BBC News: Presenters & Rotas

So far this week then....

MONDAY
8.30 Simon McCoy and Sophie Long
1.30 Jane Hill and Matthew Amroliwala
5.00 Huw Edwards
6.30 Annita McVeigh
9.00 Clive Myrie

TUESDAY
8.30 Simon McCoy and Carrie Gracie
11.00 Joanna Gosling and Tim Willcox
2.00 Matthew Amroliwala and Jane Hill
5.00 Huw Edwards
6.30 Annita McVeigh
9.00 Clive Myrie

WEDNESDAY
8.30 Simon McCoy and Carrie Gracie
11.00 Matthew Amroliwala at Westminster and Joanna Gosling, then Huw Edwards with budget coverage from 11.30
2.00 Matthew Amroliwala at Westminster and Jane Hill
5.00 Huw Edwards at Westminster and Jane Hill
6.30 Chris Eakin at Westminster and Annita McVeigh
9.00 Chris Eakin at Westminster and Clive Myrie

THURSDAY
8.30 Simon McCoy and Carrie Gracie
11.00 Joanna Gosling and Tim Willcox
2.00 Jane Hill and Matthew Amroliwala with Huw Edwards in Canterbury.
5.00 Emily Maitlis
6.30 Annita McVeigh
9.00 Clive Myrie

FRDAY
8.30 Simon McCoy and Carrie Gracie
11.00 Chris Eakin and Sophie Long
2.00 Jane Hill and Matthew Amroliwala
5.00 Gavin Esler
6.30 Julian Worricker
9.00 Martine Croxall

SATURDAY
10.00 Maxine Mawhinney
4.00 Chris Eakin
8.00 Martine Croxall

SUNDAY
9.00 Nicholas Owen
1.00 Maxine Mawhinney with Tim Willcox in Cyprus.
4.00 Chris Eakin with Tim Willcox in Cyprus.
8.00 Martine Croxall

MONDAY 25th
8.30 Sophie Long and Simon McCoy with Tim Willcox in Cyprus
11.00 Joanna Gosling and Ben Brown
2.00 Jane Hill and Matthew Amroliwala
5.00 Huw Edwards
6.30 Annita McVeigh
9.00 Clive Myrie

TUESDAY 26th
8.30 Carrie Gracie and Simon McCoy
11.00 Ben Brown and Joanna Gosling
2.00 Matthew Amroliwala and Jane Hill
5.00 Huw Edwards
6.30 Annita McVeigh
9.00 Clive Myrie

WEDNESDAY 27th
8.30 Carrie Gracie and Simon McCoy
11.00 Ben Brown and Joanna Gosling
2.00 Matthew Amroliwala and Emily Maitlis
5.00 Huw Edwards
6.30 Annita McVeigh
9.00 Clive Myrie

THURSDAY 28th
8.30 Simon McCoy and Carrie Gracie
11.00 Ben Brown and Sophie Long (12.00 hour pre-recorded)
1.00 *STRIKE* Gavin Grey
6.00 *STRIKE* Chris Rogers

GOOD FRIDAY
9.00 Carrie Gracie
11.00 Chris Eakin and Sophie Long
2.00 Jane Hill and Julian Worricker
4.00 Jane Hill
5.00 Julian Worricker
6.00 Adam Parsons
9.00 Martine Croxall

SATURDAY
10.00 Maxine Mawhinney
4.00 Chris Eakin
8.00 Martine Croxall

EASTER SUNDAY
9.00 Tim Willcox
1.00 Maxine Mawhinney
4.00 Chris Eakin
8.00 Martine Croxall

EASTER MONDAY
9.00 Simon McCoy
11.00 Joanna Gosling
2.00 Matthew Amroliwala
6.00 Annita McVeigh
9.00 Clive Myrie

TUESDAY 2nd
8.30 Simon McCoy and Sophie Long
11.00 Ben Brown and Joanna Gosling
2.00 Jane Hill and Matthew Amroliwala
5.00 Gavin Esler
6.30 Annita McVeigh
9.00 Clive Myrie

WEDNESDAY 3rd
8.30 Sophie Long and Simon McCoy
11.00 Joanna Gosling and Ben Brown
2.00 Matthew Amroliwala and Jane Hill
5.00 Gavin Esler
6.30 Annita McVeigh
9.00 Julian Worricker

THURSDAY 4th
8.30 Simon McCoy and Sophie Long
11.00 Ben Brown and Joanna Gosling
2.00 Jane Hill and Matthew Amroliwala
5.00 Gavin Esler
6.30 Annita McVeigh
9.00 Martine Croxall

FRIDAY 5th
8.30 Simon McCoy and Sophie Long
11.00 Chris Eakin and Sophie Long
12.00 Chris Eakin
2.00 Emily Maitlis and Matthew Amroliwala
5.00 Gavin Esler
6.30 Julian Worricker
9.00 Martine Croxall

SATURDAY 6th
10.00 Tim Willcox
4.00 Chris Eakin
8.00 Martine Croxall

SUNDAY 7th
9.00 Chris Eakin
1.00 Maxine Mawhinney
4.00 Gavin Grey
8.00 Martine Croxall

MONDAY 8th
8.30 Simon McCoy and Sophie Long
11.00 Joanna Gosling and Chris Eakin
1.30 Sian Willams and Matthew Amroliwala
2.00 Emily Maitlis and Matthew Amroliwala
4.00 Huw Edwards
6.30 Jane Hill in Downing Street and Philippa Thomas
9.00 Jane Hill in Downing Street and Martine Croxall
10.30 Martine Croxall

