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class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e9/BBC_Spotlight_titles.jpg/220px-BBC_Spotlight_titles.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="123" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e9/BBC_Spotlight_titles.jpg/330px-BBC_Spotlight_titles.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e9/BBC_Spotlight_titles.jpg 2x" data-file-width="423" data-file-height="236" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Title card used since April 2022</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Theme music composer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/David_Lowe_(television_and_radio_composer)" title="David Lowe (television and radio composer)">David Lowe</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country of origin</th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Original language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Production</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Producers</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/BBC_News" title="BBC News">BBC News</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/BBC_South_West" title="BBC South West">BBC South West</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Production locations</th><td class="infobox-data">BBC Broadcasting House<br />Plymouth, Devon</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Camera setup</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Multi-camera" class="mw-redirect" title="Multi-camera">Multi-camera</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Running time</th><td class="infobox-data">30 minutes <small>(main 6:30pm programme)</small><br />10 minutes <small>(1:30pm and 10:30pm programmes)</small><br />Various <small>(on weekends and <a href="/wiki/BBC_Breakfast" title="BBC Breakfast">Breakfast</a></small></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Original release</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Network</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a> <a href="/wiki/BBC_South_West" title="BBC South West">South West</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a> Channel Islands</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Release</th><td class="infobox-data">17 September 1962<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1962-09-17</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> –<br />present</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>BBC Spotlight</b></i> is the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a>'s regional TV news programme for the South West of England, covering <a href="/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Devon" title="Devon">Devon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Isles_of_Scilly" title="Isles of Scilly">Isles of Scilly</a>, southern and western <a href="/wiki/Somerset" title="Somerset">Somerset</a>, western <a href="/wiki/Dorset" title="Dorset">Dorset</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Channel_Islands" title="Channel Islands">Channel Islands</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC_Spotlight_(BBC_South_West_TV_programme)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>BBC Spotlight</b> is broadcast from the BBC Broadcasting House in Seymour Road, <a href="/wiki/Plymouth" title="Plymouth">Plymouth</a>, with smaller studios based in <a href="/wiki/Exeter" title="Exeter">Exeter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Truro" title="Truro">Truro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taunton" title="Taunton">Taunton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dorchester,_Dorset" title="Dorchester, Dorset">Dorchester</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saint_Peter_Port" title="Saint Peter Port">St Peter Port</a>, and <a href="/wiki/St._Helier" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Helier">St. Helier</a>, from where an opt-out service for the Channel Islands is broadcast on weekdays. </p><p>The main half-hour edition of the programme airs at 6.30pm on weekdays with shorter bulletins airing during <i>BBC Breakfast</i> and at 1.30pm on weekdays, after the <i><a href="/wiki/BBC_News_at_Ten" title="BBC News at Ten">BBC News at Ten</a></i> from Sunday to Friday and on weekend evenings. </p><p>The programme can also be viewed anywhere in the UK (and Europe) on <a href="/wiki/Sky_(UK_and_Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sky (UK and Ireland)">Sky</a> channel 967/968 on the <a href="/wiki/BBC_UK_regional_TV_on_satellite" title="BBC UK regional TV on satellite">BBC UK regional TV on satellite</a> service and on demand via the <a href="/wiki/BBC_iPlayer" title="BBC iPlayer">BBC iPlayer</a>. </p><p>Its main competitors are <a href="/wiki/ITV_West_Country" title="ITV West Country">ITV West Country</a>'s main evening programme <i><a href="/wiki/ITV_News_West_Country" title="ITV News West Country">ITV News West Country</a></i> in Cornwall, Devon, Isles of Scilly, southern and western Somerset and western Dorset; and <a href="/wiki/ITV_Channel_Television" title="ITV Channel Television">ITV Channel Television</a>'s main evening programme <i><a href="/wiki/ITV_News_Channel_TV" title="ITV News Channel TV">ITV News Channel TV</a></i> in the Channel Islands. </p><p>Central and East <a href="/wiki/Dorset" title="Dorset">Dorset</a> including <a href="/wiki/Bournemouth" title="Bournemouth">Bournemouth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Poole" title="Poole">Poole</a> and most of <a href="/wiki/Dorchester,_Dorset" title="Dorchester, Dorset">Dorchester</a> is served by <i><a href="/wiki/BBC_South_Today" title="BBC South Today">South Today</a></i> received from the <a href="/wiki/Rowridge_transmitting_station" title="Rowridge transmitting station">Rowridge</a> TV transmitter. North of <a href="/wiki/Dorset" title="Dorset">Dorset</a> including <a href="/wiki/Shaftesbury" title="Shaftesbury">Shaftesbury</a> and all of <a href="/wiki/Somerset" title="Somerset">Somerset</a> is served by <i><a href="/wiki/BBC_Points_West" title="BBC Points West">Points West</a></i> that is receive from the <a href="/wiki/Mendip_transmitting_station" title="Mendip transmitting station">Mendip</a> TV transmitter. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC_Spotlight_(BBC_South_West_TV_programme)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When the BBC introduced regional television news on 30 September 1957, viewers in the South West were initially served by a five-minute bulletin from Bristol shared with what would become the <a href="/wiki/BBC_West" title="BBC West">BBC West</a> and <a href="/wiki/BBC_South" title="BBC South">BBC South</a> regions.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For geographical reasons, the timeslot for regional news had to be shared with a bulletin for Wales. </p><p>In the same year, a Plymouth newsroom had been officially opened to cover Devon and Cornwall for both the television bulletins and bespoke radio bulletins, which had launched on the <a href="/wiki/BBC_Home_Service" title="BBC Home Service">BBC Home Service</a> on 1 October 1956.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Separate bulletins for the South region were launched in January 1961, but the forthcoming launch of the rival ITV service from <a href="/wiki/Westward_Television" title="Westward Television">Westward Television</a> prompted the launch of bespoke <i>News from the South West</i> bulletins on 20 April 1961, just nine days before Westward went on air. The first ten-minute bulletin was read by Tom Salmon, who later became a producer and regional TV manager,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A small television studio was especially constructed within the BBC's Plymouth centre - with facilities built at a cost of £50,000.