BBC North West Tonight
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BBC North West Tonight is a nightly regional news programme covering the North West of England. Produced by BBC
North West, the programme airs at 6.30pm and at 10:25pm every weekday evening and is broadcast from the BBC's MediaCityUK studios at Salford Quays
.
, Merseyside
, Lancashire
, Cheshire
, southern parts of Cumbria
, the Peak District
, northern Staffordshire
and the Isle of Man
. It is also the preferred region on Deeside
and in Flintshire
. Transmitters in the extremes of West Yorkshire
, covering towns like Todmorden
previously broadcast this regional version but now are covered by BBC Look North
. The programme can be watched in any part of the UK (and Europe) on digital satellite
channel 978 on the BBC UK regional TV on satellite
service.
, Yorkshire & North Midlands
, East Yorkshire & Lincolnshire
and North East & Cumbria
regions). The rival ITV station Granada Television
began providing local news coverage when it first went on air in May 1956, at first covering the North West only before extending to Yorkshire six months later.
The BBC's regional news service was relaunched in 1962 as North at Six (latterly Look North), extended to 20 minutes and re-focused to cover the North West and Yorkshire areas following the launch of a separate North East & Cumbria programme entitled Home at Six.
On 25 March 1968, the Manchester edition of Look North was again re-focused to cover the North West area only following the launch of a third Look North programme from Leeds. The programme was renamed in 1980 as Look North West with News North West introduced for shorter bulletins. On 18 May 1981, Look North West moved from small studios at Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester to New Broadcasting House
on Oxford Road in the city.
North West Tonight was introduced on 3 September 1984 to coincide with the launch of the BBC Six O'Clock News
. Between 1986 and 1989, the programme also covered parts of Cumbria previously served by the Newcastle edition of Look North
and provided a news opt-out for the area at lunchtime. Following viewer complaints, Cumbrian news coverage was switched back to Newcastle's Look North.
The last edition of the programme from Studio B at New Broadcasting House on Oxford Road aired on Sunday 27 November 2011, also the last broadcast from the studios after 36 years of operation. The programme's first broadcast from the BBC's Salford Quays studios took place on Monday 28 November 2011 during the BBC Breakfast programme.
at 26 and 56 minutes past the hour, between 6:26am and 9:00am. The 15-minute lunchtime programme airs at 1:30pm, following the BBC News at One. Short bulletins are also broadcast on Saturdays and Sundays after national news summaries.
Specialist correspondents
General reporters
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
North West, the programme airs at 6.30pm and at 10:25pm every weekday evening and is broadcast from the BBC's MediaCityUK studios at Salford Quays
Salford Quays
Salford Quays is an area of Salford in Greater Manchester, England, near the end of the Manchester Ship Canal. Previously the site of Manchester Docks, it became one of the first and largest urban regeneration projects in the United Kingdom following the closure of the dockyards in...
.
BBC North West region
The BBC North West region covers Greater ManchesterGreater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.6 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the...
, Merseyside
Merseyside
Merseyside is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1,365,900. It encompasses the metropolitan area centred on both banks of the lower reaches of the Mersey Estuary, and comprises five metropolitan boroughs: Knowsley, St Helens, Sefton, Wirral, and the city of Liverpool...
, Lancashire
Lancashire
Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston...
, Cheshire
Cheshire
Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow...
, southern parts of Cumbria
Cumbria
Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...
, the Peak District
Peak District
The Peak District is an upland area in central and northern England, lying mainly in northern Derbyshire, but also covering parts of Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Staffordshire, and South and West Yorkshire....
, northern Staffordshire
Staffordshire
Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...
and the Isle of Man
Isle of Man
The Isle of Man , otherwise known simply as Mann , is a self-governing British Crown Dependency, located in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, within the British Isles. The head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, who holds the title of Lord of Mann. The Lord of Mann is...
. It is also the preferred region on Deeside
Deeside
For Strathdee in Scotland see River Dee, AberdeenshireDeeside is the name given to the predominantly industrial conurbation of towns and villages that lie on, or near the River Dee in Chester. These include, Connah's Quay, Mancot, Pentre, Shotton, Queensferry, Sealand, Broughton, Hawarden,...
and in Flintshire
Flintshire
Flintshire is a county in north-east Wales. It borders Denbighshire, Wrexham and the English county of Cheshire. It is named after the historic county of Flintshire, which had notably different borders...
