| BBC Look North | |
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Look North titles |
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| Format | Regional News |
| Presented by | Christa Ackroyd Harry Gration (Main anchors) Paul Hudson Lisa Gallagher Keeley Donovan (Weather presenters) Tanya Arnold (sport) |
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| Producer(s) | BBC Yorkshire |
| Running time | Main bulletin: 30 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | BBC One Yorkshire and North Midlands |
| Original run | 25 March 1968 – present |
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| Related shows | BBC Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire), BBC Look North (North East and Cumbria), Calendar |
BBC Look North is the BBC's regional television news service for West & South Yorkshire, parts of North Yorkshire and the North Midlands. The programmes as produced and broadcast from the BBC Broadcasting Centre at St. Peter's Square in Leeds with journalists also based at newsrooms in Sheffield, Bradford and York.It has been noted it is a very West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire biased show and it has been said on many internet forum sites to be "Leeds-centric".This has been subject of complaints to the BBC.
Look North can be watched in any part of the UK (and Europe) on digital satellite channel 976 or 977 on the BBC UK regional TV on satellite service.
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The Leeds programme covers the areas of Radio Leeds and Radio Sheffield. Due to the size of the North Yorkshire county, the listenership of Radio York is covered by the geographically-multitudinous Look North programmes from Leeds and Newcastle.
Many homes in southern areas of North Yorkshire such as York and Selby have their aerials directed at Emley Moor, meaning they receive the Leeds edition of Look North. In addition, central and southern parts of the Yorkshire Dales receive the Leeds edition of Look North through various relay transmitters. Areas further north such as Wensleydale and some parts of the North York Moors can get a better siginal from the Bilsdale transmitter meaning they receive the Newcastle edition of Look North. Most viewers in Scarborough and Filey receive the Leeds edition from a relay transmitter at Oliver's Mount and in some cases, the Hull edition for East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.
For viewers on Freesat, extreme north areas of North Yorkshire (DL, TS, and YO21/22 postcodes) are allocated the Newcastle edition on both BBC One and ITV1. YO7 and YO62 postcodes are allocated the Leeds edition on BBC One and the Newcastle edition on ITV1. All other postcode areas of North Yorkshire (including York, Scarborough and Harrogate) are allocated the Leeds edition on both BBC One and ITV1.
On weekdays, Look North broadcasts six three-minute opt-outs during BBC Breakfast at 27 and 57 minutes past each hour. A fifteen-minute lunchtime programme follows at 1:30pm before the main 27 minute edition at 6:30pm. A short 30-second headlines update during the 8pm BBC News Summary and a seven-minute late update is shown at 10:25pm, following the BBC News at Ten.
Look North also airs four bulletins during the weekend: a lunchtime bulletin on Saturday, early evening bulletins on Saturday & Sunday and a late night bulletin on Sundays, following the BBC News at Ten. The times of these bulletins usually vary.
The Leeds edition of Look North has been broadcast from Leeds since 28 March 1968. Beforehand, the region had been served by regional television news in Manchester, launched in September 1957 with daily News from the North bulletins for the entire north of England. The start of a separate programme for the North East & Cumbria in 1962 allowed North at Six (later renamed Look North) to focus on the North West and Yorkshire & Lincolnshire areas.
The launch of a dedicated regional news service from Leeds allowed for greater coverage of the two distinct areas on each side of the Pennines. It also coincided with the decision to introduce a separate ITV contractor for the east of the Pennines, Yorkshire Television, which went on air in July 1968 along with its own regional news magazine, Calendar. Prior to that, Yorkshire had been covered by the Manchester-based contractors ABC (weekends) and Granada (weekdays).
The first presenters and reporters of Look North Leeds included David Seymour, Barry Chambers, James Hogg, John Burns and David Haig. Because Look North Leeds was carried on the powerful Holme Moss transmitter following its launch, it could be received in the north-west, Isle of Man, south to near Birmingham and even in parts of Northern Ireland as viewers' correspondence often testified (the Manchester programme then being carried from Winter Hill and restricted to the north-west).
Look North Leeds was the main programme for the whole of the 'BBC North' (later 'Yorkshire & Lincolnshire') region until 11 November 2002, when a new studio had been built in Hull, and the programme split in two. A short opt-out service for the East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire had been in service since 2001.
The programme was first produced from All Souls Church in Blackman Lane, Leeds, where part of the church was converted into TV studios with attendant equipment. Prominent local figures who made appearances at the studios included Jimmy Savile and the rugby league commentator Eddie Waring. The All Souls studio was only equipped for black-and-white.
In 1974 Look North moved to new studios at Broadcasting House on Woodhouse Lane, near the University of Leeds and round the corner from All Souls Church. The new facilities, equipped for colour, remained the base for Look North Leeds and other regional programmes until 26 September 2004. A brand new broadcasting centre was built near the West Yorkshire Playhouse on St Peter's Square, with BBC Look North moving into the new premises on 27 September 2004. The move coincided with the introduction of a new BBC Yorkshire region.
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Regular presenters: Clare Frisby (Mon-Thu); Amanda Harper (Fri) |
Relief presenters: Amanda Harper ,Tom Ingall , Phil Bodmer |
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Regular presenters: Christa Ackroyd, Harry Gration |
Relief presenters: Danni Hewson, Jenny Hill, Amanda Harper |
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Regular presenters: Christa Ackroyd, Harry Gration |
Relief presenters: Tanya Arnold, Phil Bodmer, Amanda Harper, Jenny Hill |
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Relief presenters: Amanda Harper, Phil Bodmer |
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Regular presenter: Keeley Donovan |
Relief presenters: Amy Garcia |
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Regular presenter: Amanda Harper, Phil Bodmer |
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