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BBC Look North is the BBC's regional television news service for the BBC North East and Cumbria region. The programmes are produced and broadcast from the BBC Broadcasting Centre on Barrack Road in Newcastle upon Tyne with journalists also based at newsrooms in Middlesbrough, Durham, York and Carlisle.
[edit] ReceptionThe programme can be watched in any part of the UK (and Europe) on digital satellite channel 975 on the BBC UK regional TV on satellite service. It broadcasts from the Pontop Pike, Chatton, Bilsdale and Caldbeck transmitters. [edit] HistoryPrior to the start of Look North, the BBC television region launched in 1962 with Home at Six, a weeknight 20-minute news magazine presented by Frank Bough from studios at 54 New Bridge Street in the city centre of Newcastle. The region had previously been served by a pan-regional bulletin from Manchester entitled News from the North, broadcast across the whole of Northern England from 30 September 1957 onwards. After Frank Bough left to join BBC Sport in 1964, Home at Six was relaunched with a new name and a new presenter - Mike Neville, an actor & continuity announcer for Tyne Tees Television who had been anchor of North East Newsview, a nightly regional news programme, for only a few months. Neville soon became a household name and spent the next thirty two years at the BBC in Newcastle, presenting Look North as well as making regular appearances on Nationwide, alongside other members of the Look North team. For a short period in the late 1980s, Cumbria was switched to the BBC North West region and began receiving North West Tonight instead of Look North, along with a short lunchtime news opt-out. The North East and Cumbria region was reformed after campaigning by viewers in Cumbria that they were being overlooked in favour of news from the more populous areas of the north west, such as Greater Manchester and Merseyside. It was during this time that on 16 January 1988, BBC North East moved to brand new purpose built studios nicknamed 'The Pink Palace' on Barrack Road (A189) in Spital Tongues, along with Radio Newcastle. In 1996, Neville left the BBC after 32 years to re-join Tyne Tees Television to present their flagship evening news programme North East Tonight. Look North underwent major changes with new presenters Carol Malia and John Lawrence (both former reporters for Tyne Tees) introduced to the programme. Malia now presents the main evening programme solo. Look North was the second English region to switch to the BBC News generic set and opening titles on 18 October 1999. It followed a second generic look across regional news on the 16 September 2002. The current look for the programme was introduced on 16 May 2005 with new titles & graphics introduced on 21 April 2008. Carol Malia is currently on maternity leave. She has been replaced by sports presenter Jeff Brown - with former ITV Tyne Tees sports presenter Dawn Thewlis taking over Brown's original role. [edit] On AirOn weekdays, Look North broadcasts six three-minute opt-outs during BBC Breakfast at 27 and 57 minutes past each hour. A fifteen-minute lunchtime programme follows at 1:30pm and a short mid-afternoon update at 3pm before the main half-hour edition at 6:30pm. A short 30-second headlines update during the 8pm BBC News Summary and a seven-minute late update is shown at 10:25pm, following the BBC News at Ten. Look North also airs four bulletins during the weekend: a lunchtime bulletin on Saturday, early evening bulletins on Saturday & Sunday and a late night bulletin on Sundays, following the BBC News at Ten. The times of these bulletins usually vary. [edit] Current Presenters[edit] Newscasters
[edit] Weather presenters
[edit] Reporters[edit] News Correspondents
[edit] Specialist Correspondents
[edit] Sports team
Reporters marked with an * also act as newscasters. [edit] Past presenters
[edit] See alsoBBC North East & Cumbria's rival ITV regional news programmes, produced by ITV Tyne Tees & Border.
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