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BBC South West
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| Headquarters | Plymouth |
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| Broadcast area | Devon, Cornwall, South and West Somerset, West Dorset the Channel Islands |
| Nation | BBC English Regions |
| TV Transmitters | Beacon Hill Caradon Hill Huntshaw Cross Redruth Stockland Hill |
| Radio Stations in this area |
BBC Radio Devon BBC Radio Cornwall BBC Radio Jersey BBC Radio Guernsey |
| Key people | John Lilley (Head of Regional & Local Programmes) |
BBC South West is the BBC English Region producing local television, radio, web and teletext content for Devon, Cornwall and the Channel Islands.
Its television service transmitted on BBC One includes the two separate weekday (once only on Saturday and Sunday) Spotlight news programmes for Devon, Cornwall, parts of Somerset and Dorset and for the Channel Islands, the half hourly news headlines, weather & travel reports during BBC Breakfast morning news broadcast, the weekly regional magazine programme Inside Out and the weekly Politics Show.
The region is the controlling centre for BBC Radio Devon, BBC Radio Cornwall, BBC Radio Jersey and BBC Radio Guernsey, as well as producing the local editions of the BBC's Where I Live websites and the regional news pages on Ceefax.
The regional headquarters and television centre is at Broadcasting House in Plymouth, with offices and television studios also in St Helier.
Services: Television (List) • Radio (List) • bbc.co.uk • BBCi
Nations and regions: East • East Midlands • London • North East and Cumbria • North West • Northern Ireland • Scotland (Alba) • South • South East • South West • Wales • West • West Midlands • Yorkshire • Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
Subsidiaries: BBC Worldwide (BBC Books) • BBC Resources
History: Timeline of the BBC • British Broadcasting Company • Board of Governors
Departments: Monitoring • Natural History • News • Research • Sport • Weather
Key properties: Broadcasting House • Bush House (Rented) • Media Village • Television Centre • White City
Finance: Television licence (Historical)
Management: BBC Trust • Chitra Bharucha (Acting Chair) • Mark Thompson (Director-General) • Mark Byford (Deputy Director-General)