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BBC News Presenter Count 1967-2020

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RN
Rolling News
Nothing for 1991, 1992 or 1993 ( Mad ) so onto 1994...

Breakfast News 1994:

(1) Sally Magnusson - 113 programmes
(2) Justin Webb - 92 programmes
(3) Andrew Harvey - 90 programmes
(4) Nicholas Witchell - 88 programmes
(5) Juliet Morris - 38 programmes
(6) Jill Dando - 35 programmes
(7) Sara Coburn - 17 programmes
(8 ) Paul Burden - 9 programmes
(-) Philip Hayton - 9 programmes
(9) Jennie Bond - 5 programmes
(10) Beatrice Hollyer - 3 programmes
Markyboy81 and itsrobert gave kudos
RN
Rolling News
Have started a new thread to upload the figures for who presented what and how much in the 1990s for Breakfast News, the Six and the Nine. I've separated it for anyone who wants to see the 90s and doesn't want to wade through the 2000s figures to find them.

Breakfast News 1990:

(1) Nicholas Witchell - 165 programmes
(2) Laurie Meyer - 133 programmes
(3) Jill Dando - 107 programmes
(4) Fiona Foster - 23 programmes
(5) Kirsty Wark - 16 programmes
(6) Charlie Lee-Potter - 7 programmes
(7) Chris Lowe - 4 programmes
(8 ) Paul Burden - 3 programmes


I was a big fan of Charlie Lee Potter. Whatever happened to her?

https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/charlie-leepotter(292e28fa-b080-47d3-9b1b-761afff6313f).html
RN
Rolling News
For anyone looking for 1990s figures....

https://www.tvforum.co.uk/thenewsroom/bbc-news-presenter-count-1990s-45674/
TVF
TV Forum Team
Posts from BBC News Presenter Count 1990s have been merged into this topic.
AS
Asa Admin
These spreadsheet type posts can stay in the one thread, the content is in the same vein as this one.
IT
itsrobert Founding member
Nothing for 1991, 1992 or 1993 ( Mad ) so onto 1994...

Breakfast News 1994:

(1) Sally Magnusson - 113 programmes
(2) Justin Webb - 92 programmes
(3) Andrew Harvey - 90 programmes
(4) Nicholas Witchell - 88 programmes
(5) Juliet Morris - 38 programmes
(6) Jill Dando - 35 programmes
(7) Sara Coburn - 17 programmes
(8 ) Paul Burden - 9 programmes
(-) Philip Hayton - 9 programmes
(9) Jennie Bond - 5 programmes
(10) Beatrice Hollyer - 3 programmes


Thanks for doing this so far, Rolling News. I'm going to be most interested in the 1990s stats. I remember all of those people but the benefit of this exercise is it gives a rough snapshot of who was most involved with a programme in a given year. For instance, I do remember Sally Magnusson presenting Breakfast News but I'd never have guessed she topped the leader board in 1994.
JW
JamesWorldNews
Matt Frei on the Ten? That’s a rarity!
RN
Rolling News
Matt Frei on the Ten? That’s a rarity!

I think it might have been on location as George was also billed to do the same bulletins. Matt definitely presented the Six for a week from the studio, in the summer of 2008 and then in 2009.
JL
JamesLaverty1925
Matt Frei on the Ten? That’s a rarity!

I think it might have been on location as George was also billed to do the same bulletins. Matt definitely presented the Six for a week from the studio, in the summer of 2008 and then in 2009.


Yeah I vaguely remember one of these. It was a week Matt presented the Six, while George (I think?) presented the Ten for most of the week, but on the nights in question George presented on location, with Matt staying on in the studio
RN
Rolling News
Breakfast News 1995:

(1) Justin Webb - 172 programmes
(2) Juliet Morris - 122 programmes
(3) Andrew Harvey - 92 programmes
(4) Sara Coburn - 49 programmes
(5) Sally Magnusson - 43 programmes
(6) Jennie Bond - 11 programmes
(7) Paul Burden - 5 programmes
(-) Nicholas Witchell - 5 programmes
(8 ) Huw Edwards - 3 programmes
(9) Jane Franchi - 1 programme
(-) Bill McFarlane - 1 programme

Arrow Jane Franchi and Bill McFarlane (presumably from Reporting Scotland) presented a couple of special editions from Scotland with Sally Magnusson in August 1995
Last edited by Rolling News on 1 June 2020 6:48pm
RN
Rolling News
Breakfast News 1996:

(1) Justin Webb - 132 programmes
(2) Juliet Morris - 106 programmes
(3) Andrew Harvey - 97 programmes
(4) Sara Coburn - 60 programmes
(5) Sally Magnusson - 43 programmes
(6) Huw Edwards - 31 programmes
(7) Jennie Bond - 6 programmes
(8 ) Fiona Bruce - 3 programmes
(9) Jon Sopel - 1 programme
MC
mccanmat
Nothing for 1991, 1992 or 1993 ( Mad ) so onto 1994...

Breakfast News 1994:

(1) Sally Magnusson - 113 programmes
(2) Justin Webb - 92 programmes
(3) Andrew Harvey - 90 programmes
(4) Nicholas Witchell - 88 programmes
(5) Juliet Morris - 38 programmes
(6) Jill Dando - 35 programmes
(7) Sara Coburn - 17 programmes
(8 ) Paul Burden - 9 programmes
(-) Philip Hayton - 9 programmes
(9) Jennie Bond - 5 programmes
(10) Beatrice Hollyer - 3 programmes

Probably best can be done with those years is just list who we know presented... I just saw a youtube clip from 1993 of Phillip Hayton and Tanya Sillem

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