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Within a year, the BBC was planning to expand the 10-minute regional slot into a 20-minute slot for daily news magazine programmes for the nations and regions. After a number of pilots were produced under the title <i>Six to Six Twenty</i>, the new <i>South West at Six</i> programme launched on 17 September 1962, presented by Peter Crampton with <a href="/wiki/Sheila_Tracy" title="Sheila Tracy">Sheila Tracy</a> deputising.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The programme's first editor was John Tanton, the area news editor for the South West and one of the BBC's first Plymouth-based journalists.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Just over a year later, <i>South West at Six</i> was relaunched again and adopted the title <i>Spotlight South West</i> (later <i>Spotlight</i>) on 30 September 1963.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DA_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DA-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The programme reached its 500th edition on 13 September 1965.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>TV facilities at the Plymouth studios have been periodically expanded with the building of a new 1500 ft² colour television studio in 1972-73. An industrial dispute involving technicians delayed the first colour edition of <i>Spotlight</i> until 5 August 1974.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1978, it became the first BBC regional news programme to employ its own meteorologist, Craig Rich, who continued with the BBC for 25 years. </p><p>The <i>Spotlight</i> production team also contributed networked features and regional opt-outs to the BBC's <i><a href="/wiki/Breakfast_Time_(British_TV_programme)" title="Breakfast Time (British TV programme)">Breakfast Time</a></i> when it launched in January 1983.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the same year, the Plymouth studios began introducing <a href="/wiki/Electronic_news_gathering" title="Electronic news gathering">ENG</a> cameras for newsgathering with film being gradually phased out by July 1987.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A further refurbishment at the BBC's Plymouth studios led to the introduction of new computer technology and production systems in 1991, followed later in the decade by the introduction of satellite newsgathering facilities.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A replacement purpose-built broadcasting centre on the opposite side of Sutton Harbour from <a href="/wiki/Barbican,_Plymouth" title="Barbican, Plymouth">the Barbican</a> was due to replace the Seymour Road studios in 2011<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but the plans later stalled due to the effect of the recession on the construction industry and a change in the original plans. In late 2012, the owner of the harbour expressed fears the move may never happen and admitted other parties had expressed an interest in moving to the site earmarked for the BBC.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2013, the BBC confirmed that it was not moving to Sutton Harbour and instead opted for a further refurbishment of its existing headquarters at Seymour Road.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Presenters">Presenters</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC_Spotlight_(BBC_South_West_TV_programme)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Presenters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Victoria Graham presents the 6.30pm programme. 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href="#cite_note-TVRA-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Chris Denham<sup id="cite_ref-TVRA_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TVRA-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Teresa Driscoll<sup id="cite_ref-TVRA_23-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TVRA-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TWWW_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TWWW-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Hall_(writer)" title="Simon Hall (writer)">Simon Hall</a><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Will_Hanrahan" title="Will Hanrahan">Will Hanrahan</a></li> <li>Sue King<sup id="cite_ref-TVRA_23-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TVRA-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TWWW_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TWWW-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Russell Labey<sup id="cite_ref-TWWW_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TWWW-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Justin Leigh <sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sue_Lawley" title="Sue Lawley">Sue Lawley</a><sup id="cite_ref-TVRA_23-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TVRA-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Hamish Marshall <sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Gillian Miles<sup id="cite_ref-TVRA_23-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TVRA-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juliet_Morris" title="Juliet Morris">Juliet Morris</a><sup id="cite_ref-TVRA_23-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TVRA-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Kawser Quamer (weather presenter)<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Craig Rich (weather presenter) (deceased) <sup id="cite_ref-TVRA_23-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TVRA-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angela_Rippon" title="Angela Rippon">Angela Rippon</a><sup id="cite_ref-TVRA_23-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TVRA-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Scully" title="Hugh Scully">Hugh Scully</a> (deceased)<sup id="cite_ref-TVRA_23-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TVRA-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TWWW_24-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TWWW-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Tracy" title="Sheila Tracy">Sheila Tracy</a> (deceased)<sup id="cite_ref-TVRA_23-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TVRA-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TWWW_24-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TWWW-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="BBC_Channel_Islands">BBC Channel Islands</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC_Spotlight_(BBC_South_West_TV_programme)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: BBC Channel Islands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>BBC Channel Islands</i> is the dedicated <a href="/wiki/Regional_variation" title="Regional variation">opt-out service</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Channel_Islands" title="Channel Islands">Channel Islands</a>. </p><p>Although the BBC maintained a newsgathering presence on the Islands - expanded with the arrival of <a href="/wiki/Radio_Jersey" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio Jersey">Radio Jersey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Radio_Guernsey" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio Guernsey">Radio Guernsey</a> in 1982 - budgetary constraints had prevented the corporation from providing its own local TV news service to compete with the established ITV service from <a href="/wiki/Channel_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="Channel Television">Channel Television</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1988, a minimal service was established with a short two-minute bulletin following the <i><a href="/wiki/BBC_Nine_O%27Clock_News" title="BBC Nine O'Clock News">BBC Nine O'Clock News</a></i> on weeknights, broadcast from a self-op studio at the <a href="/wiki/Fr%C3%A9mont_Point_transmitting_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Frémont Point transmitting station">Frémont Point transmitter</a> and presented by an on-duty newsreader from Radio Jersey.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The basic facilities at Fremont Point were later expanded when the service was expanded to two evening bulletins - an 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