01-03-2023, 12:30 AM
Phil Hayton quite regularly did a 6-day week in about 2001, give or take. When he was on World (the 2000-0100 shift) he was very occasionally covered by, for example, Peter Coe or Adrian Finighan. Once he switched to News 24 weekdays (0900-1300), again he would quite regularly present all week, occasionally being relieved by various male presenters such as Chris Eakin and others. He did News 24 Saturday afternoons (1300-1900) throughout that period as well! Eventually, I think he gave up his Saturday shift and focused more on weekdays.