Sky News Today
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Sky News Today is a programme on Sky News
which currently runs between 10:00am and 1:00pm and is presented by Dermot Murnaghan
(Mon - Wed) and Colin Brazier
(Thu - Fri)
After being dropped in the autumn of 2001 as the channel shifted to more rolling output, the programme was resurrected in 2002, presented by Martin Stanford
and Julie Etchingham
between 10:00am and 1:00pm. The show remained like this until, in 2005, when Sky News underwent a major relaunch, and a second 'shift' was established to run between 2:00pm and 5:00pm in addition to the morning shift which now ran between 9:00am and 12:00pm. At this time, the show was presented by three presenters simultaneously.
In 2006, several changes were made to the format with the number of presenters reduced from three to two, and an increasingly large amount of time was spent at the news desk rather than presenting the show from different locations around the Sky News Centre.
In October 2007, Sky made the move to single headed presentation with Julie Etchingham becoming the anchor of what was branded on press releases as Sky Today however on air it is referred to as Sky News Today. News summaries were presented by Colin Brazier
.
From Tuesday 8 January 2008, former BBC Breakfast
anchor Dermot Murnaghan
replaced Julie Etchingham as main presenter of the show. Likewise Emma Crosby
took over the news summaries from Colin Brazier
who moved to Afternoon Live to work alongside Kay Burley. Etchingham moved to ITV News
to present the relaunched News at Ten
with Sir Trevor McDonald.
However, shortly after taking taking up the headline post, Emma moved to Sky's business news department, and then onto GMTV
. As of 2009, the Sunrise summary presenter stays on for the first hour of Sky News Today, Monday - Thursday: Charlotte Hawkins, Friday: Gillian Joseph. Samantha Simmonds from 11am Tuesday-Friday & Gillian Joseph
on Monday. Murnaghan does not present on Fridays.
In February 2009, Sky News Today was reduced by one hour, broadcasting from 10am to 1pm, with The Live Desk broadcasting from 9am to 10am.
From January 2011, the show no longer features a news summary presenter. Dermot presents Mon - Wed and Colin Brazier
now presents Thu - Fri.
By late Summer 2007, Sky News Today in the afternoon was often only presented by Julie Etchingham, Colin Brazier often covered other areas of programming, becoming the chief relief presenter for Live at 5. This led many to pre-empt the schedule change of October 2007 which left all news single headed.
Sky News
Sky News is a 24-hour British and international satellite television news broadcaster with an emphasis on UK and international news stories.The service places emphasis on rolling news, including the latest breaking news. Sky News also hosts localised versions of the channel in Australia and in New...
which currently runs between 10:00am and 1:00pm and is presented by Dermot Murnaghan
Dermot Murnaghan
Dermot Murnaghan is a British journalist and television presenter.He is well known for his work as a presenter of ITV and BBC News as well as the shows Eggheads and Treasure Hunt . He co-presented BBC Breakfast from Monday to Thursday as well as regularly fronting national BBC news bulletins...
(Mon - Wed) and Colin Brazier
Colin Brazier
Colin Brazier is a news presenter for Sky News, who currently presents The Live Desk. Prior to this, he fronted Sky News Today's afternoon shift between 2:00pm and 5:00pm.-Biography:...
(Thu - Fri)
Overview
Launched by Sky News in 1998, Sky News Today originally ran from 12-2 pm every weekday afternoon. The lack of differentiation in terms of content and tone, however, meant that there was no clear focus to the segment in a way that there later would be.After being dropped in the autumn of 2001 as the channel shifted to more rolling output, the programme was resurrected in 2002, presented by Martin Stanford
Martin Stanford
Martin Stanford is a news anchor at Sky News who currently presents SkyNews.Com. Stanford had his own interactive show on the channel, Sky News with Martin Stanford from July 2006 to February 2007...
and Julie Etchingham
Julie Etchingham
Julie Etchingham is an English television newsreader and journalist. She is currently co-presenter of ITV News at Ten and is the presenter of the current affairs programme Tonight, having replaced Sir Trevor McDonald....
between 10:00am and 1:00pm. The show remained like this until, in 2005, when Sky News underwent a major relaunch, and a second 'shift' was established to run between 2:00pm and 5:00pm in addition to the morning shift which now ran between 9:00am and 12:00pm. At this time, the show was presented by three presenters simultaneously.