. Transmitters in the extremes of West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....
, covering towns like Todmorden
Todmorden
Todmorden is a market town and civil parish, located 17 miles from Manchester, within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. It forms part of the Upper Calder Valley and has a total population of 14,941....
previously broadcast this regional version but now are covered by BBC Look North
BBC Look North (Yorkshire and North Midlands)
BBC Look North is the BBC's regional television news service for West & South Yorkshire, parts of North Yorkshire and the North Midlands. The programmes as produced and broadcast from the BBC Broadcasting Centre at St...
. The programme can be watched in any part of the UK (and Europe) on digital satellite
Sky Digital (UK & Ireland)
Sky is the brand name for British Sky Broadcasting's digital satellite television and radio service, transmitted from SES Astra satellites located at 28.2° east and Eutelsat's Eurobird 1 satellite at 28.5°E. The service was originally launched as Sky Digital, distinguishing it from the original...
channel 978 on the BBC UK regional TV on satellite
BBC UK regional TV on satellite
The BBC broadcasts all of the BBC One and BBC Two regional variations on digital satellite television from the SES Astra satellites at 28.2° east; providing local news programmes and other regional programming with local continuity and presentation for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales...
service.
History
BBC television news from Manchester began on 30 September 1957 with a nightly programme entitled News from the North, broadcast to the whole of Northern England (incorporating the current BBC North WestBBC North West
BBC North West is the BBC English Region serving Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Cheshire, Walsden in West Yorkshire, the Isle of Man , north-west Derbyshire, the Yorkshire Dales including Settle and Ribblesdale, and southern Cumbria.BBC North West television output is also broadcast in...
, Yorkshire & North Midlands
BBC Yorkshire
BBC Yorkshire is one of the English regions of the BBC. It was formed from the division of the former BBC North region into BBC Yorkshire and BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, based in Hull.-Television:...
, East Yorkshire & Lincolnshire
BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, sometimes abbreviated to BBC Yorks & Lincs, is the name for the BBC's twelfth English Region, based in Hull and created from the division of the former BBC North region, based in Leeds...
and North East & Cumbria
BBC North East and Cumbria
BBC North East and Cumbria is the BBC English Region covering Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, County Durham, North Yorkshire, Teesside and all but the southern part of Cumbria...
regions). The rival ITV station Granada Television
Granada Television
Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful....
began providing local news coverage when it first went on air in May 1956, at first covering the North West only before extending to Yorkshire six months later.
The BBC's regional news service was relaunched in 1962 as North at Six (latterly Look North), extended to 20 minutes and re-focused to cover the North West and Yorkshire areas following the launch of a separate North East & Cumbria programme entitled Home at Six.
On 25 March 1968, the Manchester edition of Look North was again re-focused to cover the North West area only following the launch of a third Look North programme from Leeds. The programme was renamed in 1980 as Look North West with News North West introduced for shorter bulletins. On 18 May 1981, Look North West moved from small studios at Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester to New Broadcasting House
New Broadcasting House
New Broadcasting House is the home of the BBC on Oxford Road in Manchester city centre. The studios house BBC Manchester, BBC North, BBC North West, the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and the BBC Religion and Ethics department...
on Oxford Road in the city.
North West Tonight was introduced on 3 September 1984 to coincide with the launch of the BBC Six O'Clock News
BBC Six O'Clock News
The BBC News at Six is the evening news programme broadcast each night on British television channel BBC One and the BBC News channel at 18:00. For a long period the News at Six was the most watched news programme in the UK but since 2006 it has been over taken by the BBC News at Ten...
. Between 1986 and 1989, the programme also covered parts of Cumbria previously served by the Newcastle edition of Look North
BBC Look North (North East and Cumbria)
BBC Look North is the BBC's regional television news service for the BBC North East and Cumbria region. The programmes are produced and broadcast from the BBC Broadcasting Centre on Barrack Road in Newcastle upon Tyne with journalists also based at newsrooms in Middlesbrough, Durham, York and...
and provided a news opt-out for the area at lunchtime. Following viewer complaints, Cumbrian news coverage was switched back to Newcastle's Look North.
