BBC News: 8pm Summary
| BBC News: 8pm Summary | |
|---|---|
| Format | News, Weather |
| Created by | BBC News |
| Presented by | Ellie Crisell Riz Lateef Fiona Bruce |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | London |
| Running time | 90 seconds |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | BBC One |
| Original run | 10 December 2007 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | BBC Breakfast BBC News at Five BBC News at One BBC News at Six BBC News at Ten |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The BBC News: Summary is an news update created by BBC News to target the professional and working market.[1] It is broadcast every Monday to Friday at 10:00am, 11:00am, 12:15pm, 3:00pm and 8:00pm on BBC One.[2]
Like other BBC News bulletins it is presented by a sole newsreader, on Monday to Thursday it is usually Ellie Crisell and on Friday Riz Lateef at 8pm, with BBC News at 6 Presenter doing the 3pm. After a minute of brief national and international news, a regional presenter provides 30 seconds of regional news headlines and a brief local weather forecast.
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[edit] History
In May 2007 Natasha Kaplinsky and Suzanne Virdee presented the show during its initial pilot in the Midlands.[3] It was deemed successful[4][5] and it was announced the bulletin would be shown nationwide from 10 December 2007.[6]
In October 2007 Natasha Kaplinsky left BBC News, and Kate Silverton was announced as the launch presenter.[7][8] Initially, the presenter of the BBC News at Six and BBC News at Ten presented Friday editions, but Ellie Crisell later became the Friday presenter.
In February 2008 Silverton left the update to present BBC News at One and was replaced by Crisell, who took maternity leave the following month. During this time Riz Lateef and Celina Hinchcliffe presented the update, while others including Sophie Long and Luisa Baldini also appeared.
On 21 April 2008 the show got a new logo and graphics as part of a BBC News relaunch. In October 2008 Crisell returned to the update. Riz Lateef became the new Friday and relief presenter.
[edit] Presenters
Currently the Summary team consists of:
| Years | Presenter | Role | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008–present | Ellie Crisell | 8PM Monday-Thursday presenter | ||||
| 2008–present | Riz Lateef | 8PM Friday presenter and relief presenter | ||||
| 2011–present | Martine Croxall | Relief presenter | ||||
| 2008-present | Fiona Bruce | 3PM Friday | ||||
| 2008-Present | George Alagiah | 3PM Monday-Thursday presenter | ||||
| 2011–present | Sophie Long | Occasional relief presenter | ||||
| 2012-present | Sian Williams | Monday 11am, 1215pm presenter | ||||
| 2009-present | Sophie Raworth | Tuesday-Friday 11am, 1215pm presenter | 2007-present | Kate Silverton | 11am, 1215 Relief Presenter |
[edit] Former presenters
If there is no position before the years of being a presenter, this newsreader was either a relief presenter or occasional stand-in presenter.
- Natasha Kaplinsky (Main presenter for trials, 2007)
- Luisa Baldini (2007–2008)
- Maryam Moshiri (2008–2009)
- Celina Hinchcliffe (2008–2012)
[edit] Presentation
In the regional updates there is a quick weather forecast which is read by a regional presenter and usually looks at the day ahead.
[edit] Reception
The bulletin faced criticism from certain quarters with BBC News being accused of "dumbing down" their news content by condensing the day's news into a brief format.[2][9] The decision to use only female newsreaders as the main presenters brought accusations of bias against the BBC.[10]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ BBC1 plans two-minute news slot at 8pm Media Guardian, 7 December 2007
- ^ a b BBC defends plans for 8pm 'brief' news show The Independent, 12 July 2007
- ^ BBC to trial 8pm news summary Media Week, 8 May 2007
- ^ BBC One gets extra news bulletin BBC News, 11 July 2007
- ^ BBC One confirms 8pm news summary Digital Spy, 11 July 2007
- ^ Silverton to anchor new BBC1 bulletin Media Guardian, 7 December 2007
- ^ Kate Silverton to present 8pm news on BBC Telegraph, 7 December 2007
- ^ Silverton to present BBC's 8pm bulletin Scotsman.com, 8 December 2007
- ^ Good news, Natasha - only 60 seconds for you to concentrate Mail Online, 9 May 2007
- ^ The BBC news bulletins that can only be read by pretty girls Mail Online, 21 September 2007
