List of Former BBC Newsreaders and Journalists - B

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• Richard Baker - The first to read the BBC Television News in 1954 (in voiceover).
• Joan Bakewell - worked on BBC Radio 4 and Newsnight on BBC Two
• Matt Barbet - presenter on BBC London and previously Radio 1's Newsbeat until he moved to Five News in October 2007.
• Sue Beardsmore - presenter of the regional news programme for the Midlands: Midlands Today
• Martin Bell - was a prolific world affairs correspondent covering many conflicts in 30 years as a reporter until leaving the BBC in 1997 to become a politician
• Claire Bolderson - Presented Newshour on BBC World Service and The World Tonight on BBC Radio 4. Left on 20 March 2012.
• Jennie Bond - Royal correspondent for BBC News for 13 years until 2003
• Louise Botting CBE - presenter of BBC Radio 4 Money Box from 1977 to 1992
• Fern Britton - originally worked on Westward Television, before joining the BBC in the early 1980s as a newsreader on 'News After Noon' and Breakfast Time. She later went on to host Ready Steady Cook, This Morning and 'That's What I Call Television'.
• Michael Buerk - presenter of the Ten O'Clock bulletin from 2000 - 2003.