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History

"5 News", as it was then branded, was one of the new station's flagship programmes when it launched on 30 March 1997. It was originally produced by ITN, which at the time also provided the news for Channel 4 and ITV. It was announced on 9 March 2004 that Sky had won the new contract to provide Five with its news bulletins.^[1] is the 89th day of the year (90th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... This article is about the British television station. ... Independent Television (generally known as ITV, but also as ITV Network) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK. Since 1990 and the Broadcasting... is the 68th day of the year (69th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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Over its relatively short life, it has pioneered a number of innovations in style, format and content of news and won numerous awards in its early years.^[3]

Anchors

The main newsreaders on relaunch were: lead anchor Kirsty Young (who previously presented ITN's Five News programmes), Helen Fospero, Kate Gerbeau (née Sanderson, who joined from BBC Breakfast) and Barbara Serra. “Anchorman” redirects here. ... Kirsty Jackson Young (born 23 November 1968 in East Kilbride) is a Scottish television journalist, presenter, actress and radio presenter. ... Helen Fospero was born in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire as Helen Morton. ... Kate Gerbeau (born 9th August 1971 in Sutton Coldfield, England) is a British television presenter and newsreader. ... BBC Breakfast is the morning television news programme simulcast on BBC One and BBC News 24. ... Barbara Serra (born 1975, Milan) is an Italian born British based journalist, producer and TV News Reader, who presents at weekends on Al Jazeera. ...

Barbara Serra left to join Al Jazeera English in 2006, and was replaced by Priya Kaur-Jones. She in turn left to present the BBC's The Politics Show in the East Midlands and has been replaced by Asha Tanna from the BBC. Al Jazeera English is a 24-hour English-language news and current affairs TV channel headquartered in Doha, Qatar. ... The Politics Show is an hour long BBC television programme broadcast in the United Kingdom on Sundays at Midday. ... This image is a candidate for speedy deletion. ...

John Suchet was lured out of retirement from ITN, to fill in for Kirsty Young while she was on maternity leave, but later secured a permanent role on her return. Faye Barker is a freelance reporter/newsreader and can often be seen presenting the late evening updates as well as the occasional lunchtime show.^[4] This page is a candidate for speedy deletion, because: almost no content, doesnt indicate notability If you disagree with its speedy deletion, please explain why on its talk page or at Wikipedia:Speedy deletions. ... Faye Barker is a television presenter and reporter in the UK who has worked for Five News, ITV Yorkshire, ITV London, ITN and Sky News. ... Freelance 800F - The compact solution ABBs Freelance 800F control system combines easy engineering with an open, modern system architecture. ... This article is about journalistic reporters. ...

Kirsty Young left Five News in autumn 2007 after ten years as presenter (including a short stint at ITV News between 1999 and 2001). Kirsty left the channel earlier than predicted, to make way for a new look schedule coming early next year. Matt Barbet joined Five News as a correspondent and presenter from BBC London News in October 2007. ITV News is the name of the news broadcasts on British TV network ITV. It has one of the largest television audiences for news in the UK. It is produced by Independent Television News (ITN), and was more commonly known simply as ITN until 1999. ... As well as reporting, Matt Barbet presents late evening and weekend BBC London bulletins. ... BBC London News is the regional news programme for London. ...

It was also announced on 5 October 2007 that Natasha Kaplinsky, co-newsreader on the BBC Six O'Clock News was to leave the BBC in the new year to replace Young.^[5] For other uses, see 5th October (Serbia). ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st Century. ... Natasha presenting the BBC Six OClock News The image above is believed to be a replaceable fair use image. ... The BBC Six OClock News is the evening news programme which is broadcast daily on British television channel BBC One and BBC News 24 from 6:00pm until 6:30pm and is currently presented by George Alagiah and Natasha Kaplinsky. ...

Correspondents

Jonathan Samuels is a senior correspondent, while Lara Lewington has been the weather presenter since January 2003. Five News's [Political Editor|political editor[ is Andy Bell who, along with Catherine Jones, has been with the channel through both its ITN and Sky News periods. Jason Farrell is Five News's Crime Correspondent, though he often reports on other stories including sport. Lara Lewington on Five News Lara Lewington (born May 10, 1979) is a British weathergirl and television presenter on Five, joining in January 2003. ...

News Programmes

Currently, Five News has three weekday news editions:

• A morning edition broadcast between 11.30am and 12.00pm
• An early evening edition broadcast from 5.30pm and 6.00pm
• A mid-evening edition broadcast between 7.00pm and 7.30pm

Former News Programmes

Five has previously aired the following weekday news editions:

• 5 News Early - A breakfast edition broadcast at 06.00 (1997-2000)
• 5 News At Noon (later Five News At Noon) - A daytime edition broadcast at 12.00 (1998?-2004)
• 5 News - The generic name and the nightly edition broadcast at 20.30 (1997-1999)
• 5 News At Breakfast - A shorter breakfast edition broadcast at 06.00 (2000-2001?)
• 5 News At Six - An evening edition broadcast at 18.00 (1999-2001)
• 5 News At 5.30 (later Five News At 5.30) - An early evening edition broadcast at 17.30 (2001-2004)
• 5 News At 7.30 (later Five News At 7.30) - A nightly edition at 19.30 (2001-2004)
• First On Five - A nightly news segment presented within the main 20.30 (and later 18.00) edition (1997-2000)

Features

• Five News provide afternoon and evening updates on the hour, every hour during the week
• A 'ticker' was used during these updates, the first seen on a terrestrial news broadcast, outside of a simulcast with a news channel. It was however switched to a weather ticker before being dropped entirely in 2007.
• A presenter standing up or 'perching' rather than sitting behind a desk^[6] (which has since been used by other broadcasters).
  This feature has now been banned, with presenters at the seating area for all bulletins^[7]
• On air 'teases' from production staff
• Live discussions involving various experts, campaigners, celebrities and political commentators
• Guest editors - these included Ms. Dynamite, Dame Kelly Holmes, Howard Marks and Alastair Campbell
• Your News, a segment of most bulletins given over to viewers' videos and now adapted by many other news programmes under the banner 'user-generated content'^[8]
• On-screen email addresses for reporters while they're on air, a feature previously seen in newspapers. This was dropped a few months after introduction.
• When the contract transferred to Sky News, Five News was the first programme to broadcast (and, for the first time, in widescreen) from the new state-of-the-art news centre at Sky's headquarters in Osterley. It has since been joined by the main Sky News channel and Sky News Radio.

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External Links

• News at five.tv
• Sky News at sky.com

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References

1. ^ "Five to take Sky News bulletins", BBC News, 9 March 2004. Retrieved on 2007-09-29. 
2. ^ "New look for Five News", Transdiffusion Broadcasting System. Retrieved on 2007-09-29. 
3. ^ "RTS Television Journalism Awards 1997", Royal Television Society, 1997. Retrieved on 2007-09-29. 
4. ^ "Young & Suchet to present Five News Evening bulletins", TV Newsroom, 23 August 2006. Retrieved on 2007-09-29. 
5. ^ "Kaplinsky quitting BBC for Five", BBC News, 5 October 2007. Retrieved on 2007-10-05. 
6. ^ "New look for Five News", Transdiffusion Broadcasting System. Retrieved on 2007-09-29. 
7. ^ "Five: Sitting down is the new standing up", MediaGuardian (free subscription required), 1 October 2007. Retrieved on 2007-10-01. 
8. ^ "Your News", five.tv. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.