List of BBC newsreaders and reporters
employs many presenters and correspondents who appear across television, radio and contribute to BBC Online. BBC News provides television journalism to BBC One bulletins and the rolling news channels BBC World News and the BBC News Channel in the United Kingdom. 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.
Television news presenters
BBC One and BBC Two
Many of the presenters below also work on other BBC News output, and some also work in other parts of the BBC. Other BBC News presenters also provide relief presentation on programmes broadcast on these channels. Not included in this list are presenters of the BBC News Channel programme BBC Newsroom Live which is simulcast on BBC Two. Also not included are presenters of BBC World News programmes that are simulcast overnight on BBC One and the 19:00 edition on BBC Four.Presenter | Image | Programme | Notes |
George Alagiah | BBC News at Six | ||
Ben Brown | BBC News at One, BBC World News, BBC Weekend News | Relief Presenter | |
Fiona Bruce | BBC News at Six, BBC News at Ten, Question Time | ||
Rachel Burden | BBC Breakfast | Relief Presenter | |
Reeta Chakrabarti | BBC News at One, BBC News at Six, BBC News at Ten, BBC Weekend News, BBC News at Nine | Relief Presenter | |
Tina Daheley | BBC Breakfast, Victoria Derbyshire, BBC News at Six, BBC News at Ten, BBC Weekend News | Relief Presenter | |
Victoria Derbyshire | BBC News at Nine, BBC World News, Victoria Derbyshire Show | ||
Huw Edwards | BBC News at Six, BBC News at Ten, BBC Weekend News, Election Night, State Occasions | Chief Presenter | |
Christian Fraser | BBC Breakfast, BBC World News, BBC Weekend News, Beyond 100 Days | Relief Presenter | |
Joanna Gosling | Victoria Derbyshire, BBC News at Nine, BBC Newsroom Live, BBC World News, BBC Weekend News | Relief Presenter | |
Carrie Gracie | BBC News at Nine, BBC World News, BBC Newsroom Live, BBC Weekend News | ||
Jane Hill | BBC News at One, BBC News at Six, BBC News at Ten, BBC Weekend News | Relief Presenter | |
Mishal Husain | BBC News at Six, BBC News at Ten, BBC Weekend News | ||
Roger Johnson | BBC Breakfast | Relief Presenter | |
Jon Kay | - | BBC Breakfast | Relief Presenter |
Emily Maitlis | Newsnight | ||
Simon McCoy | BBC News at One, BBC News at Six, BBC News at Ten, BBC Weekend News | ||
Annita McVeigh | BBC News at Nine,BBC World News, BBC Newsroom Live, BBC Weekend News | ||
Louise Minchin | BBC Breakfast | ||
Naga Munchetty | BBC Breakfast | ||
Clive Myrie | BBC News at Six, BBC News at Ten, BBC Weekend News | ||
Sally Nugent | BBC Breakfast | Relief Presenter | |
Sophie Raworth | BBC News at One, BBC News at Six, BBC News at Ten, State Occasions | Senior Presenter | |
Kate Silverton | BBC News at One, BBC News at Six, BBC News at Ten, BBC Weekend News | ||
Norman Smith | Victoria Derbyshire | Relief Presenter | |
Charlie Stayt | BBC Breakfast | ||
Chloe Tilley | Victoria Derbyshire | Relief Presenter | |
Dan Walker | BBC Breakfast | ||
Kirsty Wark | Newsnight |
BBC News Channel
Many of the presenters below also work on other BBC News output, and some also work in other parts of the BBC. Other BBC News presenters also provide relief presentation on programmes broadcast on this channel. Not included in this list are the presenters of the programmes BBC Breakfast, Victoria Derbyshire as well as the BBC One bulletins that are simulcast on the channel. Also not included are presenters of the BBC World News programmes that are simulcast from 19:00 to 22:00 and 00:00 to 06:00 daily, unless they're mainly seen on the News Channel. Presenters who have normal shows and also Relief present have their relief shows in bold.Presenter | Image | Programme | Notes | - |
Lukwesa Burak | BBC News, BBC World News, World News Today, The Papers | - | ||
Reeta Chakrabarti | BBC News, BBC News at Five, BBC World News BBC Weekend News, The Papers | - | ||
Martine Croxall | BBC News, BBC World News, BBC News at Five, The Papers, Afternoon Live | - | ||
Victoria Derbyshire | BBC News, BBC World News, BBC News at Nine, Victoria Derbyshire Show | - | ||
Huw Edwards | BBC News at Five | - | ||
Christian Fraser | Beyond 100 Days, BBC World News, BBC News, BBC News at Five, The Papers | Relief Presenter | - | |
Joanna Gosling | BBC News, BBC World News, BBC Newsroom Live | - | ||
