Click (TV programme)

Click
Also known asClick Online (2000–05)
GenreReview show
Presented bySpencer Kelly and Lara Lewington
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes1,000
Production
Production locationsBBC Pacific Quay, Glasgow
Running time30 minutes (approx.)
Production companyBBC News
Original release
NetworkBBC News (UK feed)
BBC News (international feed)
BBC Two
Release6 April 2000 (2000-04-06) –
22 March 2025 (2025-03-22)
Related
Digital Planet
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Click (formerly Click Online) is a BBC television programme which was broadcast between 6 April 2000 and 22 March 2025, covering technology news and developments in the world of technology and the Internet. Its final presenters were Spencer Kelly and Lara Lewington. It was created by then-BBC presenter Stephen Cole.

Since its debut on 6 April 2000, it broadcast a new episode every week, marking its 1,000th episode on 6 July 2019.[1] In October 2024, the channel announced it was to axe the programme after 25 years, alongside its interview show HARDtalk.[2][3][4] Spencer Kelly, the lead presenter of the programme, later confirmed on social media that he had “filmed his final piece for the programme”.[5] This episode was broadcast on 15 March 2025,[6] with the programme's final episode airing a week later.

A successor to the show, Tech Now, launched on 29 March 2025.[7]

  1. ^ Click 1000 - The Future of Television, retrieved 8 July 2019
  2. ^ "CLICK: BBC NEWS TECHNOLOGY SHOW AXED AMID BUDGET CUTS". TV Zone UK. 16 October 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  3. ^ Kahn, Ellie. "BBC News axes Click after 25 years". Broadcast. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  4. ^ "The only technology news that I never wanted to have to bring you. From me and @LaraLewington, thank you so much for having us". X. @Spenley. 16 October 2024.
  5. ^ https://www.threads.net/@spenleykelly/post/DHAua9Vs_zK
  6. ^ https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/showbiz-tv/bbc-click-cancelled-spencer-kelly-31206818
  7. ^ "BBC launches replacement technology programme". Broadband TV News. 24 March 2025. Retrieved 29 March 2025.

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