Westminster Live was a weekly television programme focusing on political developments within the United Kingdom Parliament, first transmitted in 1989, discontinued in 2002, and succeeded by The Daily Politics

The Daily Politics

The Daily Politics is a British television show launched by the BBC in 2003. Presented by Andrew Neil and Jo Coburn, the programme takes an in-depth and sometimes irreverent look at the daily goings on in Westminster and other areas across Britain and the world, and includes interviews with leading...

.

The programme was presented by Nick Robinson

Nick Robinson

Nicholas Anthony "Nick" Robinson is a British journalist and political editor for the BBC. Robinson was interested in politics from a young age, and went on to study a Philosophy, Politics, and Economics degree at Oxford University, where he was also President of the Oxford University Conservative...

 and Iain Macwhirter

Iain Macwhirter

Iain Macwhirter is a Scottish political commentator, who has worked at both the UK Parliament and Scottish Parliament, presenting the BBC2 programmes "Westminster Live" and "Scrutiny".- Early career :...

. Robinson left the BBC to join ITV

ITV

ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...

 and Macwhirter went on to report on the Scottish Parliament

Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliament is the devolved national, unicameral legislature of Scotland, located in the Holyrood area of the capital, Edinburgh. The Parliament, informally referred to as "Holyrood", is a democratically elected body comprising 129 members known as Members of the Scottish Parliament...

 in Holyrood Live.

During its earlier years, the programme was presented by Vivian White, Nick Ross

Nick Ross

Nick Ross is a British radio and television presenter across a wide range of factual programmes and during the 1980s and 90s he was one of the most ubiquitous of British broadcasters, but he is best known for his long-running co-hosting of the BBC TV show Crimewatch which he left on 2 July 2007...

, Diana Madill and others.

The programme was originally presented from a small studio opposite the Houses of Parliament, but in later years it came from the BBC's Millbank

Millbank

Millbank is an area of central London in the City of Westminster. Millbank is located by the River Thames, east of Pimlico and south of Westminster...

 base.

It focussed on coverage from Parliament far more than its successor.

See also

• Despatch Box
  Despatch Box
  Despatch Box was a late night political analysis television programme produced by the BBC and broadcast on BBC Two between 1989 and 2002. The programme was presented by Andrew Neil and produced at the BBC's Millbank studios in London....
  
  
• This Week
  This Week (BBC One TV series)
  This Week is a current affairs and politics TV programme in the United Kingdom on the BBC, screened on Thursday evenings, hosted by former Sunday Times editor Andrew Neil alongside former Conservative Member of Parliament and Minister Michael Portillo, and a left leaning guest panellist on...
  
  
• The Daily Politics
  The Daily Politics
  The Daily Politics is a British television show launched by the BBC in 2003. Presented by Andrew Neil and Jo Coburn, the programme takes an in-depth and sometimes irreverent look at the daily goings on in Westminster and other areas across Britain and the world, and includes interviews with leading...
  
  
• Holyrood Live