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| rdfs:comment | - Several of the programme's editors over the years have gone on to senior positions within the BBC and elsewhere. Along with Paxman, the programmes regular presenters are Kirsty Wark, Gavin Esler, and Emily Maitlis.
- British weekday current affairs programme, running continuously on weekdays since 1980. It currently airs at 10.30pm on BBC 2, after the BBC 1 news. Famous for its style of interviewing, which involves asking the same question several times to a politician who is clearly trying to avoid answering (most famously Michael Howard, who was asked the same question - "Did you threaten to overrule him?" - twelve times and still waffled around without giving an answer - even though the answer turned out, apparently, years later, to be "no"). Jeremy Paxman (a rare newsreader example of the Deadpan Snarker) is the best known presenter.
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| Related | - Newsnight Scotland
- The Review Show
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| Location | - Studio B, Broadcasting House, London
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| abstract | - British weekday current affairs programme, running continuously on weekdays since 1980. It currently airs at 10.30pm on BBC 2, after the BBC 1 news. Famous for its style of interviewing, which involves asking the same question several times to a politician who is clearly trying to avoid answering (most famously Michael Howard, who was asked the same question - "Did you threaten to overrule him?" - twelve times and still waffled around without giving an answer - even though the answer turned out, apparently, years later, to be "no"). Jeremy Paxman (a rare newsreader example of the Deadpan Snarker) is the best known presenter. Once upon a time, the other star was Peter Snow, whose enthusiasm in explaining wars with sandpits or elections with a "swing-o-meter" was a joy to behold. The final half hour on Fridays is given over to Newsnight Review, which covers the arts and has a panel of famous artists and critics reviewing new movies, music, exhibits, etc. (Cuttingly satirised by Dead Ringers.) The rest of the week, this time is given over to Newsnight Scotland in Scotland.
- Several of the programme's editors over the years have gone on to senior positions within the BBC and elsewhere. Along with Paxman, the programmes regular presenters are Kirsty Wark, Gavin Esler, and Emily Maitlis. Newsnight has been broadcast on BBC Two since 1980. It goes out on weekday evenings between 10:30pm and 11:20pm. Occasionally it may have an extended edition if there is an especially significant event in the news - as happened on 7 July 2011, when closure of the News of the World led to an extended programme which continued until 11:35 pm. Recent editions are available to view and download for a limited time through the BBC iPlayer. A weekly 26-minute digest edition of Newsnight is screened on the corporation's international channel, BBC World News.
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