Veteran British broadcaster David Frost plans to join the Arab-language TV station al-Jazeera when it launches its English-speaking channel next spring.

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The Qatar-based channel said Frost, who broadcast his final Breakfast with Frost program for the BBC in May, would be among the "key on-air talent." Frost was quoted as saying he felt "excitement" about his new role.

Frost came to prominence on television in the early 1960s when he presented the satirical BBC show "That Was the Week that Was." He presented a series of news and current affairs programs in Britain and the United States and won acclaim for his interviews with former U.S. President Richard Nixon after the Watergate affair.

Launched in 1996, al-Jazeera is best widely viewed in the Arab world.