A BBC Breakfast host replaced was replaced with no explanation on Thursday morning.
Naga Munchetty, 49, usually presents the programme every Thursday to Saturday with her co-host Charlie Stayt, 62.
But Charlie was missing from the pair’s first episode of the week.
Instead, Naga was joined by journalist Ben Thompson, 44, on the red sofa to present the show.
Ben is a regular presenter who steps when the main hosts aren’t working.
The TV star has worked with the BBC since 2001.
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BBC Breakfast host Charlie Stayt was replaced with no explanation on Thursday morning as Naga Munchetty was joined by a very familiar face
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Naga, 49, usually presents the programme every Thursday to Saturday with her co-host Charlie, 62
He started off with the broadcaster on the BBC Wales team in Cardiff while at university and later made it onto the BBC trainee scheme.
Ben has had a very successful career over the years with the channel.
He’s worked with the Business & Economics Unit of BBC News and BBC’s international news channel.
The broadcaster currently co-hosts Business Live alongside Breakfast.
Ben is also the former BBC Middle East & BBC New York Business Correspondent.
Sally Nugent, 53, and Jon Kay, 55, present the show every Monday to Wednesday.
Meanwhile Sundays are hosted by stand-in presenters, incuding Roger Johnson, Rachel Burden, Tina Daheley, Nina Warhurst, Ben Boulos and Sarah Campbell.
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Sally Nugent, 53, and Jon Kay, 55, present BBC Breakfast every Monday to Wednesday
During Thursday’s instalment of the programme, the pair announced some breaking news to viewers.
Ben said: ‘Now, in the last few minutes, we’ve had the latest figures showing us how the economy performed at the end of last year.’
Naga added: ‘So, there was a small margin of growth at the end of last year.’
They then headed over to Ben Boulous in a tea factory based in Newcastle.
Ben explained to fans: ‘We’re at this tea factory, and I think it’s fair to say there’s a little bit of hope brewing in terms of the economy, with figures in the last few minutes showing that in the three months at the end of last year, the UK economy grew by 0.1 percent.
‘It doesn’t sound much, but remember the expectation had been that it had shrunk, so this will be welcome news for the chancellor, for the government.
‘They have repeatedly said that economic growth is the UK’s top priority, it is their focus, and what they feel that the UK really needs to focus on.’
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