List of former BBC newsreaders and journalists

The BBC has employed many journalists and newsreaders to present its news programmes as well as to provide news reports and interviews. The following list, dated December 2007, names individuals who no longer employed by the BBC in its news division BBC News.

A

* Robin Aitken - BBC journalist since 1978. Left in 2005, ending his career on BBC Radio 4's "The Today Programme". Aitken published "Can We Trust the BBC?" (Continuum Press) in February 2007, which asserted the BBC was guilty of an "unconscious, institutionalised Leftism".
* Michael Aspel - one of the early "BBC Television News" newsreaders, together with Robert Dougall, Richard Baker and Kenneth Kendall.He has since hosted This is Your Life and The Antiques Roadshow

B

* Richard Baker - The first to read the "BBC Television News" in 1954 (in voiceover).
* Joan Bakewell - worked on BBC Radio 4 and "Newsnight" on BBC Two
* Matt Barbet - presenter on BBC London and previously Radio 1's Newsbeat until he moved to Five News in October 2007.
* Sue Beardsmore - presenter of the regional news programme for the Midlands: "Midlands Today"
* Martin Bell - was a prolific world affairs correspondent covering many conflicts in 30 years as a reporter until leaving the BBC in 1997 to become a politician
* Jennie Bond - Royal correspondent for BBC News for 13 years until 2003
* Michael Buerk presenter of the Ten O'Clock bulletin from 2000 - 2003.

C

* Tom Carver - held various posts as foreign correspondent, before becoming Washington D.C. correspondent for eight years. Now works for Control Risks Group
* Nick Clarke - presenter of The World At One on BBC Radio 4 from 1994 until he died of cancer in 2006. He also appeared on Newsnight and The World This Weekend.
*John Cole - was the BBC's political editor between 1981 and 1992.
* Stephen Cole - presenter on BBC World and of technical programme "Click Online". Now with Al Jazeera English.
* Alistair Cooke - broadcaster, presented "Letter from America" until October 2004, he died later in the same month.
*Frances Coverdale relief presenter on the Nine o'clock bulletin in the 1980s

D

* Nasteh Dahir - foreign correspondant of the BBC in Somalia, murdered in 2008.
* Jill Dando - presenter of BBC News programmes as well as others including "Holiday" and "Crimewatch" until her murder in 1999.
* William Davis - Economics broadcaster and commentator. One of the original presenters of The Money Programme and BBC Radio 4's The World At One
* Sir Robin Day - political broadcaster and commentator, he died in 2000.
* Robert Dougall - one of the first "BBC Television News" newsreaders, together with Richard Baker and Kenneth Kendall. He died in 1999.

E

* John Edmunds - a TV newsreader from September 1968 until September 1973, and then again in October 1974 and between September 1979 and June 1981. He also presented the BBC's regional London TV magazine, "Town And Around" in 1968/1969

F

* Adrian Finighan - presenter on BBC News 24 and BBC World until early 2006 when he left for CNN International.
* Anna Ford - presenter of the "BBC Six O'Clock News" from 1987 until 1999 the "One O'Clock News" from 1999 until 2006. She had also worked across other BBC News programmes, having been the first female newsreader at ITN. She left the BBC in 2006.
* Max Foster - business reporter and presenter on BBC Breakfast until he left for CNN International in 2005.
* Sir David Frost - presented "Breakfast with Frost" from 1993 to 2005. Now with Al Jazeera English.

G

* Andrew Gilligan - journalist implicated in the Hutton Report of 2003 following his report on BBC Radio 4's "The Today Programme" regarding the content of a British government briefing paper. Resigned following publication of the report's findings in the same year. Now with Press TV

H

* Andrew Harvey - presenter of main news programmes including the "BBC Six O'Clock News" as main and co-presenter (1984-1996) as well as regional news programmes later including BBC Points West and "South Today". Left to join ITN.
* Philip Hayton - veteran broadcaster, main and co-presenter of the "BBC Six O'Clock News" (1987-1994), also presented the "One O'Clock News" as well as regional news in the North of England. Presented on BBC World and BBC News 24, resigning from the corporation in 2005 citing "incompatibility" with his new co-presenter Kate Silverton. He had been with the BBC for 37 years.

