Click (TV series)
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Click (previously Click Online) is a weekly BBC television programme covering news and recent developments in the world of consumer technology, presented by Spencer Kelly.
There are 3 editions of the programme. There are two 30-minute programmes: One is produced for a UK audience and shown on BBC News 24, the second is produced for a global audience, aired on BBC World, usually identical with a commercial break in the middle. The 15-minute version is shown on BBC One and BBC Two on BBC Breakfast (at the Weekend).
Thursday 29 December 2005 marked the last edition of Click Online, as the show was previously known. This coincided with the departure of Stephen Cole after 295 shows. The programme was rebranded, with new music by Cambridge based composer Kevin Leavy, graphics and presenting style in January 2006 and the programme now concentrates more on consumer issues, and not necessarily the internet or what users can do or visit "online".
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[edit] Presenters
The current presenter of Click is Spencer Kelly who had already been a reporter and producer on the show, and also compiled reports for The Gadget Show on Channel five. Kate Russell shows the websites that are sent in or she finds herself in the weekly Webscape segment.
Previous presenters of the show include Stephen Cole who left the BBC to work for Al Jazeera International and Sevan Bastajian.
With the departure of Stephen Cole, Rob Freeman is the last remaining on-screen member of the original Click Online team. He started the Webscape segment, and currently answers viewers technical questions. There are also other journalists presenting the programme, whose details can be found on the Click website. [1]
[edit] Criticism
The Webscape segment of the programme has received criticism for being overtly politically correct, tending to feature websites promoting multiculturalism and left wing subjects.
- See Criticism of the BBC for further discussion of these issues.
[edit] Usual times of transmission
The following times are local to the UK GMT/BST. Broadcasts are sometimes replaced by other programming at short notice due to the nature of these channels' reactions to news and current events.
[edit] 15 minute edition
- Friday, 07:45 on BBC One
- Saturday, 06:45 on BBC Two
[edit] 30 minute UK edition
- Saturday, 11:30 on BBC News 24
- Saturday, 20:30 on BBC News 24
- Sunday, 04:30 on BBC News 24 (sometimes simulcast with BBC One)
- Sunday, 15:30 on BBC News 24
- Monday, 00:30 on BBC News 24 (sometimes simulcast with BBC One or BBC Two)
[edit] 30 minute global edition
- Thursday, 19:30 on BBC World (all)
- Saturday, 00:30
- Saturday, 06:30
- Monday, 16:30
- Tuesday, 00:30
- Tuesday, 07:30
- Wednesday, 13:30
[edit] BBC website
Every weekly edition of Click since September 2004 is available on the BBC website and is updated after the first showing of the 30 minute UK edition.
All of the programmes are available in RealPlayer and Windows Media format. With the exception of early broadcasts, there are streams optimised for both narrowband and broadband connections.
