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| BBC newsreader Natasha Kaplinsky is leaving the corporation to join commercial broadcaster Five. | |
| She will join the channel in the New Year and replaces Kirsty Young, who left Five News in the summer. | She will join the channel in the New Year and replaces Kirsty Young, who left Five News in the summer. |
| "After five incredibly rewarding years at the BBC, I found the chance to work with the team at Five too exciting to pass up," Kaplinsky said. | "After five incredibly rewarding years at the BBC, I found the chance to work with the team at Five too exciting to pass up," Kaplinsky said. |
| She joined BBC Breakfast from Sky News in 2002 before moving on to present the Six O'Clock News. | |
| Helen Boaden, head of BBC News, said: "Natasha Kaplinsky is a warm and intelligent presenter who's built a great rapport with the audience. We wish her all the best." | |
| Ms Kaplinsky was a co-presenter on Sky News' Live At Five following several months on the channel's early morning Sunrise programme, having joined Sky in 2000. | Ms Kaplinsky was a co-presenter on Sky News' Live At Five following several months on the channel's early morning Sunrise programme, having joined Sky in 2000. |
| Prior to that she was a presenter on London Tonight and London Today, having also worked at ITV channel Meridian. | Prior to that she was a presenter on London Tonight and London Today, having also worked at ITV channel Meridian. |
| The 35-year-old has branched out into other roles at the BBC and is one of the presenters of the annual Children in Need. | |
| She won the BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing show in 2004 and recently traced her family history on the Who Do You Think You Are? programme. |