The Nine (BBC Scotland)
The Nine (also known as The Seven) is a Scottish news bulletin on the BBC Scotland channel which started on 25 February 2019, and is the channel's flagship news programme.
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Also known as | The Seven (Fridays and weekends, including Bank Holidays) |
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Country of origin | Scotland |
Original language | English |
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Running time | The Nine: 60 minutes The Seven: 30 minutes (Friday), 15 minutes (weekends) |
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Original network | BBC Scotland |
Original release | 25 February 2019 – present |
Broadcast
Produced by BBC News, the 60-minute programme is broadcast on BBC Scotland at 9:00pm. The Friday and Weekend edition of the programme is aired at 7:00pm and lasts for a shorter 30 minutes on Fridays and 15 minutes on weekends.
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 Rebecca Curran and Martin Geissler from Monday to Thursday[1] and Laura Miller and John Beattie on Fridays. Weekends are hosted by the Reporting Scotland team. Amy Irons and her brother Lewis Irons are the main sports presenters since 2022, with original sport news presenter Laura McGhie currently presenting on the BBC News and World News channels.
Current on-air team
Tenure | Presenter | Role | Other roles | Notes |
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2022–present | Gary Robertson | Main Presenters (Monday–Thursday) | Good Morning Scotland presenter | |
2020–present | Laura Maciver | Good Morning Scotland and Reporting Scotland presenter | ||
2019–present | Laura Miller | Friday Presenters (The Seven) | Reporting Scotland presenter | |
2019–present | John Beattie | BBC Radio Scotland presenter | ||
2019–present | Nick Sheridan | Main Presenters (Seven Days) | Relief Presenter | |
2019–present | Fiona Stalker | The Sunday Show and Drivetime presenter | ||
2021–present | Amy Irons | Sports Presenters | The Edit presenter | |
2019–present | Laura McGhie | BBC Radio 5Live and BBC Sport presenter | Currently working for BBC News, BBC World and BBC 5 Live | |
2019–present | Laura Goodwin | Innovation Correspondent | Reporting Scotland presenter | |
2021–present | David Wallace Lockhart | Political Correspondent | ||
2021–present | Anne McAlpine | Reporting Scotland presenter | ||
2019–present | Rebecca Curran | Currently on Maternity Leave | ||
2019- present | Martin Geissler | Currently on Temporary Break | The Sunday Show and Good Morning Scotland presenter |
References
- "Meet the news stars of BBC Scotland's The Nine". BBC News. BBC. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019.