Julian Gordon Worricker (born 6 January 1963 in Woking, Surrey) is an English journalist, currently working as one of the main presenters of ''Weekend'' on the BBC World Service, as stand in presenter of ''

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'' on

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and a relief presenter on

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which is also seen on

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, the corporation's 24-hour rolling news channel. He also presented ''

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'' on

until leaving in October 2013. Worricker was educated at

Epsom College Epsom College is a co-educational independent school on Epsom Downs, Surrey, England, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It was founded in 1853 as a boys' school to provide support for poor members of the medical profession such as pensioners and orph ...

; he went on to study English literature at the

University of Leicester , mottoeng = So that they may have life , established = , type = public research university , endowment = £20.0 million , budget = £326 million , chancellor = David Willetts , vice_chancellor = Nishan Canagarajah , head_lab ...

. He is an only child. He suffers from

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. Since 2020, he has been shielding in the

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. He joined the BBC in 1985 as a staff reporter for

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before moving to

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as a TV presenter in 1988. In January 1989, he rejoined Radio Leicester as News Editor. In 1991, he moved to join the newly launched station Radio Five in

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, presenting the evening magazine programme, '' Five Aside''. He joined Five Live at its launch in 1994, initially as a newsreader and reporter, but was soon a regular presenter on ''Weekend Breakfast'' before presenting ''Five Live Breakfast'' alongside

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. He then moved to the mid-morning show from July 2003 (taking over from

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) until July 2004, when he left to become a relief presenter for BBC News. On occasion, he has presented the

obituary programme

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. From September 2002 until September 2007, he presented the current affairs programme
Worricker on Sunday
', which also included the 5 Live Report. In September 2007 Worricker decided to take a six-month break from both 5 Live and BBC News to go travelling around the world.Worricker to take break from broadcasting
Times Online He can be heard presenting ''Weekend'' on the BBC World Service most Saturday and Sunday mornings.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Worricker, Julian 1963 births Living people BBC Radio 5 Live presenters BBC World Service presenters Alumni of the University of Leicester People from Woking People educated at Epsom College