Spotlight (BBC Northern Ireland TV programme)
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- For the BBC South West's regional news programme, see Spotlight (BBC News)
Spotlight is the name given to a BBC Northern Ireland weekly current affairs programme.
The programme is aired on BBC1 Northern Ireland at 10.35pm 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 reporter/presenters. At present these are Brian Hollywood, Stephen Walker, Darragh MacIntyre and Bobby Friedman. Occasionally the programme consists of a studio format with various reports and panel discussions.
Spotlight is well known for its hard-hitting investigations and recently[when?] 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 and Gavin Esler.
Spotlight at 40
On the 22nd of October 2013 Spotlight celebrated its 40th anniversary with a special show dubbed'Spotlight at 40'. The show featured interviews with stars such as Jeremy Paxman, Patrick Kielty, Stephen Nolan and Gavin Esler and took a look back at the shows 40-year run including its most controversial shows.
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