BBC Weekend News

BBC Weekend News
Created by	BBC News
Presented by	Lukwesa Burak Joanna Gosling Shaun Ley Ben Brown Annita McVeigh Clive Myrie Reeta Chakrabarti Mishal Husain
Theme music composer	David Lowe
Country of origin	Vereinigtes Königreich
Original language	Englisch
Production
Production locations	Studio E, Broadcasting House, London
Herausgeber	Paul Royall
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	Lunchtime: 10 minutes Evening: 10 minutes (Saturday) 15 Minutes (Sunday) Late: 15 Minutes (Saturday) 20 minutes (Sunday)
Original release
Network	BBC One BBC News
Release	5 July 1954 (1954-07-05) – present
Related
BBC Breakfast BBC News at One BBC News at Six BBC News at Ten

BBC Weekend News is the BBC's national news programme on BBC One at the weekend and bank holidays, although it is often referred to on guides simply as BBC News. It is called BBC Weekend News on all bulletins, apart from the late bulletin on Sunday where it is named BBC News at Ten. The programmes are simulcast on the BBC News Channel, unless it clashes with the edition of World News Today at 9:00pm or a major news story is being covered on the News Channel.

Format

BBC Weekend News airs three times on both Saturday and Sunday, and is also used as the title of the BBC News Channel simulcast on Sunday mornings during August when The Andrew Marr Show doesn't air. The main three bulletins are presented in the studio in a similar format to other national news bulletins on BBC One but are shorter in length.

The lunchtime bulletin is normally at 1:00pm although these times often vary. The programme lasts approximately 15 minutes including the sport and is immediately followed on BBC One by a weather forecast on Saturday and Sunday.

The evening bulletin contains a sports update from the BBC sports centre in Salford, and is at 6:00pm on Saturday and Sunday depending on scheduling. It is followed by regional news.

The late bulletin contains a sports update from the BBC sports centre in Salford, and is at 10:00pm on Saturday and Sunday depending on scheduling. There is a BBC One regional news after the Sunday late news on BBC One.

Presenters

Lunchtime

The lunchtime bulletin is presented by the on-duty BBC News Channel presenter during the scheduled bulletin. Maxine Mawhinney was the long term presenter from 2006 until 2015. Following a reshuffle, BBC News 24 launch presenter Gavin Esler became the main presenter until his departure from the channel in early 2017. Mawhinney briefly returned to the role until her departure in April 2017 and Shaun Ley took over afterwards. Following the COVID-19 pandemic in spring and summer 2020, the main presenter of the Saturday bulletin was Carrie Gracie and the Sunday presenter normally continued to be Ben Brown. On 25 August 2020, Carrie Gracie announced that she had left the BBC. From then, Shaun Ley returned as the main host on Saturdays (alternating with Geeta Guru-Murthy once every 4 weeks). However, Ben Brown continued to present the programme every Sunday. On Saturday 24th April 2021, the BBC rolled out a new repetitive presenting rota for the newsreaders - lasting for 4 weeks before it starts again.

Current presenters

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4
Saturday	Lukwesa Burak	Joanna Gosling	Shaun Ley	Annita McVeigh
Sunday	Lukwesa Burak	Joanna Gosling	Ben Brown	Joanna Gosling

Relief presenters include; Luxmy Gopal, Victoria Derbyshire and Geeta Guru-Murthy.

Evening

Unlike the lunchtime bulletin, the presenter of the two evening bulletins has usually been a dedicated presenter for that evening on BBC One, with the surrounding news presentation on the BBC News Channel being presented by another presenter. The programmes are presented by Clive Myrie, Reeta Chakrabarti, Martine Croxall and Mishal Husain.

Senior presenters, such as Huw Edwards and Sophie Raworth, can appear in the event of a major news story or as relief.

The Bank Holiday news bulletins can be presented by either a member of the BBC Weekend News team or a presenter from the BBC News at One, BBC News at Six or BBC News at Ten.

Current presenters

Years	Presenter	Current role
2015–present	Clive Myrie	Presenter (Saturday & Sunday)
2014–present	Reeta Chakrabarti	Presenter (Saturday) & Relief Presenter
2007–present	Mishal Husain	Presenter (Sunday)
2021–present	Martine Croxall	Relief Presenter
2002–present	Jane Hill	Backup Relief Presenter
1999-present	Huw Edwards
2014–present	Ben Brown
2021–present	Victoria Derbyshire

Former presenters

If there is no position before the years of being a presenter, then this newsreader was either a relief presenter or occasional guest stand-in presenter.

• George Alagiah (1999–2002)
• Matthew Amroliwala (2001–2014)
• Michael Aspel (Main presenter, 1964–1972)
• Richard Baker (1954–1982)
• Jennie Bond (Main presenter, 1988–1999)
• Fiona Bruce (Main presenter, 1999–2005)
• Michael Buerk (Main presenter, 1988–2003)
• Jill Dando (Main presenter, 1988–1999)
• Robert Dougall (Main presenter, 1964–1973)
• Chris Eakin (2013–2015)
• Gavin Esler (2002, Main presenter, 2015–2017)
• Joanna Gosling (2008–2011)
• Andrew Harvey (Main presenter, 1984–1999)
• Philip Hayton (Main presenter, 1984–1993, 2005)
• John Humphrys (Main presenter, 1981–1993)
• Darren Jordon (2001–2006)
• Kenneth Kendall (1954–1981)
• Sue Lawley (Main presenter, 1983–1988)
• Jan Leeming (Main presenter, 1980–1987)
• Chris Lowe (Main presenter, 1988–1999, 2006-2007)
• Jon Sopel (2003)
• Martyn Lewis (1988–1999)
• Emily Maitlis (2006–2013)
• Maxine Mawhinney (Main presenter, 1999–2017)
• Laurie Mayer (1985–1993)
• Louise Minchin (2006–2012)
• Clarence Mitchell (1999–2005)
• Christopher Morris (1984–1993)
• Riz Lateef (2008-2013)
• Sophie Raworth (2002–2006)
• Angela Rippon (1975–1983)
• John Simpson (1981–1988)
• Peter Sissons (Main presenter, 1993–2009)
• Julia Somerville (2011–2012)
• Edward Stourton (1993–1999)
• Moira Stuart (Main presenter, 1981–1998, 2006)
• Carole Walker (2012–2017)
• Richard Whitmore (Main presenter, 1972–1988)
• Sian Williams (1999–2013)
• Nicholas Witchell (Main presenter, 1981–1999)
• Peter Woods (Main presenter, 1964–1981)
• Nicholas Owen (2007-2018)
• Sophie Long (2010-2013, 2017)
• Rebecca Jones (2015-2017)
• Karin Giannone (2017)
• Simon McCoy (2008-2021)
• Tina Daheley (2018-2020)
• Kate Silverton (Main presenter, 2008-2021)

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: Olly Foster, Karthi Gnanasegaram, Lizzie Greenwood-Hughes and Katherine Downes.