''The Film Review'' (formerly ''Film 24'') is a 10-minute film-related programme that was usually shown on

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each Friday evening at 5:45pm. It reviewed three new films each week and was repeated several times during weekends.

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served as the main host, having taken over the position when

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left as a BBC News channel presenter. Mark Kermode was the regular

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. However, during the Coronavirus restrictions, the programme was presented exclusively by the film critic alone. It concentrated on home streaming releases as cinemas have been closed, but from 24 July 2020, began to include cinema theatrical releases again. From 10 September 2021, The Film Review returned to the BBC Studios and the regular format for the first time since the

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began. The programme was renamed ''The Film Review'' on 22 March 2013, following BBC News 24's rebranding to BBC News and its move to Broadcasting House. The relief presenter when Kermode could not present was Anna Smith. Other film critic stand-ins included

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and James King. The show was axed by the BBC and, like

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, ended in mid-October 2022. The final episode was broadcast on 15 October 2022.

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* BBC television news shows Film criticism television series {{BBC-tv-prog-stub