List of Former BBC Newsreaders and Journalists - H

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• William Hardcastle founder presenter of The World at One in 1965.
• Andrew Harvey - presenter of main news programmes including the BBC Six O'Clock News as main and co-presenter (1984-1996) as well as regional news programmes later including BBC Points West and South Today. Left to join ITN.
• Philip Hayton - veteran broadcaster, main and co-presenter of the BBC Six O'Clock News (1987-1994), also presented the One O'Clock News as well as regional news in the North of England. Presented on BBC World and BBC News 24, resigning from the corporation in 2005 citing "incompatibility" with his new co-presenter Kate Silverton. He had been with the BBC for 37 years.
• Celina Hinchcliffe - presenter of Sport News from 2002-2012. Left due to relocation of Sport to Salford.
• Triona Holden - joined the BBC in 1984. She was the youngest female national news reporter and the youngest person to present the Today Programme on Radio 4; presented the Six O'Clock News on BBC 1; PM on Radio 4; Newsbeat on Radio 1 and World TV News. She travelled extensively to war zones, famines, disasters. Her most famous 'scoop' was getting onto the wreckage of the Herald of Free Enterprise when it overturned off Zeebrugge and broadcasting live from the scene. She made numerous documentaries, in particular for the Nature Programme on BBC 2 and the Parliamentary unit, some of which were nominated for awards - especially with regard to the environment - and a number of them are now held in the archive at the British Film Institute. Triona worked for a time on Entertainment Express with Selina Scott and was made the first Consumer Affairs Correspondent but shortly afterwards was forced to leave her job with the BBC due to ill health. She is now an artist, author and broadcaster.
• Sandra Harris - The World At One.