BBC South

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BBC South
BBC South
Headquarters Southampton
Broadcast area Hampshire, eastern Dorset,
western Berkshire,
Oxfordshire, the Isle of Wight,
West Sussex
Nation BBC English Regions
TV Transmitters Hannington
Midhurst
Rowridge
Oxford
Radio Stations
in this area
BBC Radio Solent
BBC Radio Oxford
BBC Radio Berkshire
Key people Mike Hapgood
(Head of Regional
& Local Programmes)

BBC South is the BBC English Region producing local television, radio, web and teletext content for West Sussex, Hampshire, eastern Dorset, western Berkshire, Oxfordshire and the Isle of Wight.

Its television service transmitted on BBC One includes the daily South Today news programme, the opt-out service BBC Oxford News (for viewers served by the Oxford transmitter), the weekly regional magazine programme Inside Out and the weekly Politics Show.

The region is the controlling centre for BBC Radio Solent, BBC Radio Oxford and BBC Radio Berkshire, as well as producing the local editions of the BBC's Where I Live websites and the regional news pages on Ceefax.

The regional headquarters and television centre is in Southampton, with offices and television studios also in Oxford.

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