List of Former BBC Newsreaders and Journalists - M

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• Bryan Martin - BBC Radio 4 announcer who announced the death of Elvis Presley in 1977, news of the Iranian Embassy Siege in 1980, and became the network's senior newsreader.
• Laurie Mayer - regular co-presenter on various news programmes in the 1980s, including News After Noon and the Six O'Clock News, as well as BBC Breakfast News. Has also presented South East Today.
• Cliff Michelmore - 1950s TV producer who went on to present Tonight, Twenty-Four Hours and other news and current affairs programmes in the 1960s.
• Rosie Millard - was the BBC's arts correspondent between 1995 and 2004. She left following a clampdown on freelance writing.
• Kylie Morris - was the BBC's South East Asia correspondent until she moved to Channel 4 News in 2006. She now presents More4 News.
• Dermot Murnaghan - was the main BBC Breakfast presenter from 2002 until 2007, appearing alongside Natasha Kaplinsky and Sian Williams. He joined from ITV and also appeared on the BBC Six O'Clock News and the BBC Ten O'Clock News between 2004 and 2007 before leaving for Sky News.
• Christopher Morris - was main BBC TV presenter on the day Lord Mountbatten was murdered by the IRA in 1979, recording the biggest-ever audience, 26 million, for a news bulletin as ITN were on strike. He joined BBC in 1967 as correspondent in Spain, reported from many countries and many wars as special correspondent until 1989 when he joined Sky News as senior presenter for 11 years. Rejoined BBC as News 24 presenter until becoming Managing Director of his own TV production company, OmniVision, at Pinewood Studios in 2000.