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Originally hailing from France and DRC, Emeline Nsingi Nkosi grew up in the UK and landed in West Africa in 2016.

A freelance presenter and actor, she is recognised for her reporting on the BBC World Service, presenting The BBC Travel Show and travel anchoring for TravelXP.

Alongside her presenting, she is a working actor with numerous credits under her belt in French and English. 

Emeline has a background in Fashion Textiles, named Hilary Alexander’s “Secret Seven to Watch” and nominated for the Ethical Award at Graduate Fashion Week in 2012. She worked as a graphic designer before taking up a broadcaster and producing position at GHOne TV in Ghana in 2016. During her time she founded and presented two seasons of one of Ghana’s most loved TV shows ‘The Core’.

Whilst in Ghana, she played a supporting lead role in 'Before the Vows', for which she was nominated for the best supporting female actress at the Ghana Movie Awards, and a lead role in the indie 'The Curfew' which is now available on Amazon, Brussels Airline, Emirates, United Airlines, and Kenyan Airways.

In 2019, freelance producing and presenting for BBC Sports Afrique took her to Senegal, where she stayed for three years. She also presented a show for CNBC 'The Roads to Carbon Neutral' as well as continued her acting training with Identity School of Acting. 

During her time in Senegal, Emeline acted in two series in French; a series regular for a Canal+ 20-episode series, 'Rebelles' and a recurring role on the second season of 'Wara; which aired in Nov 2023 on TV5 Monde.  Emeline has contributed to online publications, notably Wallpaper*,BBC , Thandiekay.com and LuxAfrique since early 2016. Covering Art exhibitions, Luxury Travel and Fashion in London and internationally. 

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Hi, I'm Ellie - a presenter and events host. 

I present the travel news on BBC 5 Live's Breakfast and Drive show alongside freelance presenting across the BBC, including Radio 2 and BBC Local Radio. Previously I presented the ARIA-nominated, number one commercial breakfast show in Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire on Viking FM. 

 I'm also an experienced stage and events host, working across a variety of events from company awards to music stages with up to 60,000 people in attendance. 

I have worked on voice over projects including radio adverts, corporate videos and online ad campaigns and, sometimes, you'll catch me in front of the camera too!

If you are interested in working with me, please drop me an email: [email protected]

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Who is Lucy Hedges? Holidays Unpacked co-host and BBC Travel show presenter

She is the new presenter of a travel show which offers top tips for budget holidaymakers.

• Published : 12:45, 14 May 2018
• Updated : 12:51, 14 May 2018

LUCY Hedges is the co-host of the new travel show, Holidays Unpacked, on Channel 4.

But who is she and have you seen her before? Here's the lowdown on the TV presenter and journalist...

Who is Lucy Hedges?

Lucy Hedges is a BBC presenter and Metro journalist.

She has a degree in Media and English from De Montfort University.

Lucy began her career writing for gadget website Shiny Shiny before becoming multimedia editor for Stuff magazine.

With a strong passion for tech, Lucy says she loves disproving the gender assumption that girls are not as gadget-savvy as the boys.

What else has she worked on?

Lucy joined Metro newspaper as Technology editor in 2015.

Since 2017, she has worked as a BBC Travel Show presenter.

She is a frequent technology speaker at Grand Designs Live and has appeared on CBBC ’ s Technobabble, Dick and Dom ’ s Absolute Genius and Lauren Laverne ’ s BBC 6 Morning Show.

When is Holidays Unpacked on Channel 4?

Morland presents Holidays Unpacked alongside Morland Sanders .

It airs on Monday's at 8pm on Channel 4.

The show aims to give tips on how to travel on a budget.

If you miss the show, it is available to catch up on More 4.

Kellee Edwards' Journey To Become The First Black Woman To Host A Travel Channel Show

Travel expert and television host Kellee Edwards is coming to claim her crown as the most interesting person in the world.

Nasha Smith • Feb 4, 2021

Move over Dos Equis guy, travel expert and television host Kellee Edwards is coming to claim her crown as the most interesting person in the world. She has certainly made a strong case for herself.

