Louise Minchin hints at BBC return three years after leaving 'stressful' show

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Former BBC Breakfast host Louise Minchin has admitted she's keen to join a popular reality show.Speaking with Best magazine, three years after her departure from her BBC role, the 56-year-old journalist revealed how she's been enjoying a more relaxed lifestyle away from the morning show.However, Louise hasn't completely abandoned television, as she sometimes steps in for Lorraine Kelly on ITV.

She's also not ruling out a return to the BBC in the future.Sharing her ideal TV venture to Best magazine, Louise shared: "I could!

The one I would really love to do is Race Across the World - I'd love to do that with one of my daughters - it would be so much fun." She also fancies pairing up with another celebrity for the adventure. "Or maybe Rob Rinder.

We did a challenge together in the desert for Sports Relief. He's incredibly fit. He's hard as nails," she added.Louise gave an emotional goodbye to BBC Breakfast viewers during a heartfelt broadcast in September 2021 alongside Dan Walker.She previously spoke about the "hard" and "stressful" demands of her role at BBC Breakfast, especially highlighting the strain of early starts and resulting lack of sleep.With the breakfast show's timing set from 6am to 9am, presenters like Louise were often facing pre-dawn alarms as early as 3.15am.At the time, she divulged: "What the stress was having to concentrate for three and a quarter hours when you've got so many things going on.