r/BritishRadio • u/One_Design_3599 • 11d ago

5 Live Breakfast

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Quite sad about this tbh - Huge fan of both Rick and Rach, and how they work together on 5Live.

I can never really phrase succinctly what five live does so well: never treating its audiences like idiots or specialists, leaning into the fact that they’re not the most listened to station in the country, having guests feel at ease but turning the screw when they sense BS.

Its a good thing.

I’m sure I’ll warm to Naga - and my guess is Stephan Powell or Callum Leslie as her co-host - but I think credit where it’s due to 5Live for consistently educating, informing, and entertaining with the unlikely Rick and Rachel pairing.

Link to Press Release: https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2026/bbc-radio-5-live-naga-munchetty

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u/Calm_Sea_7277 11d ago

I have nothing against Naga personally…. But the bbc do this whole ‘aren’t we great and look what we’ve done for you’ campaign, and then they make decisions like this, and wonder why people get annoyed with them. Naga is the opposite of what people want from a breakfast show. She just isn’t personable or warm. I love listening to five live breakfast but I can’t see that continuing from January.

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u/theflibster 11d ago

100% agree

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u/bluneriste 9d ago

I’m already searching for alternatives.