Edwards has conquered everything from swimming with whale sharks in the Georgia Aquarium, zip-lined through the Mayan jungles in the Yucatán Peninsula, gone dog sledding in remote Alaska, and climbed the active volcano Mount Pacaya in Guatemala.

Her extensive travels have taken her to over 50 countries so far, including parts of North and West Africa, Asia, South and Central America, Europe, and the UAE. To add to that laundry list of accolades, Edwards is a licensed pilot and advanced open water scuba diver, with plans to add a motorcycle license to the arsenal.

In 2018 Outside Magazine made it official by naming Edwards ‘The Most Interesting Woman in the World.’ It’s an apt title for the woman who has described herself as a real-life “Bond girl, Lara Croft, and 007.” 

But most people recognize Edwards as the host of the Travel Channel’s Mysterious Islands , where she journeys to the most remote lands in the world that the general population has probably never even heard of. This feat earned her the distinction of becoming the first Black woman to host a show on the network. She also co-hosted the channel’s The Trip 2018 .

Being the first to accomplish something in any field is arduous and Edwards’s path was littered with obstacles, most notably the fact that no one in the television travel industry had ever looked like her before. 

“I heard, ‘Wow, I love you; you’re doing amazing things. We don’t have anyone who’s doing any of this, but we don’t know how our audience will take to you’, she told Newsweek in 2020. “They didn’t know if people will understand because there is a mold of the older white male in the space. And so that was the obstacle, that was the frustration.” 

Edwards has always been unapologetic about her identity as a Black woman in a typically white male environment. She knows that it comes with premature judgments and misconceptions which is why she is always mindful of representing her community positively with every activity and interaction. 

“As a Black woman, I have to think about a few things. I have to think about my safety because of my gender, my safety because of my race, and my presence, period. That’s why I learned to do so many things. I choose to be strong not because I am, but because I don’t have a choice. I don’t have a choice when I traverse this world to show up weak because it could cost me. And I refuse to let anyone stop me from experiencing what is also mine.” 

A Travel Star is Born

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Edwards caught the travel bug from her parents. Her earliest memories include road trips and a move to San Bernardino, California from the south side of Chicago where she recalls the profundity of the mountainous landscape and desert. Edwards credits her father with exposing her to new experiences like camping and swimming. Her mother was equally as influential in encouraging her wanderlust, taking her daughter to Hearst Castle in San Luis Obispo County where she was blown away by the concept of royalty. 

She shared in a radio interview earlier this year, “When I started to look at the world and watching Nat Geo and Travel Channel and all this, I’m like, oh, I should go to these places.” 

However, Edwards never set foot on an international flight until after her college graduation from California State University Fullerton where she obtained a BA in Communications with an emphasis in journalism. Her parents couldn’t afford the usual spring break excursions but as she got older Edwards felt compelled to travel. Her first solo trip was to Bangkok, where she recounts having feelings of anxiety but also exhilaration. She had gotten a taste and was now hungry for much more. 

As with most success stories, the path isn’t always a straight line. Edwards initially cut her teeth in entertainment journalism, patrolling red carpets and doing press junkets. Eventually, she realized that this was not her cup of tea and started seeking out an avenue that would feed her soul.

Her thoughts turned to travel, but she wasn’t sure this was even an option.

“Is there such a thing as a travel journalist?” she questioned.

Determined to carve out a new career, Edwards set out to find the answer. Enter YouTube, where she started creating content, seeking brand partnerships and making a name for herself. This is how Kellee Set Go , her one-woman adventure travel show, was born. It wasn’t long before Edwards started drawing the attention of travel industry executives and the Travel Channel came calling.

The rest, as they say, is history. In this case, Black history.

