Spotlight (BBC News)
- For the BBC Northern Ireland's weekly current affairs programme, see Spotlight (BBC Northern Ireland TV programme)
| Spotlight | |
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| Also known as | BBC Channel Islands (Channel Islands opt-out) |
| Format | Regional News |
| Presented by | Victoria Graham Justin Leigh (Main anchors, Spotlight) Gwyn Garfield Bennett (Main anchor, BBC Channel Islands) David Braine (Weather presenter) |
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| Producer(s) | BBC South West |
| Running time | Main bulletin: 30 minutes |
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| Original channel | BBC One South West |
| Original run | 1961 (as South West at Six) – present |
Spotlight is the BBC's regional news programme for the southwest of England, covering Cornwall, Devon, West Dorset, and Somerset. There is also a special version of the programme for viewers in the Channel Islands. The main version of the programme broadcasts between 18:30 and 18:58 on weekdays, with shorter bulletins at other times. The programme can be viewed anywhere in the UK (and Europe) on digital satellite channel 987/988 on the BBC UK regional TV on satellite service. Its main competitors are ITV Westcountry's main evening programme Westcountry Live in Devon, Cornwall and West Dorset and ITV Channel Television's main evening programme Channel Report in the Channel Islands.
Spotlight is broadcast from BBC Broadcasting House in Seymour Road, Plymouth - this is the main headquarters for all BBC South West programming, on TV, radio and online. There are also smaller studios in Truro, Exeter, Paignton, Barnstaple and Taunton.
The programme originally began as South West at Six in 1961. [1]
A lighthouse motif has been in use within the programme's title sequences for many years until in May 2000, when Spotlight adopted the generic BBC regional news design. The motif returned in May 2006, and the use of a lighthouse in the titles remained with the latest BBC News relaunch in 2008.
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BBC Channel Islands
BBC Channel Islands is the dedicated opt-out service for the Channel Islands. Until April 2008 it had been known as Spotlight Channel Islands. The news service for the islands is a relatively new innovation and is based at the studios of BBC Radio Jersey in St Helier. Although the programme's ITV rival, Channel Report, is arguably more well known to islanders and more established, a recent BBC survey (made available on the BBC Jersey website) claimed that BBC Channel Islands News wins a 50% audience share for the 6:30pm opt-out, compared to the 40% who watch Channel Report at 6pm.
The opt-outs are presented by Gwyn Garfield-Bennett and produced by a team of multi-skilling journalists who write, film & edit their own stories and produce & direct the three bulletins for the Islands on weekdays. The main opt takes up the first twelve minutes of the nightly 6:30pm programme with a full opt at 10:25pm after the BBC News at Ten and a short 30-second update at 8:00pm. No opt-outs are broadcast during the day and at weekends, except for special programmes such as the local election coverage or major sporting events such as the Island Games.
The team
Currently, the Spotlight/BBC Channel Islands on-air team consists of:
Main presenters
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Spotlight
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BBC Channel Islands
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Sports presenters
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Weather presenter
Other presenters
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Spotlight reporters
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District Correspondents
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Specialist Correspondents
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General Reporters
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BBC Channel Islands team
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Journalists
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Production Staff
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Past presenters
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References
External links
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