This is a list of newsreaders and journalists currently employed by

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s appear across BBC television, radio but also contribute to

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. BBC News provides television journalism to BBC network bulletins (on

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) and programmes as well as the

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available around the world and in the

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. BBC News runs

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and

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as part of its rolling news coverage, journalists and presenters also contribute to podcasts produced by BBC News for

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, as well as solely for

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. The BBC has over 5,500 journalists 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

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has been his home for 25 years.

Television news presenters

BBC One and BBC Two

Many presenters listed here contribute to various

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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

overnight or during weekday mornings on

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 Breakfast'' is a British television breakfast news programme, produced by BBC News and broadcast on BBC One every morning from 6:00am. It is also broadcast on the UK feed of BBC News channel on weekends. The simulcast is presented live, ...

, BBC One bulletins, and BBC Newsnight simulcast on the domestic feed, unless they are a chief presenter. 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 Salford and Singapore.

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 including the

BBC Weekend News ''BBC Weekend News'' is the BBC's national news programme on BBC One at the weekend and bank holidays, although it is often referred to on guides simply as ''BBC News''. It is called ''BBC Weekend News'' on all bulletins and carries generic BBC ...

. 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. All Chief Presenters cover ''BBC News'' programmes.

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 for lunchtime ''

'' on BBC One, '' The World Today'', ''

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BBC News Now ''BBC News Now'', styled also as ''BBC News Now with Lucy Hockings'', is a news programme that premiered on both BBC News (British TV channel), UK feed and BBC News (international TV channel), international feed of BBC News channel on 22 May 2 ...

'', and regular slots to improve continuity. For Presenters who only cover ''BBC News'' branded programmes this is stated

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

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Foreign correspondents

Correspondents typically cover specific regions or countries. However, during major global events, they may be temporarily reassigned to cover breaking news. For example, during the Libyan crisis in 2011 and the Gaza conflict in 2023, correspondents were reassigned to these areas on a rotational basis. While covering these events, they are often referred to as "World Affairs Correspondents." Correspondents may also be reassigned to cover stories outside their usual posting. For example, Hugo Bachega, Beirut Correspondent, became a "Middle East Correspondent" while covering the fall of the Assad regime in Syria. Additionally, correspondents may be reassigned to cover for colleagues on vacation, especially during peak travel times such as the British summer period and Christmas. Due to the BBC's history and structure there are BBC News Editors and BBC World Service Regional Editors, the distinction between these roles has largely disappeared as the News operations have become streamlined, Regional Editors aid BBC News in times when the Editor is not available.

UK and Ireland correspondents

Only network correspondents are listed, but additional correspondents from national and regional news teams also report for the network.

Specialist correspondents

Contributing Editors

* Reeta Chakrabarti ♦

Special correspondents

* Lucy Manning *

Fergal Keane Fergal Patrick Keane (born 6 January 1961) is an Irish foreign correspondent with BBC News, and an author. For some time, Keane was the BBC's correspondent in South Africa. He is a nephew of the Irish playwright, novelist and essayist John B. ...

* Judith Moritz

Programme correspondents

Segment presenters

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

Sport

Sport Presenters are employed by

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but feature, write and report sport stories for BBC News. The large number of sports presenters is due to the Saturday fixture lists where most presenters become correspondents for

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. It is not accurate to detail the regular shifts of Sport segment presenters as they are all on a rotating shift basis, and all feature across the segments semi-regularly.

Business

Weather forecasters

BBC Weather is delivered by a team of broadcast meteorologists and weather presenters to deliver forecasts across its range of television and radio services. Most forecasters work across all mediums and shifts.

Chief Presenters

* Simon King – Salford * Carol Kirkwood * Barra Best

Others

* Darren Bett * Katerina Christodoulou *

Stav Danaos Stavros "Stav" Danaos (born 8 April 1978) is an English weather presenter of Greek Cypriot descent. He currently presents the BBC's national weather forecast and has previously worked for ''Reporting Scotland''. Career In 2006, Stav applied ...

* Chris Fawkes * Alexis Green * Alina Jenkins * Sarah Keith-Lucas * Louise Lear * Lucy Martin * Susan Powell * Ben Rich * Elizabeth Rizzini *

Tomasz Schafernaker Tomasz Schafernaker (born 8 January 1979) is a Polish-British meteorologist who currently works for BBC Weather. Early life Tomasz Schafernaker was born on 8 January 1979 in Gdańsk, Poland, and attended school both in his native Poland and ...

* Matt Taylor * Helen Willetts *

Owain Wyn Evans Owain Wyn Evans (born 9 March 1984) is a Welsh broadcaster and drummer. He hosts BBC Radio 2's early breakfast show and previously presented weather bulletins on ''BBC Look North'', ''North West Tonight'' and ''BBC Breakfast''. Evans is also a ...

Programme presenters

References

Notes

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