J

* Anna Jones - presented the 9-1pm shift Phillip Hayton on BBC News 24 from 2003. She had been with the channel since its 1997 launch, originally as a business presenter. She left in 2005, after 12 years, to become a presenter on Sky News.
* Darren Jordon - originally sports correspondent on BBC News 24, he moved within the department to present "BBC Breakfast"and was later deputy presenter of the "BBC One O'Clock News" and weekend bulletins. He left in October 2006 to become a presenter on the Al Jazeera English service, based in Doha.
* Gillian Joseph - read the headlines on BBC Breakfast as well as occasionally presenting the main programme. She also worked for BBC London. She left for Sky News in 2005.

K

* Natasha Kaplinsky - Presenter on BBC Breakfast from 2002, when she joined from Sky News, until 2005, and then of the BBC Six O'Clock News from 2005 until 2007. While with the BBC she also appeared the One and the Ten O'Clock bulletins, as well as presenting on Children in Need. She left to become the face of Five News in October 2007.
* Kenneth Kendall - The first to read the "BBC Television News" in 1955 in vision.

L

* Sue Lawley - presented the BBC Nine O'Clock News (1983-84) and the BBC Six O'Clock News at its launch in 1984 alongside Nicholas Witchell. She went on to present Desert Island Discs, but has now left the BBC.
* Martyn Lewis - was the first presenter of the BBC One O'Clock News in 1986. He also presented the BBC Six O'Clock News (1994-1999) and the BBC Nine O'Clock News until 1994. He left BBC News in 1999.

M

* Cliff Michelmore - 1950s TV producer who went on to present Tonight, Twenty-Four Hours and other news and current affairs programmes in the 1960s.
* Rosie Millard - was the BBC's arts correspondent between 1995 and 2004. She left following a clampdown on freelance writing.
* Kylie Morris - was the BBC's South East Asia correspondent until she moved to Channel 4 News in 2006. She now presents More4 News.
* Dermot Murnaghan - was the main BBC Breakfast presenter from 2002 until 2007, appearing alongside Natasha Kaplinsky and Sian Williams. He joined from ITV and also appeared on the BBC Six O'Clock News and the BBC Ten O'Clock News between 2004 and 2007 before leaving for Sky News.

O

* Robin Oakley - was the BBC's political editor between 1992 and 2000. He is now the political editor for CNN International.

P

* Liz Pike - was a regular presenter on BBC News 24 and BBC World between 1998 and 2006.
* Martin Popplewell - was a regular presenter on BBC News 24 between 2002 and 2003. He now works for Sky News.

R

* Angela Rippon - the first female presenter of the BBC Nine O'Clock News when she was appointed in 1975.
* Abdul Samad Rohani - head of the BBC World Service's Pashto service in Helmand Province, Afghanistan; murdered in 2008.

* Kate Sanderson (now Kate Gerbeau) - read the headlines on BBC Breakfast until she moved to Five News in 2005.
* Valerie Sanderson - was a presenter for BBC News 24 from its 1997 launch until 2003. She presented 1-4pm alongside Bill Turnbull, and later Chris Eakin.
* Julia Somerville - presented the BBC Nine O'Clock News from 1984 until 1986 when she left for ITN.
* Moira Stuart - presented many of the main bulletins, including the Six O'Clock News and the Nine O'Clock News, during a long career. She was dropped from her weekend slot by the BBC in 2007, leading to accusations of ageism.

T

* Asha Tanna was a news correspondent. She left to become a weekend presenter for Five News in 2007.
* John Timpson was a presenter on Newsroom, the main BBC2 news programme, from its 1964 launch until 1970, when he joined BBC Radio 4's Today Programme.

W

* Richard Whitmore - was co-presenter of the BBC Nine O'Clock News with Peter Woods between 1973 and 1981, and remained with BBC News until 1998.
* Peter Woods - was co-presenter of the BBC Nine O'Clock News with Richard Whitmore between 1973 and 1981. He also presented the main BBC2 programme Newsroom from 1964 until 1973.

ee also

*List of BBC newsreaders and reporters