TUESDAY 9th
8.30 Carrie Gracie and Simon McCoy; Matthew Amroliwala in Downing Street
11.00 Matthew Amroliwala in Downing Street; Ben Brown and Joanna Gosling
2.00 Emily Maitlis in Downing Street and Jane Hill
5.00 Huw Edwards
6.30 Tim Willcox; Emily Maitlis in Downing Street
9.00 Martine Croxall

WEDNESDAY 10th
8.30 Simon McCoy and Carrie Gracie
11.00 Joanna Gosling and Ben Brown
2.00 Matthew Amroliwala at Westminster and ?
5.00 Huw Edwards
6.30 Tim Willcox
9.00 Nicholas Owen

THURSDAY 11th
8.30 Carrie Gracie and Simon McCoy
11.00 Ben Brown and Sophie Long
2.00 Matthew Amroliwala and Jane Hill
5.00 Huw Edwards
6.30 Tim Willcox
9.00 Julian Worricker

FRIDAY 12th
8.30 Chris Eakin and Carrie Gracie
11.00 Julian Worricker and Carrie Gracie
12.00 Julian Worricker and Maxine Mawhinney
2.00 Matthew Amroliwala and Maxine Mawinney
5.00 Gavin Esler
6.30 Tim Willcox

SATURDAY 13th
10.00 Maxine Mawhinney
4.00 Tim Willcox

Chris Eakin on twitter has said he's presenting Saturday and Sunday afternoon, this weekend at least. I wonder if Maxine's reduced her hours on Sundays? I had hoped Sophie and Chris would do Friday afternoons, as that might have meant a Maitlis-Brown Monday, but I guess not. I wonder who will do the Friday afternoon and early-evening slots?

It's a shame Chris and Sophie didn't get the 11-2 slot permanently instead of just today. I find both presenters much more watchable and better together than Joanna and Ben (of course they haven't presented together from the new studio yet). I find the latter two to be a bit flat and boring.

I must say that Carrie and Simon have been great this week - if anything the excitement of a new studio has made their partnership even more appealing to watch. They really are the golden couple of the BBC News Channel.

I think Chris and Ben are both well suited to late evenings (as is Martine), where Clive doesn't have the same onscreen persona to pull it off. Though it'll be nice to see more of Chris during the day.

Is Matthew on his own this afternoon?

EDIT: Jane's there as well. The same pair doing a 5 day week. This must be a first.

Jane has been on this afternoon too! It's her first five day week in a long time surely?

Yes, but quite possibly a one off due to launch - it's quite likely someone like Emily might do Mondays normally, for example, we know Sian is still on Mondays but Sophie has done the full five days this week.

Also Julian presenting at 6.30pm, so looks like this is his new shift for Fridays.

Really glad we've now got Julian Worricker on Friday evenings...

I think the new system works, one week into it. The people who have waited their turn have finally got a place on the regular line up and the people who have stayed have been the right people.

Chris Eakin is a loss to late nights - must admit I'm not loving Clive Myrie but he'll settle into it, I'm sure.
Simon McCoy & Carrie Gracie were of course going to stay on mornings - who else? I just fear the day when one of our beloved pairing leaves!
Ben Brown & Joanna Gosling might be able to fit in with the brunch breaking news, but I'd rather there be Annita McVeigh in there who is heavily underused on the quiet early evening shift.
Matthew Amroliwala & Jane Hill in the afternoon... I'm not sure. Made the shift seem more important than the lightness we got from the days of Maitlis and Sopel. Hmm...

Weekends: God knows.
Maxine definitely on board plus Chris Eakin and Martine Croxall.
But what about Nick, eh? Have they let the lovely old man go? Probably - and hopefully - not!

That comment made me chuckle; we're obviously in different age groups. When I first saw News 24 many years ago, Matthew and Jane always presented the late afternoon shift. I've never been able to get used to them at 11:00 am and Jon Sopel and Emily Maitlis just seemed wrong in the afternoon to me. I have to say it feels like old times again having Matthew and Jane doing the afternoon shift. It's probably one of the best changes they've made.

I'm 16 and I knew of the fact Matthew and Jane had done afternoons before...
I've always just found them perfect for the 11am broadcast - not because it's how it was when I got into all this but literally because they always did a breaking news story justice... press releases, Leveson, the lot!
Afternoons... ever since the hour ended with silly stories it always seemed to me as if the afternoon shift should be light hearted and Maitlis and Sopel gave us that (but unprofessionally!)
I miss Louise Minchin on the News Channel, plus Emily Maitlis from evenings which, in my opinion, was alright for her - it was the cross between afternoon light and serious Newsnight late. When will Maitlis get it right, eh?

Totally agree. Matthew and Jane have always been late afternoon to me. It feels like a home coming seeing them back on the afternoon shift.

Yes, in fact I remember always racing home from school in about 2000/2001 so I could tune in for the 4:00 pm bulletin on News 24 with Matthew and Jane. Contrary to what scudamoret says, there always seemed to be a lot of breaking news in the 4:00-5:00pm hour back then. I remember being about 15 or so myself then and being frequently frustrated that I couldn't capture video clips depicting a "normal" hour at that time! Sort of stupid now when you look back!