit from Click reports and journalists as contributors.[59]
Zoe Kleinman[60]
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Correspondents[edit]
- Marc Cieslak[61]
- James Clayton – North America Technology Reporter[62]
- Steffan Powell – Gaming Reporter[61][63]
- Richard Westcott – Science and Tech Correspondent[64]
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Science[edit]
Rebecca Morelle
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Correspondents[edit]
- Pallab Ghosh
- Jonathan Amos
- Victoria Gill – Global Science Correspondent[65]
- Richard Westcott – Science and Tech Correspondent[64]
- Laura Foster – Health Science Correspondent
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Environment and Climate[edit]
Based in Cardiff, shares correspondent with the science unit, due to subject matter overlap.[66]
Culture, Arts and Media[edit]
Katie Razzall
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Correspondents[edit]
- Noor Nanji
- Lizo Mzimba – Entertainment Correspondent
- David Sillito – Media and Arts Correspondent
- Mark Savage – Music Reporter[69]
- Charlotte Gallagher
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BBC Verify[edit]
The BBC's fact checking service, centred around social media output bu also heavily feature on Verified Live, some Verify Correspondents, also perform a role in other departments e.g. Nick Eardley who is Political Correspondent and Verify Correspondent (albeit focussing on political fact-checking).[70]
Analysis Editor[edit]
Ros Atkins
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Correspondents[edit]
- Merlyn Thomas
- Marianna Spring – Social Media and Global Disinformation Correspondent
- Ben Chu – Policy and Analysis Correspondent
- Olga Robinson
- Osob Elmi
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Contributing Editors
Special correspondents
Programme correspondents
Segment presenters
BBC News employs a number of business and sports presenters to anchor sections of news programmes.
Sport
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Regular shifts |
Notes
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Rob Bonnet |
Today
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Garry Richardson
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Mike Bushell |
BBC Breakfast, BBC News Channel[71]
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Reshmin Chowdhury |
BBC News Channel
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Katherine Downes |
Sportsday
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Russell Fuller |
BBC World Service, 5 Live
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Karthi Gnanasegaram |
Today, 5 Live, BBC News Channel, BBC Weekend News, Sportsday, BBC Breakfast
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Lizzie Greenwood-Hughes |
BBC News Channel, BBC Weekend News, Sportsday
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Damian Johnson |
BBC News Channel
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Jonathan Legard |
Today, 5 Live, BBC News Channel
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Gary Lineker |
Match of the Day
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Tim Hague |
BBC Sport
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Tulsen Tollett |
BBC World News, BBC News Channel
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Olly Foster
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Relief
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Will Perry
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Azi Farni
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Hugh Ferris
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John Watson
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Steven Wyeth
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Marc Edwards
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Chetan Pathak
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Laura McGhie
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Gavin Ramjaun
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Louisa Pilbeam[72]
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Business
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.