The last edition of the programme from Studio B at New Broadcasting House on Oxford Road aired on Sunday 27 November 2011, also the last broadcast from the studios after 36 years of operation. The programme's first broadcast from the BBC's Salford Quays studios took place on Monday 28 November 2011 during the BBC Breakfast programme.
North West Today
On weekdays, breakfast bulletins air as part of BBC BreakfastBBC Breakfast
BBC Breakfast is the morning television news programme simulcast on BBC One and the BBC News channel. It is presented live from BBC Television Centre in White City, West London, and contains a mixture of news, sport, weather, business and feature items...
at 26 and 56 minutes past the hour, between 6:26am and 9:00am. The 15-minute lunchtime programme airs at 1:30pm, following the BBC News at One. Short bulletins are also broadcast on Saturdays and Sundays after national news summaries.
North West Tonight
The main edition of North West Tonight is broadcast every weeknight between 6.30pm and 7.00pm. A short 30-second headline update airs just before 8pm and the six-minute late bulletin is broadcast each weeknight at 10:25pm, following the BBC News at Ten. North West Tonight also airs short early evening bulletins on Saturday and Sunday evenings, although times usually vary. A late night bulletin is also broadcast on Sundays, following the BBC News at Ten.Main newscasters
- Ranvir SinghRanvir SinghRanvir Singh is an English news presenter and reporter for the regional BBC news programme, BBC North West Tonight.-Background:...
(also late bulletin presenter, Monday & Tuesday)
- Roger JohnsonRoger Johnson (TV presenter)Roger Johnson is an English journalist and presenter, currently working as the main presenter for the BBC regional news programme North West Tonight.Johnson was previously a sports presenter on BBC South's news programme South Today...
Other newscasters
- Eleanor Moritz (Breakfast, also reporter)
- Carol Lowe (Breakfast)
- Charlotte Leeming (Late bulletins, Wed-Fri)
- Annabel TiffinAnnabel TiffinAnnabel Tiffin is one of the presenters of the regional BBC programme BBC North West Tonight.Annabel is the current presenter of the weekday late night bulletin and also occasionally produces some of the other bulletins. She joined BBC North West Tonight in 2003 as presenter of the late night...
(Late bulletins and stand-in main anchor)
- Elaine Dunkley (Various bulletins, also reporter)
- Mark EdwardsonMark EdwardsonMark Edwardson is a TV news presenter for BBC North West Tonight, mainly presenting weekend bulletins. He is also a seasoned radio presenter having hosted the breakfast shows at BBC Radio Stoke and BBC GMR. He has since appeared in BBC One show DIY SOS and an episode of CBBC's Prank Patrol...
(Breakfast/Weekend bulletins) - Jacey NormandJacey NormandJacey Normand is a television presenter and reporter for the BBC.- References :...
(Relief) - Graham Liver (Relief)
Sports team
- Tony LiveseyTony LiveseyAnthony Livesey is a British journalist and broadcaster who currently presents a late night show on BBC Five Live. The show runs from 22.30 to 1:00 from Monday to Thursday.-Early life:...
(also stand-in main anchor)
- Richard Askam
Weather presenters
- Dianne OxberryDianne OxberryDianne Oxberry is an English weather forecaster and presents the weather forecasts on BBC North West Tonight. She joined the BBC working as a personal assistant at Radio 2....
(Chief forecaster) - Eno EruotorEno EruotorEno Eruotor is a weather presenter for BBC North West Tonight. Eruotor is originally from south London and began as a fashion designer. While she was working as a fashion designer her designs were featured at London Fashion Week....
(Late bulletins and weekends)
- Heather StottHeather StottHeather Stott is an English weather forecaster and presents the weather forecasts on BBC North West Today.Born in Macclesfield, Cheshire Stott originally trained as a journalist in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and worked part time for Radio Tyneside. After graduating, she joined the BBC in Manchester as a...
