Newsnight

Newsnight is a news program of the BBC that from Monday to Friday at 22.30 h (UK time) is broadcast on BBC Two.

The program has been in existence since 1980 and is considered to be one of the most influential current affairs programmes in the United Kingdom. Newsnight takes about fifty minutes. A shorter version is broadcast on Friday night, which is followed by Newsnight Review, paying attention to art and culture.

In the autumn of 2012 hit the program in trouble by sexual abuse scandals. A report about allegations against the recently deceased disc jockey Jimmy Savile turned out to be deleted for no apparent reason in december 2011. And on 2 november 2012 (not specifically named) was a Conservative politician falsely accused of child abuse. The scandals led to the departure of the Director General of the BBC, George Entwistle.

Well-known presenters are Evan Davis, Kirsty Wark, Laura Kuenssberg Emily Maitlis and Jeremy Paxman, former presenters are, Jeremy Vine, Peter Snow and Donald MacCormick.