In 2006, several changes were made to the format with the number of presenters reduced from three to two, and an increasingly large amount of time was spent at the news desk rather than presenting the show from different locations around the Sky News Centre.
In October 2007, Sky made the move to single headed presentation with Julie Etchingham becoming the anchor of what was branded on press releases as Sky Today however on air it is referred to as Sky News Today. News summaries were presented by Colin Brazier
Colin Brazier
Colin Brazier is a news presenter for Sky News, who currently presents The Live Desk. Prior to this, he fronted Sky News Today's afternoon shift between 2:00pm and 5:00pm.-Biography:...
.
From Tuesday 8 January 2008, former BBC Breakfast
BBC 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...
anchor Dermot Murnaghan
Dermot Murnaghan
Dermot Murnaghan is a British journalist and television presenter.He is well known for his work as a presenter of ITV and BBC News as well as the shows Eggheads and Treasure Hunt . He co-presented BBC Breakfast from Monday to Thursday as well as regularly fronting national BBC news bulletins...
replaced Julie Etchingham as main presenter of the show. Likewise Emma Crosby
Emma Crosby
Emma Catherine Crosby , is a British television newsreader and journalist, currently presenting for 5 News.-Early life:...
took over the news summaries from Colin Brazier
Colin Brazier
Colin Brazier is a news presenter for Sky News, who currently presents The Live Desk. Prior to this, he fronted Sky News Today's afternoon shift between 2:00pm and 5:00pm.-Biography:...
who moved to Afternoon Live to work alongside Kay Burley. Etchingham moved to ITV News
ITV News
ITV News is the branding of news programmes on the British television network ITV. Since 1955, ITV's news bulletins have been produced by Independent Television News . The channel's news coverage has won awards from the Royal Television Society, Emmy Awards and BAFTAs. Between 2004 and 2008, the...
to present the relaunched News at Ten
News at Ten
The ITV News at Ten is the flagship news programme on British television network ITV, produced by ITN and founded by news editor Geoffrey Cox in 1967. It was originally planned as a thirteen week project in July 1967 because senior figures at ITV refused to believe that a permanent 30-minute late...
with Sir Trevor McDonald.
However, shortly after taking taking up the headline post, Emma moved to Sky's business news department, and then onto GMTV
GMTV
GMTV was the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1993 to 3 September 2010. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of ITV plc. in November 2009. Shortly after, ITV plc announced the programme would end...
. As of 2009, the Sunrise summary presenter stays on for the first hour of Sky News Today, Monday - Thursday: Charlotte Hawkins, Friday: Gillian Joseph. Samantha Simmonds from 11am Tuesday-Friday & Gillian Joseph
Gillian Joseph
Gillian Joseph is a British newscaster currently working for Sky News.-Journalism career:Joseph originally worked for the BBC in Manchester, as well as working as a radio reporter for Radio Merseyside. In 1998, she moved to London and presented Newsroom South East until it ended in 2001...
on Monday. Murnaghan does not present on Fridays.
In February 2009, Sky News Today was reduced by one hour, broadcasting from 10am to 1pm, with The Live Desk broadcasting from 9am to 10am.
From January 2011, the show no longer features a news summary presenter. Dermot presents Mon - Wed and Colin Brazier
Colin Brazier
Colin Brazier is a news presenter for Sky News, who currently presents The Live Desk. Prior to this, he fronted Sky News Today's afternoon shift between 2:00pm and 5:00pm.-Biography:...
now presents Thu - Fri.
