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New presenter line-Up as Working Lunch relaunches
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The 91Èȱ¬'s award-winning Economics and Business Unit today announces a new-look Working Lunch with a powerful new presenting team as well as new titles, set and a greater online presence.
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Working Lunch, the 91Èȱ¬'s biggest business programme, will re-launch this Autumn on 91Èȱ¬ Two with new presenters Declan Curry and Naga Munchetty, while Adam Shaw will take the helm at Breakfast and the News Channel.
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The programme's online presence will be increased with a daily blog and much greater audience interaction.
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At a time of significant economic uncertainty and instability the new team will provide the most up-to-date, relevant and accessible news and analysis of the financial situation and what it means for peoples' pockets. Ìý
Jeremy Hillman, Editor of the 91Èȱ¬ Economics and Business Unit, said: "I'm thrilled that Declan and Naga will be coming together to co-present Working Lunch at a time when our audience is crying out to understand as much as they can about what's happening in the economy and how it's affecting them.
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"They both have huge experience in business journalism and will bring a real wit and incisiveness to the programme.
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"Adam will be a great addition to the Breakfast line up with his long business experience and great warmth and humour."
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Naga Munchetty joins the 91Èȱ¬ from Bloomberg, where she has been a senior presenter covering economics and business in the studio and on the road.
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Previously she has worked at Channel 4 News and CNBC.
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Declan Curry has been the face of 91Èȱ¬ Breakfast business news for several years and recently combined that role with regular appearances on the 91Èȱ¬ News Channel.
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Adam Shaw is making the move to mornings on 91Èȱ¬ Breakfast and the News Channel from Working Lunch.
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He has presented business for the Today programme, 91Èȱ¬ World, the Financial World Tonight and Business Breakfast in his long and successful career.
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Together they have an unbeatable wealth of business reporting experience, having interviewed hundreds of CEOs and reported widely from around the UK. Ìý
Notes to Editors
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Working Lunch is a daily, award-winning, lunchtime consumer and business show on 91Èȱ¬ Two.
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Its aim is to make the world of money and personal finance interesting and relevant to everyone. It's a programme that's not afraid to be irreverent, humorous and witty.
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91Èȱ¬ Breakfast is the UK's most watched breakfast programme, reaching around 12 million people every week.
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Business bulletins are on Breakfast at 6.15, 6.50, 7.15, 7.50 and 8.40am and on the 91Èȱ¬ News Channel throughout the day at 20 minutess to the hour.
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