Natasha Kaplinsky

 

Presenting Breakfast is a dream job, says Natasha Kaplinsky, apart from one major draw-back: the working hours. Each morning, Natasha gets up at 0315, to give herself time to prepare for the programme, which is live on air from 0600.

Natasha joined Breakfast in November 2002, when Sophie Raworth left to become co-presenter of the BBC's Six O'clock News.

Natasha joined the BBC from Sky News. Before then, she worked for the London ITV station, Carlton.

After leaving Oxford, where she studied English, Natasha worked in the press offices of Neil Kinnock and John Smith before answering an advert to present early morning bulletins.

Her talents were soon recognised and within six months she was anchoring Meridian's evening news programme.

Within the year, she was invited to host Carlton's London Today and London Tonight and their political programme Seven Days.

In November 2000 she joined Sky News and became a leading member of the team at the front of the Bafta award-winning Best News Channel of the Year.