''Out This Week'' is a pioneering

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weekly news programme that ran on

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for five years from 2 April 1994 - 1999, with as one of its founder/presenters

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and also featuring Justine Buchanan,

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and latterly Rebecca Sandles. Wrench and producer

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won a

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in 1995 for a landmark programme presented live from New York about Stonewall 25. Shortly after the award, the BBC extended their run to a full year.

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