Evening Extra

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Evening Extra
Country of originNorthern Ireland
Website www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007cpv5

Evening Extra is the BBC's drive time news and current affairs radio programme in Northern Ireland. It is broadcast live on BBC Radio Ulster, BBC Radio Foyle and BBC Sounds on weekday evenings, from 4pm to 6pm. It is presented by Richard Morgan, Tara Mills and Declan Harvey. The programme provides a daily round-up of the day's main news and sports stories, as well as the latest breaking news.

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Programme origin

Evening Extra was launched in 1996 as part of a wider station re-launch by Anna Carragher in light of the paramilitary ceasefires of 1994 and a need to alter the tone and range of the news output. The first presenter was Sean Rafferty.

As part of wider schedule changes in September 2019 Evening Extra was extended to fill two hours in the schedule, having previously been broadcast from 5pm - 6.30pm for many years. Evening Extra is the most listened to drive time news programme in Northern Ireland. [1]

Presenters

Since April 2020 the programme is presented by Declan Harvey and Tara Mills. [2] Both also present BBC NI television news programme, BBC Newsline on alternate evenings. In February 2020 it was announced Richard Morgan would also join the team as a full time third presenter. [3]

Relief Presenters

A selection of presenters, reporters and correspondents front the programme in the absence of Mills or Harvey. They include Joel Taggart, Julie McCullough, Sara Girvan, Enda McClafferty and Jayne McCormack.

Previous Presenters

Seamus McKee retired as a regular presenter of Evening Extra in January 2020, [4] having fronted the programme since 2009. Presenter Conor Bradford left BBC Radio Ulster in early 2022, after an extended term of absence.

Year ‘21 spin-off

In December 2020 it was announced Mills and Harvey would create and front a spin-off podcast, produced by BBC News NI, to mark one hundred years since the creation of Northern Ireland. 'Year '21' was billed as: "the fascinating story of how Northern Ireland was created, told week-by-week." The podcast was made available on BBC Sounds and other external platforms. 50 episodes, of 15 minutes each, were commissioned for between January and December 2021.

Year ‘21 was made a finalist for Best Serialised Podcast in the 2021 New York Festivals Radio Awards. [5] It was also a finalist for Best Sound Design. It was nominated for Best Podcast at the 2021 IMRO Awards. [6] The following year, 2022, it was awarded Silver for Best History Podcast, [7] and shortlisted for Best Educational Podcast.

Studio

Evening Extra is broadcast live from Studio 4 at BBC Broadcasting House, Belfast. Studio 4 is the only full service studio to sit within the main newsroom.

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References

References

  1. ↑ "Evening Extra". BBC Radio Ulster . Retrieved 17 May 2008.
  2. ↑ "Tara Mills and Declan Harvey on taking over BBC Radio Ulster's Evening Extra during the coronavirus pandemic". Belfasttelegraph.
  3. ↑ "Richard Morgan is new BBC Evening Extra presenter". BBC News. 21 February 2022.
  4. ↑ "Veteran BBC presenter Seamus McKee tells of listener complaints over hunger strikes as he retires from full-time broadcasting after 40 years". 23 December 2019.
  5. ↑ "Winners Gallery - New York Festivals".
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  7. ↑ "Winners Gallery - New York Festivals".


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