The 7 O'Clock News

"The 7 O'Clock News" was the main news programme, broadcast each weekday at 19.00, on British digital television channel BBC Three between 2003 and 2005. Originally called The News Show from the launch of BBC Three in February 2003, it was rebranded later in the year, though retaining the same presentation team.

Compared to the rest of the BBC's news output, the programme had a completely different image and style of presentation, with a turquoise colour scheme in contrast to the standard red and black. Presenters began bulletins standing but ended seated, reviewing the newspapers towards the end of the programme.

On 21 October 2005, the BBC announced that it would end "The 7 O'Clock News" show from December, but continue the "60 Seconds" bulletins, opting to fill the slot, which is immediately after BBC Three comes on air, with "high quality factual programming" ( [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4365628.stm 1] ). Although the show was a cornerstone of the bid to start BBC Three, a report into the BBC's digital output ( [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3740410.stm 2] ) claimed that the show "achieves nothing and attracts tiny audiences", and so the controller of the channel, Stuart Murphy took the step of terminating the show.

ee also

* BBC News