Politics Now
Politics Now is a Scottish political programme produced and broadcast by STV in northern and central Scotland, between 2004 and 2011. The programme, broadcast for 40 weeks of the year, on a Thursday evenings after the late STV News bulletin, covered all of the big Political developments in Westminster, Brussels and Holyrood in detail.
| Politics Now | |
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Title | |
| Genre | Politics |
| Directed by | John Mason, Laura Trimble |
| Presented by | Bernard Ponsonby |
| Starring | David Torrance (reporter) |
| Theme music composer | Paul Leonard-Morgan |
| Country of origin | Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Gordon McMillan |
| Producers | Stephen Townsend, Laura Baird (assistant) |
| Production locations | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Cinematography | Colin Matheson, James McLaughlin |
| Running time | 30 min(2009-11) 45min(2004-09) |
| Production company | STV News |
| Original release | |
| Network | STV |
| Release | 8 January 2004 – 30 June 2011 |
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The programme was presented by STV's political editor Bernard Ponsonby with features reports and contributions from the rest of STV's political unit - Westminster correspondent Harry Smith, political correspondent Jamie Livingstone and freelance reporter David Torrance. The programme was originally presented by former political correspondent Michael Crow until his departure from the station in January 2009.
The series was replaced in 2011 by Scotland Tonight, which broadcast Mondays to Thursdays on STV covering current affairs and politics.