BBC News Former Presenters

Angela May Rippon CBE – born 12 October 1944 – is a former news presenter with the BBC. she presented radio and television news programmes in South West England before moving to BBC One’s Nine O’Clock News, becoming a regular…

Alice Baxter is a former Business presenter on BBC News & BBC World. Previously she was in Russia for six years. Alice on Twitter: @Alice_Baxter

Name: Rico Hizon Date of Birth: 24th March 1966 Network: BBC News Biography: Rico Hizon is a Filipino broadcast journalist formally working on BBC World News. He presented Newsday and Asia Business Report, which was broadcast to more than 400…

Rachael Bland (née Hodges) is a former presenter on BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC North West Tonight. After training as a broadcast journalist, Bland presented news bulletins on BBC Wiltshire. She then moved to BBC Radio 5 Live, at…

Saima Mohsin is a news presenter on Sky News In 2000 Mohsin gained her first job in television joining ITV Meridian as a producer, and later became a presenter/reporter for the station. In 2002, Mohsin joined BBC Points West as…

James Dagwell is a producer at BBC News He started as a news desk assistant on GMTV; then became one of the UK’s first videojournalists for a London cable news station in 1997; then a presenter and reporter for ITV…

Juliet Dunlop is a British television journalist and newsreader working for STV in East Central Scotland. She previously appeared as a presenter for the BBC, appearing on the BBC News channel, BBC World News and BBC One daytime updates. Before…

Emma Crosby is a news presenter on Sky News. Prior to this she worked as a relief presenter on the BBC News Channel and presented for CNN. She was also a presenter on GMTV, for 18 months from January 2009….

Nicholas Owen is a former presenter on the BBC. Prior to this, he co-presented the ITV Lunchtime News with Katie Derham as well as reporting at home and abroad for ITV News bulletins. Other previous roles have included anchoring ITN’s…

Philippa Thomas – born 22 November 1965 – is a former presenter on BBC News. Thomas has reported extensively from the United States, South America, Africa, and continental Europe. Philippa was as presenter and special correspondent in the BBC Washington…

Jeremy Paxman is a former presenter of BBC Newsnight. He joined Newsnight in 1989. Prior to this, Jeremy worked on Breakfast News and as a reporter for Panorama. In 2002 Jeremy was named presenter of the year at the Royal…

Andrew Marr is a former presenter at the BBC. Prior to this, Andrew was the BBC’s Political Editor, where he covered many major stories from Westminster. Andrew was also part of the team which launched the Independent, and went on…

Carole Walker is a former Political Correspondent for BBC News. Walker attended North Walsham Girls’ High School in Norfolk, attached to the all-male Paston College, attended by Admiral Horatio Nelson and Stephen Fry. She subsequently studied journalism at the London…

Name: Andrew Ferguson Neil Date of Birth: 21st May 1949 Network: GB News Biography: Andrew is a journalist and broadcaster, who once presented the live political programme Politics Live on BBC Two. Neil was appointed editor of The Sunday Times…

Valerie Sanderson was a presenter for BBC News 24. She was a presenter at the channel’s launch and mainly presented the afternoon 1-4pm slot alongside Bill Turnbull or Chris Eakin. She still occasionally fills in on the channel.

Stephen Cole is to be the main male news anchor, based in London, at the soon-to-launch Al-Jazeera International. He will present news bulletins alongside former ITV Newscaster Felicity Barr. Prior to joining Al-Jazeera, Stephen worked at the BBC. He was…

Philip Hayton worked for the BBC for more than 30 years before leaving the corporation in September 2005. Philip had been a BBC correspondent and anchorman for more than 30 years and presented all of the main BBC One bulletins…

Susan Osman presented BBC Points West alongside Chris Vacher and also worked as a relief overnight presenter on BBC News 24. Susan left Points West in 2005 after 14 years. Whilst with the BBC in Bristol she was voted Personality…

Martin Popplewell is a former presenter on Sky News. Prior to joining Sky, Martin was a relief presenter at BBC News 24. Before that, he fronted the lifestyle magazine show Five News at Breakfast with Katie Ledger.

Liz Pike was a relief presenter on BBC News 24. When Liz joined the BBC, she initially presented on BBC World before moving to its sister channel in 1998. Liz trained on local newspapers before joining the BBC for the…

David Robertson co-presents Reporting Scotland most weeknights. David joined BBC Scotland in 2000 but he spent most of his career working at Network News based in London, holding reporting posts on World At One, PM and The World This Weekend…

Anna Jones currently presents on Sky News. Prior to this, she was a presenter on the BBC News Channel. She joined the BBC in 1992 after working for four years as the editor of a business magazine. Whilst at the…

Adrian Finighan is currently a News presenter for Al Jazeera English, based in Doha. From 2006-2010 Finighan worked as a news and business presenter for CNN International in London. Prior to this, Adrian worked as a relief presenter on both…

Rachel Schofield is a former presenter on the BBC News Channel. She started her career at the BBC on BBC Radio Newcastle in 1999 and also reported for BBC Look North. She then moved to be a reporter for BBC…