1985 – 1990: BBC Trainee Reporter. BBC Radio Merseyside, Liverpool. Covered stories like the demise of Militant Tendency and the Hillsborough disaster.
Jan – June 1990: Regional Journalist, North West Tonight, Manchester.
July 1990 – July 1997: Editor of the Day. Radio 4 The World at One and PM.
1990 – 1997: Editor R4 Specials. Budgets, Local and European Election coverage.
May 1997: Studio producer, BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 5, General Election programme.
June 1997: Editor. BBC News 24 (now the BBC News channel).
Nov 1997 – July 1999: Presenter 1600-1900 BBC News 24.
1999 – 2001: Special Correspondent, BBC Six O’Clock News.
2000: Presenter, BBC1 Millennium Programme.
2001 – 2004: Presenter, BBC Breakfast. Fri-Sun.
2004 – 2012: Presenter, BBC Breakfast, Mon-Thurs.
May 2010: Presenter, BBC1 General Election Coverage programme, 1000-1400.
July – August 2012: Presenter, BBC Olympic Breakfast.
1997 – 2013: Newsreader, BBC1 bulletins.
2010 – 2013 : Presenter of prime time series: National Treasures Live (x 6), Goodnight Britain (x 2), Your Money, Their Tricks (x 4). Guest presenter Crimewatch, The Andrew Marr Show.
April 2012 – August 2013: Co-presenter, BBC Radio 4 Saturday Live.
August 2013: The Sian Williams Interview Show (BBC Wales)
June 2013 – 2015: Presenter, BBC1 Sunday Morning Live.
January 2016 – present: Presenter, ITN/Channel 5 News, presenter R4 documentaries, author
2017-2020 – Presenter ITV1 ‘Save Money, Good Health’ (4 series)
2019-2021 – Presenter C5 “Supermarket Secrets Revealed’