Rachel Burden Wikipedia
Rachel Burden is an accomplished, talented, and proficient British media personality, newsreader, Television presenter, and journalist. Burden is currently working at the BBC as one of the main weekend presenters of BBC Breakfast. In addition to that, Rachel has been working as the presenter for the BBC Radio 5 Live weekday breakfast, a position she has held since 2011.
Rachel Burden Ethnicity
Burden belongs to the White British ethnicity.
Rachel Burden Age
She was born as Rachel Mary Ann Cecilia Burden on the 22nd of January 1975 in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, which makes her zodiac birth sign Aquarius, and currently 51 years old.
Rachel Burden Education
Burden joined High School, a girls’ grammar school in High Wycombe, in 1997, where she studied English, History, Politics, and Practical Music at A-level and graduated in 1993. Afterward, she enrolled at Trinity College, Dublin, where she also studied and later joined Cardiff University, where she graduated with a degree in broadcast journalism.
Rachel Burden Media Career, BBC
Burden commenced her journalism career working for BBC Radio Suffolk as a reporter, then after fifteen months, she went on to join BBC Radio Bristol, where her role was to work as a co-host of the early morning breakfast show, and she was working alongside Nigel Dando, who was a brother of the murdered presenter Jill Dando.
Then, later in May 2011, she began working as the weekday breakfast show presenter after leaving Shelagh Fogarty, and she worked with co-presenter Nicky Campbell. After that, she made her first appearance on the BBC Breakfast television programme on the 23rd of August 2015, working as a relief presenter.
In addition to that, in May 2025, Rachel worked as a presenter presenting the VE Day 80: We Were There, which is a BBC2 documentary that became part of the BBC’s VE Day 80th anniversary celebrative programming.
Rachel Burden Marital Status
Burden is happily married to her charming husband, Luke Mendham, who is also a journalist, and with whom they tied the knot in 2004 in a beautiful wedding. In addition to that, Rachel and her husband Luke Mendham have four lovely children: Rose, Alice, Sam, and Henry.
Rachel Burden Nationality
She holds British nationality.
Rachel Burden’s Net Worth
Burden is an accomplished, talented, and proficient British media personality, newsreader, Television presenter, and journalist currently working for the BBC as one of the main weekend presenters, and her net worth is approximtely $500,000 to $3 million.
Rachel Burden Annual Salary
The annual salary that Rachel receives working at the BBC as one of the main weekend presenters of BBC Breakfast ranges between £220,000 and £224,999 per year.
Rachel Burden Religion
Information about her religion isn’t available.
Rachel Burden Family: Parents and Siblings
Burden was born and raised in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, to her lovely father, Paul Burden, who was a journalist and also worked for the BBC before retiring. In addition to that, in her family, she is the fourth of five children, but there is no record of her mother. However, she is a niece of the actor Hugh Burden.
Rachel Burden Body Height and Weight
Burden is a beautiful lady who stands at an average body height of approximately 5 feet 6 inches, which is also equal to 1.68 meters. When it comes to her body weight, she also maintains and avearge measurement of around 60 kilograms or 132 pounds.