Genre Local news Presented by Mike Prince Executive producer(s) Mike Prince | Directed by Lee Bannister Original language(s) English | |
Country of origin England, United Kingdom | ||
Birmingham News is a local television news and current affairs programme, covering the Birmingham, Black Country and Solihull areas, produced by Made in Birmingham. The programme airs twice nightly on weekdays and broadcasts from studios at The Goldmine Centre in Walsall.
Overview
Birmingham News covers stories from Made in Birmingham's broadcast area of Birmingham, Black Country and Solihull. The programme first aired as The Midland on the opening night of Big Centre TV on Saturday 28 February 2015, before relaunching as Big News on Monday 4 April 2016. Following the sale of Big Centre TV to Made Television, the station's news operation was overhauled and relaunched as Birmingham News on Tuesday 8 November 2016.
As of November 2016, three half-hour programmes air each weekday at 1pm, 6pm and 9pm, with an hour-long review programme, Weekend Magazine, airing at 6pm on Saturdays and Sundays. Sports coverage is presented and produced from a satellite studio at Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham.
Birmingham News is presented each weeknight by Mike Prince with videojournalists Olivia Marks, Aaron Wiggins and Norman Bartlam and sports correspondents Gary James and James Brackpool. The station's head of news is Thomas Bowen.
The programme's former presenters include Bob Hall (formerly of ITV Central), producer Jennifer Meierhans (now at BBC Midlands), Lois Swinnerton, Monika Plaha, Roshni Patel and Marverine Cole.