Sir Mark Tully was the regular presenter of the programme until production was ended in 2019 but there have been other presenters who have contributed a dozen or more episodes over the years.
Something Understood , other presenters
Abdul-Rehman Malik
6
Adjoa Andoh
2
Alan Hall
2
Andrew Motion
2
Anita Rani
1
Antony Pitts
1
Blake Morrison
1
Cathy Fitzgerald
1
Choman Hardi
1
Chris Brookes
4
Christie Dickason
3
Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva
1
Deborah Bull
1
Denis Tuohy
8
Django Bates
1
Dmae Roberts
1
Douglas Dunn
1
Elaine Storkey
1
Elizabeth Adekunle
1
Felicity Finch
7
Fiona Armstrong
3
Frances Fyfield
1
Frances Gumley-Mason
1
Frank Cottrell Boyce
2
Gus McGrouther
1
Hardeep Singh Kohli
2
Harvey Belovski
4
Hazhir Teimourian
1
Helen Goalen and Abbi Greenland
1
Ian Sansom
1
Imtiaz Dharker
1
Jahnavi Harrison
6
Jake Arnott
1
James Fox
1
Jane Ray
1
Jane Williams
4
Jeevan Singh Deol
1
Jo Fidgen
3
Joanna Jepson
1
John Agard
1
Jonathan Charles
2
Jude Rogers
2
Judith French
3
Julia Neuberger
2
Julie Shapiro
1
Katy Radford
2
Kenneth Steven
2
Kester Brewin
1
Kirsty Gunn
1
Laura Barton
1
Liz Gray
2
Llewelyn Morgan
5
Lord Sacks
1
Lucy Mangan
2
Lucy Parham
1
Madeleine Bunting
7
Maggie Aderin Pocock
1
Malcolm Doney
10
Marguerite Patten
1
Maria Friedman
1
Marie-Louise Muir
4
Mary Robinson
1
Melissa Viney
5
Michael Zev Gordon
2
Muyiwa Olarewaju
1
Nabil Mustapha
1
Pamela Marre
2
Pat Cumper
1
Paul Bakibinga
1
Pejkl Malinovski
1
Peter Hobday
8
Peter King
1
Piers Plowright
1
Polly Stenham
1
Pádraig Ó Tuama
1
Rabbi Julia Neuberger
1
Rachel Cusk
1
Remona Aly
8
Rikke Houd
1
Robin Griffith-Jones
3
Rosemary Harthill
1
Ross Sutherland
1
Rowan Williams
5
Ruth Waterman
1
Salley Vickers
1
Sarah Cuddon
11
Sarah Goldingay
10
Satish Kumar
1
Sean Street
1
Stephen Venables
1
Stewart Henderson
3
Studs Terkel
1
Suryagupta Dharmacharini
3
Teresa Morgan
4
Tom Robinson
5
Vesna Goldsworthy
1
