Ceremony Host

Louise Minchin

She is also a guest presenter on The One Show on BBC One, and Your and Yours, the BBC’s consumer programme on BBC Radio 4, and has also presented programmes on Radio Five Live and BBC Radio Two. Before joining Breakfast full-time in 2012 Louise was one of the main anchors on the BBC News Channel, and a regular presenter of the BBC One O’clock News.

Away from news she presented five series of Missing Live and Real Rescues on BBC One and has played a newsreader in Spooks, Silent Witness and Torchwood. In 2016 she was runner-up in Celebrity Masterchef.

Louise is also a sought-after, popular and accomplished corporate host and presenter; and is regularly asked back to facilitate events.

Outside her work commitments, Louise is a passionate triathlete and qualified in her age group for Team GB.  She competed in the World Triathlon Championships in Chicago in 2015, and the European Triathlon Championships in Lisbon in 2016.

She is patron of The Countess of Chester Babygrow campaign and a long-term supporter and fundraiser for BBC Children in Need.