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''BBC Spotlight'' is the

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's regional TV news programme for the South West of England, covering

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, Isles of Scilly, southern and western

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, western

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and the

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. There is also a special version of the programme for viewers in the Channel Islands. It launched on 20 April 1961. The main version of the programme broadcasts between 18:30 and 19:00 on weekdays, with shorter bulletins at other times. The programme can be viewed anywhere in the UK (and Europe) on

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channel 967/968 on the

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service. Its main competitors are

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's main evening programme ''

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'' in Cornwall, Devon, Isles of Scilly, southern and western Somerset and western Dorset; and

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's main evening programme ''

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'' in the Channel Islands. ''BBC Spotlight'' broadcasts from the BBC Broadcasting House in Seymour Road, Plymouth, the headquarters of BBC South West. There are smaller studios in Exeter and

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History

Although local radio had been broadcast from Plymouth as station 2PY between 1924 and 1934, the first regional television programme was not broadcast until 20 April 1961, just nine days before the rival ITV service from

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began broadcasting. At first a ten-minute bulletin called ''News from the South West'' was read by Tom Salmon, but in under a year it had doubled in length and had been renamed as ''South West at Six'', hosted by

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. The name ''BBC Spotlight'' was adopted on 30 September 1963. Those early radio broadcasts had been made from the Athenaeum Chambers in Athenaeum Lane in Plymouth (next to what became Westward and TSW's headquarters), but just before the Second World War the BBC started looking for alternative premises. A Victorian villa named ''Ingledene'' in Seymour Road was bought from the Douglass family and this building has, as of 2012, remained the BBC's headquarters in the South West. It has been considerably extended over the years, including the addition of a new and larger television studio in 1974 in preparation for the conversion of ''BBC Spotlight'' to colour the following year. A replacement purpose-built broadcasting centre on the opposite side of Sutton Harbour from the Barbican has been under construction since 2008 and was due to open in mid-2011, though it has since stalled due to the effect of the recession on the construction industry and a change in the original plans. In late 2012, the owner of the harbour expressed fears the move may never happen and admitted other parties had expressed an interest in moving to the site earmarked for the BBC. In 2013, the BBC confirmed that it was not moving to Sutton Harbour, and instead was refurbishing its existing Plymouth headquarters. A lighthouse motif has been in use within the programme's title sequences for many years until May 2000, when BBC Spotlight adopted the generic BBC regional news design. The motif returned in May 2006, and the use of a lighthouse in the titles continued until the latest relaunch in June 2015.

Presenters

Victoria Graham presents the 6.30pm programme. Another longstanding presenter is Natalie Cornah, who also presents the main programme.

News

* Victoria Graham *

Natalie Cornah Natalie Claire Cornah (born 21 January 1968) is a British ( Cornish) television journalist, and a main regular newsreader for BBC South West's ''Spotlight'', from Mannamead in Plymouth. Life Cornah was born in Newquay. She has an older siste ...

Channel Islands- Alison Moss

Weather

* David Braine * Emily Wood

Former on-air team members

* Kally Adderkin-Hall *

Kate Adie Kathryn Adie (born 19 September 1945) is an English journalist. She was Chief News Correspondent for BBC News between 1989 and 2003, during which time she reported from war zones around the world. She retired from the BBC in early 2003 and ...

Fern Britton Fern Britton (born 17 July 1957) is an English author and television presenter. She co-presented '' Breakfast Time'' in the 1980s, coming to mainstream national attention when hosting cookery game show ''Ready Steady Cook'' between 1994 and 200 ...

* Amy Cole *

Jill Dando Jill Wendy Dando (9 November 1961 – 26 April 1999) was an English journalist, television presenter and newsreader. She spent most of her career at the BBC and was the corporation's Personality of the Year in 1997. At the time of her death, her ...

(deceased) * Chris Denham * Teresa Driscoll * Dave Gibbins * Simon Hall *

Will Hanrahan William Hanrahan is a British television/radio producer and presenter best known for working on BBC programmes such as ''Watchdog'' and ''Good Morning''. Since 1994 he has headed an independent TV company which currently produces studio prog ...

Jon Kay Jonathan Francis Kay (born 8 November 1969 in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire) is an English television presenter, newsreader, and journalist based in the West of England known for his work on BBC News. Early life Kay was born on 8 November 1 ...

* Sue King * Russell Labey * Justin Leigh * Sue Lawley * Carole Madge * Hamish Marshall * Gillian Miles * Juliet Morris * Kawser Quamer (weather presenter) * Craig Rich (weather presenter) *

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(deceased)

BBC Channel Islands

''BBC Channel Islands'' is the dedicated opt-out service for the

. Local news broadcasts for the Islands began in the 1990s, when a short bulletin aired following the ''

BBC Nine O'Clock News The ''BBC Nine O'Clock News'' was the flagship BBC News programme. It was launched on 14 September 1970 and ran until 13 October 2000, when it was replaced by the ''BBC Ten O'Clock News''. History The ''Nine O'Clock News'' was the BBC's flags ...

''. Since October 2000, two evening bulletins have been broadcast at 6:30pm and 10:30pm. Originally broadcast from a studio at the Fremont Point transmitter, the news service is now entirely based at the studios of

BBC Radio Jersey BBC Radio Jersey (Jèrriais: ''BBC Radio Jèrri'') is the BBC's local radio station serving the Bailiwick of Jersey. It broadcasts on FM, AM, DAB+, Freeview and via BBC Sounds from studios on Parade Road in Saint Helier. Like other BBC enter ...

in St Helier. The opt-outs are usually presented by Charlie McArdle and produced by a team of multi-skilling journalists who write, film and edit their own stories, as well as producing and directing the bulletins on weekdays. The main opt takes up the first 12 minutes of the nightly 6:30pm programme with a full opt at 10:30pm. No opt-outs are broadcast during the day and at weekends, except for special occasions such as local elections or major sporting events such as the

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. Like other BBC enterprises in the Channel Islands, funding comes primarily from

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fees collected within the Islands.

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