The 7 O'Clock News
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| Format | News, Weather |
| Created by | BBC News |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
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| Location(s) | London |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
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| Original channel | BBC Three |
| Original run | 9 February 2003 – 2 December 2005 |
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| Related shows | 60 Seconds |
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| BBC News Website | |
The 7 O'Clock News was the main news programme, broadcast each weekday at 7:00pm, on British digital television channel BBC Three between 9 February 2003 to 2 December 2005. Originally called The News Show from the launch of BBC Three in 9 February 2003, it was rebranded later in the year, though retaining the same presentation team.
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[edit] Format
Compared to the rest of the BBC News output, The 7 O'Clock News had a completely different image and style of presentation, with a turquoise colour scheme in contrast to the standard red and black. Presenters began bulletins standing but ended seated, reviewing the newspapers towards the end of the programme.
[edit] Presenters
- Julian Worricker 2003[1]
- Sangita Myska 2003-2004[1]
- Tazeen Ahmad 2003-2005[1]
- Eddie Mair 2004-2005[2]
- Sevan Bastajian 2003-2005[3]
- Ben McCarthy 2003-2005[4]
- Paddy O'Connell 2004-2005[5]
[edit] Axing
On 21 October 2005, the BBC announced that it was ending The 7 O'Clock News, but continuing with the 60 Seconds bulletins, opting to fill the slot, which is immediately after BBC Three comes on air, with "high quality factual programming".[6] Although the show was a cornerstone of the bid to start BBC Three, a report into the BBC's digital output[7] claimed that the show "achieves nothing and attracts tiny audiences", and so the controller of the channel, Stuart Murphy took the step of terminating the show.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b c BBC THREE News and Current Affairs programmes BBC Press Office, 23 January 2003
- ^ Biographies - Eddie Mair BBC Press Office, September 2008
- ^ BBC3 gets serious with promise of hard news show The Independent, 3 January 2004
- ^ New arrival for The News Show on BBC THREE BBC Press Office, 8 April 2003
- ^ Paddy O'Connell named as new presenter of Broadcasting House BBC Press Office, 30 August 2006
- ^ BBC Three drops nightly news show BBC News, 21 October 2005
- ^ Digital report sets poser for BBC BBC News, 13 October 2004
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