''Inside Out'' is the brand name for a number of regional television programmes in England that were broadcast on
BBC One
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's oldest and flagship channel, and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television b ...
. Each series, made by a
BBC region, focuses on stories from the local area. Commissioned by BBC One controller
Lorraine Heggessey, the programme began on 9 September 2002 and replaced a number of different titles previously used on
BBC Two
BBC Two is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's second flagship channel, and it covers a wide range of subject matte ...
.
The programme ended on 30 March 2020 and was replaced in 2022 by a new programme, ''
We Are England'', which has fewer regional editions and focusses on one subject per edition with regional takes on the chosen subject.
Versions
* ''Inside Out
London
London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester ...
'' – Presented by
Sean Fletcher
* ''Inside Out
South East'' – Presented by Natalie Graham
* ''Inside Out
South
South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both west and east.
Etymology
The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþa ...
'' – Presented by Jon Cuthill
* ''Inside Out
South West'' – Presented by Jemma Woodman
* ''Inside Out
West
West is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth.
Etymology
The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some Romance langu ...
'' – Presented by Alastair McKee
* ''Inside Out
West Midlands'' – Presented by
Ayo Akinwolere
* ''Inside Out
North West'' – Presented by Jacey Normand
* ''Inside Out
North East &
Cumbria
Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial county in North West England. It borders the Scottish council areas of Dumfries and Galloway and Scottish Borders to the north, Northumberland and County Durham to the east, North Yorkshire to the south-east, Lancash ...
'' – Presented by Chris Jackson
* ''Inside Out
Yorkshire
Yorkshire ( ) is an area of Northern England which was History of Yorkshire, historically a county. Despite no longer being used for administration, Yorkshire retains a strong regional identity. The county was named after its county town, the ...
&
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire (), abbreviated ''Lincs'', is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber regions of England. It is bordered by the East Riding of Yorkshire across the Humber estuary to th ...
'' – Presented by
Keeley Donovan (September 2017–present)
* ''Inside Out
East Midlands
The East Midlands is one of nine official regions of England. It comprises the eastern half of the area traditionally known as the Midlands. It consists of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire (except for North Lincolnshire and North East ...
'' – Presented by
Lukwesa Burak.
* ''Inside Out
East
East is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth.
Etymology
As in other languages, the word is formed from the fact that ea ...
'' – Presented by
David Whiteley
* ''Inside Out
Channel Islands
The Channel Islands are an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They are divided into two Crown Dependencies: the Jersey, Bailiwick of Jersey, which is the largest of the islands; and the Bailiwick of Guernsey, ...
'' – began early 2012
* ''Inside Out England'' – Presented by
Lukwesa Burak
''Inside Out England'' shows selected stories from the regional programmes and is shown across England which is hosted by Matthew Wright. But this was relaunched in 2016 as ''Inside Out'' as a weekly round up on the
BBC News channel, with Lukwesa Burak presenting.
Controversy
The East Midlands edition of the show caused controversy in one programme when
Ray Gosling claimed to have smothered a former lover who had AIDS. The programme was filmed in December 2009 but only shown in February 2010. A debate over whether the BBC should have told the police before airing the programme followed, with the broadcaster also being accused of promoting assisted suicide. Gosling's claims were later found to be false.
In January 2013, the writer and presenter Chris Geiger investigated a self-styled spiritual healer who claimed to be able to treat cancer using a special diet. Chris Geiger, a
cancer survivor himself, used a hidden camera and posed as a client; again this programme provoked widespread debate.
See also
* ''
BBC Scotland Investigates'' (1993)
Notes
# A different region is selected each week for broadcast on the BBC News Channel.
References
External links
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{{BBC News
2002 British television series debuts
2020 British television series endings
2010s British television series
2020s British television series
BBC television documentaries
British television news shows
British English-language television shows
Current affairs shows