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unusual facts about BBC News Channel



Astra 2D

The BBC broadcast all of its domestic television channels (including BBC HD and the regional variations) from the Astra 2D satellite, except the BBC News Channel and BBC Parliament which broadcast from Astra 2A.

BBC London News

Lateef became the main presenter of the flagship programme in March 2006 when she replaced Emily Maitlis who left to join the BBC News channel and BBC Two's Newsnight.

Ben Geoghegan

He has been with the BBC News Channel since it launched as BBC News 24 in 1997, and once presented the 0900-1300 shift on weekday mornings, initially alongside Jackie Hardgrave, now with BBC Radio Four, and then with Joanna Gosling, who is still a presenter with the channel.

Carrie Davis

Carrie Nicole Prideaux (née Davis) (born 24 June 1976 in Barnstaple, England) is a current sportsreader on the BBC News Channel, best known for reading the Sport on The Chris Moyles Show on BBC Radio 1.

Matthew Amroliwala

In 1997, he joined the BBC News Channel as a presenter of the channel's evening programmes and from the beginning of 2001, he has presented the late afternoon news programme, first with Jane Hill and then with Maxine Mawhinney.

Nick Thorpe

Nick Thorpe (born 1960) is the Central Europe Correspondent for BBC News, the main newsgathering department of the BBC, and its 24 hour television news channels BBC World News and BBC News Channel, as well as the BBC's domestic television and radio channels and the BBC World Service.


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Kasia Madera

She shares the overnight presenting slot on the BBC News Channel with Babita Sharma, simulcast on BBC World.