BBC Newsreader changes

I know I shall get some flack for this being a separate thread, but I have no intention of wading through a nearly 50-page thread to see if this has been mentioned (I do hate these long generic threads).

Natasha Kaplinsky and Sian Williams have been confirmed as presenters of BBC ONE's Six O'Clock News and BBC Breakfast respectively.

BBC Press release

To be fair, you don't have to wade through 50 pages. If it's happened recently, it's a good bet that it'll be discussed in the last two or three pages of a thread.

What's more annoying is having the same topic being discussed in three threads now (this one, BBC News and Breakfast).

Only if you happen to be the sort of person who thinks that every single little detail has to go into one massive generic thread.

I think the forum benefits from plenty of shorter, snappier, focused threads.

Charlie Stayt made an appearance on Sky News today and someone in the Sky News thread said he was going to BBC Breakfast this weekend.

First I'd heard of this - any details?

It's true - he starts this Saturday presenting with Kate Silverton.

Exactly as you've posted BB! Charlie is doing a stint on Breakfast and is listed in the radio Times as such.

Nicky S also posted the same info here a few weeks back. Not sure why he is moving to, or even needed at, Breakfast. The BBC have several existing presenters they could use.

His appointment is the reason for the increase in the licence fee. It all comes together now.