BBC News Presenter Count 1967-2020

BBC News at Ten 2013:

(1) Huw Edwards - 128 programmes
(2) Fiona Bruce - 61 programmes
(3) Sophie Raworth - 26 programmes
(4) George Alagiah - 25 programmes
(5) Mishal Husain - 14 programmes
(6) Kate Silverton - 3 programmes
(7) Chris Rogers - 2 programmes (strike cover in Feb/Mar 2013)
(8 ) Sian Williams - 1 programme

BBC News at Ten 2014:

(1) Huw Edwards - 120 programmes
(2) Fiona Bruce - 48 programmes
(-) Sophie Raworth - 48 programmes
(3) Jane Hill - 25 programmes
(4) Reeta Chakrabarti - 16 programmes
(5) Mishal Husain - 8 programmes
(6) George Alagiah - 5 programmes

We moan about the lack of consistency in presenter rotas these days, but doing these counts has made me realise it really is nothing new.

BBC News at Ten 2015:

(1) Huw Edwards - 133 programmes
(2) Sophie Raworth - 41 programmes
(3) Clive Myrie - 32 programmes
(4) Reeta Chakrabarti - 31 programmes
(5) Fiona Bruce - 25 programmes
(6) Jane Hill - 9 programmes
(7) Mishal Husain - 1 programme

2014 and 15 could quite easily be 2019 and 20! No significant changes between then and now. Suggesting a quite consistent set-up on the Ten.

This year has probably been the best in years, in fact. It’s (normally) Huw Monday to Wednesday, Sophie on a Thursday and Clive on a Friday. You have Reeta if not, mixed in with the occasional Fiona and Tina. Jane hasn’t appeared this year I don’t think, nor has Mishal.

BBC News at Ten 2016:

(1) Huw Edwards - 136 programmes
(2) Fiona Bruce - 43 programmes
(3) Sophie Raworth - 41 programmes
(4) Clive Myrie - 24 programmes
(5) Reeta Chakrabarti - 22 programmes
(6) Mishal Husain - 1 programme

BBC News at Ten 2017:

(1) Huw Edwards - 123 programmes
(2) Sophie Raworth - 57 programmes
(3) Fiona Bruce - 47 programmes
(4) Reeta Chakrabarti - 18 programmes
(5) Clive Myrie - 17 programmes
(6) Jane Hill - 2 programmes
(7) Mishal Husain - 1 programme

Yes, indeed. Huw as chief anchor with Fiona & Sophie as deputies, Clive & Reeta as main stand-ins, and Mishal, Jane and (later) Tina as occasional stand-ins. Although there might be a slight difference when I get to counting 2019 as Fiona started Question Time and other presenters started appearing more frequently.

I was more referring to the News at One in my post above about lack of consistency.

BBC News at Ten 2018:

(1) Huw Edwards - 119 programmes
(2) Sophie Raworth - 49 programmes
(3) Fiona Bruce - 43 programmes
(4) Clive Myrie - 19 programmes
(5) Reeta Chakrabarti - 18 programmes
(6) Jane Hill - 9 programmes
(7) Ben Brown - 1 programme
(-) Mishal Husain - 1 programme

BBC News at Ten 2019:

(1) Huw Edwards - 104 programmes
(2) Clive Myrie - 73 programmes
(3) Sophie Raworth - 62 programmes
(4) Reeta Chakrabarti - 30 programmes
(5) Fiona Bruce - 6 programmes
(6) Tina Daheley - 3 programmes
(7) Ben Brown - 1 programme
(-) Jane Hill - 1 programme
(-) Mishal Husain - 1 programme
(-) Simon McCoy - 1 programme

And that concludes my count for the 2010s!

Reeta tends to appear on Friday's when Clive is away, while all of Fiona's appearances on the Ten this year have been on days she's also presented the Six, which tend to be Monday's. I think the Ten is slowly moving into a new system for presenters, although the summer will probably muck that up!