Newsnight: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news programme and runs on BBC2 five nights a week. Its format, with a limited number of items covered in each show, allows an in-depth analytical approach to news stories, with a particular emphasis on political and economic affairs. The show largely eschews the "human-interest" stories favoured by many news programmes.

Series details

• Title: Newsnight
• Format: News
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 1984-09-23
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC Two
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 40 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 9075
• IMDb ID: tt0163471
• TVDB ID: 70342

Cast and credited roles

• Kirsty Wark — Presenter
• Emily Maitlis — Presenter
• Victoria Derbyshire — Presenter
• Evan Davis — Presenter
• Faisal Islam — Presenter
• Emma Barnett — Presenter
• Katie Razzall — Presenter
• Naga Munchetty — Presenter
• Peter Snow — Presenter
• John Tusa — Presenter
• David Sells — Presenter
• Peter Hobday — Presenter

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1984: premiered 1984-09-23; final listed air date 1984-09-23.
• Season 2003: premiered 2003-04-28; final listed air date 2003-04-28.
• Season 2007: premiered 2007-09-03; final listed air date 2007-09-03.
• Season 2008: premiered 2008-09-11; final listed air date 2008-09-11.
• Season 2010: premiered 2010-06-07; final listed air date 2010-10-13.
• Season 2011: premiered 2011-03-01; final listed air date 2011-10-14.
• Season 2013: premiered 2013-10-23; final listed air date 2013-10-23.
• Season 2014: premiered 2014-10-23; final listed air date 2014-11-26.
• Season 2015: premiered 2015-01-05; final listed air date 2015-12-18.
• Season 2016: premiered 2016-01-04; final listed air date 2016-12-16; episode order: 245.
• Season 2017: premiered 2017-01-03; final listed air date 2017-12-19; episode order: 245.
• Season 2018: premiered 2018-01-02; final listed air date 2018-12-21.
• Season 2019: premiered 2019-01-07; final listed air date 2019-12-20.
• Season 2020: premiered 2020-01-06; final listed air date 2020-12-18.
• Season 2021: premiered 2021-01-04; final listed air date 2021-12-17; episode order: 245.
• Season 2022: premiered 2022-01-04; final listed air date 2022-12-16; episode order: 242.
• Season 2023: premiered 2023-01-03; final listed air date 2023-07-28.
• Season 2024: premiered 2024-01-02; final listed air date 2024-12-20; episode order: 248.
• Season 2025: premiered 2025-01-06; final listed air date 2025-12-19; episode order: 250.
• Season 2026: premiered 2026-01-05; final listed air date 2026-06-19.

Source and licence

Adapted from Newsnight on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.