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BBC Newsline
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Newsline titles
Presented bySarah Travers
Donna Traynor
Jim Fitzpatrick
Stephen Watson
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
Production locationsBroadcasting House, Ormeau Avenue, Belfast
Running timeMain bulletin:
30 minutes;
Short bulletins:
Durations vary
Production companiesBBC Northern Ireland,BBC News
Original release
NetworkBBC One Northern Ireland
Release12 February 1996[1] –
present
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BBC Newsline is the BBC's regional television news service for Northern Ireland. The programme is broadcast on BBC One Northern Ireland from BBC Northern Ireland's headquarters in Broadcasting House, Ormeau Avenue, Belfast.

As well as being available via all multi-channel outlets in Northern Ireland (including via Sky Digital channel 101), the programme can be accessed by the rest of the United Kingdom (along with all other regional BBC news programmes) on the BBC iPlayer, or alternatively on Sky channel 973. Viewers from the Republic of Ireland with a Sky subscription can also watch on Sky channel 141. As the BBC UK regional TV on satellite service is broadcast unencrypted, it is possible to receive BBC Newsline anywhere in Europe using an appropriate receiver.

On air

BBC Newsline airs seven days a week.

Weekdays

Weekends

  • Saturdays lunchtime and early evening (times vary)
  • Sundays early evening and late night (times vary)

The 1330, 1830 and 2225 weekday bulletins and all weekend bulletins are available on BBC iPlayer to viewers in Northern Ireland only.[2]

Programme history

BBC Newsline is the most recent incarnation of BBC Northern Ireland's television news service, which began on 30 September 1957 as part of the BBC's roll out of regional TV opt-outs. The first five-minute bulletins, Today in Northern Ireland, were presented by Maurice Shillington and broadcast from a tiny radio studio within Broadcasting House in Belfast.

Up until the launch of Today in Northern Ireland, a networked topical magazine programme, Ulster Mirror', had been broadcast every fortnight since 26 November 1954. The daily bulletins were later expanded to ten minutes and supplemented by a magazine programme called Studio Eight first broadcast on 20 February 1959 with Robert Coulter as its presenter. Today in Northern Ireland was replaced on 17 September 1962 by a 20-minute programme initially known as Six O'Clock.[3] The new longer news magazine programmes changed title to Six Five and Six Ten until Scene Around Six was introduced in January 1968.

Main presenters during the programme's history included Larry McCoubrey, Barry Cowan and Sean Rafferty. The launch of the national Six O'Clock News led to Scene Around Six being relaunched as Inside Ulster in September 1984 and moved to an earlier timeslot of 5.35pm.

The current Newsline brand was introduced on 12 February 1996 when the main evening programme returned to a 6.30pm timeslot.[1] Although Noel Thompson[4][5] and Lynda Bryans[4] were the original choice of presenters, Thompson was later dropped causing Bryans to resign and move to UTV. The programme's first presenters were political editor Jim Dougal and reporter Yvette Shapiro.[1] Dougal was replaced as anchor by Conor Bradford after two months.[6] [7] Newsline also introduced teletext subtitles for deaf viewers upon its launch.[8]

Noel Thompson and Donna Traynor later became the programme's main presenting team until August 2012 when Thompson left to join BBC Radio Ulster. Newsline is now presented a single main anchor with Traynor presenting three nights a week and a rotating team of Sarah Travers, Jim Fitzpatrick and long-serving sports presenter Stephen Watson anchoring two nights a week.[9]

The team

Main presenters

  • Jim Fitzpatrick

Short bulletin presenters

  • Gavin Andrews
  • Lindsey Armstrong
  • Michelle Napier
  • Ciara Ridell

Reporters

Among the current rota of BBC Newsline reporters are:

  • Gordon Adair (Armagh Reporter)[12]
  • Marie Louise Connolly (Health Correspondent)[13]
  • Mark Devenport (Political Editor)[14]
  • Julian Fowler (West Reporter)[15]
  • Francis Gorman (Down Reporter)[16]
  • Tara Mills[17]
  • Julian O'Neill[17]
  • Maggie Taggart (Arts/Education Correspondent)[18]
  • Keiron Tourish (North West Reporter)[19]
  • Nicola Weir (North East Reporter)[20]

Sports presenters and reporters

Weather presenters

Daly and Phillips were staff of the Met Office's former Northern Ireland office based at RAF Aldergrove. Angie Phillips had also presented the ITV National Weather in London.

