BBC North West Tonight
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BBC North West Tonight is the BBC's regional evening television news programme for the north west England region, which is comprised of Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Lancashire, and Cheshire. It broadcasts on BBC ONE from its studio at the Broadcasting House, Oxford Road, Manchester.
The equivalent daytime news bulletins are transmitted as "North West Today".
Current presenters include Gordon Burns, and Diane Oxberry. Gordon Burns was previously best known as presenter of ITV game show The Krypton Factor, although he did start as a local evening presenter for Ulster Television, then Granada News in the 1970s. When he joined the programme it apparently experienced a large increase in ratings becoming more popular than ITV's rival Granada Tonight, and has held onto its lead ever since. There is also a weather game held to increase suspense in listening to to the local weather.
External link
- BBC North West Tonight (http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/northwesttonight/)