BBC Weekend News
| BBC Weekend News | |
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| Created by | BBC News |
| Presented by |
Maxine Mawhinney 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 |
1969-2013 BBC Television Centre
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.
BBC weekend news airs three times on both Saturday and Sunday, and is also used as the title of the BBC News Channel simulcast on Sunday mornings during August when the Andrew Marr show doesn't air. The main three bulletins are presented in the studio in a similar format to other national news bulletins on BBC One but are shorter in length.
The lunchtime bulletin is normally at 12pm on Saturdays and 1pm on Sundays although these times often vary. The programme lasts approximately 10 minutes including the sport and is immediately followed on BBC One by a weather forecast on Saturdays and extended weather forecast on Sundays.
The early evening bulletin lasts either 10 or 15 minutes depending on scheduling and can be at any time between 5pm and 7pm (and occasionally outside these times due to sport or other live events), and is followed by regional news on both evenings.
The late bulletin contains a sports update from the BBC sports centre in Salford, and is at 10pm on Sundays and around 10pm on Saturdays depending on scheduling.
The lunchtime bulletin is now normally presented by Maxine Mawhinney, with the programme falling during her morning News Channel shifts. This arrangement is set to continue until 9th April 2017. Mawhinney regularly presented the bulletin from 2006 until 2015 when Gavin Esler took over the morning shift following the departure of Chris Eakin from the News Channel. As of 19th February 2017, Gavin Esler appears no longer to present the programme. Cover presenters include Carole Walker, Rebecca Jones, Nicholas Owen and Annita McVeigh, although it appears that potentially any presenter on the News Channel, who happens to be rota'd to the relevant weekend shift, could present the programme.
On Bank Holidays the bulletin is normally read by the on duty news channel presenter however if the immediately preceding shift was presented by a more senior presenter it may be presented by the more senior presenter.
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