30 minutes to 15 minutes. 2015 No events. 2016 No events. 2017 No events. 2018 No events. 2019 No events. 2020s 2020 29 January – BBC News announces it will shed 450 posts, including roles from BBC Radio 5 Live, as part of £80m worth of savings being made by the BBC. 20 March – Rhod Sharp presents Up All Night on BBC Radio 5 Live for the final time. He had presented the programme since the station's first night on air, more than 25 years earlier. 23 March – In order to prioritise resources during the COVID-19 pandemic, 5 Live suspends overnight programmes between 1am and 5 am and carries the output of BBC Radio London. This continues until early July when 5 Live resumes its overnight programming on weekdays with Dotun Adebayo replacing Rhod Sharp, and the programme no longer being called Up All Night. April – Due to COVID-19, BBC Radio 5 Live's news bulletins are shared with BBC Radio 2. Three minute bulletins are broadcast on the hour, with extended five minute bulletins at breakfast and on weekday early evenings. Having been on air since Radio 5 Live launched, Morning Reports, the 5am news bulletin, is axed as part of cost cutting measures. The bulletin is replaced by an extended Wake Up to Money, which now broadcasts for the full 5am hour. 10 December – BBC Radio 5 Live's Question Time Extra Time is broadcast for the final time. 2021 9th April – All BBC radio networks interrupt normal schedules to announce the death of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, interrupting programming at 12:07PM. The programme airs on all networks until around 5pm. 2022 8 September – Just after Buckingham Palace announces the Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II, all BBC radio stations - local and national - begin broadcasting a special news programme reporting on Her Majesty's death. The programme continues until the following morning, after which stations start to break away from the continuous news coverage. 19 September – All BBC radio stations broadcast live coverage of the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. See also Timeline of BBC Television News References BBC Radio News