The Nine (BBC Scotland)
| The Nine | |
|---|---|
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| Also known as | The Seven (Fridays and weekends, including Bank Holidays) |
| Country of origin | Scotland |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | The Nine: 60 minutes The Seven: 30 minutes (Friday), 15 minutes (weekends) |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC Scotland |
| Release | 25 February 2019 – present |
The Nine (also known as The Seven) is a Scottish television news programme on the BBC Scotland channel, covering Scottish, UK and international news.
Broadcast
Produced by BBC News Scotland, the 60-minute programme is broadcast on BBC Scotland at 9:00 p.m. from Monday to Thursday nights.
On Fridays, Saturday, and Sunday evenings, a shortened edition is broadcast at 7:00 p.m. (half an hour on Fridays and 15 minutes on Saturdays & Sundays), likewise retitled The Seven.
History
"Scottish Six" and inception
Plans for a "Scottish Six", a news programme which would see
Following the scrapped proposal for a "Scottish Six" news programme, BBC Scotland announced in February 2017, plans to have the same format proposed be used for a news programme that would air at 9:00 pm on a brand new BBC Scotland TV channel that was launched in February 2019.
In November 2018, BBC Scotland announced details of the programme, including the identity of the show and the presenters.[4] The first episode of The Nine aired on 25 February 2019, a day after the launch of the BBC Scotland channel.
Cancellation and proposed cutbacks
On February 2024, BBC Scotland announced it may axe The Nine, along with weekly review programme Seven Days and the showbiz news programme The Edit as part of cutbacks to the channel's news output.[5]
The Nine is due to be replaced with a new half-hour edition of The Seven each weekday, airing directly after its sister programme
Low viewing figures attracted by the channel's news output has been the subject of frequent criticism. According to newspaper reports in January 2024, one edition of The Nine attracted an audience of 1,700 viewers while an edition of The Seven was watched by just 200 viewers.[5] On the day before the programme's axing was announced, The Nine was watched by 6,000 viewers, officially recording a zero share of viewing.[6]
Presenters
The programme has a fifteen strong team of presenters and reporters, who present Scottish, UK, and international news from a Scottish perspective. It originally was presented by
On-air team
| Tenure | Presenter | Position | Other roles | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–2024 | Graham Stewart | Presenter (Monday–Thursday) | Good Morning Scotland and Reporting Scotland presenter | as The Nine |
| 2019–2024 | Laura Goodwin | Presenter (Monday-Thursday) | Science and Innovations correspondent and Reporting Scotland presenter | |
| Laura Miller | Presenter (Friday) | Reporting Scotland presenter
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as The Seven | |
| Fiona Stalker | Main Presenter (Seven Days) and Presenter (Wednesday-Friday) | The Sunday Show and Drivetime presenter | ||
| David Farrell | Main Presenter (The Edit) | Entertainment Correspondent | ||
| 2021–2024 | Amy Irons | Sports Presenters | Former presenter of The Edit | |
| 2019–2024 | Laura McGhie | BBC Radio 5Live and BBC Sport presenter | Currently on maternity leave[8] | |
| 2021–2024 | David Wallace Lockhart | Political Correspondent | Relief Presenter | |
| Anne McAlpine | Relief rotating Presenters (Monday-Sunday) | Reporting Scotland presenters | ||
| Sarah McMullan | ||||
| Laura Maciver | ||||
| Andrew Black | ||||
| 2022–2024 | Louise Cowie | Reporting Scotland presenters | ||
| 2023–2024 | Hope Webb | |||
| 2024 | Julia MacFarlane | Reporting Scotland presenter
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| Former Presenters | ||||
| 2019-2021 | Rebecca Curran | Former Presenters | Aberdeen news reporter for Reporting Scotland | |
| 2019-2022 | Martin Geissler | The Sunday Show and Good Morning Scotland presenter | ||
| 2022-2023 | Gary Robertson | Good Morning Scotland presenter | ||
| 2019-2023 | John Beattie | Reporting Scotland presenter
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| 2019-2024 | Nick Sheridan[9] | Seven Days presenter (2019-2024) | ||
References
- ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ insider.co.uk (25 April 2017). "STV2 Review: Who needs a BBC Scottish Six now? STV News Tonight has stolen its thunder and with no cringe factor in sight". businessInsider. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ "STV2 to close and jobs lost in £2m cost-cutting plan". Daily Business. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ "First look at The Nine, BBC Scotland's new nightly news programme". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ a b c "BBC Scotland to scrap news programme The Nine". BBC News. 20 February 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ X - @LiamHamilton16, 20 February 2024
- ^ "Meet the news stars of BBC Scotland's The Nine". BBC News. BBC. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ^ "https://twitter.com/LauraMcGhie_/status/1731339039003865498". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 10 December 2023.
{{cite web}}: External link in|title= - ^ "BBC Scotland presenter Nick Sheridan dies aged 32". 7 March 2024.
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