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) from Monday to Sunday at 1:00pm for 30 minutes, although a shorter bulletin can be broadcast on the weekend. The programme is currently presented by Ben Brown,

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and

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. The ''BBC News at One'' achieved an average reach of 2.7 million viewers per bulletin in 2007, making it the most watched programme on UK daytime television. During the

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, audiences reached 4.2 million viewers in 2020.

History

The ''One O'Clock News'' launched on 27 October 1986 as part of the new daytime television service on

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. It replaced ''

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'' programme, which had a two-person presentation team of

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and either

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, who had joined the BBC from rival ITN, was the original presenter of the new ''One O'Clock News'', in a single-presenter format. Michael Buerk took over as main presenter in October 1987 when Martyn Lewis left to present the '' Nine O'Clock News''. Philip Hayton acted as main relief presenter from when the programme began, and took over as main anchor in October 1988 when Michael Buerk left to present the ''Nine O'Clock News'' along with Martyn Lewis in a single-presenter format. Martyn Lewis and

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, the main anchors of the ''Nine'', along with

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, acted as relief presenters during this period. A unified look across BBC news output was introduced on 13 April 1993 from N2, and the programme, while retaining the ''One O'Clock News'' title, adopted the Silicone graphics computer look, which distorted the image into Virtual Reality, a real studio did exist with changeable panels behind the newsreaders, dependent upon the bulletins, made up of three one metre, three 1.5-metre, and three x three-metre panels, these being kept in storage racks in N2. The programme still kept some of its individuality, such as a reworked version of the theme music, again by George Fenton, with the newer version being performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra at Abbey Road studios.

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and Edward Stourton took over as main presenters at this time. Tusa left the bulletin in 1996, with Stourton taking over as main presenter, and

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becoming deputy presenter a year later. Anna Ford, who would later become lead anchor of the programme, would also occasionally stand in as presenter. According to the TV studio history website, N1, was the former World Service studio next door to N2, were both closed around 1998/1999 when the new News Centre opened in Stage 6, understanding – becoming the "property" of BBC Resources, which renamed N1 to TC10 and N2 to TC11, and that Recourses could not afford to refurbish them. Both studios were unused for a couple of years. A new look across all of BBC News television output on 10 May 1999 meant that for the first time all the main bulletins on

had the same look, the only exception being the title of the programme. At this time

took over as the main presenter of the bulletin in 1999, staying until her retirement from newsreading in April 2006. George Alagiah became deputy presenter at the same time until early 2002 when he became the presenter of BBC Four News. Darren Jordon took over from George Alagiah as deputy presenter until late 2006. Following Ford's retirement,

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became lead anchor. On 22 January 2007, the programme titles were relaunched, along with the rest of the BBC television output, to give an identical series of titles across news programming on all BBC channels. Between February and August 2008, Kate Silverton took over as main presenter while Sophie Raworth was on maternity leave. After this Kate Silverton became deputy presenter. On 4 February 2008, the programme temporarily moved studios, from N6 to N8 (the former BBC News 24 studio), as part of restructuring across BBC News. On 21 April 2008 the programme underwent a graphical refresh and returned to the refurbished N6, and was now known as the ''BBC News at One''. On 5 November 2010, during the

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strike action, former

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and ''

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'' presenter

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presented the programme whilst the regular presenters were absent. Further strike dates occurred on 15 July 2011 and 1 August 2011 plus on 28 March 2013. Gavin Grey presented on these days in addition to

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. On 18 March 2013, the programme moved to

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, along with the BBC News channel and the other BBC One bulletins, and began broadcasting in high-definition. The programme was the first to be broadcast from the new studio. Between January and June 2015, the bulletin was extended to 40 minutes due to the length of the English regional bulletins being reduced to 5 minutes during the general election campaign period. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland retained the original 30-minute broadcast length and aired their regular 15-minute bulletins. From 23 March 2020,

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took the role as the Monday-Wednesday presenter, following the end of the BBC's ''Afternoon Live'',

continued to present on Thursdays, with her sharing the role on Fridays with

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. Raworth ceased to present the bulletin and appeared exclusively as a main anchor of the ''

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'' and ''

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''. On 25 March 2021,

left the BBC after 17 years at the network. He presented his final ''BBC News at One'' on the same day. Since McCoy's departure, the programme has dispensed with a main presenter, with a team of established BBC journalists presenting the programme on rotation.

Presenters

Current presenters

In addition,

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occasionally present in the event of a major news story.

