Five News

"Five News" is the news programme of British broadcaster Five. It is produced by Sky News.

From 1 January 2005, Sky News was awarded the contract to provide the news for Five, replacing ITN, which had provided the channel's news service from the channel's launch in 1997.

History

"5 News", as it was then branded, was one of the new station's flagship programmes when it launched on 30 March 1997. It was originally produced by ITN, which at the time also provided the news for Channel 4 and ITV. It was announced on 9 March 2004 that Sky had won the new contract to provide Five with its news bulletins. [cite news
title = Five to take Sky News bulletins
publisher = BBC News
date = 9 March 2004
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3546373.stm
accessdate = 2007-09-29]

The first Sky-produced bulletin was meant to be on Monday 3 January 2005 but the Boxing Day tsunami meant it premiered two days earlier in a short Saturday evening update. [cite news
title = New look for "Five News"
publisher = Transdiffusion Broadcasting System
date =
url = http://www.transdiffusion.org/emc/newsdesk/5news.php
accessdate = 2007-09-29]

Over its relatively short life, it has pioneered a number of innovations in style, format and content of news and won numerous awards in its early years. [cite news
title = RTS Television Journalism Awards 1997
publisher = Royal Television Society
date = 1997
url = http://www.rts.org.uk/awards.asp?sec_id=372
accessdate = 2007-09-29]

Newsreaders

Main anchors
*Matt Barbet - Stand in evening programmes (2007-)
*Isla Traquair - Stand in evening programmes (2007-)
*Kate Gerbeau - Lunch programme (2008-)

Other presenters
*Faye Barker - Weekend bulletins (2008-)
*Helen Fospero - Weekend bulletins (2007-)
*Asha Tanna - Evening updates(2007-)

Former presenters
*Natasha Kaplinsky - Main Anchor (2008), currently on maternity leave
*Kirsty Young - Main Anchor (1997-2000, 2001-2007)
*Andrea Catherwood - Main Anchor (2000-2001)
*John Suchet - Main Anchor (2006-2007)
*Charlie Stayt - (1997-2005)
*Roland Buerk - (1997-2000)
*Rob Butler - (1997-2003)
*Elaine Parke - (1999-2003)
*Louisa Preston - (2001-2005)
*Priya-Kaur Jones - (2005-2007)

Weather

Current presenter
*Lara Lewington - Main presenter (2003-)

Former presenters
*Sian Jones
*Jeff Moody

Correspondents

*Jonathan Samuels - Chief correspondent
*Andy Bell - Political Editor
*Jason Farrell - Crime correspondent
*Simon Vigar - Royal correspondent
*Peter Lane - North correspondent
*Alex Thomas - Sports correspondent
*Catherine Jones
*Victoria Gatenby
*Jane Dougall
*Ruth Liptrot

News programmes

Current programmes
Currently, "Five News" has three weekday news editions:

* A lunchtime edition broadcast between 12.30pm and 12.45pm
* An early-evening edition broadcast between 5.00pm and 5.30pm
* A mid-evening edition broadcast between 7.00pm and 7.30pm

Former programmes
Five has previously aired the following weekday news editions:

*"5 News Early" - A breakfast edition broadcast at 06.00 (1997-2000)
*"5 News At Noon" (later "Five News At Noon") - A daytime edition broadcast at 12.00 (1998?-2004)
*"5 News" - The generic name and the nightly edition broadcast at 20.30 (1997-1999)
*"5 News At Breakfast" - A shorter breakfast edition broadcast at 06.00 (2000-2001?)
*"5 News At Six" - An evening edition broadcast at 18.00 (1999-2001)
*"5 News At 5.30" (later "Five News At 5.30") - An early evening edition broadcast at 17.30 (2001-2004)
*"5 News At 7.30" (later "Five News At 7.30") - A nightly edition at 19.30 (2001-2004)
*"First On Five" - A nightly news segment presented within the main 20.30 (and later 18.00) edition (1997-2000)

Features

* "Five News" provide afternoon and evening updates on the hour, every hour during the week
* A 'ticker' was used during these updates, the first seen on a terrestrial news broadcast, outside of a simulcast with a news channel. It was however switched to a weather ticker before being dropped entirely in 2007.
* A presenter standing up or 'perching' rather than sitting behind a desk [cite news
title = New look for "Five News"
publisher = Transdiffusion Broadcasting System
date =
url = http://www.transdiffusion.org/emc/newsdesk/5news.php
accessdate = 2007-09-29] (which has since been used by other broadcasters).
This feature has now been banned, with presenters at the seating area for all bulletins [cite news
title = Five: Sitting down is the new standing up
publisher = MediaGuardian (free subscription required)
date = 1 October 2007
url = http://media.guardian.co.uk/broadcast/story/0,,2181260,00.html
accessdate = 2007-10-01]
* On air 'teases' from production staff
* Live discussions involving various experts, campaigners, celebrities and political commentators
* Guest editors - these included Ms. Dynamite, Dame Kelly Holmes, Howard Marks and Alastair Campbell
* "Your News", a segment of most bulletins given over to viewers' videos and now adapted by many other news programmes under the banner 'user-generated content' [cite news
title = Your News
publisher = five.tv
date =
url = http://news.five.tv/your_news.asp?sid=2
accessdate = 2007-09-29]
* On-screen email addresses for reporters while they're on air, a feature previously seen in newspapers. This was dropped a few months after introduction.
* When the contract transferred to Sky News, "Five News" was the first programme to broadcast (and, for the first time, in widescreen) from the new state-of-the-art news centre at Sky's headquarters in Osterley. It has since been joined by the main Sky News channel and Sky News Radio.

References

External links

* [http://www.five.tv/news News] at five.tv
* [http://www.skynews.com Sky News] at skynews.com
* [http://www.fivetvonline.tv/natashas_newsroom.php Natasha's Newsroom blog]