Naga Munchetty to leave BBC Breakfast for radio role
BBC Breakfast presenter Naga Munchetty is set to leave the morning television show after 17 years to host the BBC Radio 5 Live breakfast programme. The move follows the departure of current radio hosts Rachel Burden and Rick Edwards.
Why it matters
This represents a significant talent shift within the UK's public broadcasting landscape, affecting flagship media programming.
BBC Breakfast presenter Naga Munchetty will leave the flagship morning show after 17 years to host BBC Radio 5 Live's breakfast programme.
The broadcaster will take the helm of the radio show five days a week from January 2027, alongside a co-host who is yet to be announced.
Munchetty joined BBC One's Breakfast as a finance reporter and has been one of the main hosts for the past 12 years.
She currently presents 5 Live's mid-morning programme on some weekdays.
The news comes as the current 5 Live Breakfast hosts, Rachel Burden and Rick Edwards, announced on Tuesday's programme that they will step down in December.
Burden will move to present the weekday mid-morning programme, Monday to Wednesday 11-2pm, following 15 years on the station's breakfast show.
Edwards will present Fighting Talk on Saturday mornings.
Munchetty said: "I'm thrilled to be joining 5 Live Breakfast in January.
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