BBC Points West

Points West
Presented by	Alex Lovell David Garmston (main anchors)
Theme music composer	David Lowe
Country of origin	England, United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
Production
Production location(s)	Broadcasting House, Bristol, England
Editor(s)	Neil Bennett
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	30 minutes (main 6:30pm programme)
Production company(s)	BBC West
Release
Original network	BBC One West
Picture format	576i (16:9 SDTV)
Original release	September 1957 (1957-09) – present
External links
Website

BBC Points West (known as News West from June 1991 until May 2000) is the BBC's regional TV news programme for the West of England, covering Bristol, the majority of Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, northern and eastern Somerset, North Dorset, and north east Devon.

History

Regional television news in the West of England began in September 1957 with the start of daily short bulletins. Around this time, news bulletins for the West shared a 5–10 minute timeslot with Welsh news bulletins as the Wenvoe transmitter on the western outskirts of Cardiff was serving viewers in both south Wales and the West of England. The West's regional bulletins were relaunched in 1962 as Points West but still had to share the new 25-minute timeslot with Wales Today.

The launch of a dedicated BBC Wales television station in February 1964 allowed Points West to become a full-length regional news programme broadcast only to the West of England. Between 1991 and 2000, the programme was known as BBC News West.

The team

Producers