“I had a real defining moment once I realized that me having a show on the Travel Channel was really happening. I was filming a commercial that airs on the network right now. I was in St. Croix. And the line was, ‘Hi I’m Kellee Edwards, you’re watching Mysterious Islands only on Travel Channel.’ Even right now I get chill bumps from it,” she shared in an emotional video . “Because it was the first time I had ever said my name, the name of my show, and Travel Channel in one sentence. And it made it so real. All those moments that seem like doubt and failure were worth it.” 

Pushing Boundaries 

Edwards is not the type to rest on her laurels, so naturally she sought out a new challenge, flying, but for a very specific reason. 

“When I wanted to break into the world of adventure travel television, I was looking at everyone up there: Anthony Bourdain, Andrew Zimmern, Bear Grylls, Jeremy Wade, Josh Gates—all these badass people exploring the world in their own different ways. And I think, well, everyone’s getting on a plane to go to these far flung places. But no one’s flying themselves there. I need to become a pilot,” she explained of her motivation to fly in an interview . 

With all these miles logged under her belt and a resume that would put several explorers to shame, it might come as a surprise that the seemingly fearless Edwards wasn’t always so courageous. As she tells it, travel became a conduit to conquering what she dreaded most which ironically included heights and the ocean. But tackling the seemingly impossible is also her general approach to life. 

“A lot of things scare me, but the woman I stare at in the mirror each day says, “That’s the way you want to go out? Afraid?!” And I always respond, “Nope! Not today!,” she said in a self-penned piece . “I take everything I do in stride and for the moment. And this, my friends, is how I get through my life of adventure. I show up and force myself to often deal with the presented opportunities at hand. Truth be told, if I actually thought about all the things I’ve actually accomplished in life, I could easily come up with a million reasons why I should take the risk. Helen Keller said it best: “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.”

Follow Kellee’s adventures on her website Kellee Set Go! ,  Instagram ,  and Twitter .

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List of current BBC newsreaders and reporters

This is a list of newsreaders and journalists currently employed by BBC Television and BBC Radio .

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Presenters and journalists appear across BBC television, radio but also contribute to BBC Online .

BBC News provides television journalism to BBC network bulletins (on BBC One and BBC Two ) and programmes as well as the BBC News Channel available around the world and in the United Kingdom . BBC News runs BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC World Service as part of its rolling news coverage, journalists and presenters also contribute to podcasts produced by BBC News for BBC Radio 4 , as well as solely for BBC Sounds .

The BBC has over 5,500 journalists [1] based both in the United Kingdom and abroad. BBC appointments can be short- or long-term; for example, reporter Peter Bowes revealed on BBC News (broadcast live on 8 September 2020) that Los Angeles has been his home for 25 years.

Many presenters listed here contribute to various BBC News programmes, and some are involved in other BBC projects. Additionally, certain BBC News presenters offer relief presentation for programmes airing on these channels. It's important to note that this list excludes presenters of broadcasts simulcast from the BBC News channel on BBC One overnight or during weekday mornings on BBC Two .

The presenters listed below often contribute to various BBC News programmes and may have roles in other departments within the BBC. Additionally, some BBC News presenters not listed here occasionally fill in on programs broadcast on this channel. Noteworthy exceptions are the presenters of the domestic programmes BBC Breakfast , BBC One bulletins, and BBC Newsnight simulcast on the domestic feed.

A significant change occurred on April 3, 2023, when the BBC consolidated its domestic and international rolling news channels into a unified operation. To spearhead news broadcasts on the merged channel during weekdays, the BBC appointed six (original) "chief presenters". This has since grown to twelve. Among them, nine are based in London, while two operate from Washington DC and one operates out of the BBC News studio in Singapore. [4]

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The programmes where the presenter is the lead presenter are shown here in bold. Chief presenters work across BBC One, BBC Two and primarily the BBC News Channel. The chief presenters broadcast on the channel between 12:00 and 8:00 London time during weekdays. Chief presenters will front BBC News coverage of editorially significant events on weekends. News broadcasts outside of these hours, and on weekends are fronted by other BBC presenters, many of which previously appeared on the domestic and international rolling news channels prior to their merger.

