Real Story

Real Story was a current affairs program that aired on the British television channel, BBC One at 7:30 PM GMT weekly on Mondays. It was hosted by Fiona Bruce, who was also the presenter of Crimewatch. The program was edited by Dave Stanford and produced by Mike Lewis. It focused on the week's major stories such as health issues and political opinions. Fiona Bruce often met some of the victims of the main issues being discussed for use on the program. The show was considered the BBC's version of ITV1's popular program Tonight With Trevor McDonald, which covers similar topics. When Real Story launched on March 10, 2003, the BBC's then head of Current Affairs, Peter Horrocks, called it "a valuable addition to our storytelling capacity - popular current affairs, but with BBC values." On November 17, 2006, the BBC announced that Real Story was to be canceled, making way for The One Show.