time for news - Brit question

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Yael said ...

I've got a question for you Brits: What time are the evening news? Do 
you even have a major evening edition, like the Americans have the 6 
o'clock and the 11 o'clock news?
 
We have 5 terrestrial channels.

BBC1
BBC2
ITV
Channel 4
Channel 5

ITV and BBC1 are the biggest and most watched.  Both BBC's are state 
channels and do not carry commercials.  Evening news runs at the 
following times now.

BBC1 - 6 pm, 10 pm
BBC2 - no news
ITV - 6.30 pm, 10 pm some nights, 11 pm Fridays
Channel 4 - 7 pm
Channel 5 - 6 pm, then hourly updates all night

Before October 2000, BBC1 ran news at 9pm.  ITV moved from 10 to 11 
in 2000, but have now moved back to 10 for some reason.  There has 
been quite a controversy about that here.

Hope that helps.