Afternoon Live (2017 TV programme)

For the Sky News television show previously of the same name, see The Sarah-Jane Mee Show.

Afternoon Live is a programme broadcast on the BBC News Channel between 2:00 pm and 5:00 pm weekdays. It first aired on 2 October 2017. Very early in the COVID-19 pandemic, reduced presenter availability in the official lockdown periods ended the programme. The final edition was on 17 March 2020.[1] The programme did not return with the merger of BBC News with BBC World in spring 2023. A programme now called Verified Live runs between 3:00pm and 6:00pm UK time, normally presented by Matthew Amroliwala.

Presenters

The programme's main presenter between 2017 and March 2020 was Simon McCoy, who tended to present the programme Monday to Thursday. Simon continued to present programmes on the BBC after Afternoon Live ceased but later resigned from the BBC in March 2021.[2]

Years Presenters Role
2017–2020 Martine Croxall Regular Relief Presenter
2017–2020 Ben Brown
2017–2020 Rebecca Jones Occasional Relief Presenter
2018–2019 Reeta Chakrabarti
2018–2019 Rachel Schofield
2018–2019 Shaun Ley
2019 Samantha Simmonds
2019 Geeta Guru-Murthy

Former presenters

See also

References

  1. ^ "BBC News - Afternoon Live - Episode guide". BBC.
  2. ^ "Simon McCoy's iconic moments". BBC News. Retrieved 19 April 2023.