Jane Hill | BBC News, BBC News at Five, The Film Review | - | ||
Rebecca Jones | BBC News at Nine, BBC World News, BBC News at Five, BBC Newsroom Live, The Papers | Relief Presenter | - | |
Shaun Ley | BBC News, BBC World News, BBC News at Five, BBC Weekend News, The Papers, dateline london | Relief Presenter & Main Morning Presenter | - | |
Geeta Guru-Murthy | BBC News, BBC World News, The Papers | Relief Presenter | - | |
Simon McCoy | BBC News, Afternoon Live | - | ||
Carrie Gracie | BBC News, BBC News at Nine, Afternoon Live, BBC World News, BBC News at Five | - | ||
Annita McVeigh | BBC News at Nine, BBC Newsroom Live, BBC Weekend News, BBC World News | - | ||
Clive Myrie | BBC News, BBC Weekend News, BBC News at Five, The Papers, Beyond 100 Days, BBC World News | - | - | |
Rachel Schofield | BBC News, The Papers | Relief Presenter | ||
Ben Bland | BBC World News, BBC News, The Papers | Business and Relief Presenter | - | |
Julian Worricker | BBC News, BBC Weekend News, BBC News at Five, The Papers | Relief Presenter | - | |
Chris Rogers | BBC News, BBC News at Five, The Papers, BBC World News, World News Today | Relief Presenter | - | |
Carole Walker | BBC News, BBC News at Five, The Papers | Relief Presenter | - | |
Vicki Young | BBC News | Relief Presenter | - |
BBC World News
Many of the presenters below also work on other BBC News output, and some also work in other parts of the BBC. Other BBC News presenters also provide relief presentation on programmes broadcast on this channel. Presenters who have normal shows and also Relief present have their relief shows in bold.Presenter | Programme | Notes |
Reged Ahmad | BBC World News | Relief Presenter |
Matthew Amroliwala | Global, Global Business | |
Ros Atkins | Outside Source | |
Tanya Beckett | BBC World News, World News Today | Relief Presenter |
Ben Bland | BBC World News, The Briefing, World News Today | Relief Presenter |
Nancy Kacungira | BBC World News, World News Today | |
Sally Bundock | The Briefing | |
David Eades | BBC World News, The Briefing, Global | Relief Presenter |
Mike Embley | BBC World News | |
Christian Fraser | Beyond 100 Days, BBC World News | |
Victoria Fritz | The Briefing | Relief Presenter |
Karin Giannone | BBC World News, World News Today | |
Duncan Golestani | BBC World News, World News Today | |
Lucy Grey | BBC World News | Relief Presenter |
Geeta Guru-Murthy | BBC World News, Impact | Relief Presenter |
Yalda Hakim | Impact, BBC World News | |
Celia Hatton | BBC World News | Relief Presenter |
Lucy Hockings | Live with Lucy Hockings | |
Katty Kay | Beyond 100 Days, BBC World News America | Based in Washington, Relief Presenter |
Sharanjit Leyl | Newsday Asia Business Report | Based in Singapore |
Kasia Madera | Newsday, World News Today, BBC World News | |
Nuala McGovern | BBC World News | |
James Menendez | BBC World News | Relief Presenter |
Maryam Moshiri | Newsday, The Briefing, World News Today, BBC World News | Senior presenter |
Jane O'Brien | BBC World News America, Beyond 100 Days | Based in Washington, Relief Presenter |
Krupa Padhy | BBC World News | |
Simon Pusey | BBC World News | |
James Reynolds | BBC World News Beyond 100 Days | Relief Presenter |
Chris Rogers | BBC World News, World News Today | Relief Presenter |
Stephen Sackur | GMT | |
Babita Sharma | Newsday | |
Samantha Simmonds | BBC World News, World News Today | Relief Presenter |
Martin Stanford | BBC World News, World News Today | |
Philippa Thomas | Impact, BBC World News, World News Today | Relief Presenter |
Laura Trevelyan | BBC World News America | Based in New York Relief Presenter |
Lewis Vaughan-Jones | BBC World News, World News Today, Newsday | Relief Presenter |
Tim Willcox | BBC World News, Impact, Global | Relief Presenter |
Nada Tawfik | BBC World News America | Based in Washington |
Radio news presenters
BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 5 Live
BBC World Service
Reporters
Foreign correspondents
The list below reflects correspondents' normal postings.During major international events, such as the Libyan crisis of 2011 and the Gaza conflict of 2014, foreign correspondents may be redeployed from their normal bases to cover such stories temporarily on a rota, before returning to their normal base. This can also happen to cover holidays mainly during July / August and over Christmas periods.
