BBC Weekend News

BBC Weekend News
Created by	BBC News
Presented by	Gavin Esler Kate Silverton Reeta Chakrabarti Mishal Husain Clive Myrie
Theme music composer	David Lowe
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
Production
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

The programme airs three times a day at different times, such as Saturday lunch-time at 12:00 and evenings are variable and on Sunday lunch-time is at 13:00, evening is variable but mostly at 17:30 and at night is at 22:00. During August there is an hour long edition to replace The Andrew Marr Show at 09:00 on Sunday.

Presenters

Lunchtime

The lunchtime bulletin is presented by the duty BBC News Channel presenter. The bulletins were generally presented by Maxine Mawhinney for several years, but in 11 July 2015, she was quietly replaced by Gavin Esler. Cover presenters include Mawhinney, Nicholas Owen, Rebecca Jones and Tim Willcox.

Current presenters

Years	Presenter	Current role
2015–present	Gavin Esler	Main Presenter
2006–present	Maxine Mawhinney	Relief presenter
2007–present	Nicholas Owen
2007–present	Tim Willcox
2012–present	Carole Walker
2014–present	Martine Croxall
2014–present	Christian Fraser
2014–present	Rebecca Jones
2014–present	Adam Parsons
2014–present	Rachel Schofield
2014–present	Julian Worricker
2015–present	Shaun Ley
2015–present	Annita McVeigh

Evening

The two evening bulletins are presented by the same presenter. Clive Myrie and Nicholas Owen are regular presenters. Kate Silverton is on secondment to BBC Radio 4 and her duties are being covered by Reeta Chakrabarti. 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 the regularly scheduled BBC News at Six or BBC News at Ten presenter.

Current presenters

Years	Presenter	Current role
2008–present	Kate Silverton	Main presenter (Currently on secondment to Radio 4) (Returning in early 2016)
2014–present	Reeta Chakrabarti	Acting Main presenter (Saturday)
2010–present	Clive Myrie	Acting Main presenter (Alternate Sunday)
2005–present	Mishal Husain
2007–present	Nicholas Owen	Relief presenter
2005–present	Simon McCoy
2008–present	Ben Brown
2002–present	Jane Hill

Former presenters

Years	Presenter	Role
1964-1972	Michael Aspel	Main News Presenter
1954-1982	Richard Baker	Relief Newscaster
1988-1993	Jennie Bond	Main News Presenter
1988-2003	Michael Buerk	Main News Presenter
1988-1999	Jill Dando	Main News Presenter
1964-1973	Robert Dougall	Main Newscaster
1984-1999	Andrew Harvey	Main News Presenter
1984-1993	Philip Hayton	Main Newscaster
1981-1993	John Humphrys	Main News Presenter
2002-2006	Darren Jordan	Main News Presenter
1954-1981	Kenneth Kendall	Main Newscaster
2008-2013	Riz Lateef	Relief News Presenter
1983-1993	Sue Lawley	Main Newscaster
1980-1993	Jan Leeming	Main Newscaster
1988-1993	Chris Lowe	Main News Presenter
1988-1999	Martyn Lewis	Regular Newscaster
2006-2013	Emily Maitlis	Relief News Presenter
1985-1993	Laurie Mayer	Regular News Presenter
1999-2005	Clarence Mitchell	Regular News Presenter
1984-1993	Christopher Morris	News Presenter
2002-2007	Sophie Raworth	Regular News Presenter
1975-1983	Angela Rippon	Regular Newscaster
1981-1988	John Simpson	Relief News Presenter
1993-2003	Peter Sissons	Regular News Presenter
1993-1999	Edward Stourton	Regular News Presenter
1981-1998	Moira Stuart	Regular Newscaster
1972-1988	Richard Whitmore	Main News Presenter
1981-1993	Nicholas Witchell	Main News Presenter
1964-1980	Peter Woods	Main Newscaster
1999-2002	George Alagiah	Main News Presenter
1994-1999	Huw Edwards	Relief Newscaster
2013-2015	Chris Eakin	Relief News Presenter

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
Mike Bushell
Lizzie Greenwood-Hughes
Damian Johnson