Morning shift
| Dates | Presenter One | Presenter Two | Presenter Three | News Summaries |
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| 2002 - October 2005 | Martin Stanford Martin Stanford Martin Stanford is a news anchor at Sky News who currently presents SkyNews.Com. Stanford had his own interactive show on the channel, Sky News with Martin Stanford from July 2006 to February 2007... |
Julie Etchingham Julie Etchingham Julie Etchingham is an English television newsreader and journalist. She is currently co-presenter of ITV News at Ten and is the presenter of the current affairs programme Tonight, having replaced Sir Trevor McDonald.... |
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| October 2005 - Early 2006 | Martin Stanford Martin Stanford Martin Stanford is a news anchor at Sky News who currently presents SkyNews.Com. Stanford had his own interactive show on the channel, Sky News with Martin Stanford from July 2006 to February 2007... |
Anna Botting Anna Botting Anna Elizabeth Botting is a British news anchor with Sky News, a broadcasting network based in the United Kingdom. She currently presents Sky News at Ten, Sky News at Eleven and Sky Midnight News from Monday to Thursday... |
Anna Jones Anna Jones Anna Jones is a Business presenter for Sky News.After four years as the editor of China Economic Review, Anna joined the BBC in 1992. She spent three years as a senior producer in the BBC's business department, both producing and presenting the Business Breakfast programme from 6am - 7am. Anna then... |
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| Early 2006 - July 2006 | Martin Stanford Martin Stanford Martin Stanford is a news anchor at Sky News who currently presents SkyNews.Com. Stanford had his own interactive show on the channel, Sky News with Martin Stanford from July 2006 to February 2007... |
Anna Jones Anna Jones Anna Jones is a Business presenter for Sky News.After four years as the editor of China Economic Review, Anna joined the BBC in 1992. She spent three years as a senior producer in the BBC's business department, both producing and presenting the Business Breakfast programme from 6am - 7am. Anna then... |
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| July 2006 - November 2006 | Chris Roberts | Anna Jones Anna Jones Anna Jones is a Business presenter for Sky News.After four years as the editor of China Economic Review, Anna joined the BBC in 1992. She spent three years as a senior producer in the BBC's business department, both producing and presenting the Business Breakfast programme from 6am - 7am. Anna then... |
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| November 2006 - February 2007 | Colin Brazier Colin Brazier Colin Brazier is a news presenter for Sky News, who currently presents The Live Desk. Prior to this, he fronted Sky News Today's afternoon shift between 2:00pm and 5:00pm.-Biography:... |
Anna Jones Anna Jones Anna Jones is a Business presenter for Sky News.After four years as the editor of China Economic Review, Anna joined the BBC in 1992. She spent three years as a senior producer in the BBC's business department, both producing and presenting the Business Breakfast programme from 6am - 7am. Anna then... |
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| February 2007 - October 2007 | Martin Stanford Martin Stanford Martin Stanford is a news anchor at Sky News who currently presents SkyNews.Com. Stanford had his own interactive show on the channel, Sky News with Martin Stanford from July 2006 to February 2007... |
Anna Jones Anna Jones Anna Jones is a Business presenter for Sky News.After four years as the editor of China Economic Review, Anna joined the BBC in 1992. She spent three years as a senior producer in the BBC's business department, both producing and presenting the Business Breakfast programme from 6am - 7am. Anna then... |
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| October 2007 - January 2008 | Julie Etchingham Julie Etchingham Julie Etchingham is an English television newsreader and journalist. She is currently co-presenter of ITV News at Ten and is the presenter of the current affairs programme Tonight, having replaced Sir Trevor McDonald.... |
Colin Brazier Colin Brazier Colin Brazier is a news presenter for Sky News, who currently presents The Live Desk. Prior to this, he fronted Sky News Today's afternoon shift between 2:00pm and 5:00pm.-Biography:... |
