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British TV series or programme
News After Noon
is a news bulletin that aired on
BBC1
at lunchtimes from 7 September 1981 to 24 October 1986.
History
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News After Noon
launched on 7 September 1981 and replaced a shorter fifteen-minute lunchtime news bulletin called
The Midday News.
which had been on air since 1976. Broadcast at 12:30, it was initially billed as "the first television news of the day",
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as when the programme started breakfast television had not launched in the UK.
News After Noon
was replaced by the
One O'Clock News
when the BBC launched its daytime television service and the final edition of
News After Noon
was broadcast on 24 October 1986.
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Format
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News After Noon
was the first BBC television news bulletin to last for a full thirty minutes ? at the time, the
Nine O'Clock News
was 25 minutes in length. After 25 minutes of news there was a weather forecast, after which the regions left the programme for their lunchtime regional news bulletin. However, at this time,
BBC South East
did not broadcast regional news bulletins so the final three minutes of
News After Noon
, which consisted of a financial report and a recap of the news headlines with in-vision subtitles, was only seen in London and the south east. This continued until
BBC South East
launched a regional news bulletin on 2 September 1985, after which
News After Noon
lasted for 25 minutes and the weather forecast followed the regional news bulletins.
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Presenters
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Throughout its five years on air the programme had a two-person presentation team.
Richard Whitmore
normally presented the programme alongside either
Moira Stuart
or
Frances Coverdale
, although Coverdale became the main co-presenter towards the end of the programme's run. Both Whitmore and Stuart continued as daytime newsreaders after the end of
News After Noon
as they shared presentational duties of the hourly
BBC News Summaries
that formed part of the new daytime schedule. Other presenters included
Laurie Mayer
,
Chris Lowe
,
Fern Britton
,
Sue Carpenter
,
Michael Cole
,
Judith Stamper
,
Anne Diamond
and Jane Franchi.
Broadcast times
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News After Noon
was broadcast in two time slots. Between September and May the programme ran from 12:30 until 13:00. However
Pebble Mill at One
did not broadcast during the summer; when it was not on the air
News After Noon
was shown between 13:00 and 13:30. Also, during the summer months, shorter editions of
News After Noon
(sometimes with one presenter instead of two) were broadcast when the BBC was broadcasting live cricket coverage. This was to ensure that viewers did not miss the end of the morning's play and the start of the afternoon's play. On these days,
News After Noon
would last for twenty minutes instead of the usual thirty minutes.
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