''Afternoon Live'' is a programme broadcast on the
BBC News Channel
The BBC News channel is a British free-to-air public broadcast television news channel owned and operated by the BBC. The channel is based at and broadcasts from Broadcasting House in the West End of London from which it is anchored during ...
between 2:00pm and 5:00pm weekdays. It first aired on 2 October 2017. Very early in the
COVID-19 pandemic
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, reduced presenter availability in the official lockdown periods ended the programme. The final edition was on 17 March 2020. The programme did not return with the merger of BBC News with BBC World in spring 2023. A programme now called
Verified Live
''Verified Live'', also called ''Verified Live with Matthew Amroliwala'', is a news programme that premiered on both the UK feed and international feed of BBC News channel on 22 May 2023 as part of a refresh following the merger of the two new ...
runs between 3:00pm and 6:00pm UK time, normally presented by
Matthew Amroliwala.
Presenters
The programme's main presenter between 2017 and March 2020 was
Simon McCoy, who tended to present the programme Monday to Thursday.
Simon continued to present programmes on the BBC after Afternoon Live ceased but later resigned from the BBC in March 2021.
Former presenters
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Carole Walker (2018-2019)
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Nicholas Owen (2019)
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Carrie Gracie
Carrie Gracie (born 1962)Ben Dowel"Carrie Gracie profile: Award-winning journalist with years at World Service" theguardian.com, 12 May 2009 is a Scottish journalist and newsreader best known as having been China Editor for BBC News.
She resign ...
(2019-2020)
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Simon McCoy (2017-2020)
See also
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List of current BBC newsreaders and reporters
References
External links
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{{BBC News
2020s British television series
BBC television news shows
British television news shows