BBC Breakfast presenter shake-up as Sally Nugent replaced as host takes break

BBC Breakfast's regular face Sally Nugent was notably absent from the popular morning programme on Wednesday.

During the latest instalment, viewers tuned in to find brightening their day on the iconic red sofa, this time joined by colleague .

The 55-year-old presenter is typically seen alongside his co-host Sally, 53, from Monday to Wednesday. and then present from Thursday to Saturday while Ben Thompson and Nina take the helm for the Sunday edition. However, in a schedule shake-up on Wednesday, Jon was accompanied by Nina.

While no official explanation was provided for her absence, Sally hinted that she was travelling somewhere by posting an image on her Story that seemed to be snapped from an airplane window, reports .

Throughout Wednesday's broadcast, Jon and Nina tackled some of the day's most pressing news stories within the studios. Their discussions spanned topics such as the escalating energy costs, the looming snowstorm threatening the UK, and even an interview with Alan Titchmarsh over his new career announcement.

It seems the audience has warmly received the change, with social media users particularly on X, previously known as , expressing their delight. One viewer commented: "Lovely Nina this morning. Can't we have her permanently. #bbcbreakfast", while another echoed the sentiment: "Wonderful to see you this morning Nina [heart emoji] Love our BBC #BBCBreakfast."

During Alan's interview on the show, the renowned expert and broadcaster, 75, revealed he has collaborated with celebrated composer Debbie Wiseman to craft a delightful new album titled Jack Frost - A Winter Story.

Alan had a concise message for BBC Breakfast's weather expert Carol Kirkwood during the chat as he said: "Carol, thank you!" He elaborated on his gratitude, saying: "I'm so grateful to Carol, we're very grateful to Carol for bringing frost [weather]. Our launch day is Friday, it comes out on Friday, the album, and that's the coldest day of the year so far... Carol, thank you!"

To which presenter Nina light-heartedly remarked: "She likes to do that for all of our guests!" Debbie, the incredible composer behind the new album, shared insights into their creative process explaining: "We recorded it in May", adding: "We put together Alan's story, which he sent me by email one day and just popped on my email - Jack Frost.

"I popped it on the piano and set it to music, it happened so naturally the way the words and music flowed together. I was able to set his lovely magical story to music, it was such a treat!"

Discussing the album's inspiration, Alan revealed: "I come from a Yorkshire childhood, when I was young, we didn't have central heating then and the ice would form on the inside of your window, you'd scratch it off, and you'd look out on a landscape very much like this one behind us, and it had all been transformed overnight, we just wanted to make a family tale for Christmas all about the magic of Jack Frost."

This isn't Alan's first project with Debbie and back in 2018 the duo released The Glorious Garden, which is an album collection of compositions inspired by poems written by Alan.

BBC Breakfast continues on weekdays at 6am on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.