Midlands Today
| Midlands Today | |
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| Presented by |
Mary Rhodes Nick Owen (Full list) |
| Theme music composer | David Lowe |
| Country of origin | England, United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Location(s) |
The Mailbox, Birmingham England, UK |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 30 minutes (main 6:30pm programme) |
| Production company(s) | BBC Midlands |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC One Midlands |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV 16:9) |
| Original release | 28 September 1964 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows |
BBC News East Midlands Today ITV News Central The Midland |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Midlands Today is the BBC's regional television news service for the West Midlands. It was launched in 1964 and is presented on alternating nights by Mary Rhodes or Nick Owen.
Midlands Today is produced by BBC Midlands and broadcasts on BBC One seven days a week. The programme is produced and broadcast from the BBC studios in The Mailbox, Birmingham. Journalists are also based at newsrooms in Coventry, Shrewsbury, Stoke-on-Trent and Worcester.
The programme began on 28 September 1964, broadcasting from a small room in the Birmingham Register Office before moving to the custom-built Pebble Mill broadcasting centre in Edgbaston on 10 November 1971. It remained there until the studios closed on 22 October 2004 when the BBC Birmingham operations were switched to the current studios at The Mailbox.
Up until 1991, the programme also served the East Midlands, which has since received its own BBC regional news service. The programme's editorial area consists of the West Midlands, Warwickshire, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and northern parts of Gloucestershire.
Midlands Today is broadcast from the Sutton Coldfield transmitter in the West Midlands and can be watched in any part of the UK on Sky, Freesat and in the rest of Europe via Astra 2E at 28.2° East (10788V 22000 5/6). The latest edition is also available to view again on the Midlands Today website.
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