BBC Weekend News

BBC Weekend News
Created by	BBC News
Presented by	Kate Silverton Mishal Husain Clive Myrie Shaun Ley Ben Brown
Theme music composer	David Lowe
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
Production
Production locations	Studio E, Broadcasting House, London
Running time	5-20 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC One BBC News
Release	5 July 1954 – present
Related
BBC Breakfast BBC News at One BBC News at Six BBC News at Ten BBC News Summary

BBC Weekend News is the national news programmes on BBC One at the weekend and bank holidays, although it is often referred to on guides simply as BBC News. It is called BBC Weekend News on all bulletins apart from being broadcast on a Sunday at the 10pm hour, where it is named the BBC News at Ten. The programmes are simulcast on the BBC News Channel, unless it clashes with the edition of World News Today at 9:00pm.

Format

BBC weekend news airs three times on both Saturday and Sunday, and is also used as the title of the BBC News Channel simulcast on Sunday mornings during August when the Andrew Marr show doesn't air. The main three bulletins are presented in the studio in a similar format to other national news bulletins on BBC One but are shorter in length.

The lunchtime bulletin is normally at 1:00pm although these times often vary. The programme lasts approximately 10 minutes including the sport and is immediately followed on BBC One by a weather forecast on Saturday and Sunday.

The evening bulletin lasts either 15 minutes depending on scheduling and can be at any time between 6:00pm (and occasionally outside these times due to sport or other live events), and is followed by regional news.

The late bulletin contains a sports update from the BBC sports centre in Salford, and is at 10:00pm on Saturday and Sunday depending on scheduling. There is a BBC One regional news after the Sunday late news on BBC One.

Presenters

Lunchtime

The lunchtime bulletin is presented by the on-duty BBC News Channel presenter during the scheduled bulletin. Maxine Mawhinney was the long term presenter from 2006 until 2015. Following a reshuffle, BBC News 24 launch presenter Gavin Esler became the main presenter until his departure from the channel in early 2017. Mawhinney briefly returned to the role until her departure in April 2017. The Saturday bulletin is now normally presented by Shaun Ley and the Sunday bulletin normally by Ben Brown. Julian Worricker has been the main recent cover presenter and occasionally one of the presenters who mainly presents for BBC World News has covered.

Current presenters

Years	Presenter	Current role
2015-present	Shaun Ley	Main Presenter (Saturday morning)
2017-present	Ben Brown	Main Presenter (Sunday morning)
2016-present	Lukwesa Burak	Main Presenter (Afternoon/Evening)
2018-present	Carrie Gracie	Main Relief Presenter (Afternoon/Evening)
2008-present	Annita McVeigh	Main Relief Presenter (Afternoon)
2010-present	Martine Croxall	Main Presenter (Evening)
2011, 2017-present	Chris Rogers	Relief Presenter (Evening)
2011-Present	Rachel Schofield	Occasional Relief presenter
2017-present	Vicky Young
2014-Present	Christian Fraser
2014–Present	Julian Worricker
2017-Present	Reeta Chakrabarti
2017-Present	Matthew Price
2017-Present	Geeta Guru-Murthy

Evening

Unlike the lunchtime bulletin, the presenter of the two evening bulletins has usually been a dedicated presenter for that evening on BBC One, with the surrounding news presentation on the BBC News Channel being presented by another presenter. Senior presenters, such as Huw Edwards and Sophie Raworth, have made guest appearances during major news stories, recently following general elections or the EU Referendum, despite being listed as former presenters.

The Bank Holiday news bulletins can be presented by either a member of the BBC Weekend News team or a presenter from the BBC News at One, BBC News at Six or BBC News at Ten.

Current presenters

Years	Presenter	Current role
2008-present	Kate Silverton	Main presenter (Alternate Saturday)
2007–present	Mishal Husain	Main presenter (Alternate Sunday)
2014–present	Reeta Chakrabarti	Main Relief presenter (Alternate Saturday)
2010–present	Clive Myrie	Main Relief presenter (Alternate Sunday)
2002–present	Jane Hill	Relief presenter (Was Covering Kate Silverton)
2008–present	Ben Brown	Relief presenter
2018–present	Tina Daheley	Relief presenter

Former presenters

If there is no position before the years of being a presenter, then this newsreader was either a relief presenter or occasional guest stand-in presenter.

• George Alagiah (Main presenter, 1999–2002)
• Matthew Amroliwala (2001–2014)
• Michael Aspel (Main presenter, 1964–1972)
• Richard Baker (1954–1982)
• Jennie Bond (Main presenter, 1988–1999)
• Fiona Bruce (Main presenter, 1999–2005)
• Michael Buerk (Main presenter, 1988–2003)
• Jill Dando (Main presenter, 1988–1999)
• Robert Dougall (Main presenter, 1964–1973)
• Chris Eakin (2013–2015)
• Huw Edwards (1994–1999, 2016)
• Gavin Esler (2015–2017)
• Joanna Gosling (2008–2011)
• Andrew Harvey (Main presenter, 1984–1999)
• Philip Hayton (Main presenter, 1984–1993)
• John Humphrys (Main presenter, 1981–1993)
• Darren Jordan (2001–2006)
• Kenneth Kendall (1954–1981)
• Riz Lateef (2008–2013)
• Sue Lawley (Main presenter, 1983–1988)
• Jan Leeming (Main presenter, 1980–1987)
• Chris Lowe (Main presenter, 1988–1999)
• Martyn Lewis (1988–1999)
• Emily Maitlis (2006–2013)
• Maxine Mawhinney (Main presenter, 1999–2017)
• Laurie Mayer (1985–1993)
• Louise Minchin (2006–2012)
• Clarence Mitchell (1999–2005)
• Christopher Morris (1984–1993)
• Sophie Raworth (2002–2006)
• Angela Rippon (1975–1983)
• John Simpson (1981–1988)
• Peter Sissons (Main presenter, 1993–2009)
• Julia Somerville (2011–2012)
• Edward Stourton (1993–1999)
• Moira Stuart (1981–1998)
• Carole Walker (2012–2017)
• Richard Whitmore (Main presenter, 1972–1988)
• Sian Williams (1999–2013)
• Nicholas Witchell (Main presenter, 1981–1999)
• Peter Woods (Main presenter, 1964–1981)
• Simon McCoy (2005-2016)
• Nicholas Owen (2007-2017)
• Sophie Long (2010-2013, 2017)
• Rebecca Jones (2015-2017)
• Kasia Madera (2010, 2017)
• Karin Giannone (2017)

Sports News

During the late programme on each day a round up of the days sports news is presented from the BBC Sport Centre at MediaCityUK, Salford. This is usually presented by one of the BBC News channel sports presenters: Olly Foster, Karthi Gnanasegaram, Lizzie Greenwood-Hughes and Katherine Downes.

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