BBC Breakfast presenting team

Bill first joined Breakfast as a reporter in 1988, and says he feels like he's never really left.

He has been a presenter on the programme since 2001. Bill's first film for the programme all those years ago was about wild flowers, he says.

He went on to file more memorable stories for the programme from around Britain and Europe, including the Lockerbie disaster and the Romanian Revolution of 1989. It was, Bill remembers, a steep learning curve - learning the techniques of making television amid rapidly changing events.

As a news correspondent, Bill later covered everything from presidential elections to street riots in more than 30 countries.

He did a four-year stint as the BBC's Washington Correspondent - which included a rain-drenched appearance on Breakfast, live in the middle of a Florida hurricane.

He has also been a regular presenter of the BBC News Channel and Radio Five Live, before joining the Breakfast presenting team full time.

Bill is married with three children. In his spare time he looks after his chickens, and rather more hazardously, four hives of bees. He likes to unwind (or should that be wind up?) by watching what he calls the finest football team in England... Wycombe Wanderers.

Susanna Reid, Presenter

Susanna Reid has been a journalist at the BBC for almost 20 years and has been a regular presenter on Breakfast since 2003.

She has broken many major news stories including the capture of Saddam Hussein, the Japanese tsunami, the transatlantic airline plot, the death of Michael Jackson and the engagement of the Prince of Wales to Camilla Parker-Bowles.

She has interviewed the Prime Minister and many political leaders for Breakfast and she has presented the BBC's coverage of the Oscars from Hollywood live on Breakfast three times.

She has reported for the BBC from around Europe, and from America including New York in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.

She hosted the headline-making discussion programme Sunday Morning Live from 2010 to 2011 and for five years has been the main newsreader on the Andrew Marr Show. She has also appeared on other BBC programmes including Pointless, Ask Rhod Gilbert and Through the Keyhole.

Susanna is a passionate reader, a former Orange Prize judge and a school reading volunteer. She is also a keen runner, and is training for the 2012 London Marathon in aid of Sport Relief.

She has a degree in Politics and Philosophy from Bristol University, where she was the first female editor of the student newspaper, and holds a post-graduate diploma in Journalism from Cardiff School of Journalism.

She is a former child actor - appearing on stage with Shirley-Anne Field and on screen with Harriet Walter and Adrian Dunbar in Channel 4's 'The Price'.

Susanna lives with her partner Dominic Cotton in South London. They have three children.

Louise Minchin, Presenter

Louise presents BBC Breakfast on BBC One, which is the UK’s most watched Breakfast programme. She is also a guest presenter for the One Show, and presents Real Rescues, Missing Live and Crime and Punishment on BBC One.

After gaining a degree in Spanish at St Andrew’s University, Louise trained as a radio journalist at The London College of Printing.

She started her career at the Latin American Section of the BBC World Service.

As well as presenting BBC Breakfast, Louise has been a main anchor for the BBC News Channel since 2003. She’s also a regular presenter of the BBC One O’Clock News.

During her career as a BBC news presenter Louise has covered the main news stories of the last decade, including the 7/7 London bombings, the capture of Colonel Gadaffi, and the BP oil spill. She presented the BBC Ten O'clock News the day Saddam Hussein was hanged.

Away from News, Louise is a guest presenter on the BBC’s prime-time entertainment programme The One Show. Amongst others, her interviewees have included Will Smith, Sigourney Weaver and David Tennant.

This year Louise will present her fifth series of Missing Live, her own daytime series which has been commended in Parliament for its work on re-uniting families.

She will also present a fifth series of Real Rescues for BBC One and recently presented a new daytime series, Crime and Punishment, on BBC One.

In 2009 Louise was one of 12 celebrities who took part in the BBC’s Around the World in 80 Days. She travelled from Mongolia to Los Angeles with BBC Breakfast co-presenter Bill Turnbull to raise money for Children in Need.

Louise is married with two daughters.

Charlie Stayt, Presenter

Before joining Breakfast, Charlie was the principal anchor with Five News, presenting the network's prime-time bulletins and half hour live debate programmes.

Charlie is now the regular face of Breakfast at the weekend.

His extensive career has seen him anchor Five News's 9/11 coverage and he spent a total of 10 years at ITN, both as correspondent and presenter.

He has presented numerous current affairs programmes, and also hosted live reality TV shows Jailbreak, and Are You Telepathic.

Before moving into television, Charlie worked in radio, hosting Capital Radio's award winning news programme The Way It Is, also reporting for LBC and BBC Radio Five Live.

Charlie started his career in commercial radio in Gloucester, his home town. He says he was a "late starter as a journalist", but that his years spent working as a roofer, a roadie and a barman were not entirely wasted.

He now lives in West London, and has two children.

Wider presentation team

Carol Kirkwood, Weather

Carol presents the weather on BBC Breakfast from a variety of locations on weekday mornings. As well as her Breakfast duties, Carol fronts the Weather Show for the BBC News channel and she's also appeared regularly as part of the One Show's team of reporters on BBC One.

Stephanie McGovern, Business

Over the past 10 years, Stephanie has reported from all the big financial events across the world, most recently from the eurozone crisis summits in Brussels and the Italian debt meetings in Rome.

Sally Nugent, Sport

Sally has been working for the BBC for 15 years, starting as a broadcast journalist at her local radio station – BBC Radio Merseyside, reporting on events including the Grand National that never was in 1997. She moved to the regional television newsroom and when their sports presenter took a short break, they asked her to step in for six weeks. She remained there for two years.  During that time Sally covered big sporting stories including Liverpool’s 2001 UEFA Cup campaign and the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.  Sally then moved to national news, covering many big events including two FIFA World Cups in Germany and South Africa. After the South Africa World Cup Sally decided to look for somewhere in the world where football was making a real difference to people’s lives. That place was Iraq. The Iraqi national football team continues to play despite wars, bombings and huge religious divides between them. All the players become terrorist targets simply by being on the team - yet they all took risks simply to play in their national shirt.

Mike Bushell, Sport

Mike presents the sport on Breakfast and covers a wide range of different pursuits for the show. On Saturday mornings, Mike presents Breakfast's extended sports bulletin and is on BBC One for an extra hour until 10am. He then stays on into the afternoon to present the sport on the BBC News channel.

Naga Munchetty, Reporter (Finance)

Naga is a financial journalist with 10 years experience of reporting money matters, putting her in a great position to challenge the financial pitfalls facing consumers today.

Graham Satchell, Reporter

Working for Breakfast since 2001, Graham has had the privilege of reporting at sunrise from Kabul, Baghdad, Lagos and of course towns and cities across the UK.

Tim Muffett, Reporter

Tim arrived at BBC Breakfast in 2005 having been a general news reporter for the BBC and a correspondent for Sky News. He also reports for BBC Radio 5live, Radio 4's Today and has been a studio presenter for the BBC News Channel and BBC World.