South Today

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South Today
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South Today titles
Format Regional News
Starring Sally Taylor MBE
Production
Producer(s) BBC South, Southampton
Running time Main bulletin:
30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel BBC One South

South Today is the BBC's regional television news programme for Dorset (eastern), Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Berkshire, and the West Sussex county; it also covers Brighton, Oxfordshire, and parts of Surrey, Wiltshire, and Buckinghamshire. Taking over from the original South at Six program from the 1970s, South Today has ten daily weekday slots: 6 bulletins in the morning during BBC Breakfast, a short bulletin at 15:00, a 15-minute programme at 13:30, the half-hour main programme at 18:30, and a 7-minute update at 22:25.

The programme is broadcast live from studios in Southampton. It can be watched in any part of the UK (and Europe) on digital satellite channel 984/985 on the BBC UK regional TV on satellite service.

Since October 2000, BBC South has also produced a news service for the area served by the Oxford transmitter. This began after Newsroom South East was replaced by LDN (now BBC London News) and South East Today (based in Tunbridge Wells). The service, known as BBC Oxford News, is presented by Geraldine Peers on weekdays. It was originally produced by Mark Hayman. From Monday to Thursday, the programme covers the first ten-to-fifteen minutes of the main regional news programme at 6:30pm, before rejoining Sally Taylor in Southampton for the second half of South Today. However, on Friday, a full 30-minute programme is produced for the sub-region. BBC Oxford News (previously known as South Today Oxford) serves viewers in Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Swindon as well as parts of Berkshire, Northamptonshire and the Cotswolds. Viewers in these areas also receive dedicated bulletins at 20:00 (8:00pm) and after the BBC News at Ten, but see bulletins from Southampton at breakfast and lunchtime and on weekends.

South Today switched to the BBC's generic design for regional news programmes on 22 May 2000. The design was revamped on 16 September 2002 and again on 8 August 2005, though on this occasion it did not adopt a new studio until 3 October. A new look Breakfast bulletin was unveiled on Monday 2 July 2007. The information on-screen was given a new colour scheme, with yellows and whites replacing the dark red feel. The opening titles were also revamped to resemble the BBC Breakfast titles. There were no set changes.

On 21 April 2008, the South Today Oxford opt-out service was renamed as BBC Oxford News (although this is referred to on-screen as BBC Oxford). New titles and graphics were introduced in both Oxford and Southampton as part of a on-screen overhaul across the BBC's national, international and regional news services. No new studio sets were introduced.

Contents

[edit] The team

Currently, the South Today and BBC Oxford News on-air team consists of the following:

[edit] Main presenters

[edit] Sports presenters

  • Roger Johnson (South Today)
  • Tony Husband (South Today)
  • Jerome Sale (BBC Oxford News, also stand-in for Geraldine Peers)

[edit] Weather presenters

  • Georgie Palmer (weather forecaster)
  • Mike Powell (stand-in)

[edit] Other presenters

  • Roger Finn (also reporter)
  • Caroline Richardson (also reporter)
  • Allen Sinclair (also Thames Valley Correspondent/Video Journalist)
  • Dani Sinha
  • Jo Kent (also reporter)
  • Stuart Norval

[edit] BBC Oxford News presenters

[edit] Reporters

  • David Allard (also programme producer)
  • Sarah-Jane Bungay (also programme producer)
  • Sarah Burbedge
  • Joe Campbell (Thames Valley Correspondent)
  • Chris Coneybeer
  • Emma Douglas (East Dorset Correspondent/Video Journalist)
  • Danielle Glavin (West Sussex Correspondent/Video Journalist)
  • Peter Henley (Political Editor)
  • Tom Hepworth (North Hampshire Correspondent)
  • Steve Humphrey
  • Sean Killick (East Sussex Correspondent)
  • Briony Leyland
  • Ben Moore (Berkshire Correspondent/Video Journalist)
  • Freddie Rostand

[edit] Former presenters

[edit] External links

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