The 7 O'Clock News
The 7 O'Clock News was a British news programme. It was the main news programme broadcast each weekday at 7:00pm, on British digital television channel BBC Three between 9 February 2003 to 2 December 2005. Originally called The News Show from the launch of BBC Three on 9 February 2003, it was rebranded later in the year, though retaining the same presentation team.
| The 7 O'Clock News | |
|---|---|
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| Also known as | The News Show (2003) |
| Created by | BBC News |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Production locations | Studio TC11, BBC Television Centre, London |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC Three |
| Picture format | 576i (16:9 SDTV) |
| Original release | 9 February 2003 – 2 December 2005 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | 60 Seconds Liquid News |
Format
Compared to the rest of the BBC News output, The 7 O'Clock News had a completely different image and style of presentation, with a turquoise colour scheme in contrast to the standard red and black. Presenters began bulletins standing but ended seated, reviewing the newspapers towards the end of the programme.
Presenters
- Julian Worricker (2003)[1]
- Sangita Myska (2003–2004)[1]
- Tazeen Ahmad (2003–2005)[1]
- Eddie Mair (2004–2005)[2]
- Sevan Bastajian (2003–2005)[3]
- Ben McCarthy (2003–2005)[4]
- Paddy O'Connell (2004–2005)[5]
Axing
On 21 October 2005, the BBC announced that it was ending The 7 O'Clock News, but continuing with the 60 Seconds bulletins, opting to fill the slot, which is immediately after BBC Three comes on air, with "high quality factual programming".[6] Although the show was a cornerstone of the bid to start BBC Three, a report into the BBC's digital output[7] claimed that the show "achieves nothing and attracts tiny audiences", and so the controller of the channel, Stuart Murphy took the step of terminating the show.
See also
References
- BBC THREE News and Current Affairs programmes BBC Press Office, 23 January 2003
- Biographies - Eddie Mair Archived 12 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine BBC Press Office, September 2008
- BBC3 gets serious with promise of hard news show The Independent, 3 January 2004
- New arrival for The News Show on BBC THREE BBC Press Office, 8 April 2003
- Paddy O'Connell named as new presenter of Broadcasting House BBC Press Office, 30 August 2006
- BBC Three drops nightly news show BBC News, 21 October 2005
- Digital report sets poser for BBC BBC News, 13 October 2004
