5 d. ago Newsnight's Kirsty Wark breaks silence on replacements as she addresses format change

BBC presenter Kirsty Wark hosted Newsnight alongside Victoria Derbyshire prior to leaving last year, and she's now addressed the recent news of her 'permanent' replacements

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7 d. ago Gary Lineker picks the perfect place for his opinions after 'anti

IAN HERBERT: His last BBC FA Cup Final anchoring role was preceded by a storm over his sharing of an Instagram post about Zionism.

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1 week ago Davina McCall pays 'uplifting' visit to brain tumour sufferer Kirsty Waugh, 11, after youngster was diagnosed on the same day presenter had surgery to remove her own benign growth

Kirsty Waugh, from Tunbridge Wells, Kent, was diagnosed with a grade one benign brain tumour on 15 November 2024.

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2 w. ago New hosts of BBC's Newsnight FINALLY revealed nine months after Kirsty Wark stood down as presenter of the iconic late night politics show

Kirsty Wark stood down as presenter of Newsnight after 30 years back in July last year, and now after nine months the BBC have finally confirmed her replacement.

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2 w. ago Sheila Hancock on BBC The One Show makes scathing remark about UK's politicians

Praising Winston Churchill on The One Show on the BBC, Dame Sheila Hancock gave her savage opinion on the UK politics scene now, in the wake of the local elections

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3 w. ago BBC Two’s Chess Masters: The Endgame divides opinions as winner is crowned

Thalia Holmes, 20, defeats Richie Kelly, 63, in final after former RAF technician misses a win (can you find it?)BBC Two’s Monday evening show Chess Masters: The Endgame reached its final this week amid a continuing debate between experts, who found it patronising, and social players, novices and children who enjoyed its light touch and focus on personalities. The series was placed in a testing environment, the 8pm slot, sandwiched between the intellectual heavyweights Mastermind and University Challenge.Viewer numbers, as supplied by Broadcast, peaked in the first week at 890,000, then gradually dipped to a low of 535,000 on Easter Monday before rebounding to 655,000, a 5.5% share of the viewing audience, for the final week. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Jeremy Clarkson hits out at 'sad' BBC decision over Top Gear's future

Top Gear was put on ice in 2023 after Freddie Flintoff's 2022 accident, and former host Jeremy Clarkson is urging the BBC to finally listen to his opinion on getting it back on screen

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4 w. ago 'We are not the story': Former Newsnight presenter Kirsty Walk blasts opinionated BBC presenters

Kirsty Wark has spoken out against the rise of opinionated presenters at the BBC, insisting it is not the role of broadcasters to share personal views.

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last month Readers' letters: BBC 'not turning its back on Scottish talent by axeing River City'

BBC Scotland defends its decision to decommission River City, saying it is responding to changing viewing habits

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