Charlie Stayt

Charlie Stayt: Biography in Details

Who is Charlie Stayt?

Charlie Stayt is an English journalist and broadcaster. At present, he is working as a freelance with the BBC as a presenter for BBC Breakfast.

Charlie hosts debate programs and covers BBC’s prime-time bulletins.

Latest: He and Rachel Burden were replaced on BBC Breakfast.

Age, Parents, Siblings, Family, Ethnicity

Charlie Stayt was born on 19 June 1962, in Gloucester, England, the United Kingdom. His nationality is British and his ethnicity is English.

Charlie Stayt has two older siblings. Other than this, there is no info on his parents. As of 2022, he is 59 years old.

Similar is the case of information regarding his childhood days as well as his teenage and early adult days.

Education, School/College University

Charlie Stayt attended Wycliffe College, a co-educational part-boarding independent school in Gloucestershire.

After that, he went on to attend Birmingham Polytechnic in the West Midlands.

Charlie Stayt: Professional Life, Career

Charlie Stayt started his career on a commercial radio station in his hometown of Gloucester.

Before moving into TV, he worked on radio in London, hosting Capital Radio’s award-winning news program, The Way It Is. Apart from this, he also reported for LBC and BBC Radio 5 Live.

He began his TV career working for ITN in 1995. He then joined Five News as a reporter before presenting the network’s prime-time bulletins and half an hour-long debate programs.

Further, Stayt anchored Five News’ coverage of the events of 11 September 2001, popularly known as the September 11 attack.

Charlie Stayt spent a total of ten years at ITN, both as a correspondent as well as a presenter.

Charlie Stayt has also been a presenter for Sky News. He has presented numerous current affairs programs and also hosted popular live “reality TV” shows like Jailbreak, and Are You Telepathic.

Then he joined BBC Breakfast back in 2006, first as a relief presenter.

Next year in December, Charlie Stayt was confirmed as its Friday to Sunday presenter.

Since January 2008, he has been the weekend presenter for BBC Breakfast, the early morning news program broadcast on BBC One and BBC News.

Charlie Stayt moved with the program to Salford. At present, Stayt presents the program Thursday – Saturday along with Naga Munchetty.

Likewise, he also stands in for the main weekday host Dan Walker.

In August 2016, he appeared in Dictionary Corner on Channel 4’s Countdown for a number of episodes.

In 2000, Charlie Stayt appeared as himself in the TV Movie, Stars, and Bras. He appeared to himself again in the 2014 short, comedy-drama, Mohammed.

Charlie Stayt: Salary, Net Worth 2024

Charlie Stayt has a net worth of around $2 million as of 2024.

As a BBC reporter, his salary is between £190,000 and £194,999.

Rumors, Controversy/Scandal

There are no significant rumors, controversies as well or scandals surrounding him.

He has, thus far, managed to keep his public image clean.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight, Body Size

Charlie Stayt has a good height of 5 feet 4 inches. He has dark brown hair color and his eye color is blue.

There is no information about his body weight and shoe size.

Social Media

Charlie Stayt is not active on social media including Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

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