BBC New Year's Eve specials
| BBC New Year's Eve specials | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | New Year's television special |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Production | |
| Running time | 15–90 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One BBC HD BBC News Channel BBC World News |
| Release | 31 December 2004 – present |
New Year Live (also known as New Year's Eve Fireworks) is the New Year celebration show broadcast across the United Kingdom on BBC One during the end of a year and the beginning of a new year. Before 2009, the programme was set in a studio with performances from successful artists of the year. From 2009, it has been filmed live on the streets of London, and shows the annual New Years' Eve firework display on the River Thames.
Format
The programme started initially as featuring the New Year's Eve London Fireworks in 2004. In 2005, the format changed to include commentary from celebrity guests. The format changed further in 2006, to include live performances from music artists and the programme was extended to air between 60–90 minutes. This format remained until 2009. Since 2009, the programme has returned to the original format of one presenter interviewing the general public on the streets of London, leading into the New Year Fireworks.
In 2013, the programme was renamed to New Year's Eve Fireworks and the programme was just 15 minutes in length, becoming 2013's most watched programme of the year. It was preceded and following by a special concert from Gary Barlow in London; receiving 8.80m and 6.38m viewers respectively.
2014's programme, the length was 15 minutes and the British band Queen and singer Adam Lambert performed preceding and following London's New Year firework display, similar to Gary Barlow's Big Ben Bash Live, the programme was called Queen & Adam Lambert Rock Big Ben Live. In 2015, Bryan Adams performed before and after the New Year fireworks.
For the 2016 event, the BBC stated that for the first time, the fireworks will also be filmed in 360 degrees.
Broadcasts
The programme is broadcast on BBC One in England, Wales and Northern Ireland whilst BBC One Scotland broadcasts Hogmanay Live with celebrations based in Edinburgh. Both however are available to watch anywhere in the United Kingdom on digital television. BBC Two also broadcasts Hootenanny with Jools Holland throughout the UK.
Presenters and guests
| No. | Broadcast date | Presenter(s) | Guests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2004 | Natasha Kaplinsky | — |
| 2 | 2005 | Clare Balding, Andrew Marr & Doug Segal | |
| 3 | 2006 | Jamelia, Connie Fisher, The Feeling, Nick Knowles & Sophie Ellis-Bextor | |
| 4 | 2007 | Nick Knowles Myleene Klass |
Gethin Jones, Katie Melua & Richard Fleeshman |
| 5 | 2008 | Nick Knowles Kate Silverton |
Gethin Jones, Matt Baker, Alesha Dixon, Russell Watson, Craig Revel Horwood, Jodie Prenger & Rita Simons |
| 6 | 2009 | Myleene Klass | — |
| 7 | 2010 | Jake Humphrey | |
| 8 | 2011 | ||
| 9 | 2012 | Gabby Logan | |
| 10 | 2013 | Susanna Reid | Gary Barlow |
| 11 | 2014 | Greg James Gemma Cairney |
Queen & Adam Lambert[1][2] |
| 12 | 2015 | Ore Oduba | Bryan Adams[3] |
| 13 | 2016 | Melvin Odoom | Robbie Williams |
The List of New Year Live Ratings
| No. | Broadcast Year | BBC One Rating[4] |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2004 | 6,360,000 |
| 2 | 2005 | 6,430,000 |
| 3 | 2006 | 6,060,000 |
| 4 | 2007 | 5,350,000 |
| 5 | 2008 | 5,830,000 |
| 6 | 2009 | 7,650,000 |
| 7 | 2010 | 9,370,000 |
| 8 | 2011 | 10,620,000 |
| 9 | 2012 | 9,730,000 |
| 10 | 2013 | 13,520,000 |
| 11 | 2014 | 12,500,000 |
| 12 | 2015 | 12,500,000[5] |
| Average | 2004–2015 | 8,047,000 |
See also
References
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/queen-adam-lambert
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04w5bb7
- ^ "BBC- Bryan Adams to perform at exclusive BBC New Year's Eve concert". BBC. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
- ^ http://www.barb.co.uk/whats-new/weekly-top-30
- ^ Fletcher, Harry (1 January 2016). "UK TV ratings: Over 12m tune in to watch the New Year's Eve fireworks on BBC One". Digital Spy. Retrieved 4 January 2016.