London Plus was the name of the BBC

BBC

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's regional news programme for southeastern England

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...

. Launched in 1984, the programme represented the BBC's attempt to boost regional news service for the South East. Prior to the launch of London Plus, BBC South East did not have its own dedicated team of presenting staff; regional news bulletins for the South East were delivered by presenters of the main national programme (first Nationwide

Nationwide (TV series)

Nationwide was a BBC News and Current affairs television programme broadcast on BBC One each weekday following the early evening news. It followed a magazine format, combining political analysis and discussion with consumer affairs, light entertainment and sports reporting...

, then Sixty Minutes

Sixty Minutes (TV series)

Sixty Minutes was a news and current affairs programme which ran each day at 5:40pm between 24 October 1983 to 27 July 1984 on BBC One. It replaced the Nationwide programme, and like Nationwide, it also integrated the BBC regional news programmes into a single magazine programme.However, the BBC's...

).

The programme was replaced in 1989 by Newsroom South East

Newsroom South East

Newsroom South East was the name of the BBC's regional news programme for southeastern England. It was launched in March 1989 as the successor to London Plus, the South East's previous news programme...

.

Presenters

• Richard Bath
• Penny Bustin
• Sue Carpenter
  Sue Carpenter
  Sue Carpenter is a former United Kingdom newsreader and television presenter. Born on 17 May 1956, she graduated in English Literature at King's College London in 1977....
  
  
• Steve Clarke
  Steve Clarke
  Stephen "Steve" Clarke is a Scottish association football player and coach, currently the assistant manager at Liverpool. He played for St. Mirren, Chelsea and Scotland, winning three major trophies with Chelsea towards the end of his career...
  
  
• Rob Curling
  Rob Curling
  Rob Curling born from is a British television presenter and journalist. He is most notable as the host of Turnabout, a game show that aired on BBC1 for eight series in the 1990s. Currently, Curling presents the sports news for Sky News. He also fronts the tennis coverage for British Eurosport...
  
  
• Sarah Greene
  Sarah Greene
  Sarah Greene is a British television personality well known for presenting live TV: long-running series e.g. Blue Peter, from 19 May 1980 until 27 June 1983, Saturday Superstore, Going Live for 10 years and big event/awards shows.- Early life and career :Greene was born in London, England, the...
  
  
• Deborah Hall
• Sally Magnusson
  Sally Magnusson
  Sally Magnússon,, is a Scottish broadcaster and writer, currently working for BBC Scotland. She also presents Tracing Your Roots on BBC Radio 4.-Early life:...
  
  
• Lucy Meacock
  Lucy Meacock
  Lucy Meacock is a British television news presenter currently employed by ITV. She presents Granada Reports, a regional news programme for the North west of England.-Early life and education:...
  
  
• Guy Michelmore
  Guy Michelmore
  -Education:Michelmore was educated at the independent St John's School in Leatherhead, Surrey.-News presenter:Michelmore began reporting on Anglia TV's About Anglia before joining the BBC programme Newsroom South East in 1993. Guy left the programme to be replaced by Tim Ewart from ITN. His mother...
  
  
• Linda Mitchell
• Jeremy Paxman
  Jeremy Paxman
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• Caroline Righton
  Caroline Righton
  Caroline Righton , is an English television presenter and author, best known for being a presenter on the daily Breakfast Television station TV-am and being an anchor of the Channel 4 news show, The Channel Four Daily....
  
  
• John Stapleton
  John Stapleton
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• Michael Wale
• Bob Wellings
  Bob Wellings
  Bob Wellings was a BBC television presenter who worked for That's Life!, Look East and Nationwide.-References:...
  
  

External links

• BBC South East at TV Ark - video clips of London Plus open titles