Julian Worricker

Julian Gordon Worricker (born 6 January 1963 in Woking, Surrey) is an English journalist, currently working as one of the main presenters of Weekend on the BBC World Service, as stand-in presenter of Any Answers on BBC Radio 4, and as a relief presenter on The Media Show which is also seen on BBC News, the corporation's 24-hour rolling news channel.

Worricker was educated at Epsom College in Surrey; he went on to study English literature at the University of Leicester.

In 1991, he moved to join the newly launched station Radio Five in Manchester, presenting the evening magazine programme, Five Aside.

In September 2007, Worricker decided to take a six-month break from both 5 Live and BBC News in order to go travelling around the world.

[4] He can be heard presenting Weekend on the BBC World Service most Saturday and Sunday mornings.