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Andrew Ferguson Neil is a Scottish journalist and broadcaster who is chairman of The Spectator . He was editor of The Sunday Times from 1983 to 1994. He has presented various political programmes on the BBC and on Channel 4.

Julia Hartley-Brewer is a British radio presenter, political journalist and newspaper columnist. She hosts her own eponymous radio show on Talkradio simulcast on TalkTV - "Julia Hartley-Brewer" weekdays from 10am.

Giles Robin Patrick Coren is a British columnist, food writer, and television and radio presenter. He has been a restaurant critic for The Times newspaper since 2002, and was named Food and Drink Writer of the Year at the British Press Awards in 2005.

Emily Maitlis is a British journalist and former newsreader for the BBC. She was the lead anchor of the BBC Two news and current affairs programme Newsnight until the end of 2021, and is currently a presenter of the daily podcast The News Agents on LBC Radio.

Mark Mardell is a British journalist, formerly the presenter of The World This Weekend on BBC Radio 4. He had previously served as BBC News's Europe editor, and provided coverage for each United Kingdom general election between 1992 and 2005, before he became North America editor.

Jonathan B. Sopel is a British journalist, television presenter and podcaster. He was formerly BBC News's North America editor; chief political correspondent for the domestic news channel BBC News; a presenter on the Politics Show on BBC One and the BBC News channel; and from 2013 to 2014, the main presenter of Global on BBC World News. Since 2022, he has been presenting the Global daily news podcast The News Agents .

Clive Augustus Myrie is an English journalist, newsreader and presenter who works for the BBC. He is one of the BBC's chief news presenters and correspondents. Since August 2021 he has been the host of the long-running BBC quiz shows Mastermind and Celebrity Mastermind .

Sally Elizabeth Bundock is a British news chief presenter for BBC News, who presents The Briefing on BBC One and the BBC News Channel. She joined World Business Report in September 2002 and she presents its early morning edition, programming viewed mostly by audiences in European and international markets. Bundock has presented the 5am hour on BBC One, BBC World News and the BBC News channel since the early 2000s.

Robert Adam Fleming is a Scottish journalist and presenter for BBC News. He was formerly its Chief Political correspondent, Brussels correspondent, and has previously worked for Daily Politics and Newsround . He co-presented the podcast and television programme Brexitcast , before becoming lead presenter of its successor, Newscast .

Yalda Hakim is an Australian broadcast journalist, news presenter, and documentary maker. She was one of the chief presenters at BBC News broadcasting in English in the UK and globally. After her family left Afghanistan and settled in Australia in 1986, she grew up in the western Sydney suburb of Parramatta and went on to study journalism. She started her career at SBS Television, moving to BBC TV in 2012. In July 2023, it was announced that she was leaving the BBC to join Sky News.

Norman Stuart Smith is a British journalist. He became the chief political correspondent of BBC News in 2011, and was its assistant political editor from 2014 to 2020.

The Context , also styled as The Context with Christian Fraser , is a live current affairs programme that airs Monday to Friday on the international and UK feeds of the BBC News channels from 20:00 GMT till 22:00 GMT.

Geeta Guru-Murthy is an English television journalist. Since 2013 she has presented mainly morning bulletins, including BBC News at Nine , and bulletins on BBC World News, BBC Two, BBC News Channel and BBC World News.

Vicki Young is a British journalist.

Christopher Richard Mason is an English journalist, who has been the political editor of BBC News since 2022. He is also a presenter of the podcast and television programme Newscast . He was formerly the BBC's political correspondent.

Lewis Goodall is a British journalist, broadcaster and author. Raised in Birmingham, he worked as a journalist for Granada Studios before becoming a political correspondent for Sky News. He later became policy editor of the BBC's flagship current affairs programme Newsnight .

GB News is a British free-to-air, opinion-orientated news television and radio channel. The channel is available on Freeview, Freesat, Sky, YouView, Virgin Media and via the internet on Samsung TV Plus and YouTube. An audio simulcast of the station is also available on DAB+ radio.

