Category: News
Date: 07.07.2005
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Following a series of bomb explosions in London today (Thursday 7 July) there have been extensive changes to BBC broadcast schedules.
BBC ONE and BBC News 24 broadcast rolling news during the morning and throughout the afternoon. BBC ONE's One O'Clock News was extended to 55 minutes.
This afternoon's CBBC programmes and Neighbours moved from BBC ONE to BBC TWO.
BBC ONE evening schedule:
6.00pm |
News and Weather |
7.00pm |
Regional news |
7.30pm |
EastEnders |
8.00pm |
BBC News Special |
8.30pm |
Elephant Diaries |
9.00pm |
News |
9.10pm |
Ground Force: Mandela Special |
10.00pm |
News, Regional News and Weather |
10.40pm |
Question Time |
11.40pm |
This Week followed by Weatherview |
12.25am |
BBC News 24 |
Ground Force: A Garden for Africa 05 will be shown at a later date.
The film Fast Company will be shown on BBC TWO at 12.30am.
Signzone has been dropped.
On radio, BBC Radio 4 simulcast BBC Radio Five Live during the morning. Radio 4's World at One was extended to 60 minutes and the network carried a News Special at 3.30pm on FM.
The Radio 4 Six O'Clock News will be an hour in duration and there will be a News Special at 8.00pm.
Five Live's Drive programme from 4.00pm will now be on-air until 8.00pm. There will be a Five Live News Special from 8.00 to 10.00pm.
Other BBC Radio networks and BBC Local and National stations carried extended and extra bulletins.
BBC London 94.9FM has been running extensive travel updates and details of alternative bus routes as well as mobile phone information and advice on getting children from schools.
BBC Radio Scotland had rolling news from 11.00am with Gary Robertson presenting latest information and taking calls from Scots in London. That ran until 3.00pm when Newsdrive came on early and ran until 6.00pm.
Tomorrow Radio Scotland's Morning Extra is extended to 10.00am to allow listeners to express their views.
