A presenter of Radio 4's 'Today' since 2009, whose biological father was 1970's newsreader Peter Woods?
Justin Webb Justin Webb Justin Oliver Webb (born Justin Oliver Prouse, 3 January 1961 in Portsmouth, Hampshire) is a British journalist who has worked for the BBC since 1984. He is a former BBC North America Editor and the main co-presenter of BBC One's "Breakfast News" programme. Since August 2009, he has co-presented the "Today" programme on BBC Radio 4, and also regularly writes for the "Radio Times". In an article in the "Radio Times" in January 2011, Webb revealed that his natural father was Peter Woods who was formerly a reporter with the "Daily Mirror" and later became a BBC newsreader.
Today (BBC Radio 4) down badly", commented former "Today" newsreader Alice Arnold early in 2013, pointing out that Sarah Montague was (then) the only female presenter among the regular presenters. During 2010, editor Ceri Thomas acknowledged that the gender balance was not ideal, but faced criticism for saying in an interview that the programme was not going to be the "first place you'll see those changes because it's just too tough an environment for novices, frankly." Radio 4 presenter Mariella Frostrup described the men involved in running the programme in an interview as "a bunch of misogynists", but later retracted this statement by saying