''Liquid News'' was a daily round up of entertainment news for

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(and before that

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) running from 30 May 2000 to 1 April 2004. The show was also broadcast weekly on

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and internationally on

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and

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. The programme originally evolved from ''Zero 30'', the previous entertainment programme on

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. Once this was dropped from the 24-hour news channel, controller of the then

, Stuart Murphy, took the format and brought it to the channel where it soon became the flagship programme.

Format

Each show started with a rundown of the headlines that featured in that edition of Liquid News after the main titles and the host introducing themselves. The show featured celebrity news from around the world (though mainly the UK), including live reports from staff in

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and

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during the

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. Every edition had guests in the studio with the host to provide their opinions on the news featured, offer their views and to reflect with the host on those stories and to plug their own shows or records that they were promoting at the time. The show would divide itself into sections of discussion which usually fell into the categories of

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and sometimes

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which featured a main story of a pre-recorded or insert live from the regular roster of Liquid News reporters. A number of special editions of ''Liquid News'' were made to celebrate major events in the celebrity world, which left the usual confines of the studio. One such edition took place at a rooftop pool in which Christopher Price was behind a small tiki bar with the guests sitting on bar stools.

Cancellation

In April 2004 the show was cancelled. Murphy, controller of BBC Three and who originally commissioned ''Liquid News'' for BBC Choice, stated that the show would end as a way to "refresh the channel's output to best serve the audience". The news element of the channel was unaffected by the ending of the programme with '' 60 Seconds'' and '' The 7 O'Clock News'' already in existence with the latter revamped as a half hour programme with a larger budget to replace Liquid News. ''The 7 O'Clock News'' was later axed in December 2005, while ''60 Seconds'' departed screens alongside the original incarnation of

as a linear channel in February 2016. Since BBC Three's return to linear television in 2022, its news output has solely consisted of '' The Catch Up''.

Presenters

''Liquid News'' was originally a vehicle for presenter Christopher Price. Following his death on 21 April 2002, the show continued with a variety of presenters, beginning with

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and also including Colin Paterson,

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, Julia Morris,

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, Jonathan Ross, Jo Whiley, Joe Mace and Amanda Byram. The programme was relaunched on 6 October 2002, with Claudia Winkleman and Colin Paterson becoming the main presenters alongside new branding and the introduction of a Sunday night edition, whilst Julia Morris and

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editor Mark Frith presented a revamped Friday evening edition. In July 2003, Paddy O'Connell replaced Colin Patterson, who remained on the programme as a reporter.

Reporters

The lineup of reporting staff included Colin Paterson, Stephanie West, Vanessa Langford, Tamzin Sylvester and Ruth Liptrot.

Theme music

Both versions of the theme tune have been composed by

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, the first of which being an original composition that had not been included on the ''

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'' album titled "Bedhead". The second was a DJ Tiesto remix of " We Are All Made of Stars", which featured on the single release.

References

External links

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