Sky News: Presenters & Rotas

Very good she deserves a main presenting role .

And also what has happened to Anna Botting ?

Anna has been covering for JT for the past two weeks.

Charlotte Hawkins reminds me of a dry fish. I just can't connect to her. Does anyone know who all the showbiz reporters/correspondants are for Sky News? I would greatly appreciate it.

Hi Danslink

Matt Smith - Also Presenter
Steve Hargrave- Leaving to join itv's new show daybreak.

There's Steve Hargrave, but he's just left. Matt Smith is an entertainment correspondent, but he's presenting a lot at the moment. Don't know about others, sorry.

Dry fish??? Why exactly?

To be fair I'm sure it's hard to connect to dry fish too, but I'm still not sure that's the right phrase to describe Charlotte Hawkins.

I agree. She is too stale for a breakfast time show. Sunrise is stale aswell, how serious is that music over the headlines? Inapropriate for a morning news show.

I do rate her however when she covers solo. I also don't understand why she isn't stand in for Eamonn Holmes, they would rather get someone else in the hot seat, and leave her there. Sureley it would be better if she took the helm, being the more faimilar face to the slot?

Wouldn't the problem more be that if Charlotte presents Sunrise then there aren't many semi-high-profile presenters to present with her, so compared to (say) Andrew, Charlotte and Jacquie presenting you end up with Charlotte, Matt (Smith) and Jacquie?

Yeah, I know where you are coming from, but personally I think that viewers of that time in the morning, would rather see a familiar face than an higher profile presenter, who they not that used to. Surely its better for Sunrise for their established team to take preference and for stand ins to presenter the headlines. Regular Sunrise viewers would be seeing Charlotte every morning, so it only makes sense for me for her to be Eamon's stand in.

However, I understand where you are coming from in having a high profile presenter. If that is to be the case, then surely make Eamon's stand in a regular one, and not chop and change when it suits. Id rather it not Mark Longhurst, because that means him having time of his own slot regulary then. So bascially get a presenter that is a pernament standin for Eamonn.

Thank you. I'm only new here so thanks for the friendly reply.

I'm wondering if Steve will be replaced. Matt doing more reporting and less presenting would be my personal choice


They did have one of course until they let him go