The programme runs for 60 minutes, including a ten-minute regional news bulletin at approximately 1:35pm.

The BBC News at One achieved an average reach of 2.7 million viewers per bulletin in 2007, making it the most watched programme on UK daytime television.

Martyn Lewis, who had joined the BBC from rival ITN, was the original presenter of the new One O'clock News, in a single-presenter format.

Martyn Lewis and Michael Buerk, the main anchors of the Nine, along with Anna Ford, acted as relief presenters during this period.

[4] A unified look across BBC news output was introduced on 13 April 1993 from the BBC's studio N2, and the programme, while retaining the One O'Clock News title, adopted the Silicone graphics computer look, which distorted the image into Virtual Reality, a real studio did exist with changeable panels behind the newsreaders, dependent upon the bulletins, made up of three 1 metre, three 1.5 metre, and three 3 metre panels, these being kept in storage racks in N2.

At this time Anna Ford took over as the main presenter of the bulletin in 1999, staying until her retirement from newsreading in April 2006.

Between February and August 2008, Kate Silverton took over as main presenter while Sophie Raworth was on maternity leave.

On 21 April 2008 the programme underwent a graphical refresh and returned to the refurbished N6, and was now known as the BBC News at One.

Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland retained the original 30-minute broadcast length and aired their regular 15-minute bulletins.

However, unlike the BBC News at Six and Ten, Studio E was still in use regularly for the bulletin, until the main launch.

[citation needed]It also features an extended Sport Today and World Business Report.