BBC Weather Centre staff in London provide relief when BBC NI's weather presenters are not available. Short weather bulletins appear during junctions in the evening schedule on BBC TWO Northern Ireland, presented by the on-duty weather presenter.

Former presenters

References

  1. ^ a b c Belfast Telegraph: "BBC launches flagship to take on UTV Live", dated 13 February 1996; accessed 17 June 2008
  2. ^ BBCi - iPlayer: BBC Newsline
  3. ^ Your Place & Mine - Scene Around Six, bbc.co.uk
  4. ^ a b Belfast Telegraph: "Present twists on Newsline's presentation", dated 6 May 1996; accessed 17 June 2008
  5. ^ Belfast Telegraph: "Beeb's Noel wins hearts and minds of Breakfast bosses"; dated 10 August 1998; accessed 17 June 2008
  6. ^ Belfast Telegraph: "TV faces flock to Kincora book launch", dated 23 April 1996; accessed 17 June 2008
  7. ^ Belfast Telegraph: "Present twists on Newsline's presentation"; dated 6 May 1996. Retrieved 17 June 2008
  8. ^ Belfast Telegraph: "Beeb planners tune in to the need for subtitles"; dated 22 January 1997; accessed 17 June 2008
  9. ^ Belfast Newsletter: "All Change on BBC Newsline"; dated 27 August 2012; accessed 28 August 2012
  10. ^ BBCi - Newsline: Sarah Travers' profile
  11. ^ BBCi - Newsline: Donna Traynor's profile
  12. ^ BBCi - Gordon Adair: Armagh Reporter
  13. ^ BBCi - Family Focus
  14. ^ BBCi - Blogs: The Devenport Diaries
  15. ^ BBCi - Julian Fowler: West Reporter
  16. ^ BBCi - Francis Gorman: Down Reporter
  17. ^ a b BBC Newsline: Investigations
  18. ^ BBC News: BBC Newsline: accessed 8 June 2009
  19. ^ BBCi - Kieron Tourish: North West Reporter
  20. ^ BBCi - Nicola Weir: North East Reporter
  21. ^ BBCi Sport Northern Ireland: Presenters
  22. ^ BBCi Sport Northern Ireland: Presenters
  23. ^ BBCi Sport Northern Ireland: Joel Taggart's blog
  24. ^ BBCi Sport Northern Ireland: Presenters
  25. ^ BBCi Sport Northern Ireland: Presenters
  26. ^ BBCi Sport Northern Ireland: Presenters
  27. ^ BBCi Sport Northern Ireland: Presenters
  28. ^ BBCi Sport Northern Ireland: Presenters
  29. ^ BBCi Sport Northern Ireland: Presenters
  30. ^ BBCi Weather: Northern Ireland Presenters - Cecilia Daly
  31. ^ BBCi Weather: Northern Ireland Presenters - Jackie McCann
  32. ^ BBCi Weather: Northern Ireland Presenters - Barra Best
  33. ^ BBCi Weather: Northern Ireland Presenters - Angie Phillips
  34. ^ BBCi - BBC Radio Ulster: Programmes - Good Morning Ulster
  35. ^ Belfast Telegraph: "Now Alison takes Pot Luck"; posted 24 April 1999; accessed 17 June 2008
  36. ^ Sunday Life: "I belong at UTV"; dated 7 June 2009. Retrieved 8 June 2009
  37. ^ Belfast Telegraph: "Morning star"; dated 17 August 2009. Retrieved 7 April 2010
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