''BBC London Plus'' was the name of the
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current sta ...
's regional news programme for southeastern England. Launched on Monday 3 September 1984, the programme represented the BBC's attempt to boost regional news service for the South East. Prior to the launch of ''BBC London Plus'', BBC South East did not have its own dedicated team of presenting staff and the teatime regional news programme for the South East was delivered by presenters of the main national programme (first ''
Nationwide'', then ''
Sixty Minutes'') although since the start of 1982 the teatime programme had been called ''BBC Nationwide – South East at Six''.
From Monday 2 September 1985, London viewers finally got the same level of regional news as the rest of the UK when ''BBC London Plus'' team began to provide weekday regional news at lunchtime, mid-afternoons and Saturday teatimes for the first time.
Previously, on weekday lunchtimes, London and south east viewers received a ''Financial Report'' and the Saturday teatime five-minute regional opt-out had been filled with a national sports round-up called ''Today's Sport''.
The original 1984 title music sequences, and for the two series was composed by George Fenton, with the second and final being in 1986, which was a slightly more serious tone for the hard-hitting headlines revamp. Some versions of the BBC's ''Newsnight'' were also recorded at the same studio, one in 1982, after this from 1993, Abbey Road studios.
The programme was replaced in 1989 by ''
BBC Newsroom South East''.
Presenters
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Richard Bath
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Penny Bustin
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Sue Carpenter
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Steve Clarke
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Rob Curling
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Sarah Greene
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Deborah Hall
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Sally Magnusson
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Lucy Meacock
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Guy Michelmore
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Linda Mitchell
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Jeremy Paxman
Jeremy Dickson Paxman (born 11 May 1950) is an English former broadcaster, journalist and author, born in Yorkshire.
Born in Leeds, Paxman was educated at Malvern College and St Catharine's College, Cambridge, where he edited the undergraduate ...
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Caroline Righton
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John Stapleton
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Michael Wale
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Bob Wellings
See also
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BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world. The department is the world's largest broad ...
References
External links
* – video clips of ''BBC London Plus'' open titles
BBC Regional News shows
Television news in London
1984 British television series debuts
1989 British television series endings
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