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One television political programme which was broadcast in the United Kingdom on Sundays between 2003 and 2011, broadcasting usually at midday. ''Politics Show'' was superseded by ''

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'', a weekend version of ''

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'', which retains some of the elements of the former show.

History

During 2000, the then

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ordered a review of political output from BBC, which was carried out by

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, leading to a major overhaul of political output in 2002. A number of flagship programmes were cancelled, including '' On the Record'', ''

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'' and ''

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'' and replaced with new programmes. ''The Politics Show'' become the Sunday flagship lunchtime politics show hosted by

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. The show retained '' On the Records serious agenda and a long-form interview as its centrepiece and contained reports on the big political stories of the week as well as analysing the way these stories will affect people all over the country. ''The Politics Show'' also replaced a number of regional political programmes on BBC2, by including a 20-minute opt-out for each of the English regions, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland fronted by a different presenter for each region, looking into how political stories affect the local area. In September 2005 Jeremy Vine left the show and was replaced by

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presenter

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and Tim Donovan, deputy political editor

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and political correspondents

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and

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have all presented in place of Sopel. The programme aired for the final time on 11 December 2011. It was replaced from 15 January 2012 by ''

'', a weekend version of ''

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'', with Andrew Neil as the main presenter.

''The Politics Show Scotland''

''The Politics Show Scotland '' was

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's main political programme broadcast on Sundays. It followed the same format as the London version until a major overhaul of Scottish political programmes took place, which resulted in the axing of the Friday edition of ''Politics Scotland'' in 2007 and ''Holyrood'' in 2009 which were both presented by

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, and incorporating them into the new programme. The new format resulted in Scotland taking the first 20-30min of the national broadcast then opting-out to provide a full one-hour show analysing the big political stories of the week in Scotland. The programme aired for the final time on 18 December 2011, with a review of 2011. From 15 January 2012, ''The Politics Show'' was replaced by weekend version of ''

'', hosted by Andrew Neil (who also hosts the weekday version on Wednesdays – Fridays). The programme was thus renamed ''Sunday Politics Scotland'' which continued with the same format.

Presenters

*Presenter/Holyrood correspondent:

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*Political editor: Brian Taylor *Reporter: Catriona Renton *Holyrood correspondent: Raymond Buchanan *Westminster correspondents: David Porter and Tim Reid * Original Presenter: Glenn Campbell 2003 – 2007, Iain Macwhirter 2007 – 2008

Regional opt-out teams

Yorkshire and Lincolnshire

*Presenter/political editor (East Yorkshire & Lincolnshire):

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*Reporter/political editor (Yorkshire & North Midlands): Len Tingle N.B. The Yorkshire and Lincolnshire opt-out is broadcast to both

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and Yorkshire and Lincolnshire sub-regions.

East

*Presenter: Etholle George *Political editor: Deborah McGurran *Reporter: Clive Lewis

East Midlands

*Presenter: Marie Ashby *Political editor: John Hess *Reporter: Robin Powell

Wales/Cymru

*Presenter: Felicity Evans *Political editor:

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*Reporters: Mark Hannaby (Videojournalist), John Stevenson (Bangor) and

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(Westminster) *Online journalist: John Cooper *Producer: Mark Palmer

London

*Reporter: Andrew Cryan *Producer: Ian Laughlin

North East & Cumbria

*Presenter/political editor : Richard Moss *Producer: Michael Wild *Political correspondent: Mark Denten *Reporters: Emily Unia, Luke Walton and Fergus Hewison

North West

*Presenter:

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*Political editor: Arif Ansari *Reporters: Lucy Breakwell and Elaine Dunkley *Producer: Michelle Mayman

South

*Presenter/political editor: Peter Henley *Producer: Ian Paul

South East

*Presenters: Natalie Graham and Julia George *Political editor: Louise Stewart *Reporter: Helen Drew 1 *Producer: Jaswinder Bancil

South West

*Presenter/political editor: Martyn Oates *Reporter/researcher: Ben Woolvin *Producer: Jimmi Jones

West

*Presenter:

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*Reporter: Paul Barltrop

West Midlands

*Presenter/political editor: Patrick Burns *Reporter: Susana Mendonça *Producer: Nicholas Watson

Northern Ireland

The

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version usually followed the UK with a 20-minute

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and returning for the final 10 minutes. Occasionally when there are big stories in

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or election debates, they broadcast for the full hour and do not show the London edition. They also broadcast the full 20-minute NI edition after the late night news on a Sunday evening usually 10.20pm to 10.40pm. *Presenter: Tara Mills (2011–present – hosted ''Politics Show'' for four months after Fitzpatrick's departure and continues on the Sunday Politics in 2012. Also hosts Stormont today for BBC NI) * Former presenter – Jim Fitzpatrick (2003–2011 – left after 2011 election to become Business Editor on BBC Newsline but is still on the ''Sunday Politics'' production team) *Political editor: Mark Davenport *Political correspondents: Gareth Gordon, Yvette Shapero and Martina Purdy

References

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