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''Newsnight'' is a weekday BBC Television current affairs programme which specialises in analysis and often robust cross-examination of senior politicians. Jeremy Paxman was its main presenter for 25 years, until announcing in April 2014 that he was stepping down.〔(Newsnight – Jeremy Paxman ) BBC News, 20 February 2014〕 Several of the programme's editors over the years have gone on to senior positions within the BBC and elsewhere. The programme's regular presenters, as of 2015, are Kirsty Wark,〔(Newsnight – Kirsty Wark ) BBC News, 20 February 2014〕 Emily Maitlis,〔(Newsnight – Emily Maitlis ) BBC News, 20 February 2014〕 Evan Davis,〔(BBC’s Evan Davis to join Newsnight following Jeremy Paxman’s departure ) Media Guardian, 21 July 2014〕 and Katie Razzall.〔(BBC Two - Newsnight, 19/11/15 )〕 ''Newsnight'' has been broadcast on BBC Two since 1980. It goes out on weekday evenings between 10:30pm and 11:20pm. Occasionally it may have an extended edition if there is an especially significant event in the news – as happened on 7 July 2011, when closure of the ''News of the World'' led to a programme which continued until 11:35 pm. Recent editions are available to view and download for a limited time through the BBC iPlayer.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Newsnight )〕 A weekly 26-minute digest edition of ''Newsnight'' is screened on the corporation's international channel, BBC World News. ==History== ''Newsnight'' began on 28 January 1980〔http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1980-01-28〕 at 10.45pm, although a short news bulletin using the same title had run on BBC2 during the 1970s. Its launch was delayed for four months by the Association of Broadcasting Staff, at the time the main BBC trade union.〔Andrew Billen ("Flagship sails on" ), ''New Statesman'', 7 February 2000〕 ''Newsnight'' was the first programme to be made by means of a direct collaboration between BBC News, then at Television Centre, and the current affairs department, based a short distance away at the Lime Grove Studios. Staff feared job cuts. The newscast also served as a replacement for the current affairs program ''Tonight''. Former presenters include Peter Snow, a regular for 17 years, Donald MacCormick, Charles Wheeler, Adam Raphael and John Tusa, later boss of the BBC World Service. In the early days each edition had an 'auxiliary presenter', a phenomenon pejoratively known at the time as the "Newsnight's wife syndrome".〔 Usually a woman, it was her job to read the news headlines and to introduce minor items. Olivia O'Leary in 1985 became the first principal female presenter; the programme has had a single presenter since 1987.〔("A history of Newsnight" ), BBC News, 28 May 2009〕 ''Newsnight'' is now wholly managed by BBC News.〔 Until 1988, the start time of ''Newsnight'' was flexible, so BBC2 could screen a movie at 9:30pm to dovetail with the conclusion of the main news on BBC1. The fixed time slot of 10:30pm was established in the face of fierce objections from the then managing director of BBC TV, Bill Cotton, otherwise in charge of all scheduling decisions. The very announcement was made without his even being informed. The affair sparked a widely reported row within the corporation. One protagonist said it would "destroy the BBC".〔Chris Horrie and Steve Clarke 'Fuzzy Monsters: Fear and Loathing at the BBC' (1994)〕 ''Newsnight'' moved to new facilities at Broadcasting House on 15 October 2012. Between 1999 and 2014 on BBC Two Scotland the offshoot, ''Newsnight Scotland'', presented by Gordon Brewer, replaced the final twenty minutes of the UK programme from Monday to Friday. From May 2014, ''Newsnight'' is again shown in full in Scotland, but delayed by half an hour to accommodate ''Newsnight Scotlands replacement, ''Scotland 2014''. ''Newsnights signature tune was composed by George Fenton. Various arrangements have been used over the years. On 30 April 2014, main presenter Jeremy Paxman announced that he would be leaving his role on ''Newsnight'' later in the year. In July 2014 Evan Davis was announced as Paxman's replacement. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Newsnight」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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