{"id":715649,"date":"2026-07-28T16:03:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T16:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/715649\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T16:03:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T16:03:10","slug":"naga-munchetty-to-leave-bbc-breakfast-after-17-years-for-radio-5-live-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/715649\/","title":{"rendered":"Naga Munchetty to leave BBC Breakfast after 17 years for Radio 5 Live | BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Naga Munchetty is to leave BBC Breakfast after 17 years on the television show to become co-presenter of Radio 5 Live\u2019s breakfast show.<\/p>\n

The current 5 Live Breakfast hosts, Rachel Burden and Rick Edwards, announced on Tuesday\u2019s programme that they would step down in December.<\/p>\n

Munchetty, who has presented the station\u2019s weekday mid-morning programme since 2021, will move to 5 Live Breakfast alongside a new co-host to be recruited in due course, the BBC<\/a> said.<\/p>\n

The move comes after reports that Munchetty had faced allegations of bullying on the breakfast TV show<\/a>. There has been no suggestion her move and the allegations are connected.<\/p>\n

The BBC has been contacted for comment, but at the time that the bullying allegations were reported it said: \u201cWe do not comment on individual HR matters.\u201d<\/p>\n

Munchetty said of her move: \u201cI\u2019m thrilled to be joining 5 Live Breakfast in January. Live news, great conversations and connecting with audiences are what I love most about broadcasting, and 5 Live does all of that brilliantly.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has been a privilege to be part of the BBC Breakfast TV<\/a> team for the past 17 years, working alongside an incredibly talented and hard-working group of journalists who are not only outstanding colleagues but also great friends.<\/p>\n

\u201cPresenting a flagship programme on 5 Live is an opportunity that was simply too good to pass up. It will take a huge amount of work and require 100% of my focus and energy, and I\u2019m really looking forward to throwing myself into the role.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver the last five years, I\u2019ve been privileged to build a relationship with 5 Live listeners on the mid-morning programme and help shine a light on the issues that matter most to them. I\u2019m excited to build on that in the Breakfast slot and to start each day with our listeners every morning.<\/p>\n

\u201cBetween now and January, I\u2019ll continue presenting the two programmes I love. I\u2019m sure there will be plenty of news to cover, and it will very much be business as usual.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Burden will move to present the weekday mid-morning programme, Monday to Wednesday from 11am to 2pm, after 15 years on the station\u2019s breakfast show, while Edwards will continue to front Fighting Talk on Saturday mornings.<\/p>\n

It was revealed earlier this month that Munchetty earned between \u00a3360,000 and \u00a3364,999 in the 2025-26 financial year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Naga Munchetty is to leave BBC Breakfast after 17 years on the television show to become co-presenter of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":715650,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-715649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=715649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/715650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=715649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=715649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=715649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}