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(March 2013)

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OF
oflahertya
Nik Gowings replacement then?


I think it could be Naga Munchetty, She is known to the BBC World audience and is a regular on the channel. She is also know to viewers in the UK as she presents Breakfast on Sundays.
SN
The SNT Three
Nik Gowings replacement then?


I think it could be Naga Munchetty, She is known to the BBC World audience and is a regular on the channel. She is also know to viewers in the UK as she presents Breakfast on Sundays.


But has a permanent slot already and is a regular fill-in on Breakfast too...

The presenting line up is really undergoing alot of changes at the moment, with the untimely loss of Komla Dumor, Martine Dennis and Nik Gowing (stalwarts of the channel) leaving, George Alagiah taking time out for medical reasons, Mishal Husain just left too...
DA
DAN09690
Daniela Ritorto has been presenting 13:00GMT slot recently while Karin Giannone was in South Africa maybe she will get the slot left by Nik.
OF
oflahertya
Nik Gowings replacement then?


I think it could be Naga Munchetty, She is known to the BBC World audience and is a regular on the channel. She is also know to viewers in the UK as she presents Breakfast on Sundays.


But has a permanent slot already and is a regular fill-in on Breakfast too...

The presenting line up is really undergoing alot of changes at the moment, with the untimely loss of Komla Dumor, Martine Dennis and Nik Gowing (stalwarts of the channel) leaving, George Alagiah taking time out for medical reasons, Mishal Husain just left too...


That doesnt stop her making the switch to a later shift and she can still fill in on breakfast
FL
flaziola
Also, Kate Silverton, who stands in for George on GMT occasioanlly is going on maternity leave.
I reckon the Weekend News channel staff should be brought in for cover, have Nicholas Owen in for Nik's time slot, Chris Eakin on GMT, Maxine Mawhinny on WNT perhaps?
NE
News96
Speaking of Kate's Maternity Leave I've read on Twitter that her last bulletin is in about 2 weeks (May 10th) and will be off for the remainder of the year.
MI
mirage7
We could see more business presenters on news. I would expect to see Alice Baxter presenting more at any rate.
LX
lxflyer
Surely Geeta Guru Murthy will just take over the slot rather than wholesale changes? She has been gradually doing more of the morning slots over the last few months, and I'd be fairly confident she will get the morning slot as her own.
IT
itsrobert Founding member
Plus, Geeta has been with BBC World for years and years - since at least 2001 if not slightly before. It's about time she got a regular gig as she's spent over a decade covering various different shifts. The only time I can remember her having her own programme was when she was one of the lead presenters of the 14:30 GMT edition of Asia Today in the early 2000s.

Regarding Gavin Esler - yes, he was the chief presenter on News 24 in the late 90s / early 2000s. He used to present weekday evenings with Carrie Gracie for a while. Not sure when he presented before that, although I do know that he was with News 24 from launch in 1997.
MY
myan
Is Babita Sharma on a leave? Daniela Ritorto has been covering Newsday for a few days now.
HB
HarryB
myan posted:
Is Babita Sharma on a leave? Daniela Ritorto has been covering Newsday for a few days now.

I think she is away in Australia. She tweeted a picture of the Margaret River in Western Australia.
MY
myan
myan posted:
Is Babita Sharma on a leave? Daniela Ritorto has been covering Newsday for a few days now.

I think she is away in Australia. She tweeted a picture of the Margaret River in Western Australia.

Interesting, I think she went there not too long ago too. Probably around the time just before she was anchoring Newsday in Singapore.

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