BBC Weekend News
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BBC Weekend News is the national news programmes 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...

 at a weekend although it is often referred to on guides simply as BBC News, or if broadcast at 10pm exactly, BBC News at Ten. The programmes are also simulcast on the BBC News Channel.

Format

The programme airs three times Saturday & Sunday, First at 1:00pm to 1:05pm for 5 minutes, Second at 6:00pm to 6:20pm 15 minutes and then Third at 10:00pm to 10:20pm for 20 minutes. The first three bulletins are followed by regional news.

Presenters

The lunchtime programme is hosted by the duty News Presenter for the BBC News Channel. Both the early and late evening bulletins are presented by the same dedicated presenter. Below are the details:

Lunchtime

Years Presenter Current role
2008–present Maxine Mawhinney
Maxine Mawhinney
Maxine Mawhinney is a newsreader on BBC News, the BBC's 24 hour rolling news channel.-Biography:She trained as a newspaper journalist in Northern Ireland, then joined BBC Television and Radio in Belfast, before moving to Ulster Television and then ITN in London.She joined Sky News at its launch in...

 
Main presenter
2009–present Tim Willcox
Tim Willcox
Tim Willcox is a British journalist for BBC News, where he presents news bulletins for both the BBC News Channel and BBC World News. Generally a relief presenter for the BBC, he is probably most recognisable for presenting the BBC's live coverage from Chile during events surrounding the Copiapó...

 
Main relief presenter
2006–present Nicholas Owen  Regular relief presenter
2009–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...

2009–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 Sue Thearle
Sue Thearle
Sue Thearle is a British journalist.She presented on the now defunct Setanta Sports News. She is currently a relief presenter on the BBC's 24 hour news channel BBC News. She was previously a sports presenter on the channel and on BBC Breakfast.After training as a journalist, Thearle began her...


Early/Late Evening

Years Presenter Current role
2008–present 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...

 
Currently on Maternity Leave
2005–present Mishal Husain
Mishal Husain
Mishal Husain is a television news presenter for the BBC's international news channel, BBC World News, presenting Impact between 1400 and 1600 GMT every Monday to Thursday as well as presenting the Sunday evening editions of the BBC Weekend News on BBC One...

 
Main presenter (Sun)
2009–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,...

 
Main relief presenter (Sat)
2009–present Nicholas Owen  Main relief presenter (Sun)
2004–present Jane Hill
Jane Hill
Jane Hill is a British newsreader working for the BBC.She is one of the main presenters on the BBC News Channel, the corporation's 24-hour rolling news service, and is a relief anchor for the BBC News at One, as well as regularly presenting the BBC Weekend News...

 
Occasional relief presenter
2010-present Clive Myrie
Clive Myrie
Clive Myrie is an English television news journalist, who works for BBC News.-Biography:Born in Bolton, Lancashire, to Jamaican immigrant parents, his mother was a seamstress and his father a factory worker making car batteries...

2005-present Emily Maitlis
Emily Maitlis
Emily Maitlis is a Canadian-born British journalist and newsreader, currently employed by the BBC.-Career:Raised in Sheffield, she was educated at the local King Edward VII School...

2008-present Joanna Gosling
Joanna Gosling
Joanna Marie Mussett Gosling is a television news presenter, broadcast journalist and author. She presents on the United Kingdom rolling news channel BBC News, as well as occasionally on the Saturday evening and late editions of the BBC Weekend News on BBC One...

2009-present Ben Brown
Ben Brown (journalist)
Ben Brown is a journalist and news presenter for the BBC's rolling news channel BBC News. He has also presented the BBC News at Six and the BBC News at Ten and is currently an occasional presenter on the BBC Weekend News on BBC One...

2004-present Matthew Amroliwala
Matthew Amroliwala
Matthew Amroliwala is a BBC newsreader who presents on the BBC News Channel each weekday from 11am - 2pm alongside Jane Hill. He is an occasional relief presenter of the BBC Weekend News on BBC One and appears in the revamped Crimewatch programme on BBC One, with Kirsty Young.-Biography:He was...

2011-present Julia Somerville
Julia Somerville
Julia Mary Fownes Somerville is a British television news anchor and reporter, who has worked for the BBC and ITN.-Education:...


Sport News

During the late programme on each day a BBC Sports news presenter joins the newscaster and presents the sports segment. These presenters include:
Presenter
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...

Olly Foster
Sean Fletcher
Sean Fletcher
Sean Fletcher is a British journalist and radio broadcast personality.-Early life:Born in New York, but brought up in Essex, England, and educated at Felsted School, an independent school in the village of Felsted in Essex...

Sally Nugent
Sally Nugent
Sally Nugent is a journalist who works for BBC News.Born on the Wirral, Nugent was educated at Upton Hall School FCJ. She then graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Sports Journalism from the University of Huddersfield....

Amanda Davies
Amanda Davies
Amanda Davies is a British sports presenter on BBC World News and the BBC News Channel.-Early life:Davies was born on 28 November 1978 in Birmingham, West Midlands and she is the daughter of sports journalist and sports administrator David Davies, Amanda was educated at King Edward VI High School...

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