BBC Two business news programme Working Lunch and anchored the show every Friday and occasionally at other times, presenting alongside Adam Shaw or Nik Wood. He joined the programme in 2003 and produced a number of special reports alongside his presentation duties. He left the programme on 26 September 2008, ahead of a relaunch with new presenters. He also appeared regularly on BBC Breakfast, presenting the programme's business news segments from the London Stock Exchange, filling in for regular business reporter Declan Curry. He presented the weekday evening TV quiz show Battle of the Brains on BBC Two, before being replaced by Nicky Campbell. Alongside these BBC commitments, O'Connell was also a regular presenter on London's LBC 97.3 radio station. Current TV and radio work O'Connell currently works on a wide range of BBC radio and TV programmes. He presents the weekly BBC Radio 4 Sunday morning news programme, Broadcasting House. He joined the programme full-time in 2006, having previously covered for its former presenter Fi Glover while she was on maternity leave. On a March 2013 episode of Broadcasting House, O'Connell was so moved by journalist Emilie Blachère's poem, "A Love Letter from Emilie Blachère to Rémi Ochlik" that he had difficulty continuing the show and Radio 4's programme fell silent for around twelve seconds. Blachère read her poem as a remembrance on the first anniversary of her partner's death. Photojournalist Rémi Ochlik died with veteran war correspondent Marie Colvin during the Syrian Civil War in 2012. The printed version of Blachère's poem also mentions fallen photojournalist Lucas Dolega, the first journalist to die during the Arab Spring revolutions in Tunisia. O'Connell is also an occasional presenter of PM on BBC Radio 4, standing in for regular host Evan Davis, and often stands in for Jeremy Vine on his BBC Radio 2 lunchtime news and current affairs programme. In addition to covering news based radio programmes, he also regularly sits in for a wide array of presenters on Radio 2 including Zoe Ball, Vanessa Feltz and Paul O'Grady. He also previously worked as a regular reporter on BBC One's evening current affairs programme The One Show, and has occasionally presented South East Today. As well as news programmes, O'Connell continues to dabble in both light and prime-time entertainment programmes. From 2004, he commentated on the Eurovision Song Contest semi-finals on BBC Three. He also presented various behind-the-scenes segments at