60 Seconds is the news programme running between shows and during films on
BBC ThreeBBC Three is a television channel from the BBC broadcasting via digital cable, terrestrial, IPTV and satellite platforms. The channel is described by the BBC as an outlet for 'New drama, talent, comedy, films, and accessible news'. The channel is on-air from 19:00 to about 04:00 each night, in...
. It is presented by
Tasmin Lucia KhanTasmin Lucia Khan is a British Journalist and News Presenter for BBC News.She is the face of BBC Three's hourly News bulletins, 60 Seconds, and presents E24 on the rolling news channel BBC News. She also presents the News Headlines on the BBC's Multiscreen and Red Button...
and
Andy MayAndy May is a BBC television and radio presenter.-Broadcasting career:He's one of the faces of BBC Three's 60 Seconds, presents and reports on sport for BBC Radio 1 and Five Live and covers a match each week on Final Score on BBC One...
. Main previous presenters were
James DagwellJames Dagwell is a British journalist working for BBC News. He was brought up in Devon and South London before spending most of his teens in Crowborough, East Sussex...
, and Alex Stanger.
It lasts for 60 seconds as the name suggests, during which time the presenter condenses some of the day's news, sport and entertainment stories into a 60-second bulletin. Throughout the bulletin, a timer in the corner of the screen is featured which counts down the seconds.
60 Seconds is the news programme running between shows and during films on
BBC ThreeBBC Three is a television channel from the BBC broadcasting via digital cable, terrestrial, IPTV and satellite platforms. The channel is described by the BBC as an outlet for 'New drama, talent, comedy, films, and accessible news'. The channel is on-air from 19:00 to about 04:00 each night, in...
. It is presented by
Tasmin Lucia KhanTasmin Lucia Khan is a British Journalist and News Presenter for BBC News.She is the face of BBC Three's hourly News bulletins, 60 Seconds, and presents E24 on the rolling news channel BBC News. She also presents the News Headlines on the BBC's Multiscreen and Red Button...
and
Andy MayAndy May is a BBC television and radio presenter.-Broadcasting career:He's one of the faces of BBC Three's 60 Seconds, presents and reports on sport for BBC Radio 1 and Five Live and covers a match each week on Final Score on BBC One...
. Main previous presenters were
James DagwellJames Dagwell is a British journalist working for BBC News. He was brought up in Devon and South London before spending most of his teens in Crowborough, East Sussex...
, and Alex Stanger.
Format
It lasts for 60 seconds as the name suggests, during which time the presenter condenses some of the day's news, sport and entertainment stories into a 60-second bulletin. Throughout the bulletin, a timer in the corner of the screen is featured which counts down the seconds. There are two sets of pictures running simultaneously for each story. Five stories are featured in every bulletin.
60 Seconds is presented in a relaxed, cheeky style in keeping with the channel. Humour is a feature and some of the scripting often raises a smile.
History
It was launched on 16 July 2001 on
BBC ChoiceBBC Choice was a TV station from the BBC, which launched on 23 September 1998. It was the first British TV channel to broadcast exclusively in digital format....
, the precursor to
BBC ThreeBBC Three is a television channel from the BBC broadcasting via digital cable, terrestrial, IPTV and satellite platforms. The channel is described by the BBC as an outlet for 'New drama, talent, comedy, films, and accessible news'. The channel is on-air from 19:00 to about 04:00 each night, in...
, to appeal to those within the 18–34 age group; BBC Three's target audience, and also the demographic with lowest news-watching and voter turnout. When BBC Choice was replaced by BBC Three on 9 February 2003, the programme was kept and the titles updated to match the style of
The 7 O'Clock NewsThe 7 O'Clock News was the main news programme, broadcast each Daily at 7:00pm, on British digital television channel BBC Three between February 9, 2003 to February 10, 2008...
also on the channel.
There was a rebrand of BBC Three on 11 February 2008, during which the identity of
60 Seconds changed too to match with the new colour scheme of the channel. The first broadcast of the revamped
60 Seconds saw a new take on the news: the headlines of news channels across the world, such as
Al JazeeraAl Jazeera , which means "The Island" or "The Peninsula" in Arabic, referring to the network's status as the only independent news network in the Middle East, is a television network headquartered in Doha, Qatar...
and
CNNCable News Network, almost always referred to by its initialism CNN, is an U.S. cable news network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first network to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television network in the United States...
, are read as opposed to the original UK headline bulletins. However, maintaining its original purpose, the UK's headlines are still included in the bulletin, as well as most of the original properties of
60 Seconds, with the keeping of the two images–videos running parallel to each other.