The Daily Politics
| Daily Politics | |
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Title card (as of January 2012)
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| Genre | Current affairs and politics |
| Presented by |
Andrew Neil Jo Coburn Andrew Kerr |
| Theme music composer | Jim Meacock (2003–2011) George Fenton (2012–) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Location(s) |
BBC Millbank (Mon-Tues, Thurs-Fri) Broadcasting House (Sun) Palace of Westminster (Wed) |
| Running time | 60 minutes (Mon,Tues,Thurs,Fri) 90 minutes (Wed) 75 Minutes (Sunday), 25 Minutes BBC World News |
| Release | |
| Original network |
BBC Two (Monday-Friday) BBC One (Sunday) BBC World News (Europe only) |
| Original release | 8 January 2003 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Westminster Live |
| Related shows |
This Week |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Daily Politics is a British television show launched by the BBC in 2003 and presented by Andrew Neil and Jo Coburn. The programme takes an in-depth look at the daily goings-on in Westminster and other areas across Britain and the world, and includes interviews with leading politicians and political commentators.
In 2000 the then BBC Director General Greg Dyke ordered a review of political output from the BBC, which was carried out by Fran Unsworth, and led to a major overhaul of political output in 2003. A number of flagship programmes were axed including On the Record, Despatch Box and Westminster Live and replaced with a new raft of programmes, including Daily Politics and The Politics Show.
Daily Politics first aired 8 January 2003 and was presented by Andrew Neil and Daisy Sampson. The first show included coverage of Prime Minister's Questions which later became standard in future episodes.
In October 2011 it was announced that from 9 January 2012 Daily Politics would be relaunched broadcasting six days a week (Daily Politics - Monday to Friday and Sunday Politics at the weekends). The duration of Daily Politics was extended from 30 to 60 minutes on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, remaining at 90 minutes on Wednesdays. Sunday Politics would become a weekend edition of Daily Politics presented by Andrew Neil and replacing The Politics Show, which ended in December 2011.
Daily Politics is broadcast live on weekdays on BBC Two when the House of Commons is sitting. The programme is broadcast at noon and lasts 60 minutes on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. On Wednesdays the programme lasts for 90 minutes from 11:30am and includes live coverage and analysis of Prime Minister's Questions. Each show is repeated on BBC Parliament at midnight on the same day, and is available on the BBC iPlayer for seven days. During the party conference season Daily Politics has an additional programme to cover the leaders' speeches in the afternoon. The Daily Politics team also produces a conference highlights programme called Today at Conference which goes out after Newsnight on BBC Two. During the 2010 general election, BBC Two ran nine, 45-minute Daily Politics election debates. These programmes were presented by Andrew Neil and a specialist BBC correspondent.
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