BBC North West Region
The BBC North West region covers Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Lancashire, Cheshire, southern parts of Cumbria, the Peak District, northern Staffordshire and the Isle of Man. It is also the preferred region on Deeside and in Flintshire. Transmitters in the extremes of West Yorkshire, covering towns like Todmorden previously broadcast this regional version but now are covered by BBC Look North. The programme can be watched in any part of the UK (and Europe) from Astra 1N on Freesat channel 955 and Sky channel 958. The latest edition of North West Tonight is also available to watch on the BBC iPlayer.
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