Ben Bland

Ben Bland is a British broadcast journalist for the BBC World News service, which operates globally to an estimated weekly audience of over 75 million viewers. Bland currently hosts a variety of programmes on BBC World News including the main bulletins, Newsday, BBC Breakfast (shown domestically in the UK), Outside Source, World News Today and several domestic UK reports for BBC News on a relief/need-by-need basis, commonly replacing Daniela Ritorto on weekend overnight broadcasts of BBC World News which are shown around the world on the BBC World News channel, BBC News and BBC One in the UK and public television in the US.

Ben is a competitive cyclist in his spare time, and has represented Surrey at amateur level.