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At the weekend, the only news is a single two-minute summary broadcast at teatime. 1983. No events. 1984. No events. 1985. No events. 1986. No events. 1987. ITN World News is launched as part of the launch of pan-European Super Channel. 20 July – The lunchtime news programme moves to 12:30pm and is renamed accordingly.
9 November – BBC News 24, the corporation's UK television news service, launches at 17.30. It is initially only available to viewers with cable television, but is simulcast on BBC1 overnight. December – ITN purchases a 49% share of Euronews [18] and supplies the content of the channel along with the remaining shareholders. However, carriage ...
It is a UK-wide service and therefore contains no Scottish-specific content. Consequently, the three Scottish ITV companies begin their broadcast day at 9:25am. 24 October – Following the launch of the BBC's new teatime news and current affairs series Sixty Minutes, Reporting Scotland is renamed Scotland Sixty Minutes. 1984
1965 sees the end of regular lunchtime programming on ITV. Most regions had broadcast a weekday lunchtime entertainment show since the earliest days of ITV. 1966. No events. 1967. 3 July – News at Ten is launched as a 13-week trial of a nightly 30-minute bulletin. The programme is soon made a permanent feature of the schedules. 1968
June-17 July – During the run-up to, and for the immediate period after, the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the channel airs UK-focussed content on weekday daytime. [81] [82] 18 July – The weekday daytime UK-separate BBC News Channel service ends following the State Opening of Parliament. It had originally been planned to end ...
The weekday lunchtime Financial Report, broadcast on BBC1 in London and the south east, is broadcast for the final time ahead of the launch of a lunchtime regional news bulletin for viewers in the BBC South East region. 31 August – Scottish Television launches a new computer-generated ident. [32]
[65] having previously been a segment within teatime news magazine programmes Nationwide and Sixty Minutes. 30 August – The weekday lunchtime Financial Report, broadcast on BBC1 in London and the south east, is broadcast for the final time ahead of the launch of a lunchtime regional news bulletin for viewers in the BBC South East region.
It airs during the Summer months on BBC2. [49] The programme also includes weekly coverage of Sunday Cricket that has been shown on BBC2 since 1965. 23 October – The last ever teatime block of Open University programmes airs. From 1982 onwards, only a single Open University programme airs and is billed in TV listings as a general programme ...