Daily Politics is a BBC Television programme which aired between 6 January 2003 and 24 July 2018, presented by Andrew Neil and Jo Coburn. Daily Politics took an in-depth review of the daily events in both Westminster and other areas across Britain and abroad, and included interviews with leading politicians and political commentators.
The final episode of Daily Politics broadcast was on 24 July 2018.[3][4] On 2 September 2018 it was replaced by Politics Live. However, the regional opt-out edition, Sunday Politics, continued as a Sunday morning talk show until 27 December 2020. The Sunday Politics brand continues to be used in Northern Ireland.
In May 2008, the opening titles were revamped by Jonathan Spencer, the show's designer, using Adobe Illustrator and Cinema 4D.[8]
On 3 October 2011, it was announced that from 9 January 2012 Daily Politics would be relaunched, broadcasting six days a week (Daily Politics – Monday to Friday and Sunday Politics on Sundays). The duration of Daily Politics was extended from 30 to 60minutes on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, remaining at 90 minutes on Wednesdays. Sunday Politics would become a weekend edition of Daily Politics presented by Andrew Neil and replacing The Politics Show, which ended in December 2011.[9]
On 9 January 2013, the show celebrated its tenth anniversary showing archive clips from the Blair, Brown and Cameron years.[10][11] It celebrated its 15th anniversary in January 2018.[12]
Daily Politics was broadcast live at noon on weekdays on BBC Two when the House of Commons is sitting, lasting 60minutes on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. On Wednesdays the programme was extended to 90minutes from 11.30am and included live coverage and analysis of Prime Minister's Questions. Each show was repeated on BBC Parliament at midnight on the same day, and was available on BBC iPlayer for seven days. During party conference season, an additional programme covering the Party Leaders' speeches aired in the afternoons, and a highlights programme titled Today at Conference aired after Newsnight on BBC Two. During the 2010 general election, BBC Two ran nine, 45-minute Daily Politics election debates. These programmes were presented by Andrew Neil and a specialist BBC correspondent.
There was also a Northern Ireland version of Daily Politics, broadcast as Daily Politics from Northern Ireland, to cover Northern Ireland Minister's Questions from Westminster; it opted out of the national programme for the first half-hour before Prime Minister's Questions on a Wednesday, and this was usually presented by Connor Bradford.
Presenters
Nick Clegg being interviewed by Andrew Neil for the programme
Daisy McAndrew (née Sampson) was Neil's co-presenter until the summer of 2005 when she left to join ITV. Jenny Scott joined as her replacement; she left in June 2008 to join the Bank of England. Sally Magnusson joined briefly in 2005 as the sole presenter on Friday's episode. Anita Anand joined the programme as Jenny Scott's replacement in September 2008 with Jo Coburn presenting on Thursdays.
Shelagh Fogarty joined the team in January 2010 to co-host with Andrew Neil on Thursdays for three months after Anita Anand began maternity leave, while Jo Coburn took on Anita Anand's role presenting four days a week.[13] At the beginning of April 2010, Jo Coburn went full-time presenting the programme every day. Anita Anand returned on 6 September 2010 and left the programme in July 2011.[14]
When the programme returned on 5 September 2011, it was presented by Andrew Neil on Mondays, Jo Coburn on Fridays, and both together on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. As of January 2012, following the creation of Sunday Politics, Coburn presented Monday to Thursday and Neil presented Wednesday to Friday. Following the break for Easter 2017, Coburn took over as the sole presenter on Thursdays and Fridays and Neil presented the Wednesday programme.
The regular reporters were Ellie Price, Elizabeth Glinka and Greg Dawson. Adam Fleming contributed regularly as a correspondent for the EU political situation in Brussels, having previously been a regular reporter for the programme at home. Other regular contributors to the show included either the BBC's Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg, her deputy John Pienaar or the BBC's Assistant Political Editor Norman Smith – who either helped to review Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday's extended shows or contributed as correspondents for the programme.
Production
Daily Politics was produced at the BBC's Millbank studios near the Palace of Westminster, but despite this convenient location, it was not unknown for MPs and guests to arrive late for their interviews; a social gaffe which Andrew Neil frequently reminded them of on subsequent appearances. However, on 17 May 2011, when the programme was rescheduled to an earlier slot of 11.30am, Neil himself was caught in traffic and missed the entire programme, which had to be introduced solo by Anita Anand, with an empty chair alongside her.[15] For a while from 1 September 2014, the programme was moved to Broadcasting House while the Westminster studio was renovated.
