BBC London

BBC London

BBC London's area within the UK
TV transmitters	Crystal Palace
Radio stations	BBC Radio London
Headquarters	Broadcasting House, London
Area	Greater London Berkshire (majority) Surrey (majority)
Nation	BBC English Regions
Regions	London
Key people	Mike McFarlane Head of Regional and Local Programmes
Launch date	2000
Official website	www.bbc.co.uk/london

BBC London is the BBC English Region producing local radio, television, teletext and online services in London and parts of the surrounding area. Its output includes the daily BBC London News and weekly Sunday Politics on television, the BBC Radio London radio station and local coverage of the London area on BBC Online and BBC Red Button. The region's headquarters are situated in the new eastern extension of Broadcasting House.

The staple of the local television service is BBC London News which broadcasts daily on BBC One, appearing with short bulletins during BBC Breakfast, after the BBC News at One and after the BBC News at Ten. The flagship programme is broadcast between 18:30 and 19:00 each weekday evening, following the end of the BBC News at Six and is presented by Riz Lateef. Comparisons are inevitably made to the commercial TV regional competition, in this case ITV News London, which is produced for ITV by ITN. BBC London can be viewed in any part of the UK (and Europe) on digital satellite channel 974 on the BBC UK regional TV on satellite service.

BBC London also produces current affairs, features and sports programming for the region including the topical magazine series Inside Out, a 20-minute opt-out during Sunday Politics and a football magazine show Late Kick Off, co-produced with BBC South East.