BBC News Presenter Count 1967-2020

Breakfast Time 1987:

Wouldn’t trust the Genome/RT data
As it seems to show Bough Paxman and Magnusson presenting every programme together until Frank Bough leaves on 18th December. Sally Jones is then listed as presenting 4 times with Jeremy Paxman around Christmas

Breakfast Time 1988:

John Stapleton 163
Jeremy Paxman 132
Kirsty Wark 100
Sally Jones (as presenter) 49
Jill Dando 25
Sally Magnusson 23
Pamela Armstrong 19
Gavin Esler 2 (both with Sally Jones in August)

Breakfast Time 1989:
Jill Dando 58
Sally Magnusson 56
Kirsty Wark 54
Laurie Mayer 49
John Stapleton 33
Chris Lowe 32
Jilly Carter 15
Mike Smartt 11
Lisa Davidson (bank holiday) 1

Last one on 15th sept with Sally Magnusson and Laurie Mayer

From September - Breakfast News 1989:
Nicholas Witchell 56
Laurie Mayer 29
Kirsty Wark 27
Jill Dando 23
Sally Magnusson 16

Although it did actually carry on for two more weeks, unbilled in the Radio Times, as Breakfast News was delayed by a union dispute.

That was also the case when the new Breakfast Time began in 1986, it was supposed to relaunch in October when the new daytime schedules began - and I vividly remember the cartoon in the Radio Times accompanying the "last" old episode with some workmen prising the sun logo off the wall - but that was also delayed due to a union dispute and old Breakfast Time continued to mid-November.

Ahh yes I just saw the clips on TV Ark... Laurie cracked a joke about lack of facilities in the new studio so perhaps the plumbers needed to be brought in

Now onto the 2010s which admittedly isn't as exciting as the 80s and 90s but here goes..

Breakfast 2010:

(1) Sian Williams - 175 programmes
(2) Bill Turnbull - 164 programmes
(3) Charlie Stayt - 160 programmes
(4) Susanna Reid - 95 programmes
(5) Louise Minchin - 58 programmes
(6) Jon Kay - 23 programmes
(7) Naga Munchetty - 21 programmes
(8 ) Kate Silverton - 11 programmes
(9) Simon Jack - 10 programmes
(10) Nicholas Owen - 6 programmes
(11) Clive Myrie - 5 programmes
(12) Jon Sopel - 3 programmes
(13) Justin Rowlatt - 2 programmes
(-) Julia Somerville - 2 programmes
(14) Anne Davies - 1 programme*
(-) Gavin Grey - 1 programme*

*Anne Davies and Gavin Grey covered during BBC News strike action in November 2010

Breakfast 2011:

(1) Charlie Stayt - 161 programmes
(2) Bill Turnbull - 160 programmes
(3) Sian Williams - 143 programmes
(4) Susanna Reid - 102 programmes
(5) Louise Minchin - 67 programmes
(6) Naga Munchetty - 23 programmes
(-) Kate Silverton - 23 programmes
(7) Jon Kay - 21 programmes
(8 ) Simon Jack - 7 programmes
(-) Nicholas Owen - 7 programmes
(9) Simon McCoy - 3 programmes
(-) Sally Nugent - 3 programmes
(10) Victoria Derbyshire - 2 programmes
(11) Gavin Grey - 1 programme*
(-) Tony Livesey - 1 programme
(-) Adam Parsons - 1 programme

*Gavin Grey was again brought in during further strike action in Summer 2011

Coo forgot that there was a few strikes early 2010’s... I remember the one which had Emma Crosby present the news at one... and the 2005 one with Ahktar Khan presenting breakfast and Stephen Cole on 6 & 10 with good feedback.

For us pres buffs we probably desperately want to see another strike.. 24 hour ones give more to talk about

Really annoying. I can’t find any clips of Anne on bbc breakfast. Anyone have any links?

I could only see a jpg where she presented with Charlie

I remember them showing a clip of it the following Monday on EMT, but other than that never seen it.

Always remember the 2010 strike because one of them fell on my 18th birthday. I'd just been bought my first pint and I remember the Six coming on, and some bloke pointing at the screen saying "Who's that?"