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''Politics Now'' was a Scottish political programme produced and broadcast by STV in northern and central Scotland. 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. 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.〔http://www.scotsman.com/news/tories-name-tv-presenter-as-scottish-spin-doctor-1-752369〕 The series was replaced in 2011 by ''Scotland Tonight'', which broadcast Mondays to Thursdays on STV covering current affairs and politics. ==History== Prior to the creation of ''Politics Now'', the political programmes were: * Platform:〔http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/26519〕 Scottish Television Flagship political programme presented Bernard Ponsonby and Michael Crow. The series started in June 1996 as a replacement for Scottish Questions * Crossfire: Grampain Television Flagship political programmes, which started in 1984, present by Anne Makenzie(84-96), John Ingram(1996–99),Michael Crow, (1999-2003) In June 1997, Scottish Television acquired Grampian Television, and from 1999, it was decided to broadcast both series on Scottish and Grampian, with ''Platform'' covering the first six months of the year, with Crossfire covering rest of the year. STV believed this would ensure viewers in both the central belt and the north of Scotland being aware of the issues which affect each part of Scotland. In addition The Week in Politics a weekly digest of the events of the Scottish Parliament which focuses on the work of the radical committee system in the Scottish Parliament, was also introduced in 1999, to complement the two programmes. Both achieved strong ratings, regularly attracting double the number of viewers of ''Newsnight Scotland''.〔Scottish TV Statement of Programme Commitment 2002〕 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「Politics Now」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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