Sportsnight Sportsnight Sportsnight was a midweek BBC television sports programme that ran from 1968 until 1997. "Sportsnight" was a successor to "Sportsview" which started on 8 April 1954. "Sportsview" was devised by Paul Fox, later Controller of BBC1 and Peter Dimmock was the original host for a decade (and did host occasional editions from 1964-68) . The BBC Sports Personality of the Year award evolved as a spin-off from "Sportsview" when the last show of its inception year featured the "Sports Review of 1954". Frank Bough took over as main host in 1964 and "Sportsview" was replaced by "Sportsnight with Coleman"
BBC Radio 2 move to London in April 2008. News bulletins on Radio 2 generally air on the hour every hour 24 hours a day from a studio in BBC Broadcasting House, with headline updates on the half hour from 05:30-08:30 weekdays during the early and main Breakfast Show. In addition to its regular and stand-in presenters, Radio 2 is often joined by guest presenters that host one-off documentaries or short series. Such guests have included David Mitchell, Kristian Bush, Suzi Quatro, Don Henley, Kylie Minogue, Carla Bruni, Ed Miliband, Bryan Adams, Sir Tim Rice, David Quantick, Hugh Laurie, Morgan Freeman and Michael