Editing Later... with Jools Holland (section)

==Programme format==
[[File:Jools Holland at the BAFTA's.jpg|thumb|[[Jools Holland]] at the [[British Academy Television Awards 2009]]]]
''Later...'' draws from a diverse palette of both [[Popular music|popular]] and [[world music]], and each show features around five bands with a variety of styles performing for each other and a [[studio audience]] of around 300 people. Jools Holland introduces the show and interviews one or more of the performers. A unique feature is the short [[jam session]] that begins each show, involving all of his invited guests, along with Holland on piano. This beginning jam session also best shows the unusual layout of the set – all the bands are arrayed in a circle with the audience filling in the gaps between them. Holland often also accompanies his guests' performances, with mixed results – [[Mark E. Smith]] of [[The Fall (band)|the Fall]] insisted that he would only appear on the show if Holland would promise not to play piano over any of his songs.<ref name=metroMarkESmith>{{cite news|last=Green|first=Graeme|title=Mark E Smith|url=http://metro.co.uk/2009/10/27/mark-e-smith-636525/|access-date=24 November 2011|newspaper=Metro}}</ref> Over time, these jam sessions have changed - the end of the hour-long show ends with a jam session now - and Jools accompanies relatively few artists in comparison to earlier seasons. The international singer [[Anastacia]] performed live along Jools on the piano the non-single song "Ask Of You".

On 1 April 2008, a new format was debuted, featuring a 30-minute, fully live show broadcast on a Tuesday, ''Later Live... with Jools Holland'', followed by the original hour-long pre-recorded show, ''Later... with Jools Holland'', typically broadcast on a Friday. The Friday show features the performances recorded on a Tuesday as well as others recorded during the session for the live show. The HD hour-long broadcasts use [[Dolby Digital|Dolby Digital 5.1]], which adds to the overall ambience of the studio environment. For Series 51, the hour-long show was moved to Saturday nights, seemingly to accommodate the new BBC One show, ''[[Sounds Like Friday Night]]''.

After the 2012 closure of [[Television Centre, London|BBC Television Centre]] for redevelopment, production from April 2013 moved to Studio 1 at [[The Maidstone Studios]], close to Holland's home in [[Cooling, Kent]].<ref name=KolJools>{{cite web|title=Jools Holland switches TV show to Maidstone |url=http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent_business/home/2013/march/14/jools_holland_switches_tv_show.aspx |publisher=kentonline.co.uk| access-date=22 April 2013}}</ref>

===2018 tendering process===

''Later...'' and ''[[Jools' Annual Hootenanny]]'' were opened up to tender in 2018, with the contract to produce the show being retained by BBC Studios.<ref>{{cite news |title=BBC Studios to Continue Producing Later with Jools Holland |url=https://newsonnews.co.uk/tv/uk/290320191959-bbc-studios-to-continue-producing-later-with-jools-holland/ |access-date=12 April 2019 |work=News on News |date=29 March 2019}}</ref> A number of changes were made to the show's format, with the 60-minute show having a more relaxed feel, including "bespoke films and backstage interviews". Each 60-minute programme also saw Holland joined by a special guest to co-host. The October 2019 series of the programme saw it return to [[Television Centre, London|Television Centre]], where it was filmed until 2012. It is filmed in TC1, the largest studio on the site.<ref>{{cite web |title=Later…with Jools Holland returns to BBC Studioworks' Television Centre studio facility |url=https://bbcstudioworks.com/news/laterwith-jools-holland-returns-to-bbc-studioworks-television-centre-studio-facility/ |website=BBC Studioworks |access-date=12 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

As of Series 54 both editions are pre-recorded: the 30 minute edition airs Thursday night at 10pm, with the 60 minute ''Even Later'' edition airing Friday night, usually at around 11&nbsp;pm to 12 midnight, as part of BBC Two's post-''Newsnight'' late-night line-up.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Carpani |first1=Jessica |title=Jools Holland resists BBC efforts to sideline him as he insists his "co-hosts" will not "present" the show |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/10/08/jools-holland-resists-bbc-efforts-sideline-insists-co-hosts/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/10/08/jools-holland-resists-bbc-efforts-sideline-insists-co-hosts/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |newspaper=The Telegraph |access-date=12 October 2019 |date=8 October 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In 2020, the format was changed due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom|COVID-19 pandemic]], with Holland introducing guests via videolink from his Helicon Mountain<ref name="knightfrank.co.uk"/> home studio and the programme becoming 45 minutes in length, as ''Newsnight'' was now starting at 10:45pm.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/18479269.emily-maitlis-replaced-newsnight-episode-dominic-cummings-comments/|title=Emily Maitlis replaced in Newsnight episode for Dominic Cummings comments|last=O'Toole|first=Emer|date=27 May 2020|work=The National|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Later...with Jools Holland returns in lockdown with Christine and the Queens |url=https://inews.co.uk/news/later-with-jools-holland-coronavirus-lockdown-christine-and-the-queens-426086 |website=inews.co.uk |access-date=25 November 2020 |language=en |date=8 May 2020}}</ref>

After a number of years where the show had been broadcast on Tuesday and Friday nights, in October 2021, series 59 started to be broadcast on a Saturday, still in a 45 minute format, at around 10pm, as part of a schedule block devoted to music programming.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0010dxh/later-with-jools-holland-series-59-1-damon-albarn-and-emeli-sande|title=Later... with Jools Holland - Series 59: 1. Damon Albarn and Emeli Sandé|via=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> In 2022, the programme moved from Helicon Mountain to a permanent location at the restored [[Alexandra Palace|Alexandra Palace Theatre]] in North London, with Wet Leg, Joe Bonamassa and Cat Burns appearing on the first episode recorded at the theatre, which was episode one of series 60.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0017h4h | title=BBC Two - Later... With Jools Holland, Series 60, Episode 1 }}</ref>