BBC News (8:00pm Summary)
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The BBC News: 8pm Summary is an evening update created by BBC News
BBC News
BBC News is the department of the British Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well as online...

 to target the professional and working market. It is broadcast every Monday to Friday at 8:00pm 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...

.

Like other BBC News
BBC News
BBC News is the department of the British Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well as online...

 bulletins it is presented by a sole newsreader, on Monday to Thursday it is usually Ellie Crisell
Ellie Crisell
Ellie Crisell is an English journalist and television presenter. Crisell currently works on the BBC's 8pm news summary, and as a relief presenter on the BBC News Channel...

 and on Friday Riz Lateef
Riz Lateef
Rizwana Lateef is a newsreader and main presenter of the BBC's regional television news service for London, BBC London.-Early life:After secondary school, Riz undertook a journalism course at the Polytechnic of Central London and then attended the Cranfield School of Management, in Bedfordshire,...

. After a minute of brief national and international news, the regional presenters take over to give 30 seconds of regional headlines and a quick look at the following day's weather prospects.

History

In May 2007 Natasha Kaplinsky
Natasha Kaplinsky
Natasha Margaret Kaplinsky is a British newsreader and television presenter, currently employed by ITV having previously worked for Channel 5, Sky News and the BBC...

 and Suzanne Virdee
Suzanne Virdee
Suzanne Virdee is a British television newsreader known in the Midlands area. She is one of the presenters of Midlands Today on BBC One and has appeared on BBC Breakfast as the programme's newsreader, until a change of studio and format in March 2006.-Career:Virdee became a journalist at the age...

 presented the show during its initial pilot in the Midlands
English Midlands
The Midlands, or the English Midlands, is the traditional name for the area comprising central England that broadly corresponds to the early medieval Kingdom of Mercia. It borders Southern England, Northern England, East Anglia and Wales. Its largest city is Birmingham, and it was an important...

. It was deemed successful and it was announced it would begin nationwide on 10 December 2007.

In October 2007 Natasha Kaplinsky
Natasha Kaplinsky
Natasha Margaret Kaplinsky is a British newsreader and television presenter, currently employed by ITV having previously worked for Channel 5, Sky News and the BBC...

 left BBC News
BBC News
BBC News is the department of the British Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well as online...

, and Kate Silverton
Kate Silverton
Kate Silverton is an English journalist, currently employed by the BBC.- Early life and education :Silverton was born in Essex, England, the daughter of English parents; Terry Silverton, a black-cab driver turned registered hypnotherapist and Patricia Silverton, who now heads her daughter's...

 was announced as the launch presenter. Initially, the presenter of the BBC News at Six and Ten presented Friday editions, but Ellie Crisell
Ellie Crisell
Ellie Crisell is an English journalist and television presenter. Crisell currently works on the BBC's 8pm news summary, and as a relief presenter on the BBC News Channel...

 later became the Friday presenter.

In February 2008 Silverton left the update to present BBC News at One and was replaced by Crisell, who took maternity leave in the March. During this time Riz Lateef
Riz Lateef
Rizwana Lateef is a newsreader and main presenter of the BBC's regional television news service for London, BBC London.-Early life:After secondary school, Riz undertook a journalism course at the Polytechnic of Central London and then attended the Cranfield School of Management, in Bedfordshire,...

 and Celina Hinchcliffe
Celina Hinchcliffe
Celina Hinchcliffe is a British television sports presenter.-Family and early life:Celina married in May 2009 and they had a son the following year...

 presented the update, while others including Sophie Long
Sophie Long
Sophie Long , is an English journalist who works for BBC News, mainly appearing as a presenter on the BBC News Channel.-Early life:...

 and Luisa Baldini
Luisa Baldini
Luisa Baldini is Anglo-Italian news reporter and presenter, presently working for BBC News.-Biography:Born in Tanzania to an Italian father and English mother, she first came to the UK when the family moved to North London. She attended St. Helen's School and then Haileybury College, Hertford...

 also appeared.

