Spotlight is the BBC's regional news programme for the southwest of England, covering Cornwall, Devon, southern and western Somerset, western Dorset and the Channel Islands. There is also a special version of the programme for viewers in the Channel Islands. The main version of the programme broadcasts between 18:30 and 18:58 on weekdays, with shorter bulletins at other times. The programme can be viewed anywhere in the UK on Sky channel 967/968 on the BBC UK regional TV on satellite service. Its main competitors are ITV West Country's main evening programme ITV News West Country in Cornwall, Devon, southern Somerset and western Dorset and ITV Channel Television's main evening programme ITV News Channel TV in the Channel Islands. Spotlight is broadcast from BBC Broadcasting House in Seymour Road, Plymouth - this is the main headquarters for all BBC South West programming, on TV, radio and online. There are also smaller studios in Barnstaple, Exeter, Paignton, Taunton and Truro.
| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1973 | Episode 1 | 22/10/1973 | 1973-10-22 | 30 min |
| Season 2016 | Episode 1 | The Good Republican | 2016-02-03 | 30 min |
| Season 2016 | Episode 2 | First Minister's First Month | 2016-02-09 | 30 min |
| Season 2016 | Episode 4 | Dublin Gangland Killings | 2016-03-15 | 30 min |
| Season 2017 | Episode 1 | 14/02/2017 | 2017-02-14 | 30 min |
| Season 2017 | Episode 2 | 21/02/2017 | 2017-02-21 | 30 min |
| Season 2017 | Episode 3 | 07/03/2017 | 2017-03-07 | 30 min |
| Season 2017 | Episode 4 | The Doctor Won't See You Now | 2017-03-14 | 30 min |
| Season 2017 | Episode 5 | 21/03/2017 | 2017-03-21 | 30 min |
| Season 2017 | Episode 6 | Martin McGuinness: Armalite to Ballot Box | 2017-03-28 | 60 min |
| Season 2017 | Episode 7 | 23/05/2017 | 2017-05-23 | 30 min |
| Season 2017 | Episode 8 | 30/05/2017 | 2017-05-30 | 30 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 1 | Tien's Story | 2018-05-29 | 30 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 2 | 11/09/2018 | 2018-09-11 | 30 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 3 | Máiría Cahill: The Ombudsman's Report | 2018-09-18 | 30 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 4 | The Dirty Dozen | 2018-09-25 | 30 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 5 | Adoption of Guilt | 2018-10-09 | 30 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 6 | All On The Line | 2018-10-16 | 30 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 7 | Spotlight Special | 2018-10-23 | 60 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 8 | RHI: Feeling the Heat | 2018-11-13 | 30 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 9 | Brexit: Cards on the Table | 2018-11-20 | 30 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 10 | 27/11/2018 | 2018-11-27 | 30 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 11 | The Roma in Belfast | 2018-12-04 | 30 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 12 | Paisley in Paradise | 2018-12-11 | 30 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 1 | Special - 26/03/2019 | 2019-03-26 | 30 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 2 | Brexit, Tories and the DUP | 2019-04-02 | 30 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 3 | Brexit Drama | 2019-04-09 | 30 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 4 | Spotlight Special: European Election Debate | 2019-05-21 | 30 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 5 | Britain First: Hateful Secrets | 2019-05-28 | 30 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 6 | New IRA: The Murder of Lyra McKee | 2019-06-04 | 30 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 7 | 11/06/2019 | 2019-06-11 | 30 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 8 | 18/06/2019 | 2019-06-18 | 30 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 9 | Paisley in Paradise Revisited | 2019-06-25 | 30 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 10 | Spotlight on the Troubles: A Secret History Episode 1 | 2019-09-10 | 90 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 11 | Spotlight on the Troubles: A Secret History Episode 2 | 2019-09-17 | 60 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 12 | Spotlight on the Troubles: A Secret History Episode 3 | 2019-09-24 | 60 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 13 | Spotlight On The Troubles: A Secret History - Episode 4 | 2019-10-01 | 30 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 14 | Spotlight On The Troubles: A Secret History - Episode 5 | 2019-10-08 | 30 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 15 | Spotlight On The Troubles: A Secret History - Episode 6 | 2019-10-15 | 30 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 16 | Spotlight On The Troubles: A Secret History - Episode 7 | 2019-10-22 | 30 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 17 | Spotlight On The Troubles: A Secret History - Behind The Scenes | 2019-10-24 | 30 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 18 | Spotlight Special | 2019-10-29 | 30 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 19 | Fear & Loathing in Quinn Country | 2019-11-05 | 30 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 20 | Death Of A Suspect | 2019-11-12 | 30 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 21 | Fermanagh Abuse Secrets | 2019-11-26 | 30 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 22 | Worse & Worse: The Waiting Lists Crisis | 2019-12-03 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 1 | The Wrightbus Story | 2020-02-18 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 2 | The Killings of the Three Scottish Soldiers | 2020-02-25 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 3 | The Union | 2020-03-03 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 4 | Tackling Suicide | 2020-03-10 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 5 | RHI: The Inquiry Report | 2020-03-17 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 6 | Inside the Pandemic | 2020-05-12 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 7 | Getting Back to Business | 2020-05-19 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 8 | 26/05/2020 | 2020-05-26 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 9 | Covid-19: Care Homes | 