| BBC South East Today | |
|---|---|
 Title card used since April 2022 | |
| Production | |
| Producers | BBC News BBC South East |
| Production locations | Great Hall Studios, Royal Tunbridge Wells |
| Running time | 30 minutes(main 6:30pm programme) 10 minutes(1:30pm and 10:30pm programmes) Various(during weekends andBreakfast) |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC OneSouth East |
| Release | 3 September 2001 (2001-09-03) – present |
| Related | |
| BBC South Today ITV News Meridian ITV News London | |
BBC South East Today is theBBC South East regional television news programme, servingKent,East Sussex, part ofWest Sussex and a small part ofSurrey. Prior to its launch on 3 September 2001, most of the viewers in the region receivedNewsroom South East, though some had been receivingSouth Today.
South East Today is produced and broadcast live from the BBC's South East Regional Production Centre inRoyal Tunbridge Wells with district reporters coveringBrighton,Canterbury,Chatham,Dover andHastings.
Launched with a sole main presenterLaurie Mayer, the programme was briefly the centre of a minor BBC scandal, after Mayer resigned amid accusations of management bullying.[1]
The show then became double-headed, with Beverley Thompson (formerly the programme's health correspondent) andGiles Dilnot presenting. In 2004, Geoff Clark joined the programme. Clark and Thompson presented the programme together for five years until their departure in September 2009.[2] Long-serving weather presenter Kaddy Lee-Preston, who had been with South East Today since its launch left the programme in March 2012.[3]
The main presenter is Natalie Graham with weather presentersNina Ridge and Sara Thornton.[4] The programme's editor is Quentin Smith and the sports producer is Ben Moore. Rob Smith left the programme in November 2020.
The main transmitters that carry the regional news are Heathfield, Bluebell Hill and Dover, with associated relays including Hastings, Tunbridge Wells andWhitehawk Hill. As of 7 March 2012 (followingdigital switchover), the Whitehawk Hill relay transmitter (which serves theBrighton and Hove area) now carriesBBC South East output instead of BBC South, and the region extends as far west asWorthing.[5]
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