''The 7 O'Clock News'' is a British news programme. It was the main news programme broadcast each weekday at 7:00pm, on

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between 9 February 2003 to 2 December 2005. Originally called ''The News Show'' from the launch of

on 9 February 2003, it was rebranded later in the year, though retaining the same presentation team.

Format

Compared to the rest of the

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output, ''The 7 O'Clock News'' had a completely different image and style of presentation, with a turquoise colour scheme in contrast to the standard red and black. Presenters began bulletins standing but ended seated, reviewing the newspapers towards the end of the programme.

Presenters

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(2004–2005)

Axing

On 21 October 2005, the BBC announced that it was ending ''The 7 O'Clock News'', but continuing with the ''

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'' bulletins, opting to fill the slot, which is immediately after BBC Three comes on air, with "high quality factual programming". Although the show was a cornerstone of the bid to start BBC Three, a report into the BBC's digital outputDigital report sets poser for BBC
BBC News, 13 October 2004 claimed that the show "achieves nothing and attracts tiny audiences", and so the controller of the channel, Stuart Murphy took the step of terminating the show.

References

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Format

Presenters

Axing

See also

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