The Liquid News ident

Christopher Price presenting a Liquid News programme

Liquid News was the daily round up of entertainment news for BBC Three (formerly BBC Choice) running from May 30, 2000 to April 1, 2004. It was originally a vehicle for presenter Christopher Price. Following his death at the age of 34 on April 22, 2002, the show continued with a variety of presenters including Colin Paterson, Claudia Winkleman, Paddy O'Connell and Jo Whiley. Image File history File links BBCliquidnews. ... Image File history File links BBCliquidnews. ... Image File history File links BBCchristopherprice. ... Image File history File links BBCchristopherprice. ... BBC Three, the successor of the similar BBC Choice, is a British television channel from the BBC broadcasting only on digital cable, terrestrial and satellite. ... BBC Choice was a TV station from the BBC which launched on September 23, 1998. ... May 30 is the 150th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (151st in leap years). ... This article is about the year 2000. ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). ... 2002 (MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Claudia Winkleman (born 15 January British television presenter. ... Jo Whiley is a British radio disc jockey on BBC Radio 1 born in Northampton, England on the 4 July 1965. ...

The programme evolved from Zero 30, the previous entertainment programme on BBC News 24, also hosted by Price. Once this was dropped from the 24 hour channel, controller of the then BBC Choice, Stuart Murphy took the format and brought it to the channel where it soon became the flagship programme. BBC News 24 is BBC News 24-hour news television channel in the UK, its international counterpart being BBC World. ... BBC Choice was a TV station from the BBC which launched on September 23, 1998. ...

Later, after the channel was replaced by BBC Three, the channel's controller, Stuart Murphy stated Liquid News would end as a way to "refresh the channel's output to best serve the audience". The news element of the channel was unaffected by the ending of the programme with 60 Seconds and 7 O'Clock News already in existence serving as the replacement. The 60 Seconds ident, note the timer in the top right corner 60 Seconds is a short news programme run between shows and during films on BBC Three. ...

External links

• Liquid News on TV & Radio Bits
• Transdiffusion article on the origins of Liquid News