Spotlight (BBC Northern Ireland TV programme)
| Spotlight | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Current Affairs |
| Country of origin | Northern Ireland |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30–40 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One Northern Ireland |
Spotlight is a BBC Northern Ireland weekly current affairs programme. It debuted in 1973.
The programme is aired on BBC1 Northern Ireland at 10:35pm (and sometimes early) on Tuesday evenings, with a repeat on BBC2. It is available to UK viewers outside of Northern Ireland on BBC iPlayer for a week after the programme. The format usually consists of a half-hour report presented on a rotating basis by a small number of presenters and reporters. At present, these are Mandy McAuley, Lyndsey Telford, Conor Spackman, Julian O'Neill, Stephen Dempster, Jennifer O'Leary, Alan Haslam. Occasionally, the programme consists of a studio format with various reports and panel discussions.
Spotlight is well known for its hard-hitting investigations and in 2008 won a Royal Television Society award for Mandy McAuley's dog-fighting investigation.
It has launched the careers of a number of high-profile broadcasters, including Jeremy Paxman, Alex Thomson and Gavin Esler.