BBC Weekend News

*BBC Weekend News*
BBC Weekend News
	Title card used since April 2023
Created by	BBC News
Presented by	Ben Brown ; Jane Hill ; Clive Myrie ; Reeta Chakrabarti
Theme music composer	David Lowe
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
Production
Production locations	BBC Television Centre, London (1969-2013); Broadcasting House, London (2013-present)
Editor	Paul Royall
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	10-20 minutes
Production company	BBC News
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	5 July 1954 –; present
Related
	BBC Breakfast ; BBC News at One ; BBC News at Six ; BBC News at Ten ;

Last updated June 06, 2024

BBC Weekend News is the BBC's national news programme 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 and carries generic BBC News bulletin titles, apart from the late bulletin on Sunday where it is named BBC News at Ten and carries the BBC News at Ten titles.

Format

BBC Weekend News airs three times on both Saturday and Sunday. The main three bulletins are presented from Studio B in Broadcasting House; they follow a similar format to the weekday bulletins on BBC One, but are shorter in length.

The lunchtime bulletin normally airs at 1:00pm. The programme runs for approximately 10 minutes, and is immediately followed by a weather forecast.

The evening bulletin is usually broadcast at some point between 5 and 7pm. It runs for 15 minutes and includes an update from BBC Sport in Salford; the programme is followed by a five-minute regional news bulletin, then a weather forecast.

The late edition airs at varying times on Saturdays, and 10:00pm on Sundays. It also contains an update from BBC Sport. Despite being billed as BBC Weekend News in TV listings, the late Sunday bulletin is usually branded on air as BBC News at Ten. The Sunday late news is followed by a regional bulletin.

Until early 2023, the weekend bulletins were also broadcast on the BBC News channel; this practice ended shortly before the merger of said channel and BBC World News. On occasions of major news relating to the UK, the bulletin may be simulcast on the UK feed of the news channel.

Presenters

Lunchtime

For many years, the lunchtime bulletin was hosted by a presenter from the BBC News Channel; from 2006 to 2015, this was usually Maxine Mawhinney. Following a reshuffle, BBC News 24 launch presenter Gavin Esler became the main presenter until his departure from the BBC in early 2017. Mawhinney briefly returned to the role until her departure in April 2017^[1] and Shaun Ley took over afterwards.

Since the merger of the BBC News Channel and BBC World News in April 2023, there have been no specific presenters for this bulletin; instead, it is generally presented by whomever hosted the early morning shift on the news channel.

Evening

Unlike the lunchtime bulletin, the presenter of the two evening bulletins is usually one of the regular faces from weekday bulletins on BBC One. Senior presenter Sophie Raworth appears in the event of a Major news story or as relief cover

Current presenters

Years	Presenter	Current role
2021-present	Ben Brown	Regular presenter
2014–present	Reeta Chakrabarti
2021-present	Jane Hill
2015–present	Clive Myrie
2023–present	Katya Adler	Relief presenter
2018–present	Tina Daheley
2023–present	Maryam Moshiri

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 (1999–2002)
Matthew Amroliwala (2001–2014 and 2022)
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)
Martine Croxall (Relief presenter, 2021-2023)
Jill Dando (Main presenter, 1988–1999)
Robert Dougall (Main presenter, 1964–1973)
Chris Eakin (2013–2015)
Huw Edwards (Occasional relief presenter, 1999-2023)
Gavin Esler (2002, Main presenter, 2015–2017)
Joanna Gosling (2008–2011)
Andrew Harvey (Main presenter, 1984–1999)
Philip Hayton (Main presenter, 1984–1993, 2005)
John Humphrys (Main presenter, 1981–1993)
Darren Jordon (2001–2006)
Kenneth Kendall (1954–1981)
Sue Lawley (Main presenter, 1983–1988)
Jan Leeming (Main presenter, 1980–1987)
Chris Lowe (Main presenter, 1988–1999, 2006-2007)
Jon Sopel (2003)
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)
Riz Lateef (2008-2013)
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 (Main presenter, 1981–1998, 2006)
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)
Nicholas Owen (2007-2018)
Sophie Long (2010-2013, 2017)
Rebecca Jones (2015-2017)
Karin Giannone (2017)
Simon McCoy (2008-2021)
Tina Daheley (2018-2020)
Kate Silverton (Main presenter, 2008-2021)
Joanna Gosling (Main presenter, 1999-2023)
Mishal Husain (Alternate presenter, 2005-2022)
Gareth Barlow (2023)

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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References

↑ "BBC News Channel anchor Maxine Mawhinney leaving corporation after 21 years". 10 April 2017.

External links

BBC News at BBC Online
BBC Weekend News at BBC Online

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[1] "BBC News Channel anchor Maxine Mawhinney leaving corporation after 21 years". 10 April 2017.

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