BBC Points West
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| BBC Points West | |
|---|---|
 Title card used since April 2022 | |
| Theme music composer | David Lowe |
| Country of origin | England, United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producers | BBC News BBC West |
| Production locations | Broadcasting House, Bristol,England |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 30 minutes (main 6:30pm programme) |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC OneWest |
| Release | September 1957– present |
BBC Points Westis theBBC's regional TV news programme for theWest of England,coveringBristol,the majority ofWiltshire(excluding the city ofSalisbury) andGloucestershire,northern, eastern and parts of western and southernSomerset,and northern parts ofDorset.
History[edit]
BBC television news from Bristol began on 30 September 1957 with a five-minute bulletin on weeknights[1]serving what would later become the BBC'sSouth,WestandSouth Westregions of England. The first bulletin, which survives as a telerecording, was presented by actressArmine Sandford– the first woman to regularly present a BBC television news bulletin.[2]
The launch of the BBC's regional TV bulletins came ahead of the rival ITV services provided byTWW,which began in January 1958, andSouthern Television,which launched the following August.
Around this time, the West Region bulletins were obliged to share a ten-minute timeslot with news bulletins for Wales as theWenvoe transmitteron the outskirts of Cardiff was serving viewers in both South Wales and the West Country.
This arrangement continued even after separate bulletins for the South and South West regions were introduced in 1961. Thus, when the newly launchedPoints Westwas given a ten-minute slot on 17 September 1962, it shared its slot withWales Today.
The launch of a dedicatedBBC Walestelevision station in February 1964 finally allowedPoints Westto become a full-length regional news programme broadcast only to the West of England. This was more than seven years before a similar regional news service would be introduced byHTV West.
Between June 1991 and May 2000, the programme was known asBBC News Westbefore reverting back to its original title.
Notable presenters and reporters[edit]
- David Garmston
- Ian Fergusson
- Fiona Lamdin
- Dan Johnson(network correspondent forBBC News)
Former presenters and reporters[edit]
- Chris Vacher
- Alex Lovell
- Susan Osman
- Gerald Hine-Haycock(as Gerald Haycock)
- Michael Buerk
- Armine Sandford
- Vivien Creegor
- Sue Carpenter
- Clive Myrie
- Saima Mohsin
- Richard Angwin (weather)
- Gwyn Richards[3]
- John Norman[4][5]
- Graham Purches[4]
- Peter Brown[4]
- Andrew Harvey (journalist)
- John Craven[6]
- Mark Puckle[7]
- Hugh Sykes (journalist)[8]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
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- ^[The West of England's first television news bulletin], 5PY Heritage, Youtube
- ^5PY Heritage - Segue
- ^"Son completes book that TV presenter dad began".Worcester News.30 January 2010.Retrieved10 January2024.
- ^abc"BBC Programme Index".genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.28 March 1983.Retrieved10 January2024.
- ^"BBC - Pointswest - Points West Extra".bbc.co.uk.Retrieved10 January2024.
- ^Bristol 600 - BBC Points West John Craven report from 1973,retrieved10 January2024
- ^Prospero: The newspaper for BBC pensioners (2013, February) Obituaries: Points West Presenter.https://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mypension/en/prospero_february_2013.pdf
- ^"BBC - Radio 4 - PM reporters".bbc.co.uk.Retrieved10 January2024.
External links[edit]
- BBC Regional News shows
- 1950s British television series
- 1960s British television series
- 1970s British television series
- 1980s British television series
- 1990s British television series
- 2000s British television series
- 2010s British television series
- 2020s British television series
- 1957 British television series debuts
- British English-language television shows
- Television news in England