Anita Rani (Ian West/PA)
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Anita Rani has been unveiled as the second host of Woman’s Hour, as Radio 4 “continues to seek ways” to “be relevant to the audience across the UK”.
Emma Barnett has already joined the BBC show, presenting from Monday to Thursday.
Countryfile star Rani will present the Friday and Saturday editions of the programme, starting this week.
What an honour to be joining @bbcwomanshour Cannot wait to get behind the mic to talk about all the things you want me to. All aboard the mothership pic.twitter.com/zZpWzqXDQi
Naga Munchetty is now on Radio 5 Live NEW year, new starts. On radio as elsewhere. This week saw Emma Barnett jump from Radio 5 Live to Radio 4 to take over presenting Woman’s Hour, while BBC Breakfast presenter Naga Munchetty stepped into Barnett’s old shoes on the mid-morning 5 Live show. Munchetty sounded at home straight away. She’s an empathetic host who interacts well with her guests and listeners. It’s worth noting that as she is followed in the schedule by Nihal Arthanayake, 5 Live now has British Asian presenters hosting six hours each weekday. Arthanayke did joke that they were the only two Asians in the building during their handover on Monday, right enough.
Adrian Chiles (Nick Potts/PA)
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Adrian Chiles has been confirmed as the permanent host of BBC Radio 5 Live’s weekday mid-morning show on Thursdays and Fridays following the departure of Emma Barnett.
Naga Munchetty has taken over the slot from Monday to Wednesday.
Chiles already hosted a mid-morning show on the station on Friday and now he also takes to the airwaves on Thursdays, from 10am to 1pm.