| The Nine | |
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| Also known as | The Seven (Fridays and weekends, including Bank Holidays) |
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| Country of origin | Scotland |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | The Nine: 60 minutes The Seven: 30 minutes (Friday), 15 minutes (weekends) |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC Scotland |
| Release | 25 February 2019 – present |
The Nine is a Scottish news bulletin on the BBC Scotland channel which started on 25 February 2019, and is the channel's flagship news programme.
Produced by BBC News, the 60-minute programme is broadcast on BBC Scotland at 9:00 p.m. on Mondays through Thursdays. On Fridays, Saturday, and Sunday evenings, a shortened edition is broadcast at 7:00 p.m. (half an hour on Fridays and 15 minutes on weekends), likewise retitled The Seven.
The programme has a fifteen strong team of presenters and reporters, who present Scottish, UK, and international news from a Scottish perspective. It originally was presented by Rebecca Curran and Martin Geissler from Monday to Thursday[1] and Laura Miller and John Beattie on Fridays. Weekends are hosted by the Reporting Scotland team. Amy Irons and her brother Lewis Irons are the main sports presenters since 2022, with original sport news presenter Laura McGhie currently presenting on the BBC News and World News channels.
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| Tenure | Presenter | Role | Other roles | Notes |
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| 2023–present | Nick Sheridan | Main Presenters (Monday–Thursday) | Seven Days presenter | |
| 2021–present | Laura Maciver | Good Morning Scotland and Reporting Scotland presenter | ||
| 2019–present | Laura Miller | Friday Presenter (The Seven) | Reporting Scotland presenter | |
| Nick Sheridan | Main Presenters (Seven Days) | The Nine Main Presenter (2023-) | ||
| Fiona Stalker | The Sunday Show and Drivetime presenter | |||
| David Farrell | Main Presenter (The Edit) | Entertainment Correspondent | ||
| 2021–present | Amy Irons | Sports Presenters | Former presenter of The Edit | |
| 2019–present | Laura McGhie | BBC Radio 5Live and BBC Sport presenter | Currently on Maternity Leave [2] | |
| Laura Goodwin | Innovation Correspondent | Reporting Scotland presenter | ||
| 2021–present | David Wallace Lockhart | Political Correspondent | Relief Presenter | |
| Anne McAlpine | Relief Presenters | Reporting Scotland presenters | ||
| Sarah McMullan | ||||
| Graham Stewart | ||||
| Andrew Black | ||||
| 2022–present | Louise Cowie | News reporters for Reporting Scotland | ||
| 2023–present | Hope Webb | |||
| 2019-2021 | Rebecca Curran | Former Presenters | Aberdeen news reporter for Reporting Scotland | It is unknown when these presenters will return to the programme. |
| 2019-2022 | Martin Geissler | The Sunday Show and Good Morning Scotland presenter | ||
| 2022-2023 | Gary Robertson | Good Morning Scotland presenter |