World Affairs
Editor:- John Simpson
- Lyse Doucet ♦
- Paul Wood
- Emily Buchanan
- Humphrey Hawksley
- Richard Galpin
- Orla Guerin – Istanbul - International Correspondent
- Mark Doyle – International Development Correspondent
- Naomi Grimley – Global Affairs
- Darrin Conway – Cameraman / Producer– Washington
- Stephanie Hegarty - Global Population Correspondent
US and Canada
- Jon Sopel – North America Editor – Washington
- Gary O'Donoghue – Washington
- Katty Kay – Washington '
- Laura Trevelyan – New York City '
- Kim Ghattas – Washington
- Barbara Plett-Usher – Washington '
- Nick Bryant – New York City
- Chris Buckler- Washington
- Sophie Long- Los Angeles
- David Willis – Los Angeles / Washington
- Tom Brook – New York City '
- Michelle Fleury – New York City business correspondent
- Samira Hussain – Business
- Jane O'Brien - Washington
- Aleem Maqbool
- Peter Bowes - Los Angeles
Latin America
- Wyre Davies – Rio de Janeiro
- Will Grant – Havana
- Katy Watson - São Paulo
- Daniel Gallas - Business Correspondent
Europe
- Katya Adler – Brussels
- Kevin Connolly – Europe Correspondent – Brussels
- Andrew Plant – Brussels / Bristol
- Hugh Schofield – Paris
- Lucy Williamson – Paris
- Imogen Foulkes - Geneva
- Jenny Hill – Berlin
- Damien McGuinness – Berlin
- Mark Lowen – Rome
- David Willey – Rome
- Nick Thorpe – Budapest
- Rob Cameron – Prague
- Adam Easton - Warsaw
- Anna Holligan – The Hague
- Steve Rosenberg – Moscow
- Sarah Rainsford – Moscow
- Jonah Fisher – Kiev
- Adam Fleming – Brussels
Middle East
- Jeremy Bowen
- Sebastian Usher – BBC World Service
- Jim Muir – Beirut
- Martin Patience – Beirut
- Rami Ruhayem – Beirut
- Lina Sinjab – Beirut
- Tom Bateman – Jerusalem
- Quentin Sommerville - Beirut
Africa
- Vacant
- Anne Soy - Senior Correspondent
- Arwa Barkallah - West Africa Correspondent - Dakar
- Bassam Bounenni – North Africa Correspondent – Tunis
- Karen Allen - Johannesburg
- Andrew Harding – Johannesburg
- Emmanuel Igunza - Ethiopia
- Alastair Leithead – Nairobi
- Rana Jawad – North Africa Correspondent – Tunis
- Lerato Mbele ♦ – Cape Town
- Mayeni Jones - Lagos - Nigeria
- Tomi Oladipo - Africa Security Correspondent
- Chi Chi Izundu - Nigeria
Asia
- Celia Hatton
- Rebecca Henschke – Indonesia Editor - Jakarta
- Nick Beake - Myanmar Correspondent - Yangon, Myanmar
- Laura Bicker – Seoul
- Soutik Biswas - India Correspondent
- Robin Brant – Shanghai
- Sameer Hashmi – Mumbai
- Jonathan Head – South East Asia Correspondent – Bangkok
- Sharanjit Leyl ♦ – Singapore
- Howard Johnson – Philippines
- Secunder Kermani – Afghanistan & Pakistan
- Juliana Liu – Hong Kong
- David Loyn – Kabul
- Sanjoy Majumder – Delhi bureau
- Stephen McDonell – Beijing
- Justin Rowlatt – South Asia Correspondent ?– Delhi
- John Sudworth - Beijing
- Rajini Vaidyanathan – South Asia Correspondent – Delhi
- Rupert Wingfield-Hayes – Tokyo
- Mariko Oi – Singapore / Toyko
Australia
- Shaimaa Khalil – Sydney
UK and Ireland correspondents
World Affairs Correspondent
- Clive Myrie
Ireland
- Chris Page
- Emma Vardy
Scotland
Sarah Smith
Correspondents:
- Glenn Campbell
- Lorna Gordon
Wales
- Tomos Morgan
- Hywel Griffith
North of England
- Judith Moritz
- Danny Savage
- Ed Thomas
