Wales Today

Wales Today is the BBC's national news programme for Wales, broadcast on BBC One Wales from the headquarters of BBC Cymru Wales in Central Square, Cardiff. According to the BBC, it is the world's longest-running television news programme.[1]

Wales Today
Presented bysee on air team below
Theme music composerDavid Lowe
Country of originWales, United Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
Production locationsBBC Cymru Wales New Broadcasting House, Cardiff, Wales, UK
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time30 minutes
(main 6:30pm programme)
Production companiesBBC Cymru Wales
BBC News
Release
Original networkBBC One Wales
Picture format576i (16:9 SDTV)
Original release17 September 1962 (1962-09-17) –
present
Chronology
Related showsITV News: Wales at Six
Cardiff News
External links
Website

History

Between September 1984 and September 1988, the programme aired at 5:35 pm - one hour earlier than most of its counterpart BBC news programmes elsewhere in the UK - before moving to the 6:30 pm timeslot in September 1988.[2]

On 28 September 2020, Wales Today joined BBC Cymru Wales’ presentation and radio teams at new headquarters in Central Square, in Cardiff's city centre.[3]

On air

In 2020 a separate 30 minute broadcast was added to the schedule during the 2019 Coronavirus outbreak, reporting on live Welsh Government press conferences.[4]

References
  1. http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mypension/en/prospero_oct_2012.pdf
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "TV news last and firsts for BBC in Cardiff". BBC News. 28 September 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  4. https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2020/wales-coronavirus-news
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