BBC Weekend News

BBC Weekend News
Created by	BBC News
Presented by	Gavin Esler 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

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.

Format

BBC weekend news airs 3 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 3 bulletins are presented in the studio in a similar format to the BBC news at ten but are shorter in length.

The lunchtime bulletin is normally at 12pm on Saturdays and 1pm on Sundays, although these times often vary, and lasts approximately 8 minutes and is immediately followed by a weather forecast on Saturday's 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.

Presenters

Lunchtime

The lunchtime bulletin is normally presented by the on duty BBC News Channel presenter and normally falls during the morning News Channel shift normally presented by Gavin Esler, but on occasion falls during the afternoon shift presented by Maxine Mawhinney.

When Esler is away the bulletin may be presented by the Dateline London presenter if it immediately follows the conclusion of Dateline.

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.

Current presenters

Years	Presenter	Current role
2015–present	Gavin Esler	Main Presenter (Morning)
2006–present	Maxine Mawhinney	Main Presenter (Afternoon)
2014–present	Martine Croxall	Main Presenter (Evening)
2007–present	Nicholas Owen	Relief presenter
2012–present	Carole Walker
2014–present	Christian Fraser
2014–present	Rebecca Jones
2014–present	Rachel Schofield
2014–present	Julian Worricker
2015–present	Shaun Ley
2015–present	Annita McVeigh
2016–present	Lukwesa Burak

Evening

The two evening bulletins are presented by the same presenter. Kate Silverton presents the bulletins on Saturdays while Mishal Husain and Clive Myrie share presenting duties on Sunday's. Myrie as well as Jane Hill and Reeta Chakrabarti present the bulletin when the regular presenter is away. The presenter of the two evening bulletins has usually been a dedicated presenter, specific to the two bulletins for that evening on BBC One, with the surrounding news presentation on the BBC News Channel being presented by another presenter.

The Bank Holiday news bulletins are presented by a member of the BBC Weekend News team or a presenter from the BBC News at One, BBC News at Six or BBC News at Ten.

Current presenters

Years	Presenter	Current role
2008–present	Kate Silverton	Main presenter (Saturday)
2005–present	Mishal Husain	Main presenter (Alternate Sunday)
2010–present	Clive Myrie
2002–present	Jane Hill	Relief presenter
2005–present	Simon McCoy
2007–present	Nicholas Owen
2008–present	Ben Brown
2014–present	Reeta Chakrabarti

In addition, Huw Edwards often presents the Weekend News bulletins in the events of major stories, such as EU referendum and US Elections in 2016.

Former presenters

If there is no position before the years of being a presenter, then this newsreader was either a relief presenter or occasional guest stand-in presenter.

• George Alagiah (Main presenter, 1999–2002)
• Matthew Amroliwala (2003–2014)
• Michael Aspel (Main presenter, 1964–1972)
• Richard Baker (1954–1982)
• Jennie Bond (Main presenter, 1988–1993)
• Fiona Bruce (Main presenter, 1999–2005)
• Michael Buerk (Main presenter, 1988–2003)
• Jill Dando (Main presenter, 1988–1999)
• Robert Dougall (Main presenter, 1964–1973)
• Chris Eakin (2013–2015)
• Huw Edwards (1994–1999, 2016)
• Joanna Gosling (2008–2011)
• Andrew Harvey (Main presenter, 1984–1999)
• Philip Hayton (Main presenter, 1984–1993)
• John Humphrys (Main presenter, 1981–1993)
• Darren Jordan (2002–2006)
• Kenneth Kendall (1954–1981)
• Riz Lateef (2008–2013)
• Sue Lawley (Main presenter, 1983–1993)
• Jan Leeming (Main presenter, 1980–1993)
• Chris Lowe (Main presenter, 1988–1993)
• Martyn Lewis (1988–1999)
• Emily Maitlis (2006–2013)
• Laurie Mayer (1985–1993)
• Louise Minchin (2006–2012)
• Clarence Mitchell (1999–2005)
• Christopher Morris (1984–1993)
• Sophie Raworth (2002–2006)
• Angela Rippon (1975–1983)
• John Simpson (1981–1988)
• Peter Sissons (Main presenter, 1993–2009)
• Julia Somerville (2011–2012)
• Edward Stourton (1993–1999)
• Moira Stuart (1981–1998)
• Richard Whitmore (Main presenter, 1972–1988)
• Sian Williams (1999–2013)
• Nicholas Witchell (Main presenter, 1981–1993)
• Peter Woods (Main presenter, 1964–1980)

Sports News

During the late programme on each day a round up of the days sports news is presented from the BBC Sport Centre at MediaCityUK, Salford. This is usually presented by one of the BBC News channel sports presenters:

		Presenter
		Olly Foster
		Karthi Gnanasegaram
		Lizzie Greenwood-Hughes
		Katherine Downes

References