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Revision as of 14:29, 21 January 2013

BBC North West Tonight
North West Tonight titles
Presented byRoger Johnson
Annabel Tiffin
Theme music composerDavid Lowe
Country of originEngland, United Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
Production locationsMediaCityUK,
Salford Quays, England, UK
EditorMichelle Mayman
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time30 minutes
(main 6:30pm programme)
Production companyBBC North West
Original release
NetworkBBC One North West
Release3 September 1984 (1984-09-03) –
present
Related
BBC News,
Granada Reports

BBC North West Tonight is a nightly regional news programme covering the North West of England and the Isle of Man. Produced by BBC North West, the programme airs at 6.30pm and at 10:25pm every weekday evening and is broadcast from the BBC's MediaCityUK studios at Salford Quays.

BBC North West region

The BBC North West region covers Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Lancashire, Cheshire, southern parts of Cumbria, the Peak District, northern Staffordshire and the Isle of Man. It is also the preferred region on Deeside and in Flintshire. Transmitters in the extremes of West Yorkshire, covering towns like Todmorden previously broadcast this regional version but now are covered by BBC Look North. The programme can be watched in any part of the UK (and Europe) from Astra 1N on Freesat channel 955 and Sky channel 958. The latest edition of North West Tonight is also available to watch on the BBC iPlayer.

History

BBC television news from Manchester began on 30 September 1957 with a nightly bulletin entitled News from the North, broadcast to the whole of Northern England (incorporating the current BBC North West, Yorkshire & North Midlands, East Yorkshire & Lincolnshire and North East & Cumbria regions). The rival ITV station Granada Television had already begun providing regional news coverage when it first went on air in May 1956, at first covering the North West only before extending to Yorkshire six months later.

The BBC's service was refocused to cover the North West and Yorkshire areas when separate bulletins for the North East and Cumbria were introduced in 1959. By 1962, the nightly bulletins had been extended to 20 minutes and evolved into the magazine programme North at Six, later renamed Look North.

On 25 March 1968, the Manchester edition of Look North was again re-focused to cover the North West area only following the launch of a third Look North programme from Leeds. The programme was renamed in 1980 as Look North West with News North West introduced for shorter bulletins. On 18 May 1981, Look North West moved from small studios at Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester to New Broadcasting House on Oxford Road in the city.

North West Tonight was introduced on 3 September 1984 to coincide with the launch of the BBC Six O'Clock News. Between 1986 and 1989, the programme also covered parts of Cumbria previously served by the Newcastle edition of Look North and provided a news opt-out for the area at lunchtime. Following viewer complaints, Cumbrian news coverage was switched back to Newcastle's Look North.

The last edition of the programme from Studio B at New Broadcasting House on Oxford Road aired on Sunday 27 November 2011, also the last broadcast from the studios after 36 years of operation. The programme's first broadcast from the BBC's Salford Quays studios took place on Monday 28 November 2011 during the BBC Breakfast programme.

Broadcast times

North West Today

On weekdays, breakfast bulletins air as part of BBC Breakfast at 26 and 56 minutes past the hour, between 6:26am and 9:00am. The 15-minute lunchtime programme airs at 1:30pm, following the BBC News at One. A short lunchtime bulletins is also broadcast on Saturdays after the national news.

North West Tonight

The main edition of North West Tonight is broadcast every weeknight between 6.30pm and 7.00pm. A short 30-second headline update airs just before 8pm and the six-minute late bulletin is broadcast each weeknight at 10:25pm, following the BBC News at Ten. North West Tonight also airs short early evening bulletins on Saturday and Sunday evenings, although times usually vary. A late night bulletin is also broadcast on Sundays, following the BBC News at Ten.

Current team

Presenters

Person Title(s) Related note(s)
Roger Johnson North West Tonight main presenter
Annabel Tiffin
Mark Edwardson Late/weekend bulletins newsreader (alternating)
Rachael Hodges Newsreader North West Tonight relief presenter
Graham Liver BBC Radio Lancashire presenter
Carol Lowe BBC Breakfast bulletins newsreader (alternating)
Dianne Oxberry Weekday Evening Weather Presenter North West Tonight relief presenter
Eno Eruotor Weekend and Relief Weather Presenter
Sally Pepper Weekday Breakfast and Lunch Weather Presenter Based at BBC East Midlands
Rebecca Sheeran
Charlie Slater
Sara Blizzard BBC East Midlands based relief presenters.
Kaye Forster

Correspondents

Person Title(s) Related note(s)
Naomi Cornwell District Correspondent (Manchester) Occasional newsreader
Andy Gill District Correspondent (Merseyside)
Peter Marshall District Correspondent (Lancashire & South Cumbria)
Stuart Pollit District Correspondent (South Cumbria)
Kate Simms District Correspondent (Cheshire) Occasional newsreader
Elaine Dunkley News Correspondent
Stuart Flinders Occasional newsreader, North West Tonight relief presenter
Natalie Hancock
Nazia Mogra Newsreader
Eleanor Moritz
Jacey Normand Newsreader; Inside Out reporter
Alison Wood
Jayne Barrett Specialist Correspondent (Economics)
Abbie Jones Specialist Correspondent (Investigative)
Colin Sykes Specialist Correspondent (Environment/Transport)
Laura Yates Specialist Correspondent (Health) Occasional newsreader
Nina Warhurst
Gill Dummigan Specialist Correspondent (Political)
Sarah Cruddas Specialist Correspondent (Science)
Richard Askam Specialist Correspondent (Sport)
Ian Haslam Late Kick Off reporter
Tony Livesey North West Tonight relief presenter; Late Kick Off presenter
Arif Ansari Political Editor
Dave Guest Chief Reporter
Kelly Foran District Correspondent (Isle of Man)

Former presenters/reporters

References

  1. ^ Gordon Burns to step down from BBC North West Tonight BBC News, 15 April 2011
  2. ^ Ranvir Singh to leave BBC North West Tonight BBC, 28 May 2012
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