| Politics Now | |
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Politics Now titles |
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| Genre | Politics |
| Directed by | John Mason, Laura Trimble |
| Presented by | Bernard Ponsonby |
| Starring | David Torrance (reporter) |
| Theme music composer | Paul Leonard-Morgan |
| Country of origin | Scotland, UK |
| Language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Gordon McMillan |
| Producer(s) | Stephen Townsend, Laura Baird (assistant) |
| Location(s) | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Cinematography | Colin Matheson, James McLaughlin |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | STV News (STV Productions) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | STV |
| Original run | 2004 – June 30, 2011 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Crossfire (1984-2004) |
| Followed by | Scotland Tonight (2011) |
| Related shows | STV News at Six |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Politics Now was a Scottish political programme produced and broadcast by STV in northern and central Scotland. The half-hour programme, running for 40 weeks of the year, was broadcast on late Thursday evenings.
The programme was presented by STV's political editor Bernard Ponsonby with features reports and contributions from the rest of STV's political unit - Westminster correspondent Harry Smith, political correspondent Jamie Livingstone and freelance reporter David Torrance. The programme was originally presented by former political correspondent Michael Crow until his departure from the station in January 2009.
On 25 August 2011, STV announced plans to introduce a 30-minute current affairs programme, Scotland Tonight, on Monday - Thursday nights at 10:30pm. The pan-regional programme, incorporating late news bulletins for STV's regions, is due to begin on Monday 24 October 2011, replacing Politics Now in its Thursday night slot.[1]
Politics Now was broadcast from STV's headquarters at Pacific Quay in Glasgow, sharing the same set as the west opt-out on STV News at Six. Prior to 2005, the programme was broadcast from STV's former headquarters at Cowcaddens, Glasgow and the studios of Grampian Television (now STV North) in West Tullos, Aberdeen.