Up All Night (radio show)

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show_name = Up All Night


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format = News
runtime = Monday - Sunday
1.00am - 5.00am
country = UK
language = English
home_station = BBC Radio 5 Live
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record_location = London, England
first_aired = 1994
last_aired = Present
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audio_format = FM and Digital radio
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website = [http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/programmes/upallnight.shtml Official Website]
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"Up All Night" is a programme broadcast on the national radio station BBC Radio Five Live in the United Kingdom and is on air between the hours of 1am and 5am every night. It is also broadcast on most of the BBC's local radio frequencies across England and on Radio Scotland, Radio Cymru and Radio Ulster and has continued since the station's launch on Monday March 28 1994.

Its main presenter, Rhod Sharp [http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/presenters/media/sharp_pub1.jpg] had proposed the idea of an all-night radio show for the new station which made use of the BBC's correspondents from all over the world. He has continued to present several shows each week ever since.

The show has a heavy interest in the USA and often features news, interviews and even live baseball commentaries from there. The Super Bowl has also been broadcast in an extended program (normally 2200 the previous night until 0500 the next morning); this however is streamed from another provider and thus is not allowed to be broadcast live on the Internet due to copyright regulations.

Other presenters include Richard Dallyn, Dotun Adebayo, Dalya Raphael and Russell Fuller.

The programme has gained a cult audience because of its off-beat approach to the news combined with various regular features, such as the latest Bollywood news with Anil Sinanin and "The World Football Phone-In" with journalists Tim Vickery (South America), Sean Wheelock (North & Central America), Andy Brassel (Europe) and Durosemi Thomas (Africa) covering some of the world's football hot beds. From 2007 "Up All Night" has also been pioneering in featuring a monthly live mental health phone-in with regular guest, Martin Seager, Consultant Clinical Psychologist and adult psychotherapist who heads an NHS psychological services department in the London area.

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/programmes/upallnight.shtml Official webpage]