On 4 January 2016, Laura Kuenssberg arranged for Labour MP Stephen Doughty to announce his resignation on the show. This led to formal complaints.[16]
Every Wednesday the programme featured an email competition where viewers answered a question for the chance to win a coveted Daily Politicsmug. This competition was suspended as per BBC policy in the wake of the Blue Peterphone-in scandal. The competition returned in 2008 with entries picked out of a giant-sized Daily Politics mug instead of a normal mug (after initially using a Daily Politicsbucket). Neither the enlarged mug nor the Daily Politics bucket were made available as a prize. The design of the mug changed in September 2008, after a relaunch of the programme. A new electronic method for choosing the winner was introduced in April 2012.
Sunday Politics
This programme was launched on 15 January 2012 to replace the Politics Show and was presented by Andrew Neil until 2017. The network part of Sunday Politics was presented by Sarah Smith from 4 September 2017 until the final programme on 22 July 2018. It is currently continuing as a regional programme, without the networked coverage.
Sunday Politics was divided into a number of clearly defined sections. The programme usually starts with a short interview on a topical subject making the news that day. This section is branded the Top Story. The main programme interview (the Sunday Interview) is introduced by a short graphic and normally lasts between 10 and 15minutes. The next section is Head to Head which is introduced by a short film and consists of a debate between two people on a political issue in the news that week. At this point the programme opted to 11 English regional segments, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Each opt-out lasted 23minutes apart from Scotland (see below). Following the opt-outs the programme returned with a final section called The Week Ahead featuring three political journalists – regularly Janan Ganesh (Financial Times), Isabel Oakeshott (Sunday Times), Helen Lewis (New Statesman) and Nick Watt (The Guardian) who later joined BBC's Newsnight.[citation needed]
On 6 November 2016, Neil presented from Washington with Coburn in London ahead of the 2016 US Presidential Election. On 23 August 2017, Neil announced he was standing down and that BBC Scotland Editor Sarah Smith would take over as the main presenter.[17]
Editor: Will Boden
Presenter: Sarah Smith
Relief presenters: Jo Coburn (and occasionally Nick Robinson)
There were 11 English regional editions (formerly opt-outs) on Sunday Politics. Each region followed a similar format, consisting of two political figures, normally MPs or MEPs, appearing for the whole 29minutes; this is extended from 23minutes when the programme was merely an opt-out. In addition, each regional segment had topical interviews and discussions, short films and a review of the political week in 60 seconds.
Sunday Politics Scotland was presented by Gordon Brewer or Andrew Kerr, and originally formed part of the networked Sunday Politics programme. Viewers in Scotland saw the first 37minutes of the network programme (Top Story, Sunday Interview, and Head to Head) before opting to 38 minutes of analysis of the big political stories in Scotland. In its later years, the programme aired in a half-hour slot. The programme was replaced in February 2021 by "The Sunday Show", which is simulcast on both BBC One Scotland and BBC Radio Scotland for 30minutes, continuing until noon on radio.[18]
The Welsh segment of Sunday Politics lasted 29 minutes (increased from 23 when it formed part of the national Sunday Politics programme). It follows a similar format to the English regional editions, with two political figures appearing for the whole 29minutes and a weekly round up of the political week in 60seconds.
Presenter: Carl Roberts
Sunday Politics Northern Ireland
The Northern Ireland segment of Sunday Politics normally lasts 28minutes (23 when it formed part of the overall Sunday Politics programme), but sometimes covers election debates and occasionally expanded to fill the whole Sunday Politics slot in Northern Ireland. In 2012, BBC NI put all its politics shows under the one production team, so Stormont Today, The View and Sunday Politics Northern Ireland are all presented by Mark Carruthers, who moved from Good Morning Ulster to be the face of politics on BBC NI, replacing Noel Thompson, who occupies Carruthers' former slot on Radio Ulster. Tara Mills hosts when Carruthers is unavailable. The Northern Ireland segment used to be repeated after the late night news on Sunday evenings, usually at 10.30pm on BBC One NI, but from 2012 this has moved to BBC Two NI, at the same time as Match of the Day 2 is on BBC One.
Presenter: Mark Carruthers (2012–) Tara Mills (2011–2012, 2013)
Political editor: Mark Davenport
Political correspondents: Gareth Gordon, Enda McLafferty
Daily Politics election debates
During the run up to the 2010 general electionDaily Politics held a series of debates involving members of the incumbent Labour Cabinet and their Conservative and Liberal Democrat equivalents. These debates ran alongside the main leaders' debates held for the first time in 2010. Starting on Monday 19 April, there were nine debates held on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays for the three weeks before 6 May. Andrew Neil acted as moderator, along with a specialist BBC correspondent.[19]
This was launched on 14 September 2012 to replace The Record Europe and aired on BBC Parliament and BBC World News in Europe presented by Andrew Neil, although Jo Coburn acted as a relief presenter.
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