BBC Newsline

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BBC Newsline
BBC Newsline titles.png
Title card used since November 2022
Theme music composer David Lowe
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
Producers BBC News
BBC Northern Ireland
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time30 minutes (main 6:30pm programme)
10 minutes (1:30pm and 10:30pm programmes)
Various (on weekends and Breakfast)
Original release
Network BBC One Northern Ireland
Release12 February 1996 (1996-02-12) [1]  –
present

BBC Newsline is the BBC's national television news programme for Northern Ireland, broadcast on BBC One Northern Ireland from the headquarters of BBC Northern Ireland in Ormeau Avenue, Belfast.

Contents

As well as being available via all multi-channel outlets in Northern Ireland (including via Sky channel 101), the programme can be accessed by the rest of the United Kingdom (along with all other regional BBC news programmes) on the BBC iPlayer, or alternatively on Sky channel 973. Viewers from the Republic of Ireland with a Sky subscription can also watch on Sky channel 141. As the BBC UK regional TV on satellite service is broadcast unencrypted, it is possible to receive BBC Newsline anywhere in Europe using an appropriate receiver.

Programme history

BBC Newsline is the most recent incarnation of BBC Northern Ireland's television news service, which began on Monday 30 September 1957 as part of the corporation's rollout of regional television services. The first five-minute bulletins, Today in Northern Ireland, were presented by Maurice Shillington and broadcast from a tiny radio studio within Broadcasting House in Belfast.

Up until the launch of Today in Northern Ireland, a networked topical magazine programme, Ulster Mirror, had been broadcast every fortnight since Friday 26 November 1954. The new daily bulletins were later expanded to ten minutes and supplemented by a magazine programme called Studio Eight, first broadcast on Friday 20 February 1959 with Robert Coulter as its presenter. Today in Northern Ireland was replaced on 17 September 1962 by a 20-minute programme initially known as Six O'Clock. [2] The new longer magazine programmes changed title to Six Five and Six Ten until Scene Around Six was introduced in January 1968.

Main presenters during the programme's history included Larry McCoubrey, Barry Cowan and Sean Rafferty. The launch of the national Six O'Clock News led to Scene Around Six being relaunched as Inside Ulster in September 1984. On Tuesday 7 May 1985, the programme was moved to an earlier timeslot of 5.35pm.[ citation needed ]

Newsline 6:30 was introduced on 12 February 1996 when the main evening programme returned to a 6.30pm timeslot. [1] Although Noel Thompson [3] [4] and Lynda Bryans [3] were the original choice of presenters, Thompson was later dropped causing Bryans to resign and move to UTV. The programme's first presenters were political editor Jim Dougal and reporter Yvette Shapiro. [1] Dougal was replaced as anchor by Conor Bradford after two months. [5] [6] BBC Newsline also introduced teletext subtitles for deaf viewers upon its launch. [7] It became ‘’BBC Newsline’’ in 1999.

Noel Thompson and Donna Traynor became the programme's main anchors until August 2012, when Thompson left to join BBC Radio Ulster.[ citation needed ]BBC Newsline is now presented by a single main anchor [8]

In November 2021, Traynor had resigned from BBC Northern Ireland after 33 years, amid legal proceedings. [9]

The following month, it was announced that Tara Mills and Declan Harvey will alternate as main anchors of BBC Newsline and the BBC Radio Ulster drivetime news programme, Evening Extra. [10] Harvey joined the programme in early 2022.

Notable presenters and reporters

News
PersonPosition
Tara MillsMain anchors
Declan Harvey
Catherine Morrison
Kerry ThompsonRelief anchors
Jo Scott
Mark Carruthers
Linzi Lima
Geoff Maskell
Tina Campbell
Richard O'Reilly
Richard Morgan
Sara Neill
Eve Rosato

Weather

Previous notable presenters & reporters

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Belfast Telegraph: "BBC launches flagship to take on UTV Live", dated 13 February 1996; retrieved 17 June 2008
  2. ↑ Your Place & Mine – Scene Around Six, bbc.co.uk
  3. 1 2 Belfast Telegraph: "Present twists on Newsline's presentation", dated 6 May 1996; retrieved 17 June 2008
  4. ↑ Belfast Telegraph: "Beeb's Noel wins hearts and minds of Breakfast bosses"; dated 10 August 1998; retrieved 17 June 2008
  5. ↑ Belfast Telegraph: "TV faces flock to Kincora book launch", dated 23 April 1996; retrieved 17 June 2008
  6. ↑ Belfast Telegraph: "Present twists on Newsline's presentation"; dated 6 May 1996. Retrieved 17 June 2008
  7. ↑ Belfast Telegraph: "Beeb planners tune in to the need for subtitles"; dated 22 January 1997; retrieved 17 June 2008
  8. ↑ Belfast Newsletter: "All Change on BBC Newsline" [ permanent dead link ]; dated 27 August 2012; retrieved 28 August 2012
  9. ↑ "Donna Traynor resigns from BBC Northern Ireland". BBC News. 15 November 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  10. ↑ "Declan Harvey becomes new Newsline presenter". BBC News. 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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