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BBC News at Six (close) and BBC Newsline (full edition) (1st October 1999)

Posted on 2nd September 2023
By The Rewind Team
Last updated on 27th August 2023
Filed under Programmes

The final day in a temporary studio for BBC Newsline’s weekday programmes.

VIDEO: BBC News at Six (close) and BBC Newsline (full edition). Presenters: Huw Edwards and Peter Cockroft (BBC News at Six); Donna Traynor, Noel Thompson and Cecilia Daly (BBC Newsline). TX DATE: 1st October 1999. COPYRIGHT: BBC.

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[00:00:00] PROGRAMME: the weather forecast at the end of the BBC News at Six, as well as the closing headlines. Presenters: Huw Edwards (news); Peter Cockroft (weather).

[00:01:26] PROGRAMME: the full 6.30pm edition of BBC Newsline, which is broadcast from a temporary studio, ahead of its relaunch the following Monday.

Presenters: Donna Traynor and Noel Thompson.

This edition of BBC Newsline includes packages by: Rosy Billingham; Mark Simpson; David Morgan; Keiron Tourish; Jacqui Quinn; Annita McVeigh; Michael McNamee; Joel Taggart; Mervyn Jess.

Sports news is presented by Stephen Watson.

The programme includes a preview of BBC Newsline’s new-look studio, which will be on air from Monday.

Cecilia Daly presents the local weather forecast.

[00:31:03] PROGRAMME PROMOTION: for the new local news updates airing within Newsnight from Monday. Presenter: Mark Carruthers.

RELATED ARTICLE: you can view the junction that followed this programme here.

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Broadcaster/Channel: BBC, BBC One, BBC One Northern Ireland
Broadcast Area: UK: National, UK: Northern Ireland

News Presentation Era: BBC NI News: February 1996 - October 1999

On Air Talent: Annita McVeigh, Cecilia Daly, David Morgan, Donna Traynor, Huw Edwards, Jacqui Quinn, Joel Taggart, Keiron Tourish, Mark Carruthers, Mark Simpson (Reporter), Mervyn Jess, Michael McNamee, Noel Thompson, Peter Cockroft, Rosy Billingham, Stephen Watson

Programme Genre: News

Title: BBC News at Six, BBC Newsline

Decade: 1990s

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