Former presenters

Presenters below are occasional or relief presenters unless indicated otherwise. *

(Main presenter, 1986–1987) *

(Main presenter 1987–1988) *

Philip Hayton Philip Hayton (born 2 November 1947) is an English television news presenter, reporter and former international correspondent for BBC News. He worked for the BBC from 1968 until 2005. Early life Hayton was born on 2 November 1947, in the town of ...

(Main presenter, 1988–1993) *

(Main presenter, 1993–1996) * Edward Stourton (Main presenter, 1993–1999) *

(Main presenter, 1997–1999) *

(Main presenter, 1999–2006) *

(Main presenter, 2006–2020) *

(Main presenter, 2020–2021; relief presenter, 2008–2020) *

George Alagiah George Maxwell Alagiah ( born 22 November 1955) is a British newsreader, journalist and television news presenter. Since 3 December 2007, he has been the presenter of the ''BBC News at Six'' and was previously the main presenter of ''GMT'' on ...

(Deputy presenter, 1999–2001) *

Darren Jordon Darren Jordon (born 23 November 1960 in London, England) is a British journalist working for the Al-Jazeera 24-hour English-language news and current affairs channel, Al Jazeera English. He is also a former officer of the Jamaica Defence Forc ...

(Deputy presenter, 2001–2006) * Laurie Mayer (1986–1993) *

John Humphrys Desmond John Humphrys (born 17 August 1943) is a Welsh broadcaster. From 1981 to 1987 he was the main presenter for the '' Nine O'Clock News'', the flagship BBC News television programme, and from 1987 until 2019 he presented on the BBC Radio 4 ...

(1988–1996) *

Jennie Bond Jennifer Bond (born 19 August 1950) is an English journalist and television presenter. Bond worked for fourteen years as the BBC's royal correspondent. She has most recently hosted ''Cash in the Attic'' and narrated the programme ''Great Britis ...

(1993–1999) *

Jill Dando Jill Wendy Dando (9 November 1961 – 26 April 1999) was an English journalist, television presenter and newsreader. She spent most of her career at the BBC and was the corporation's Personality of the Year in 1997. At the time of her death, her ...

(1993–1995) *

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(2004–2013) *

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(2005–2007) *

Louise Minchin Louise Mary Minchin (born September 1968) is a British television presenter, journalist and former news presenter who currently works freelance within the BBC. Beginning in 2012, Minchin was a regular anchor on the BBC One programme ''Breakfas ...

(Deputy presenter, 2006–2008; relief presenter 2008–2012) *

Emily Maitlis Emily Maitlis (born 6 September 1970) is a British journalist, documentary filmmaker, and former newsreader for the BBC. She was the lead anchor until the end of 2021 of ''Newsnight'', the BBC Two news and current affairs programme. Early lif ...

(2007–2013) *

(Deputy presenter, 2008–2015: relief presenter 2015–2021) *

Jon Sopel Jonathan B. Sopel (born 22 May 1959) is a British journalist, television presenter and a former correspondent for BBC News. He was formerly the BBC's North America editor; chief political correspondent for the domestic news channel BBC News; a ...

(2010–2014) *

Matthew Amroliwala Matthew Amroliwala (born 1962) is a British television newsreader, who presents '' Global with Matthew Amroliwala'' on BBC World News each weekday at 1500 hrs GMT. He has also been an occasional relief presenter of the ''BBC News at One'' on BB ...

(2012–2014) *

Victoria Derbyshire Victoria Antoinette Derbyshire is a British journalist, newsreader and broadcaster. Her eponymous Victoria Derbyshire (TV programme), current affairs and debate programme was broadcast on BBC Two and the BBC News (TV channel), BBC News Channel ...

(2021–2022)

One O'Clock News Hour

The ''BBC News at One'' has been shown on the

since April 2006, making up the first half-hour of the ''BBC News at One''. During the headlines and "coming up" section, BBC One viewers see a preview of the stories to come from their region, while BBC News viewers see sports headlines. Between 12:45 and 13:30 BBC News has a service providing in-vision

for viewers with hearing difficulties. Within the last few minutes of each programme, a full national weather forecast is presented within the studio. Between 2006 and 2017, significant differences could be seen between the two-halves of the programme, as the second half was originally presented by the Duty News Channel presenter. Since 2017, coinciding with schedule changes on the BBC News channel, the presenter of the ''BBC News at One'' has fronted the full one-hour slot.It also features an extended ''Sport Today'' and ''World Business Report''. On 28 June 2021, a new regional round up called ''Across the UK'' was introduced looking at stories from the nations and regions.

References

External links

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