BBC News at Five
| BBC News at Five | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Created by | BBC News |
| Presented by |
Huw Edwards Gavin Esler |
| Theme music composer | David Lowe |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Studio C/E, Broadcasting House, London |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC News |
| Picture format |
576i (16:9 SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | 3 April 2006 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows |
BBC Breakfast BBC News at One BBC News at Six BBC News at Ten BBC Weekend News' Outside Source World News Today |
The BBC News at Five is an hour-long daily news programme broadcast at 17:00 on BBC News. The programme is fronted by BBC News at Ten presenter Huw Edwards the BBC's lead presenter for major breaking news from Monday to Thursday, Gavin Esler on Friday and various presenters on Saturday–Sunday. The show includes a detailed look at the news, as well as analysis with guests and business, sport and weather updates.
Unlike most other BBC News Channel bulletins, News at Five is presented from Studio C, which is usually the main studio for BBC World News.
History
The programme started on 3 April 2006 as part of the BBC's relaunch of BBC News presenters, which saw the introduction of the new flagship programme to compete against Jeremy Thompson's Live at Five programme on rival channel Sky News, and to improve BBC News ratings for the hour.
As part of the 2008 revamp of the entire news output, the show moved studios within BBC Television Centre along with BBC News and the BBC News at One and BBC News at Ten bulletins. The show originally broadcast from Studio N8 but moved to Studio N6.
On 18 March 2013, the programme moved to Broadcasting House along with BBC News and the BBC One bulletins.[1] On 4 November 2013, the BBC News at Five received new opening titles featuring the hour of broadcast.
Outside broadcasts
As well as presenting from the studio, the main presenters are called upon to present on location when major stories break. For example, Huw Edwards reported live from Washington for the 2008 and 2012 US Presidential Elections and has presented live from Basra from the withdrawal ceremony: the studio host in these cases is usually Gavin Esler. He has also regularly presented from Westminster. George Alagiah presented from L'Aquila in April 2009 and Haiti in January 2010 when earthquakes struck the countries. Both Edwards and Esler have presented from Edinburgh and Glasgow (at times when the referendum for Scottish independence was being developed). During the 2015 Election campaign Edwards presented from across the UK while Esler was based in Edinburgh, and Clive Myrie served as the London presenter.
Presenters
| Years | Presenter | Current role |
|---|---|---|
| 2006–present | Huw Edwards | Main presenter (Monday–Thursday) |
| 2008–present | Gavin Esler | Main presenter (Friday), Relief presenter |
| 2014–present | Maxine Mawhinney | Main presenter (Saturday-Sunday), Relief presenter |
| 2007–present | Emily Maitlis | Relief presenter |
| 2008–present | Nicholas Owen | |
| 2008–present | Tim Willcox | |
| 2008–present | Julian Worricker | |
| 2008–present | Ben Brown | |
| 2010–present | Clive Myrie | |
| 2013–present | Jane Hill | |
| 2015–present | Simon McCoy | |
| 2015–present | Matthew Price |
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.
- Peter Sissons (2006–2009)
- Louise Minchin (2007–2011)
- Jon Sopel (2009–2012)
- Joanna Gosling (2009–2010)
- Sophie Long (2011–2012)
- Chris Eakin (2014–2015)
- Zeinab Badawi
Sport, Business and Weather
The weather and business updates are generally presented from the screen away from the main desk, unless they are preceding each other. Sports updates are presented from the BBC Sport Centre at MediaCityUK, Salford. The Film Review appears during the programme on Fridays between 17:45 and 18:00, and is presented by the anchor and a film critic, usually Mark Kermode, from the main desk, however the background and lighting changes to resemble a cinema effect. It features reviews of all the week's main releases.
References
- ↑ "BBC News' television output moves to new studios at Broadcasting House". BBC. 18 March 2013. Retrieved 2013-03-18.