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| 8 January 2008 - 2009 | Dermot Murnaghan Dermot Murnaghan Dermot Murnaghan is a British journalist and television presenter.He is well known for his work as a presenter of ITV and BBC News as well as the shows Eggheads and Treasure Hunt . He co-presented BBC Breakfast from Monday to Thursday as well as regularly fronting national BBC news bulletins... |
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| 2009 - 2010 | Dermot Murnaghan Dermot Murnaghan Dermot Murnaghan is a British journalist and television presenter.He is well known for his work as a presenter of ITV and BBC News as well as the shows Eggheads and Treasure Hunt . He co-presented BBC Breakfast from Monday to Thursday as well as regularly fronting national BBC news bulletins... |
Samantha Simmonds Samantha Simmonds -Early life:Samantha is originally from Leeds, and studied for a BA at Liverpool University. Whilst a student in Liverpool, she appeared as a contestant on the ITV television show Blind Date.-Journalism career:... |
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| January 2011 - | Dermot Murnaghan Dermot Murnaghan Dermot Murnaghan is a British journalist and television presenter.He is well known for his work as a presenter of ITV and BBC News as well as the shows Eggheads and Treasure Hunt . He co-presented BBC Breakfast from Monday to Thursday as well as regularly fronting national BBC news bulletins... (Mon - Wed) Colin Brazier Colin Brazier Colin Brazier is a news presenter for Sky News, who currently presents The Live Desk. Prior to this, he fronted Sky News Today's afternoon shift between 2:00pm and 5:00pm.-Biography:... (Thu - Fri) |
Afternoon shift
Before 2005 the 1-5pm shift on Sky News was not referred to on air or in any schedule as 'Sky News Today'. It has therefore been omitted from the table.| Dates | Presenter One | Presenter Two | Presenter Three |
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| October 2005 - Early 2006 | Mark Longhurst Mark Longhurst Mark Longhurst is a UK television newsreader and journalist. He currently works for Sky News, presenting the channel's Sunrise programme from Friday to Sunday.... |
Steve Dixon Steve Dixon (newsreader) Stephen Dixon is an English newsreader who currently works for Sky News, presenting the flagship programmes Sky News at Seven and Sky News at Ten every Friday, Saturday and Sunday.-Journalism career:... |
Ginny Buckley Ginny Buckley Ginny Buckley is a British journalist, radio and television presenter.-Early life:Buckley was born and grew up in Rochdale, England, before moving to Australia at the age of 18.... |
| Summer 2006 - September 2006 | Mark Longhurst Mark Longhurst Mark Longhurst is a UK television newsreader and journalist. He currently works for Sky News, presenting the channel's Sunrise programme from Friday to Sunday.... |
Ginny Buckley Ginny Buckley Ginny Buckley is a British journalist, radio and television presenter.-Early life:Buckley was born and grew up in Rochdale, England, before moving to Australia at the age of 18.... |
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| September 2006 - Late 2006 | Mark Longhurst Mark Longhurst Mark Longhurst is a UK television newsreader and journalist. He currently works for Sky News, presenting the channel's Sunrise programme from Friday to Sunday.... |
Julie Etchingham Julie Etchingham Julie Etchingham is an English television newsreader and journalist. She is currently co-presenter of ITV News at Ten and is the presenter of the current affairs programme Tonight, having replaced Sir Trevor McDonald.... |
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| Late 2006 - October 2007 | Colin Brazier Colin Brazier Colin Brazier is a news presenter for Sky News, who currently presents The Live Desk. Prior to this, he fronted Sky News Today's afternoon shift between 2:00pm and 5:00pm.-Biography:... |
Julie Etchingham Julie Etchingham Julie Etchingham is an English television newsreader and journalist. She is currently co-presenter of ITV News at Ten and is the presenter of the current affairs programme Tonight, having replaced Sir Trevor McDonald.... |
By late Summer 2007, Sky News Today in the afternoon was often only presented by Julie Etchingham, Colin Brazier often covered other areas of programming, becoming the chief relief presenter for Live at 5. This led many to pre-empt the schedule change of October 2007 which left all news single headed.