Crossfire (Scottish TV programme)
| Crossfire | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Current affairs, politics (regional) |
| Presented by | Various, including Ray Perman, Anne MacKenzie, Joan Ingram, Michael Crow |
| Country of origin | Scotland |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company | Grampian Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | Grampian Television, Scottish Television |
| Release | 27 January 1984 – 2003 |
| Related | |
| Politics Now | |
Crossfire is a Scottish regional television current affairs programme produced and broadcast by Grampian Television between 1984 and 2004 and was the successor to the long-running Points North series, broadcast between 1961 and 1983.
The series was first started on Friday 27th January 1984 as Grampian new fortnightly current affairs series [1] which covered political, business and social issues concerning the northern Scotland region. From Friday 11 October 1985 the series become weekly[2]
The Series was moved to new regular live Thursday slot from Thursday 12 October 1989[3] To give a live feed as part of House of common having camara for the first time, plus to give instant reaction to ongoing events.[4]
When Scottish Television brought over Grampian Television Crossfire was revised to broadcast 6 months of the year while Scottish Television current affair series Platform covered the remaining six months from 1999 and until 2003.
The programme was axed in 2003 to make way for a new political programme entitled Politics Now, co-produced by Scottish and Grampian (now STV Central and STV North respectively).
Presenters
[edit]- Bill Mackenzie (1984-1988)[5]
- Ray Perman (1984-1986)
- Anne MacKenzie (1987–95)
- Quentin MacFarlane (1987)
- Joan Ingram (1996–99)[6]
- Michael Crow (1999-2003)[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Newspaper: Brechin Advertiser. Euro Mp on Grampian. P3 . Thursday 19 January 1984
- ^ Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express: Friday 11 October 1985: 10.30 CROSSFIRE Grampian’s political and current affairs programme returns from its summer break to a new weekly spot. P2
- ^ Aberdeen Evening Express: Thursday 12 October 1989: P2. 1040 CROSSFIRE Crossfire returns live as the House of Commons opens doors to the public for the first time.
- ^ Aberdeen Press and Journal: Saturday 07 October 1989. P13 . GRAMPIAN’S weekly political - Crossfire”, shunts from Friday evening to Thursday evening and goes live, to boot
- ^ Aberdeen Evening Express. Friday 26 October 1984. P2. TV Listings
- ^ Aberdeen Evening Express. Tuesday 24 September 1996. P9. Joan caught in Crossfire. Joan Ingram (right) takes over the anchor role of Crossfire, which returns to the screens for a new series on October
- ^ Aberdeen Evening Express. Thursday 21 October 1999. P28. CROSSFIRE New series. Michael Crow presents the lively political debate.
External links
[edit]- STV Politics at stv.tv
- Crossfire show on YouTube (STV Player)
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