This is a timeline of the history of GB News, a free-to-air television and radio news channel in the United Kingdom.

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Who Are Current BBC Female News Presenters?

Who are the leading news presenters at the BBC? Take a look at some of the BBC’s most recognisable female news presenters who deliver your daily news.

• Release Date: 16 March 2023
• Update Date: 15 March 2024
• Author: Speaker Agency

The BBC is one of the world’s leading news providers.  Established back in 1922 and recognised all over the world for providing quality, impartial news. Diversity is at the heart of everything the BBC does. Creating a service that ‘is for everyone and should include everyone whatever their background.’ 

It has been championing female news anchors since the 1960s, when Nan Winton became its first female on-screen newsreader. 

Since then, the BBC has continued to champion and showcase its female news talent.

So who are the BBC newsreaders female?

Fiona Bruce

Fiona Bruce has worked at the BBC since 1989, where she started her career as a researcher. She has made waves by becoming the first female newsreader for BBC News at Ten .  

She has also presented BBC News at Six , Crimewatch and other major BBC news and factual programmes. In 2019, Bruce became the first full-time female host of Question Time . Leading one of its most well-known news programmes in the UK.

Reeta Chakrabarti

Reeta Chakrabarti has led an interesting career at the BBC to date. She started as a producer on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. She then moved on to working on BBC Radio 1’s Newsbeat and Steve Wright In The Afternoon .

On TV, she has worked as a Community Affairs Correspondent, Political Correspondent and was one of the lead reporters during the COVID-19 pandemic. Her presenting credits include BBC News at One, She is one of the BBC News at 10 female presenters. 

Tina Daheley

Tina Daheley is well-known to audiences of The Radio 2 Breakfast Show with Zoe Ball, where she currently reads the news. On-screen, Daheley can sometimes be seen covering BBC News at Six and BBC News at Ten , in addition to becoming the voice of long-running series Points of View .

Victoria Derbyshire

Many people will recognise Victoria Derbyshire, who presented The Victoria Derbyshire Show on BBC2 every weekday morning from 2015 to 2020. She started her career at the BBC as a reporter for BBC Coventry & Warwickshire, working her way up to become one of the leading female BBC newsreaders. In 2022, she became the joint presenter of Newsnight with fellow female BBC news presenter Kirsty Wark.

Joanna Gosling

Joanna Gosling has worked for the BBC since 1999, working first on BBC News 24 during the late slot, before moving to other slots across the BBC News channel. She has been a regular presenter on BBC Breakfast, and now presents the late morning bulletins for BBC Weekend News. 

TV presenter David Eades, Joanna Gosling and Tim Willcox announced that they were leaving the BBC last month. After it emerged that they would have to do screen tests to keep their jobs.

Geeta Guru-Murthy

Journalism runs in the family of Geeta Guru-Murthy. Her brother, Krishnan, is Channel 4 News’ main presenter. Guru-Murthy can often be found presenting morning bulletins for programmes including BBC News at Nine and BBC World News.

Jane Hill started working at the BBC in 1991, where she completed the corporation’s journalism training programme before starting work on BBC Radio 5 Live as a producer from its launch. Since then, she has worked across BBC News programmes covering major events from the 9/11 attacks and the disappearance of Madeline McCann. She currently presents across the BBC News channel, including BBC News at One and BBC News at Five .

Mishal Husain

Mishal Husain is a recognisable face and voice to fans of BBC news programmes. She is the lead presenter of Sunday’s BBC News at Ten and Radio 4’s Today programme, becoming the long-running radio show’s first Muslim presenter. Since joining the BBC in 1998, she has worked as a Washington correspondent, as well as presenting business news on the BBC News Channel and BBC Weekend News .

Sally Nugent

Sally Nugent began working for BBC Radio Merseyside, before moving on to become a sports reporter for programmes including BBC News. Over the years she has worked as a relief presenter for many news programmes, including BBC Breakfast , and was made a permanent co-presenter of the programme in 2021.

