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The News Hour with Mark Austin
News Hour at Six with Mark Austin
GenreNews
Presented byMark Austin (Monday-Thursday)
Jonathan Samuels (Friday)
Opening themeSky News theme
Country of originUK - Broadcast Internationally
Original languageEnglish
Production
Production locationStudio 21, Sky Central
Osterley, London
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time120 minutes (Mon-Fri, since 2018)
Original release
NetworkSky News
Release24 September 2018 (2018-09-24) –
present

The News Hour with Mark Austin is a weekday news programme in the United Kingdom on Sky News, presented by Mark Austin. It combines rolling-news coverage with analysis and interviews on the day's issues. The show airs between 5 pm–7 pm Monday to Friday.

Broadcasts

The News Hour was the name initially given to the 5pm hour of Sky News only with Sky News at Six following after, also presented by Austin. As of 2020, the 6 pm hour is branded as the News Hour at Six [1][2] The show is broadcast as two distinctive hour long programmes with the days news summarised in each.

On Fridays, Jonathan Samuels generally presents the programme. Austin is, however, the only presenter referenced in the show title with the slot branded as simply The News Hour when any other Sky presenter host the programme. Other relief presenters include Tom Macleod and Isabel Webster.

The show is currently broadcast from the "Glass Box", actually Studio 21, Sky Central, Osterley.[3]

Presenters

Presenter Role
Mark Austin Monday-Thursday
Jonathan Samuels Friday

References

  1. ^ "Sky News unveils new daytime line-up, with brand new programming and on-air talent". Sky. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Sky's Kay Burley and Mark Austin launch new shows". Sky News. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Sky News shuffles schedule, adds branded hours". NewscastStudio. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
Preceded by Sky News weekday schedule
17:00–19:00
Succeeded by