Wednesday September 15 was Louise Minchin’s official last day after a 20-year-long career as a co-host on BBC Breakfast.
She first joined the BBC in 2001 in a freelance capacity before replacing Sian Williams as a regular news anchor in 2006.
Minchin announced that she would be leaving the nation’s most-watched Breakfast show back in June. Her emotional statement live on-air began: “Let me take a deep breath, everybody there is something I want to tell you about.”
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Since then, viewers have been anxiously awaiting her exit from the programme and much speculation has been circulating as to who her replacement might be.
Why did Louise Minchin leave BBC Breakfast?
Despite declaring her admiration for the “huge, enormous BBC Breakfast family” which she “loved being a part of.” Louise Minchin has decided that it’s time for her 20-year run on BBC Breakfast to come to an end.
In the statement announcing her resignation in June she told viewers: “’I've decided that it is time that I stop setting my alarm for 3.40 - sometimes if I’m feeling really rebellious 3.46 in the morning - and I’m going to be leaving the programme…”
She continued “before anything else, I wanted to thank everybody who is watching for your loyalty and support over all these years. I have absolutely loved being part of it and I will really miss it but it’s time now to stop that alarm early in the morning. Thank you for watching all these years.”
Who is replacing Louise Minchin on BBC Breakfast?
As of yet, Louise Minchin’s BBC Breakfast replacement is still unknown but several other UK journalists have been tipped for the role.
Amongst them is Sally Nugent who works on the show already as the main relief presenter and has previously filled in for Louise in December 2020.
Eamonn Holmes, Piers Morgan and Kay Burley are some of the other favourites to join the morning news show.
Recently, the BBC also advertised the job vacancy on their careers website, and said they were looking for someone to “work with Dan Walker, Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt on the UK’s most-watched morning show”.
Applications for the job closed on September 12 so we may still have a while to go before Louise’s official replacement is announced.
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