The Friday Show1984 A series of 6 programes broadcast in 1984 on Friday nights at 10pm. The featured content was a very mixed bag of light entertainment and was conceived to show the region to the region in terms of leisure, fashion, sport, music and entertainment. Each week the programme would have a live band and a big name guest including, Lenny Henry, Davy Jones (The Monkees) and playwright Willie Russell.
The programme also featured a young Fiona Armstrong who would present a quick round-up of events happening in the North West.
Close Up North1997
Close Up North was BBC North's flagship current affairs programme, it aired on Thursday nights on BBC2
North Westminster2001
Jim Hancock switched from Granada to become BBC NW's political editor.
The titles here use a variation of the BBC News theme, and have constituency names instead of town names.
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Inside Out2006
Local current affairs programme. The series began in 2002 and usually airs in the Autumn, Winter and Spring.
"surprising stories from familiar places". All other BBC English Regions produce their own version using the same programme name.