On 21 April 2008 the show got a new logo and new graphics as part of the BBC News
BBC News
BBC News is the department of the British Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well as online...

 relaunch. In October 2008 Ellie Crisell
Ellie Crisell
Ellie Crisell is an English journalist and television presenter. Crisell currently works on the BBC's 8pm news summary, and as a relief presenter on the BBC News Channel...

 returned to the update. Riz Lateef
Riz Lateef
Rizwana Lateef is a newsreader and main presenter of the BBC's regional television news service for London, BBC London.-Early life:After secondary school, Riz undertook a journalism course at the Polytechnic of Central London and then attended the Cranfield School of Management, in Bedfordshire,...

 became the new Friday and relief presenter.

Presenters

Currently the 8pm Summary team consists of:
Years Presenter Current role
2008–present Ellie Crisell
Ellie Crisell
Ellie Crisell is an English journalist and television presenter. Crisell currently works on the BBC's 8pm news summary, and as a relief presenter on the BBC News Channel...

 
Monday-Thursday presenter
2008–present Riz Lateef
Riz Lateef
Rizwana Lateef is a newsreader and main presenter of the BBC's regional television news service for London, BBC London.-Early life:After secondary school, Riz undertook a journalism course at the Polytechnic of Central London and then attended the Cranfield School of Management, in Bedfordshire,...

 
Friday presenter and main relief presenter
2008–present Celina Hinchcliffe
Celina Hinchcliffe
Celina Hinchcliffe is a British television sports presenter.-Family and early life:Celina married in May 2009 and they had a son the following year...

 
Main Relief Presenter
2011–present Sophie Long
Sophie Long
Sophie Long , is an English journalist who works for BBC News, mainly appearing as a presenter on the BBC News Channel.-Early life:...

 
Occasional Relief Presenter
2011–present Martine Croxall
Martine Croxall
Martine Sarah Croxall is an English journalist and television news presenter.-Education:Croxall was educated at St Margaret's, Church of England Primary School in the village of Stoke Golding, Leicestershire. The school is situated near to the exact place where King Henry VII was crowned...

 
Occasional Relief Presenter

Former presenters

If there is no position before the years of being a presenter, then this newsreader was either a relief presenter or occasional guest stand-in presenter.
  • Natasha Kaplinsky
    Natasha Kaplinsky
    Natasha Margaret Kaplinsky is a British newsreader and television presenter, currently employed by ITV having previously worked for Channel 5, Sky News and the BBC...

     (Main presenter for trials, 2007)
  • Kate Silverton
    Kate Silverton
    Kate Silverton is an English journalist, currently employed by the BBC.- Early life and education :Silverton was born in Essex, England, the daughter of English parents; Terry Silverton, a black-cab driver turned registered hypnotherapist and Patricia Silverton, who now heads her daughter's...

     (Main presenter, 2007–2008)
  • Fiona Bruce
    Fiona Bruce
    Fiona Elizabeth Bruce is a British journalist, newsreader and television presenter. Since joining the BBC in 1989, she has gone on to present many flagship programmes for the corporation including the BBC News at Six, BBC News at Ten, Crimewatch, Call My Bluff and, most recently, Antiques Roadshow...

     (2007–2008)
  • Sian Williams (2007–2008)
  • Luisa Baldini
    Luisa Baldini
    Luisa Baldini is Anglo-Italian news reporter and presenter, presently working for BBC News.-Biography:Born in Tanzania to an Italian father and English mother, she first came to the UK when the family moved to North London. She attended St. Helen's School and then Haileybury College, Hertford...

     (2007–2008)
  • Maryam Moshiri
    Maryam Moshiri
    Maryam Moshiri is a regular presenter of the afternoon and evening business news on BBC News, the corporation's rolling 24 hour news channel.-Broadcasting career:Maryam started her career as a business reporter for Independent Radio News....

    (2008–2009)

Presentation

In the regional updates there is a quick weather forecast which is read by regional presenters and usually looks at the next day ahead, it still uses the same graphics as the longer forecasts.

Reception

The bulletin faced criticism from certain quarters with BBC News being accused of "dumbing down" their news content by condensing the day's news into a brief format. The decision to use only female newsreaders as the main presenters brought accusations of bias against the BBC.
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