Laura McGhie

Laura McGhie
Laura McGhie
Born
Laura McGhie

(1990-04-26) 26 April 1990
Edinburgh, Scotland
Career
Show‘Laura McGhie’ • ‘Up All Night with Laura McGhie’
StationBBC Radio 5Live
NetworkBBC
Time slot1:00-5:00 a.m. Friday-Sunday
StylePresenter, DJ
CountryUnited Kingdom

Laura McGhie (born 26 April 1990) is a Scottish radio and television broadcaster,[1] who presents on BBC Radio 5Live.

Laura presents weekend overnights on BBC Radio 5Live,[2][3][4] and also presents 5Live Breakfast and 5Live Drive, amongst other programmes, as a relief presenter.[5]

McGhie was previously a sports news presenter on the BBC News channel[6][7][8] and was one of the original sports news presenters on BBC Scotland's flagship news programme The Nine.[9][10][11]

As a journalist, McGhie presents on BBC Radio Scotland[12][13] and on Reporting Scotland, alongside making appearances on BBC Scotland's Sportscene,[14] BBC Breakfast and BBC Olympic programming.

Education and career

McGhie graduated with a (MA)Honours Degree in English Literature from the University of Glasgow, after completing a diploma in Music from the Edinburgh College. In 2012, McGhie worked for the BBC at the Edinburgh Festivals and shortly afterwards joined BBC Scotland. In 2015, she became a broadcast journalist at BBC Sport Scotland, reporting and covering domestic football and rugby.[15][16] She also presented from the 2016 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.[17] McGhie co-presented the Rugby Breakfast Show that was shortlisted for an ARIAS award for Best Sport Programme.[18]

McGhie was one of the original presenters on BBC Scotland's flagship news programme The Nine from 2019, as well as appearing on its sister shows The Edit and Seven Days.[19] That year, McGhie began to present on BBC Radio 5Live programmes including Drive, Breakfast[20] and Weekend Breakfast alongside Tony Livesey, Rick Edwards[21] and Chris Warburton. She is also a relief presenter for Colin Murray and Naga Munchetty's programmes on the station.

McGhie joined 5Live permanently in 2022 as overnight weekend presenter on Laura McGhie, replacing Hayley Hassell.[22][23] At the same time she joined the BBC News channel as a sport presenter, fronting Sportsday and sports news bulletins.[24] McGhie presented the 2024 Christmas special of the BBC Sounds Must Watch podcast.[25]

In 2025 it was announced McGhie would return to BBC Radio 5Live as a presenter following maternity leave, joining Dotun Adebayo to overnight BBC Radio.[26] She currently presents from Glasgow on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays across the network.[27]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Presenter". Laura McGhie. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
  2. ^ "Laura McGhie joins Dotun Adebayo as part of the overnight family on BBC Radio". BBC. Retrieved 2025-09-14.
  3. ^ "BBC Radio 5 Live - Laura McGhie". BBC. Retrieved 2025-09-14.
  4. ^ "Laura McGhie joins Dotun Adebayo to host overnights on BBC Radio". RadioToday. 2025-03-13. Retrieved 2025-11-29.
  5. ^ "BBC Radio 5 Live - 5 Live Breakfast, 05/08/2025". BBC. Retrieved 2025-09-14.
  6. ^ "The test card puts in an unscheduled appearance on Sportsday". Clean Feed. 2023-01-18. Retrieved 2025-09-14.
  7. ^ "BBC News Sports Presenters & Reporters • TV Newsroom". TV Newsroom. 2004-02-21. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
  8. ^ "BBC Sport v Glasgow's canoe slalom". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2025-11-22.
  9. ^ "Meet the news stars of BBC Scotland's The Nine". 2019-02-12. Retrieved 2025-09-14.
  10. ^ "BBC Scotland unveil first picture of team behind flagship news programme". Glasgow Times. 2019-02-12. Retrieved 2025-09-14.
  11. ^ "Sportscene Predictions: Laura McGhie loses out to Allan Preston". BBC Sport. 2022-03-19. Retrieved 2025-11-22.
  12. ^ "Kaye Adams calls in sick to BBC Radio, live on air". BBC News. 2023-07-12. Retrieved 2025-09-14.
  13. ^ Hall, Tasha (2023-07-12). "Kaye Adams phones in sick to BBC Radio live on air as replacement drafted in". Daily Record. Retrieved 2025-09-14.
  14. ^ Walker, by David (2022-02-11). "Sportscene presenter Jonathan Sutherland announces show absence due to marriage". Scottish Daily Express. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
  15. ^ "Scotland women 1-0 Rep Ireland women". BBC Sport. 2017-07-07. Retrieved 2025-12-06.
  16. ^ "Listen: Rugby Breakfast Show with John Barclay & Brian Moore". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2025-12-06.
  17. ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2025-12-06.
  18. ^ "ARIAS 2023 Nominees". Radio Academy. Retrieved 2025-12-06.
  19. ^ "BBC Scotland - Seven Days, 28/04/2024". BBC. Retrieved 2025-12-06.
  20. ^ Ingate, Kathryn (2021-08-17). "BBC Breakfast's Rachel Burden says she's taking 'time out' from show". Daily Express. Retrieved 2025-09-19.
  21. ^ "BBC Radio 5 Live - 5 Live Breakfast, New government money to tackle small-boat migrants". BBC. Retrieved 2025-09-19.
  22. ^ "Laura McGhie joins BBC Radio 5 Live with new show - Prolific North". 2025-03-14. Retrieved 2025-09-19.
  23. ^ "Laura McGhie to present new weekend overnight programme on BBC Radio 5 Live". BBC. Retrieved 2025-09-19.
  24. ^ "The test card puts in an unscheduled appearance on Sportsday". Clean Feed. 2023-01-18. Retrieved 2025-09-19.
  25. ^ "BBC Radio 5 Live - Must Watch, Must Watch: Christmas TV". BBC. Retrieved 2025-09-19.
  26. ^ "BBC Radio 5 Live's programmes - UKRadioLive - UK's Internet Radio Stations In One Place". UKRadioLive. Retrieved 2025-12-06.
  27. ^ "Laura McGhie joins BBC Radio 5 Live with new show - Prolific North". 2025-03-14. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
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