Sophie Raworth

Sophie Raworth is one of the leading current BBC female news presenters. She presents BBC News at Six and BBC News at Ten , BBC Sunday Morning and Crimewatch . Over the years she has presented BBC Breakfast and Watchdog. She is the sister of famous economist Kate Raworth.

Babita Sharma

Babita Sharma’s first role at the BBC was for BBC Radio Wales before working for other broadcasters while living in Dubai. Since returning to the UK, Sharma has presented on the BBC News Channel and now co-presents Newsday from Monday to Wednesday each week. 

Kirsty Wark

Kirsty Wark started out as a researcher for BBC Radio Scotland in 1976, and has presented a range of programmes since then, including Breakfast Time , One Foot in the Past and Newsnight . Wark was one of the lead presenters of the BBC’s 2021 Elections coverage, alongside Huw Edwards.

The BBC is home to some incredible female news presenters. Many of whom have worked for the broadcaster since the beginning of their careers. 

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Presenter Martine Croxall sues BBC for age and sex discrimination

Case comes after insiders warned of a potential ageism row last year following merger of BBC News and World News channels

The BBC is facing another damaging row over equal pay, with the presenter Martine Croxall taking legal action against the broadcaster for age and sex discrimination.

Croxall is suing the corporation after being off-air for more than a year following the merger of the BBC’s News and World News channels, according to listings for London Central tribunal court for 1 May.

The BBC declined to comment.

Last year BBC insiders warned of a potential ageism row at the broadcaster after the merger of the BBC News channel and its commercial global counterpart BBC World News, which resulted in the axing of some of the BBC News channel’s most famous faces – including Jane Hill and Ben Brown, as well as Croxall.

Geeta Guru-Murthy, Karin Giannone, Kasia Madera and Annita McVeigh have also been off air for more than a year, but Guru-Murthy and McVeigh recently returned to the news channel.

The BBC director general, Tim Davie, was asked about the situation during a culture, media and sport committee hearing last month. He said the BBC was moving towards a “fair resolution” for the women.

“It is not a good situation where you are paying people [who are not on air] and we are trying to get it resolved as fast as possible. I recognise that it has been going on for some time,” Davie said.

In 2020 Samira Ahmed won her equal pay claim against the BBC because of the difference between her £440-an-episode rate for presenting viewer feedback programme Newswatch and the £3,000 an episode Jeremy Vine received for hosting Points of View.

The BBC’s former China editor Carrie Gracie won substantial back pay in 2018 after going public with details of how she was out-earned by equivalent male journalists at the broadcaster. She later accused the corporation of lying and briefing against her.

In a difficult week for the BBC, the outgoing boss of its World Service also raised serious concerns about the impact of cuts on the broadcaster on Thursday. Liliane Landor told staff in an internal email that she was “deeply concerned about the operational capability of the World Service if additional cuts continue to weaken it further”.

Informing staff of her decision to leave, Landor said swingeing cuts in the past two years had “incrementally impacted our global reach and the breadth of our services”.

Government-imposed freezes to the licence fee have forced the BBC to make deep cuts to staffing and programmes, which Davie last month described as “shortsighted” and damaging to the UK’s soft power on the global stage. Davie said 14 years of cuts had reduced its budget by 30% in real terms and had “chipped away at our income over many years and have put serious pressure on our finances”.

The BBC World Service , which broadcasts in 42 languages across 59 countries, has been particularly hard hit . Traditionally funded directly by the government, George Osborne’s austerity measures brought in from 2010 shifted its funding on to domestic licence fee payers – a move that Davie said should be reversed.

Landor said the World Service had decided to “stop programmes and close platforms that were valued by our audiences”, but added that she was proud of the service for refusing “to let reduced funding stifle us”.

But while conflicts continue in the Middle East and Ukraine, Landor suggested that the BBC – and the UK – faced serious risks if the service continued to be cut. “The competition has become tougher, with state-funded bodies and other players significantly increasing their financial investment,” she said.

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