Inside Out (BBC TV series)
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Inside Out is the brand name for a number of regional television programmes in England
broadcast on BBC One
. Each series, made by a BBC region
, focuses on stories from the local area. Commissioned by BBC One controller Lorraine Heggessey
, the programme began on 9 September 2002 and replaced a number of different titles previously used on BBC Two
.
Inside Out England shows selected stories from the regional programmes and is shown across England.
A different region is selected each week for broadcast on BBC One HD.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
broadcast on BBC One
BBC One
BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
. Each series, made by a BBC region
BBC English Regions
BBC English Regions is the division of the BBC responsible for local television, radio, web and teletext services in England. It is one of the BBC's four 'Nations' - the others being BBC Scotland, BBC Wales and BBC Northern Ireland....
, focuses on stories from the local area. Commissioned by BBC One controller Lorraine Heggessey
Lorraine Heggessey
Lorraine Heggessey is a British television producer and former Chief Executive of the production company Talkback Thames...
, the programme began on 9 September 2002 and replaced a number of different titles previously used on BBC Two
BBC Two
BBC Two is the second television channel operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It covers a wide range of subject matter, but tending towards more 'highbrow' programmes than the more mainstream and popular BBC One. Like the BBC's other domestic TV and radio...
.
Versions
- Inside Out LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
– Presented by Matthew Wright. The show addresses topics of local interest from previews on the 2012 Olympics, to following British soldiers in IraqIraqIraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
and UFO sightings over London. Topics of interest have been the demolition of the Heygate EstateHeygate EstateThe Heygate Estate is a large housing estate located in Walworth, Southwark, south London. The estate is currently under demolition.Heygate is one of the most high-profile estates in the United Kingdom, due to its notoriety and usage as a filming location...
in SouthwarkSouthwarkSouthwark is a district of south London, England, and the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Southwark. Situated east of Charing Cross, it forms one of the oldest parts of London and fronts the River Thames to the north...
and the report by Louise HullandLouise HullandLouise Hulland is an English television and radio presenter. Louise was educated at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School and St...
about the rise of female bouncers in clubs across London. - Inside Out South EastSouth East EnglandSouth East England is one of the nine official regions of England, designated in 1994 and adopted for statistical purposes in 1999. It consists of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey and West Sussex...
– Presented by Kaddy Lee-PrestonKaddy Lee-PrestonKathryn "Kaddy" Lee-Preston is a British meteorologist and weather presenter on BBC South East, and regular broadcaster on BBC Radio Kent.Educated at Bradfield College and Reading University she then trained as a meteorologist, spending time as a forecaster for the RAF, gas and electricity... - Inside Out South – Presented by Joe Crowley
- Inside Out South WestSouth West EnglandSouth West England is one of the regions of England defined by the Government of the United Kingdom for statistical and other purposes. It is the largest such region in area, covering and comprising Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire, Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. ...
– Presented by Sam Smith - Inside Out WestWest of EnglandThe West of England is a loose and locationally unspecific term sometimes given to the area surrounding the city and county of Bristol, England, and also sometimes applied more widely and in other parts of South West England.-Use in the Bristol area:...
– Presented by Alastair McKee - Inside Out West MidlandsWest Midlands (region)The West Midlands is an official region of England, covering the western half of the area traditionally known as the Midlands. It contains the second most populous British city, Birmingham, and the larger West Midlands conurbation, which includes the city of Wolverhampton and large towns of Dudley,...
– Presented by Mary RhodesMary RhodesMary Rhodes is a regular sports presenter on BBC World throughout the week and often presents the sport on the BBC One Weekend Bulletins. She has held this role since 2000, but prior to this was with BBC News 24 since its 1997 launch. She hosted the daily magazine programme 110%... - Inside Out North WestNorth West EnglandNorth West England, informally known as The North West, is one of the nine official regions of England.North West England had a 2006 estimated population of 6,853,201 the third most populated region after London and the South East...
– Presented by Tony LiveseyTony LiveseyAnthony Livesey is a British journalist and broadcaster who currently presents a late night show on BBC Five Live. The show runs from 22.30 to 1:00 from Monday to Thursday.-Early life:... - Inside Out North EastNorth East EnglandNorth East England is one of the nine official regions of England. It covers Northumberland, County Durham, Tyne and Wear, and Teesside . The only cities in the region are Durham, Newcastle upon Tyne and Sunderland...
& CumbriaCumbriaCumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...
– Presented by Chris Jackson - Inside Out YorkshireYorkshireYorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...
& LincolnshireLincolnshireLincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
– Presented by Jamie Coulson - Inside Out East Midlands – Presented by Marie Ashby. The show caused controversy in one programme when Ray GoslingRay GoslingRay Gosling is an English journalist, author, broadcaster and gay rights activist. In February 2010, he claimed during a local BBC television programme to have killed a lover, in an act of euthanasia. He was arrested and released on police bail...
admitted to smothering a former lover who had AIDS (this later proved to be false). The programme was filmed in December 2009 and only shown in February 2010. A debate if the BBC should have told the police before the programme aired followed. The BBC was also accused of promoting assisted suicide - Inside Out EastEast of EnglandThe East of England is one of the nine official regions of England. It was created in 1994 and was adopted for statistics from 1999. It includes the ceremonial counties of Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk. Essex has the highest population in the region.Its...
– Presented by David WhiteleyDavid WhiteleyDavid Whiteley is the presenter of the BBC TV documentary programme Inside Out - East.Whiteley was born in Essex and started his career working for the commercial radio station Essex FM in 1995 as a broadcast journalist... - Inside Out Channel IslandsChannel IslandsThe Channel Islands are an archipelago of British Crown Dependencies in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They include two separate bailiwicks: the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey...
– beginning early 2012
Inside Out England shows selected stories from the regional programmes and is shown across England.
A different region is selected each week for broadcast on BBC One HD.