2020-06-02 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 10 | The Other Side of the Pandemic | 2020-06-09 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 11 | Pandemic: 999 | 2020-06-16 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 12 | 22/09/2020 | 2020-09-22 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 13 | Conversion Controversy | 2020-09-29 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 14 | Saving Lives and Livelihoods | 2020-10-06 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 15 | Brexit: The Irish Sea Border | 2020-10-13 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 16 | Cancer's Missing Patients | 2020-10-20 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 17 | Pandemic: Domestic Abuse | 2020-11-10 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 18 | Covid-19: The Second Wave | 2020-11-17 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 19 | Testing the Tracing | 2020-11-24 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 20 | Paramilitaries: Clear and Present Danger | 2020-12-01 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 21 | Wind Turbines | 2020-12-08 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 22 | 2020: New Decade New Dilemmas | 2020-12-15 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 1 | Covid and Hardship | 2021-02-16 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 2 | Irish Sea Border: The Fallout | 2021-02-23 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 3 | Covid-19: The Last Lockdown | 2021-03-02 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 4 | Mother and Baby Homes | 2021-03-09 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 5 | Gangland: The Murder of Glenn Quinn | 2021-03-16 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 6 | Lockdown: A Year of Loss | 2021-03-23 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 7 | Spotlight Debate: 30/03/2021 | 2021-03-30 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 8 | BBC Spotlight: A Contested Centenary | 2021-04-20 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 9 | A Contested Centenary | 2021-04-20 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 10 | Policing in the Pandemic | 2021-05-17 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 11 | North Coast Land Deals | 2021-05-24 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 12 | Scotland and the Union | 2021-05-31 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 13 | Unionism: Under New Management | 2021-06-08 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 14 | Libya, the IRA and Victims | 2021-06-15 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 15 | Spotlight Special: 22/06/2021 | 2021-06-22 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 16 | Spotlight Special: 14/09/2021 | 2021-09-14 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 17 | Patient Recall: The Search for Answers | 2021-09-28 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 18 | Living with Long Covid | 2021-10-05 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 19 | Escape from Kabul | 2021-10-12 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 20 | Undercover: Pups for Sale | 2021-10-19 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 21 | Gold Rush: The war in the Sperrins | 2021-10-26 | 50 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 22 | The Cost of Living | 2021-11-16 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 23 | Covid & Care: Searching for Answers | 2021-11-23 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 24 | Raid on the Braid | 2021-11-30 | 30 min |
| Season 2022 | Episode 1 | Spotlight Special: 15/02/2022 | 2022-02-15 | 60 min |
| Season 2022 | Episode 2 | Unsolved: The Murder of Martin O'Hagan | 2022-03-01 | 30 min |
| Season 2022 | Episode 3 | Waste: The Burning Question | 2022-03-08 | 30 min |
| Season 2022 | Episode 4 | Survivors' Voices | 2022-03-15 | 30 min |
| Season 2022 | Episode 5 | War: Inside the Refugee Crisis | 2022-03-22 | 30 min |
| Season 2022 | Episode 6 | The Babymaker Uncovered | 2022-03-29 | 30 min |
| Season 2022 | Episode 7 | Police, WhatsApp & Whistleblowers | 2022-05-31 | 30 min |
| Season 2022 | Episode 8 | From Russia with Blood | 2022-06-07 | 30 min |
| Season 2022 | Episode 9 | Charles's Kingdom | 2022-09-27 | 30 min |
| Season 2022 | Episode 10 | Exposed: Hunting With Dogs - Spotlight | 2022-10-04 | 30 min |
| Season 2022 | Episode 11 | My Mother's Care | 2022-10-11 | 30 min |
| Season 2022 | Episode 12 | Undercover Door to Door: Who's Getting Rich? | 2022-12-06 | 30 min |
| Season 2022 | Episode 13 | Loan Sharks and Paramilitaries | 2022-12-13 | 30 min |
| Season 2022 | Episode 14 | Inside A&E | 2022-12-20 | 30 min |
| Season 2023 | Episode 1 | Seán's Story: Death on the Ward | 2023-02-28 | 30 min |
| Season 2023 | Episode 2 | Lethal: The Secret History of Plastic Bullets | 2023-03-07 | 30 min |
| Season 2023 | Episode 3 | I Spy | 2023-03-21 | 60 min |
| Season 2023 | Episode 4 | Covert Cops: When Spying Goes Wrong | 2023-05-16 | 30 min |
| Season 2023 | Episode 5 | Murder on the Streets | 2023-05-23 | 30 min |
| Season 2023 | Episode 6 | The Spy Who Got Away With Murder | 2023-05-30 | 30 min |
| Season 2023 | Episode 7 | The Price of Justice | 2023-06-06 | 30 min |
| Season 2023 | Episode 8 | Deadly Little Pills | 2023-09-19 | 30 min |
| Season 2023 | Episode 9 | The Electric Road Test | 2023-09-26 | 30 min |
| Season 2023 | Episode 10 | How Do We Fix Our Waiting Lists? | 2023-10-03 | 30 min |
| Season 2023 | Episode 11 | Inside the Policing Crisis | 2023-10-10 | 30 min |
| Season 2023 | Episode 12 | Rogue Doctor: Patients Who Died | 2023-11-21 | 30 min |
| Season 2023 | Episode 13 | The Fear Inside | 2023-11-28 | 30 min |
| Season 2023 | Episode 14 | The Rise of Race Hate | 2023-12-05 | 30 min |
| Season 2024 | Episode 1 | Drugs: In Debt and Danger | 2024-02-27 | 30 min |
| Season 2024 | Episode 2 | Our Dirty War: The British State and the IRA | 2024-03-05 | 30 min |
| Season 2024 | Episode 3 | 30 Years Behind the Mask | 2024-03-12 | 30 min |
| Season 2024 | Episode 4 | Blood on the Dance Floor | 2024-03-19 | 30 min |
| Season 2024 | Episode 5 | Killer Secrets | 2024-03-26 | 30 min |
| Season 2024 | Episode 6 | 28/05/2024 | 2024-05-28 | 30 min |