- Dan Johnson – Victoria Derbyshire
Midlands
- Sian Lloyd
Eastern England
- Mark Worthington
South of England
- Duncan Kennedy
West of England
- Jon Kay
Specialist correspondents
Political
Editor:- Laura Kuenssberg
- Vacant
- Norman Smith
- Vicki Young
- Gary O'Donoghue – Washington
- Ross Hawkins
- Iain Watson
- Chris Mason
- Ben Wright
- Alex Forsyth
- Susana Mendonça
- Leila Nathoo
- Jonathan Blake
- Rob Watson BBC World News
- Nick Eardley Scotland
- Mark Devenport – Political Editor, Northern Ireland
- Nick Servini – Political Editor, Wales
- Brian Taylor – Political Editor, Scotland
Parliamentary
- Mark D'Arcy
- Esther Webber
Education
- Branwen Jeffreys
- Sean Coughlan - Education and Family
- Elaine Dunkley
Home Affairs
- Mark Easton
- Daniel Sandford
- Danny Shaw
- Tom Symonds
- June Kelly
- Dominic Casciani
Security
- Frank Gardner
- Gordon Corera
Defence
- Jonathan Beale
- Jonathan Marcus
Diplomatic and Royal
- James Robbins
- James Landale – Diplomatic
- Caroline Hawley – Diplomatic
- Paul Adams - Diplomatic
- Jonathan Marcus - Diplomatic
- Jonny Dymond – Royal
- Nicholas Witchell – Royal
- Daniela Relph – Royal
- Sarah Campbell – Royal
Business and Economics
- Simon Jack – Business
- Faisal Islam – Economics
- Dharshini David – Global Trade
- Joe Lynam – Business
- Andrew Verity – Economics
- Andrew Walker – Economics
- Emma Simpson – Business
- Jonty Bloom – Business
- Simon Gompertz – Personal and Finance
- Theo Leggett - International Business
Health
- Hugh Pym
- Tulip Mazumdar – Global Health
- Fergus Walsh – Medical
- Nick Triggle
- Sophie Hutchinson
- Dominic Hughes
- Jane Dreaper
- Adam Brimelow
- Lauren Moss
Social Affairs
- Ben Hunte
- Michael Buchanan
- Alison Holt
- Nikki Fox – MediaCityUK
- Adina Campbell
Legal Affairs
- Clive Coleman
Religious Affairs
- Martin Bashir - Editor
- Lebo Diseko - Global Religion Reporter
Transport
- Tom Burridge
Technology
- Rory Cellan-Jones
- Dave Lee – North America Technology Reporter
- Richard Westcott - Science and Tech
Science
- David Shukman
- Pallab Ghosh
- Roger Harrabin – Environment Analyst
- Matt McGrath - Environment
- Claire Marshall - Environment and Rural Affairs
- Rebecca Morelle – Global Science
- Victoria Gill - Global Science
- Richard Westcott - Science and Tech
Arts
- Will Gompertz
- Amol Rajan – Media
- Rebecca Jones
- Nick Higham ♦ – Meet the Author presenter
- Lizo Mzimba – Entertainment
- David Sillito – Media and Arts
- Mark Savage – Music
Sport
- Dan Roan – MediaCityUK
- Andrew Benston
- Unknown Replacement
- Natalie Pirks
- Andy Swiss
- Katie Gornall
- Joe WIlson
- Laura Lambert
Contributing Editors
- Reeta Chakrabarti ♦
Film Maker / Producers
- Benjamin Zand
- Darrin Conway – Washington
News correspondents
Programme correspondents
Segment presenters
BBC News employs a number of business and sports presenters to anchor sections of news programmes.Sport
Business
Weather forecasters
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.- Philip Avery
- Darren Bett
- Stav Danaos
- Chris Fawkes
- Alina Jenkins
- Sarah Keith-Lucas
- Simon King
- Carol Kirkwood
- Louise Lear
- Lucy Martin
- Nick Miller
- Susan Powell
- Ben Rich
- Tomasz Schafernaker
- Matt Taylor
- Helen Willetts
Programme presenters