Charlie Stayt

Charles Jeffaries Stayt (born 19 June 1962) is an English newsreader and broadcaster. He is a journalist with the BBC as a presenter for BBC Breakfast.^[1]

Charlie Stayt
Born	Charles Jeffaries Stayt (1962-06-19) 19 June 1962 (age 63) Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
Education	Wycliffe College, Gloucestershire Birmingham Polytechnic
Occupation(s)	Journalist Television presenter
Notable credit	BBC Breakfast
Spouse	Anne Breckell ​ (m. 1995)​
Children	2

Early life and education

Charles Jeffaries Stayt was born on 19 June 1962 in Gloucester, in the West of England.^{[citation needed]} He has two older siblings. He was educated at The King's School, Gloucester,^[2] and at Wycliffe College,^[3] a co-educational part-boarding independent school in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, before going to Birmingham Polytechnic.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Stayt started his career on a commercial radio station in his home town of Gloucester. Before moving into television, he worked on radio in London, hosting Capital Radio's news programme, The Way It Is and also reporting for LBC and BBC Radio 5 Live.^{[citation needed]}

Stayt began his TV career working for ITN in 1995, then joined Five News as a reporter before presenting the network's prime-time bulletins and half-hour live debate programmes. He anchored Five News' coverage of the Millennium celebrations and the events of 11 September 2001 and spent a total of ten years at ITN, both as a correspondent and a presenter. He has also been a presenter for Sky News. He has hosted live "reality TV" shows Jailbreak, and Are You Telepathic.^{[citation needed]}

Stayt joined BBC Breakfast in 2006, initially as a relief presenter, but in December 2007, he was confirmed as its Friday–Sunday presenter. Since January 2008, he has been the weekend presenter for BBC Breakfast, the early morning news programme broadcast on BBC One and BBC News. He moved with the programme to Salford and presents the programme Thursday-Saturday with Naga Munchetty.

In addition to Thursday – Saturday duties, Stayt also stood in on occasion for main Monday – Wednesday presenter Bill Turnbull and subsequently Dan Walker, ^{[citation needed]} but this arrangement ceased when Jon Kay replaced Walker as main Monday – Wednesday presenter in May 2022. ^{[citation needed]}

In August 2016, Stayt appeared in Dictionary Corner on Channel 4's Countdown for a number of episodes.^[4]

In 2022, Stayt appeared in Contestant on BBC One's The Weakest Link for a Daytime TV Special.

Personal life

Stayt married Anne Breckell in 1995.^[5] They live in Twickenham, London,^[6] and have a daughter (born 1997) and son (born 2000).^[7]

Stayt is related to the Tewkesbury author John Moore (1907–1967).^[8]