Andrew Harvey (journalist)
Encyclopedia
Andrew Harvey is a British journalist who over a period of thirty years has presented most of main television news programmes of the BBC
and ITN
on British television
.
on BBC One
. From there he went on to present the One O'Clock
, Six O'Clock News
and flagship Nine O'Clock News on BBC One. From national news, he moved to become a presenter on South Today
, the BBC's regional news service for the Southampton
region, as well as having presented on BBC Points West
in the Bristol
region, and also presented nationally once more, on BBC News.
produced by ITN where he first presented the Breakfast programme with Lucy Alexander before moving to his own programme later after Breakfast in the daily schedule Live with Andrew Harvey.
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
and ITN
Independent Television News
ITN is a news and content provider with headquarters in the United Kingdom. It is made up of four key businesses: ITN News, ITN Source, ITN Productions and ITN Consulting. The ITN logotype can be displayed in any of 4 different colours, each of which represents a business unit. This is the...
on British television
British television
Public television broadcasting started in the United Kingdom in 1936, and now has a collection of free and subscription services over a variety of distribution media, through which there are over 480 channelsTaking the base Sky EPG TV Channels. A breakdown is impossible due to a) the number of...
.
BBC career
Harvey began his BBC television career with the launch of breakfast television in Britain: Breakfast TimeBBC Breakfast
BBC Breakfast is the morning television news programme simulcast on BBC One and the BBC News channel. It is presented live from BBC Television Centre in White City, West London, and contains a mixture of news, sport, weather, business and feature items...
on BBC One
BBC One
BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
. From there he went on to present the One O'Clock
BBC One O'Clock News
The BBC News at One is the afternoon news bulletin from the BBC. Produced by BBC News, the programme is broadcast on BBC One and the BBC News channel on Monday to Sunday 1:00pm....
, Six O'Clock News
BBC Six O'Clock News
The BBC News at Six is the evening news programme broadcast each night on British television channel BBC One and the BBC News channel at 18:00. For a long period the News at Six was the most watched news programme in the UK but since 2006 it has been over taken by the BBC News at Ten...
and flagship Nine O'Clock News on BBC One. From national news, he moved to become a presenter on South Today
South Today
South Today is the BBC's regional television news programme for East Dorset, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Berkshire, West Sussex and the western fringes of Surrey...
, the BBC's regional news service for the Southampton
Southampton
Southampton is the largest city in the county of Hampshire on the south coast of England, and is situated south-west of London and north-west of Portsmouth. Southampton is a major port and the closest city to the New Forest...
region, as well as having presented on BBC Points West
BBC Points West
BBC Points West is the BBC's regional news programme for the West of England, covering Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire...
in the Bristol
Bristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
region, and also presented nationally once more, on BBC News.
ITV
He left the BBC eventually to become a presenter on the ITV News ChannelITV News Channel
The ITV News Channel was a 24-hour television news channel in the United Kingdom which broadcast from 1 August 2000 to 23 December 2005. It was available on Sky, NTL:Telewest, Freeview and analogue cable, presenting national and international news plus regular business, sport, entertainment and...
produced by ITN where he first presented the Breakfast programme with Lucy Alexander before moving to his own programme later after Breakfast in the daily schedule Live with Andrew Harvey.