BBC Nine O'Clock News
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| Format | News, Business, Sport, Weather |
| Created by | BBC News |
| Presented by | George Alagiah, Richard Baker, Michael Buerk, Robert Dougall, John Edmunds, John Humphrys, Kenneth Kendall, Jan Leeming, Martyn Lewis, Angela Rippon, John Simpson, Peter Sissons, Julia Somerville, Moira Stuart, Peter Woods, Richard Whitmore, Nicholas Witchell |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
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| Location(s) | London |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
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| Original channel | BBC One |
| Original run | September 14, 1970 – October 1, 2000 |
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| Followed by | BBC News at Ten |
The BBC Nine O'Clock News was the flagship BBC television news programme launched in September 14, 1970, which ran until October 1, 2000 when it was controversially moved to BBC News at Ten.
Presented by Robert Dougall, Richard Baker, Kenneth Kendall, John Edmunds, Peter Woods, Richard Whitmore, Jan Leeming, John Humphrys, John Simpson, Sue Lawley, Julia Somerville, Moira Stuart, Nicholas Witchell, Martyn Lewis, Michael Buerk, Peter Sissons, George Alagiah.
The first Nine O'Clock News was screened on September 14, 1970, having been moved from 20:45 as a response to the launch by ITN of the News at Ten. The set used by the bulletin was designed to differentiate from the day's other bulletins, for example in the September 7, 1981, the Nine O'Clock bulletin had a wooden effect whereas other bulletins used a plain blue background instead. It was also the only bulletin to have a closing set of music, bulletins would link to weather at the end instead.
In April 12, 1993, as part of a relaunch of all the BBC News bulletins which created a more uniformed look, the bulletin was the only one with variety, having a darker set and more authoritative title music. A larger relaunch of all the BBC's news output came in May 9, 1999 when the programme once again shared a common theme and set with the daily programmes.
Between May 10, 1999 - October 1, 2000, the programme would be advertised as the BBC News at Nine O'Clock.
On final BBC Nine O'Clock News was presented by Peter Sissons.
The show was carried on BBC1 and inspired a 1979-1982 BBC2 comedy show running in the same timeslot to take the name Not the Nine O'Clock News.
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