For the past three years, Kaplinsky has been getting up at 3.15am to go on air at 6am with BBC Breakfast, and has often complained that the hours were the only thing she didn't like about the job.
Amanda Farnsworth, editor of the Six O'Clock News said: "Natasha brings considerable broadcast and journalistic experience to the team."
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