The BBC News at Five is an hour long news programme broadcast from Monday to Friday at 17:00 on the BBC News channel. The programme is fronted by BBC News at Ten anchor Huw Edwards

Huw Edwards (journalist)

Huw Edwards is a BAFTA award-winning Welsh journalist, presenter and newsreader.He is a news presenter for BBC News in the United Kingdom. Edwards presents Britain's most watched news programme, BBC News at Ten, which is also the corporation's flagship news broadcast...

 from Monday-Thursday, the Friday edition is fronted by Gavin Esler

Gavin Esler

Gavin Esler is a Scottish author and BBC television presenter, currently one of the four main presenters on BBC Two's flagship political analysis programme, Newsnight.-Education:...

. The show includes a detailed look at the news, as well as analysis with guests and business, sport and weather updates.

History

The programme started in 3 April 2006 as part of the BBC's relaunch of BBC News presenters, which saw the introduction of the new flagship programme to compete against Jeremy Thompson

Jeremy Thompson

Jeremy Gordon Thompson is a presenter on Sky News, regularly presenting Live at Five weeknights at 5pm.-Broadcasting career:Thompson was educated at King's School Worcester and was a contemporary of Chris Tarrant. Thompson is frequently Sky News' leading anchor on major stories, often presenting...

's Live at Five

Live at Five (Sky TV series)

Sky News at Five and Sky News at Six are the titles of Sky News' authoritative hour-long evening news round-ups, beginning at 5pm and 6pm, British time.-Format:...

programme on rival channel Sky News

Sky News

Sky News is a 24-hour British and international satellite television news broadcaster with an emphasis on UK and international news stories.The service places emphasis on rolling news, including the latest breaking news. Sky News also hosts localised versions of the channel in Australia and in New...

, and to improve BBC News ratings for the hour.

As part of the 2008 rebrand of BBC News

BBC News

BBC News is the department of the British Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well as online...

 the show moved studio along with BBC News Channel, BBC News at One and BBC News at Ten. The show originally broadcast from Studio N8 but moved to Studio N6.

Outside broadcasts

As well as presenting from the studio, the main presenters are called upon to present on location when major stories break. For example Huw Edwards

Huw Edwards (journalist)

Huw Edwards is a BAFTA award-winning Welsh journalist, presenter and newsreader.He is a news presenter for BBC News in the United Kingdom. Edwards presents Britain's most watched news programme, BBC News at Ten, which is also the corporation's flagship news broadcast...

 reported live from Washington for the 2008 US Presidential Elections and has presented live from Basra fom the withdrawal ceremony. He also regularly presented from Westminster. George Alagiah

George Alagiah

George Maxwell Alagiah OBE is a British newsreader, journalist and television news presenter.Since 3 December 2007, he has been the sole presenter of the BBC News at Six and has also been the main presenter of GMT on BBC World News since its launch on 1 February 2010...

 presented from L'Aquila in April 2009 and Haiti in January 2010 when earthquakes struck the countries.

Presenters

Currently the News at Five O'Clock team consists of:

Years	Presenter	Role
2006–present	Huw Edwards Huw Edwards (journalist) Huw Edwards is a BAFTA award-winning Welsh journalist, presenter and newsreader.He is a news presenter for BBC News in the United Kingdom. Edwards presents Britain's most watched news programme, BBC News at Ten, which is also the corporation's flagship news broadcast...	Main presenter, Monday-Thursday
2008–present	Gavin Esler Gavin Esler Gavin Esler is a Scottish author and BBC television presenter, currently one of the four main presenters on BBC Two's flagship political analysis programme, Newsnight.-Education:...	Deputy presenter, Friday
2007–present	Emily Maitlis Emily Maitlis Emily Maitlis is a Canadian-born British journalist and newsreader, currently employed by the BBC.-Career:Raised in Sheffield, she was educated at the local King Edward VII School...	Regular relief presenter
2008–present	Julian Worricker Julian Worricker Julian Worricker is a British journalist, currently working as a presenter of You and Yours on BBC Radio 4 and a relief presenter on BBC News, the corporation's 24 hour rolling news channel...
2009-present	Jon Sopel
2008–present	Nicholas Owen
2009–present	Ben Brown	Occasional relief presenter
2007–present	Louise Minchin Louise Minchin Louise Minchin is an English journalist and presenter. She is currently a regular presenter on the BBC News channel, as well as being the main relief presenter for the BBC News at One and BBC Breakfast and a guest presenter on The One Show.-Early life:Born Louise Grayson in 1968 in Hong Kong , to...
2008–present	Tim Willcox Tim Willcox Tim Willcox is a British journalist for BBC News, where he presents news bulletins for both the BBC News Channel and BBC World News. Generally a relief presenter for the BBC, he is probably most recognisable for presenting the BBC's live coverage from Chile during events surrounding the Copiapó...
2010–present	Zeinab Badawi Zeinab Badawi Zeinab Badawi is a Sudanese-British television and radio journalist. She was the first presenter of the ITV Morning News , and co-presented Channel 4 News with Jon Snow , before joining BBC News. Badawi is currently the presenter of World News Today broadcast on both BBC Four and BBC World News...

Sport, Business and Weather

The weather, sport and business updates are generally presented from the plasma projection screen away from the main desk, unless they are preceding each other. Film 24

Film 24

Film 24 is a 10 minute film related programme shown on BBC News each Friday evening at 17:45. It reviews three new films each week.The programme's expert film critic is usually Mark Kermode, though others do stand in. The programme is part of the BBC News at Five with Huw Edwards which is shown on...

 with Mark Kermode appears during the programme on Friday's between 17:45 and 18:00, and is presented by the anchor and a film critic, usually Mark Kermode

Mark Kermode

Mark Kermode is an English film critic, musician and a member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. He contributes to Sight and Sound magazine, The Observer newspaper and BBC Radio 5 Live, where he presents Kermode and Mayo's Film Reviews with Simon Mayo on Friday afternoons...

, from the same area away from the main desk. It features reviews of all the weeks main releases.