Felicity Hannah
British journalist and broadcaster
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Felicity Hannah is a British broadcaster and journalist working for BBC News, BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Radio 4, specialising in business and economic news. She is the regular presenter of Money Box Live and a regular presenter of Wake Up To Money and Today's business news slots.
Early life and education
Hannah was born on a British Army base in Germany.[1] Back in England, she attended Princethorpe College in Warwickshire until 2001.[2] Hannah attended the University of Edinburgh between 2001 and 2005 where she gained a Master of Arts (Scotland) in Philosophy.[3]
Career
Before being a journalist focusing on business and economic issues, Hannah was a tour guide who educated about and showed people around the streets below Edinburgh.[4]
Hannah worked in print journalism for a number of years following her graduation from university, writing for various outlets.[2] She worked as head of desk at Adfero between 2007 and 2009 and as editor of Govnet between 2008 and 2009.[3]
As of 2018, Hannah was a personal finance reporter at the BBC. She began co-presenting Wake Up To Money on BBC Radio 5 Live in 2019 and began presenting some editions of Money Box on BBC Radio 4 in the same year.[5] In the last three months of 2021, Hannah presented more episodes of Wake Up To Money than she did before or after those months.[6] She began presenting Money Box Live, Money Box's sibling programme featuring listener questions, regularly in 2022.[7]
In 2022, Hannah presented a series of editions of One to One on BBC Radio 4 in which she interviewed people about the thrill which being scared provides for people.[4]
Between April 2022[8] and April 2023, Hannah co-presented The Big Green Money Show with businessperson and Dragons' Den star Deborah Meaden;[9] the show was broadcast on BBC Radio 5 Live on Friday mornings.[10] The show initially had a ten-week run of episodes.[10]
Hannah was appointed the new permanent host of Money Box Live on BBC Radio 4 in September 2023.[11]
As of early 2023, Hannah was a freelancer.[2] In 2024, Hannah was twice shortlisted for the Wincott Foundation Award, an award for perceivedly excellent business and money-related journalism.[12] As of 2024, Hannah appeared regularly on Morning Live as an expert in money-related topics.[13]
As of 2025, Hannah is the main presenter of Money Box Live and a regular presenter of Wake Up To Money, as well as a presenter of business news on 5 Live Breakfast and Today on BBC Radio 4. She also appears less regularly on television, presenting business news on BBC Breakfast and other BBC News programmes.[14] She continues to write about money-related topics for online outlets.[15]
Hannah has sat in for other presenters on non-business news programmes on BBC Radio 5 Live, such as Drive.[16]
In the late 2010s, she completed at least almost all the writing of a novel.[17] She is a patron of Humanists UK.[18]
Personal life
In 2018, a series of tweets (which are now X posts) by Hannah went viral; in the tweets she discussed her close befriending of a woman who was very considerably older than her, following the woman's death, and also recommended that people where appropriate try to become friendlier, particularly to older adults.[19]