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I am quite sure that David Eades was the main presenter by the December 2003 relaunch (with Annita McNaught or Mike Embley doing Fridays and standing in for him). When David Eades moved to weekday mornings, Lucy Hockings became the main presenter. Later, Jonthan Charles took over from her (with Lucy Hockings moving to late mornings - remember the double-headed newshour with David Eades and Lucy Hockings). When Jonathan Charles left the BBC, yet another pattern was established with Komla Dumor and Naga Munchetty alternating on a weekly basis for the Monday-Thursday slot and Martine Dennis doing Fridays. Since the start of Focus on Africa, the Mon-Thu 0500-0800 slot has been presented by Naga Munchetty most of the time, with Komla Dumor and Martine Dennis as stand-in presenters.
And during all that time, Sally Bundock was (and still is) the business presenter - apart from the times she was on maternity leave (Manisha Tank covered her first maternity leave, Tanya Beckett the second).
On another note - Martine Dennis did not move straight to the 0800-1200 shift when she left TWT, she first became a regular evening presenter, alternating with Nik Gowing on the 1600-2000 shift before she moved to the 0800-1200 shift.
Gosh, that's a toughie. I seem to recall that once Martine left the shift, 2003 was mainly a mixture of Mike Embley, Adrian Finighan, Anita McNaught and David Jessel on the TWT shift. It was certainly rather unpredictable for a while. I think David Eades became its main presenter in 2004. It's quite hard to remember specific details after a decade though. I know that Lucy Hockings didn't take over TWT until much later on - in 2003 she was still a relief weekend presenter at best, but spent most of her time as a producer.
I am quite sure that David Eades was the main presenter by the December 2003 relaunch (with Annita McNaught or Mike Embley doing Fridays and standing in for him). When David Eades moved to weekday mornings, Lucy Hockings became the main presenter. Later, Jonthan Charles took over from her (with Lucy Hockings moving to late mornings - remember the double-headed newshour with David Eades and Lucy Hockings). When Jonathan Charles left the BBC, yet another pattern was established with Komla Dumor and Naga Munchetty alternating on a weekly basis for the Monday-Thursday slot and Martine Dennis doing Fridays. Since the start of Focus on Africa, the Mon-Thu 0500-0800 slot has been presented by Naga Munchetty most of the time, with Komla Dumor and Martine Dennis as stand-in presenters.
And during all that time, Sally Bundock was (and still is) the business presenter - apart from the times she was on maternity leave (Manisha Tank covered her first maternity leave, Tanya Beckett the second).
On another note - Martine Dennis did not move straight to the 0800-1200 shift when she left TWT, she first became a regular evening presenter, alternating with Nik Gowing on the 1600-2000 shift before she moved to the 0800-1200 shift.