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Geissler, Wark and Miller to front BBC Scotland election coverage – BBC News

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May 28, 2024

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Geissler, Wark and Miller to front BBC Scotland election coverage – BBC News

Image caption, Kirsty Wark, Martin Geissler and Laura Miller will lead BBC Scotland’s election coverage

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Martin Geissler, Kirsty Wark and Laura Miller will lead BBC Scotland’s election night coverage, the corporation has announced.

Geissler, who presents BBC Radio Scotland’s Drivetime programme, will front the results programme from Pacific Quay in Glasgow on 4 July.

He will be joined by Newsnight presenter Wark, who will feed into the UK-wide results programme, and Reporting Scotland presenter Miller, who will be at the election newsdesk.

The comprehensive coverage will also involve BBC Scotland News TV, radio and online teams across the country.

In Glasgow political correspondent David Wallace Lockhart will analyse the results with the help of the latest graphics technology.

Polling expert Prof Ailsa Henderson, from the University of Edinburgh, will also be with the team.

Away from the studio, reporters and correspondents will be live at all the key counts around Scotland as the story of the general election unfolds.

The programme will be broadcast through the night on BBC One Scotland and Radio Scotland.

On Friday 5 July, Good Morning Scotland, presented by Gary Robertson and Laura Maxwell, will be on air from 05:00.

The UK-wide results programme, presented by Laura Kuenssberg and Clive Myrie, will be available on the BBC News channel and on iPlayer.

The BBC News Scotland website will also be bringing the results from every count around Scotland, with analysis of the developing story across the country and the whole of the UK.

For our Gaelic audiences, Donald Morrison and Derek MacKay will present on Radio nan Gaidheal from 22:00.

There will be live digital coverage through the night and extended radio coverage on Friday.

And on Friday evening Anne McAlpine will host an An Taghadh election roundup.

Gary Smith, BBC Scotland’s head of news and current affairs, said: “I’m delighted that BBC Scotland has such a talented team of presenters, correspondents and reporters to tell the story of Scotland’s election night on TV, radio and the website.

“And behind that team of course a brilliant group of producers, camera crews, directors and engineers.

“Election night is a fundamental part of our democracy, and it is one of the BBC’s most important public purposes to report and analyse the unfolding story for our audiences with accuracy, impartiality, insight and wit.”