BBC Weekend News
| BBC Weekend News | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Created by | BBC News |
| Presented by |
Gavin Esler Kate Silverton Reeta Chakrabarti Mishal Husain Clive Myrie |
| Theme music composer | David Lowe |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Location(s) |
1969-2013 BBC Television Centre Studio E, Broadcasting House, London |
| Running time | 5-20 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network |
BBC One BBC News |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 5 July 1954 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows |
BBC Breakfast BBC News at One BBC News at Six BBC News at Ten BBC News Summary |
BBC Weekend News is the national news programmes on BBC One at a weekend and bank holidays although it is often referred to on guides simply as BBC News, or if broadcast at 1:00pm exactly, BBC News at One, 6:00pm exactly, BBC News at Six and 10:00pm exactly, BBC News at Ten. The programmes are simulcast on the BBC News Channel.
Format
The programme airs three times a day at different times, such as Saturday lunch-time at 12:00 and evenings are variable and on Sunday lunch-time is at 13:00, evening is variable but mostly at 17:30 and at night is at 22:00. During August there is an hour long edition to replace The Andrew Marr Show at 09:00 on Sunday.
Presenters
Lunchtime
The lunchtime bulletin is presented by the duty BBC News Channel presenter. The bulletins were generally presented by Maxine Mawhinney for several years, but on 11 July 2015, she was quietly replaced by Gavin Esler. Cover presenters include Mawhinney, Nicholas Owen, Rebecca Jones and Tim Willcox.
Current presenters
| Years | Presenter | Current role |
|---|---|---|
| 2015–present | Gavin Esler | Main Presenter |
| 2006–present | Maxine Mawhinney | Relief presenter |
| 2007–present | Nicholas Owen | |
| 2007–present | Tim Willcox | |
| 2012–present | Carole Walker | |
| 2014–present | Martine Croxall | |
| 2014–present | Christian Fraser | |
| 2014–present | Rebecca Jones | |
| 2014–present | Adam Parsons | |
| 2014–present | Rachel Schofield | |
| 2014–present | Julian Worricker | |
| 2015–present | Shaun Ley | |
| 2015–present | Annita McVeigh |
Evening
The two evening bulletins are presented by the same presenter. Clive Myrie and Mishal Husain are regular presenters. The presenter of the two evening bulletins has usually been a dedicated presenter, specific to the two bulletins for that evening on BBC One, with the surrounding news presentation on the BBC News Channel being presented by another presenter.
The Bank Holiday news bulletins are presented by a member of the BBC Weekend News team or the regularly scheduled BBC News at Six or BBC News at Ten presenter.
Current presenters
| Years | Presenter | Current role |
|---|---|---|
| 2008–present | Kate Silverton | Main presenter (Alternate Saturday) |
| 2014–present | Reeta Chakrabarti | |
| 2010–present | Clive Myrie | Main presenter (Alternate Sunday) |
| 2005–present | Mishal Husain | |
| 2007–present | Nicholas Owen | Relief presenter |
| 2005–present | Simon McCoy | |
| 2008–present | Ben Brown | |
| 2002–present | Jane Hill |
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 (Main presenter, 1999–2002)
- Matthew Amroliwala (2003–2014)
- Michael Aspel (Main presenter, 1964–1972)
- Richard Baker (1954–1982)
- Jennie Bond (Main presenter, 1988–1993)
- Fiona Bruce (Main presenter, 1999–2005)
- Michael Buerk (Main presenter, 1988–2003)
- Jill Dando (Main presenter, 1988–1999)
- Robert Dougall (Main presenter, 1964–1973)
- Chris Eakin (2013–2015)
- Huw Edwards (1994–1999, 2016)
- Joanna Gosling (2008–2011)
- Andrew Harvey (Main presenter, 1984–1999)
- Philip Hayton (Main presenter, 1984–1993)
- John Humphrys (Main presenter, 1981–1993)
- Darren Jordan (2002–2006)
- Kenneth Kendall (1954–1981)
- Riz Lateef (2008–2013)
- Sue Lawley (Main presenter, 1983–1993)
- Jan Leeming (Main presenter, 1980–1993)
- Chris Lowe (Main presenter, 1988–1993)
- Martyn Lewis (1988–1999)
- Emily Maitlis (2006–2013)
- Laurie Mayer (1985–1993)
- Louise Minchin (2006–2012)
- Clarence Mitchell (1999–2005)
- Christopher Morris (1984–1993)
- 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 (1981–1998)
- Richard Whitmore (Main presenter, 1972–1988)
- Sian Williams (1999–2013)
- Nicholas Witchell (Main presenter, 1981–1993)
- Peter Woods (Main presenter, 1964–1980)
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:
| Presenter |
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| Mike Bushell |
| Lizzie Greenwood-Hughes |
| Damian Johnson |
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