(Breakfast and lunchtime)
Reporters
District correspondents- Naomi Cornwell (Manchester, also occasional presenter)
- Andy Gill (Merseyside, also occasional presenter)
- Peter Marshall (Lancashire & South Cumbria, also occasional presenter)
- Stuart Pollit (South Cumbria)
- Kate Simms (Cheshire, also occasional presenter)
Specialist correspondents
- Jayne Barrett (Economics, Liverpool)
- Abbie Jones (Investigative)
- Colin Sykes (Environment/Transport)
- Laura Yates (Health, also occasional presenter)
- Arif Ansari (Political Editor)
- Gill Dummigan (Political, also occasional presenter)
General reporters
- Stuart FlindersStuart FlindersStuart Flinders is a journalist, reporter and occasional presenter for BBC North West Tonight. Flinders grew up in Bolton and is a supporter of Bolton Wanderers Football Club. In 2008 he spent six months working for the BBC News channel and presented some weekend bulletins on BBC 1 during that...
(also occasional presenter) - Dave Guest (Chief Reporter)
- Natalie Hancock
- Lisa McAllister (freelance)
- Alison Wood
Former presenters/reporters
- Tina Bangs
- Gordon Burns
- Nick ClarkeNick ClarkeNicholas Campbell Clarke , was an English radio and television presenter and journalist, primarily known for his work on BBC Radio 4....
- Paul Craven
- David DaviesDavid Davies (football administrator)David Davies OBE is a former Executive Director of the The Football Association. He previously worked as sports correspondent for BBC Midlands Today as well as presenter from 1988 until 1994, and also appeared on BBC North West Tonight previously....
- Richard Duckenfield
- Felicity Goodey
- Stuart HallStuart Hall (television presenter)James Stuart Hall is a BBC radio and television presenter.Hall claims to have coined the phrase "The Beautiful Game" as a youngster to describe football...
- Philip HaytonPhilip HaytonPhilip Hayton is a British television presenter. He was born in Keighley in Yorkshire and was educated at Fyling Hall School, an Independent school near Robin Hood's Bay in North Yorkshire in Northern England.-Career:...
- Eddie HemmingsEddie Hemmings (rugby league)Eddie Leslie Bruce Hemmings presents Sky Sports rugby league coverage, and is also the channel's main commentator for the sport. Hailing from Warrington, Cheshire, England, Hemmings is usually partnered by the idiosyncratic co-commentator Mike Stephenson....
- Martin HenfieldMartin HenfieldMartin Henfield is a British TV and radio presenter and media specialist. Henfield has worked as a reporter, producer, editor and senior manager in BBC Radio and TV for 26 years...
- Charles Farmer
- Nigel Jay
- Charles Lambert
- Diana Mather
- Tony MorrisTony MorrisTony Morris is a newsreader for ITV Granada. Morris was born in Portsmouth but later moved to Ramsbottom. He has previously worked as a reporter and bulletin presenter for BBC North West Tonight and for a brief period was a reporter for the BBC national news. Prior to being a newsreader he...
- John MundyJohn Mundy (presenter)John Mundy born in Manchester, England is a British television presenter and voice-over artist.He anchored the regional news programme BBC North West Tonight. and its previous incarnations from the early 1980s until 1993....
- Merryn Myatt
- Paul Newman
- Sally NugentSally NugentSally Nugent is a journalist who works for BBC News.Born on the Wirral, Nugent was educated at Upton Hall School FCJ. She then graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Sports Journalism from the University of Huddersfield....
- Winifred RobinsonWinifred RobinsonWinifred Robinson is a BBC Radio presenter currently working on the You and Yours programme. Robinson was the fourth of six daughters of a docker and a housewife...
- Phil SayerPhil SayerPhil Sayer is a British professional voice artist. Since 2003, he has been one half of the Sayer Hamilton voice studio, in partnership with his wife, Elinor Hamilton...
- Julia Sharp
- Cathy Smith
- Peter Stevenson
- Christine TalbotChristine TalbotChristine Talbot is a British television presenter currently working for ITV Yorkshire on its flagship news programme Calendar.-Career:Before joining YTV in 1994, Talbot worked on local newspapers in Lancashire. She then joined BBC North West as a presenter/reporter for North West Tonight...
- Fiona Trott
- Dan WalkerDan WalkerDan Meirion Walker is a British sports journalist. He is the current presenter of Football Focus, the BBC's Saturday lunchtime football show. He has also been seen presenting sport on the BBC News Channel and BBC Network News, as well as regularly reporting for Score, Football Focus and Match of...