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East Midlands Today
	; East Midlands Today titles
Genre	Regional News
Presented by	Dominic Heale,; Anne Davies; (Main anchors); Colin Hazelden; (Sports presenter); Sara Blizzard; Des Coleman; Nicola Beswick; (Weather presenters)
Production
Producer(s)	BBC East Midlands
Running time	Main bulletin:; 30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC One East Midlands
Picture format	PAL (576i, 16:9)
Original run	January 1991 – present
Chronology
Related shows	Midlands Today (for the West Midlands); Central Tonight

East Midlands Today is the BBC's regional television news programme for its East Midlands region, which covers Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and Leicestershire.

The programme is broadcast on BBC One from its studio at the BBC centre in Nottingham on London Road, also home to Radio Nottingham and is watched by around 250,000 viewers each night. The main transmitter for the programme is Waltham near Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire. The programme can be watched in any part of the UK (and Europe) on Sky Digital channel 980 on the BBC UK regional TV on satellite service and on broadband about an hour after the show has been broadcast.

[edit] History

East Midlands Today was established as an independent programme in January 1991, having previously been part of the Midlands Today programme, which now solely covers the West Midlands region. The split arose from criticisms of Midlands Today being too centered on Birmingham's output, although a service of separate opt-out bulletins for the region had been provided during the eighties.

On February 5 1996, the show introduced the (current) double-manned presentation with Quentin Rayner and Kathy Rochford. The programme's newer (generic) 'look', in line with most other BBC regional TV news programmes, was introduced on September 16 2002, with an update on September 6 2004. The current titles and graphics were introduced in April 2008.

Over the past several years, East Midlands Today has overtaken the rival Central News East in ratings to become the region's most popular local news programme.

[edit] Transmission

Viewers in Lincolnshire may also receive Look North, with stories often duplicated by both newsrooms. Similarly, other parts of the East Midlands Today region may variously also receive Look East, or even, towards the Buxton area of Derbyshire, North West Tonight. All of Northamptonshire can receive East Midlands Today, but that area is also covered by the dominant Look East.

[edit] On Air

On weekdays, East Midlands Today 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.

East Midlands Today 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.

The latest edition of the main evening and lunchtime programmes can be watched again via the East Midlands Today website.

[edit] The team

Currently, the East Midlands Today on-air team consists of the following:

[edit] Main anchors

Dominic Heale

Anne Davies

[edit] Other presenters

Mel Coles (breakfast bulletins)
Angelina Socci (breakfast/weekend bulletins, also reporter)
Carol Hinds (breakfast/lunchtime bulletins, also reporter)
Geeta Pendse (breakfast/lunchtime bulletins)
Carolyn Moses (breakfast/weekend bulletins, also reporter)
Kylie Pentelow (8pm update/late night bulletin, stand-in for 6:30pm bulletins)
Jo Healey (late night bulletin)
Colin Hazelden (8pm update/late night bulletin, stand-in for 6:30pm bulletins)

Sarah Teale (8pm update relief presenter)
Victoria Hicks (weekend bulletins)
Emma Vardy (lunchtime/afternoon presenter)
Quentin Rayner (stand-in for 6:30pm bulletins, also reporter)
Kathy Rochford (weekend bulletins)
Geoff Maskell (stand-in for sport and weekend bulletins)

[edit] Sports presenters

Colin Hazelden (Main presenter)
Natalie Jackson (Relief)
Angela Raffety (also reporter)

Mark Shardlow (also reporter)
Geoff Maskell (also reporter)

[edit] Weather presenters

Nicola Beswick (part time)
Sally Pepper (part time)

[edit] Reporters

Quentin Rayner (Chief Reporter, also presenter)
John Hess (Political Editor)
Jeremy Ball (Social Affairs Correspondent)
Mike O'Sullivan (Consumer Affairs Correspondent)
Natalie Jackson (Sport presenter)
Simon Hare
Kylie Pentelow
Helen Astle
Angelina Socci
Emma Vardy
Sarah Teale
Shamila Ahmed
Peter Snow

James Roberson (Special Features Correspondent)
Rob Sissons (Health Correspondent)
Kathy Rochford (also presenter)
Mark Shardlow (Sports Editor)
Colin Hazelden (Sport presenter)
Carol Hinds (also newsreader)
Mark Heathcote
Sumeer Kalyani
Brady Haran
Geoff Maskell
Jo Healy
Andy Mayer
Geeta Pendse

[edit] Past presenters

Shulie Ghosh (now with Al-Jazeera English in Doha)
Ian Woods (now with Sky News)
Lukwesa Burak
Martine Croxall (now with the BBC News channel and BBC World News)
Lynette Lithgow
Mike Ramsden (now with BBC London News)

Janet Mayo
Jo Wheeler
Lisa Dransfield
Nick Thatcher (now with ITV News)
Priya-Kaur Jones (now with GMTV)

[edit] External links

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