# BBC Weekend News

BBC Weekend News is the BBC's national news programme on BBC One at the weekend and bank holidays, although it is often referred to on guides simply as BBC News. It is called BBC Weekend News on all bulletins and carries generic BBC News bulletin titles, apart from the late bulletin on Sunday where it is named BBC News at Ten and carries the BBC News at Ten titles.

## Format

BBC Weekend News airs three times on both Saturday and Sunday. The main three bulletins are presented from Studio B in Broadcasting House; they follow a similar format to the weekday bulletins on BBC One, but are shorter in length.
The lunchtime bulletin normally airs at 1:00pm. The programme runs for approximately 10 minutes, and is immediately followed by a weather forecast.
The evening bulletin is usually broadcast at some point between 6:00pm. It runs for 15 minutes and includes an update from BBC Sport in Salford; the programme is followed by a five-minute regional news bulletin, then a weather forecast.
The late edition airs at varying times on Saturdays, and 10:00pm on Sundays. It also contains an update from BBC Sport. Despite being billed as BBC Weekend News in TV listings, the late Sunday bulletin is usually branded on air as BBC News at Ten. The Sunday late news is followed by a regional bulletin.
Until early 2023, the weekend bulletins were also broadcast on the BBC News channel; this practice ended shortly before the merger of said channel and BBC World News. On occasions of major news relating to the UK, the bulletin may be simulcast on the UK feed of the news channel.
In the summer when Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg is off air and the BBC is not broadcasting the Olympic Games or Commonwealth Games there is an additional hour long bulletin of BBC Weekend News, focused on rolling news and updates from BBC Sport.

## Presenters
### Lunchtime

For many years, the lunchtime bulletin was hosted by a presenter from the BBC News Channel; from 2006 to 2015, this was usually Maxine Mawhinney. Following a reshuffle, BBC News 24 launch presenter Gavin Esler became the main presenter until his departure from the BBC in early 2017. Mawhinney briefly returned to the role until her departure in April 2017 and Shaun Ley took over afterwards.
Since the merger of the BBC News Channel and BBC World News in April 2023, there have been no specific presenters for this bulletin; instead, it is generally presented by whomever hosted the early morning shift on the news channel. However since the beginning of 2025, it has been presented by the presenter who covers 14:00 to 18:00 on the channel Martine Croxall announced she would share duties with Kasia Madera as the main presenter.
| Years | Presenter | Current Role |
| 2017–present | Martine Croxall | Main Presenter (alternate) |
| 2014–present | Kasia Madera | Main Presenter (alternate) |
| 2022- | Lucy Grey | Relief Presenter |
| 2022- | Rich Preston | Relief Presenter |
| 2022- | Rajini Vaidyanathan | Relief Presenter |
| 2022- | Lewis Vaughan Jones | Relief Presenter |
| 2022- | Kylie Pentelow | Relief Presenter |
Chief presenters, Ben Brown, Lucy Hockings, Maryam Moshiri or Clive Myrie who cover the evening edition will front the lunchtime news if editorially significant events or if they are covering the morning or afternoon shift on weekends

### Evening

Unlike the lunchtime bulletin, the presenter of the two evening bulletins is usually one of the regular faces from weekday bulletins on BBC One or one of the chief presenters (marked with a †).

### Current presenters

| Years | Presenter | Current role |
| 2007–present | Ben Brown† | Regular presenter |
| 2014–present | Reeta Chakrabarti | Regular presenter |
| 2002–present | Jane Hill | Regular presenter |
| 2009–present | Clive Myrie† | Regular presenter |
| 2023–present | Katya Adler | Relief presenter |
| 2018–present | Tina Daheley | Relief presenter |
| 2022, 2024–present | Luxmy Gopal | Relief presenter |
| 2024–present | Lucy Hockings† | Relief presenter |
| 2023–present | Maryam Moshiri† | Relief presenter |
| 2002–2006, 2024–present | Sophie Raworth | Relief presenter |
| 2008–2013, 2024–present | Riz Lateef | Relief presenter |

### Former presenters

If there is no position before the years of being a presenter, then this newsreader was either a relief presenter or occasional guest stand-in presenter.
* George Alagiah (1999–2002)
* Matthew Amroliwala (2001–2014 and 2022)
* Michael Aspel (Main presenter, 1964–1972)
* Richard Baker (1954–1982)
* Jennie Bond (Main presenter, 1988–1999)
* Fiona Bruce (Main presenter, 1999–2005)
* Michael Buerk (Main presenter, 1988–2003)
* Jill Dando (Main presenter, 1988–1999)
* Robert Dougall (Main presenter, 1964–1973)
* Chris Eakin (2013–2015)
* Huw Edwards (Occasional relief presenter, 1999–2023)
* Gavin Esler (2002, Main presenter, 2015–2017)
* Joanna Gosling (2008–2011)
* Andrew Harvey (Main presenter, 1984–1999)
* Philip Hayton (Main presenter, 1984–1993, 2005)
* John Humphrys (Main presenter, 1981–1993)
* Darren Jordon (2001–2006)
* Kenneth Kendall (1954–1981)
* Sue Lawley (Main presenter, 1983–1988)
* Jan Leeming (Main presenter, 1980–1987)
* Chris Lowe (Main presenter, 1988–1999, 2006–2007)
* Jon Sopel (2003)
* Martyn Lewis (1988–1999)
* Emily Maitlis (2006–2013)
* Maxine Mawhinney (Main presenter, 1999–2017)
* Laurie Mayer (1985–1993)
* Louise Minchin (2006–2012)
* Clarence Mitchell (1999–2005)
* Christopher Morris (1984–1993)
* Angela Rippon (1975–1983)
* John Simpson (1981–1988)
* Peter Sissons (Main presenter, 1993–2009)
* Julia Somerville (2011–2012)
* Edward Stourton (1993–1999)
* Moira Stuart (Main presenter, 1981–1998, 2006)
* Carole Walker (2012–2017)
* Richard Whitmore (Main presenter, 1972–1988)
* Sian Williams (1999–2013)
* Nicholas Witchell (Main presenter, 1981–1999)
* Peter Woods (Main presenter, 1964–1981)
* Nicholas Owen (2007–2018)
* Sophie Long (2010–2013, 2017)
* Rebecca Jones (2015–2017)
* Karin Giannone (2017)
* Simon McCoy (2008–2021)
* Tina Daheley (2018–2020)
* Kate Silverton (Main presenter, 2008–2021)
* Joanna Gosling (Main presenter, 1999–2023)
* Mishal Husain (Alternate presenter, 2005–2022)
* Gareth Barlow (2023)

## Sports News

During the late programme on each day a round up of the days sports news is presented from the BBC Sport Centre at MediaCityUK, Salford. This is usually presented by one of the BBC News channel sports presenters: Olly Foster, Karthi Gnanasegaram, Lizzie Greenwood-Hughes and Katherine Downes.