BBC News Summary


The BBC News Summary was a news update created by BBC News originally to target the professional and working market. It was broadcast every Monday to Friday at 8:00pm and 9:00pm on BBC One.
Like other BBC News bulletins it was presented by a sole newsreader, on Monday to Thursday it was usually Ellie Crisell and on Friday Riz Lateef. After a minute of brief national and international news, a regional presenter provided 30 seconds of regional news headlines and a brief local weather forecast; on BBC One HD in England a national weather forecast was broadcast instead due to there being no regional variations. The 9pm edition was a pre-recorded preview to BBC News at Ten. The 90 second bulletin was axed by the BBC on 30 May 2018.

History

Originally BBC news summaries were broadcast during the day and were launched as part of the BBC's new daytime TV service. The first broadcasts took place on 8 December 1986. Lasting for three minutes, the hourly or near-hourly bulletins formed the backbone of this service. Morning summaries were broadcast on BBC1 and early afternoon summaries were transmitted on BBC2. Each bulletin was followed by a weather forecast. The final afternoon news summary of the day was followed by a regional news bulletin. In October 1990, regional hourly news bulletins were introduced and were broadcast immediately after the BBC1 morning summaries. By the end of the 1990s the summaries were broadcast less frequently and they were phased out altogether during the 2000s.
News summaries also began to be included during broadcasts of the sports anthology series Grandstand from around the same time.
These summaries are not to be confused with generic BBC News bulletins broadcast over BBC One and BBC Two at weekends and holidays.

8:00pm summary

In May 2007 Natasha Kaplinsky and Suzanne Virdee presented the show during its initial pilot in the Midlands.
In October 2007 Natasha Kaplinsky left BBC News, and Kate Silverton was announced as the launch presenter. Initially, the presenter of the BBC News at Six and BBC News at Ten presented Friday editions, but Ellie Crisell later became the Friday presenter.
In February 2008 Silverton left the update to present BBC News at One and was replaced by Crisell, who took maternity leave the following month. During this time Riz Lateef and Celina Hinchcliffe presented the update, while others including Sophie Long and Luisa Baldini also appeared.
On 21 April 2008 the summary got a new logo and graphics as part of a BBC News relaunch. In October 2008 Crisell returned to the update. Riz Lateef became the new Friday and relief presenter.
On 18 March 2013, the programme moved to Broadcasting House, along with the BBC News Channel and the other BBC One bulletins, and began broadcasting in high-definition.
The final 8pm summary was aired on 30 May 2018.

Final Presenters

Main presenter Ellie Crisell left the summary for South East Today and since then multiple presenters have been presenting in a rotation, this consists of:
Monday & Tuesday:
Wednesday
Thursday:
Friday:
If there is no position before the years of being a presenter, this newsreader was either a relief presenter or occasional stand-in presenter.
The bulletin faced criticism from certain quarters with BBC News being accused of "dumbing down" their news content by condensing the day's news into a brief format.