Editing BBC Proms (section)

=={{anchor|Proms in the Park}}Proms in the Park==
The Royal Albert Hall could be filled many times over with people who would wish to attend. To involve extra people, and to cater for those who are not near London, ''Proms in the Park'' concerts took place from 1996 to 2019. Initially there was one, in [[Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park]] adjacent to the Hall, which was a simple video relay of the concert at the Royal Albert Hall. As audiences grew, Proms in the Park started to have musicians of their own on stage, including the [[BBC Concert Orchestra]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/erj5q9|title=Proms in the Park, Hyde Park|website=BBC Music Events|language=en|access-date=2019-03-22}}</ref>

In the 2000s, Proms in the Park started to be held in other locations across the UK, usually with one of the BBC's orchestras playing. In 2005, [[Belfast]], Glasgow, [[Swansea]] and [[Manchester]] hosted a Last Night Prom in the Park, broadcast live from each venue. In 2007 Manchester's prom was replaced by one in [[Middlesbrough]]. In 2008 the number reduced from five to four, in Hyde Park, Belfast, Glasgow and Swansea.  2009 returned to a total of five, in Hyde Park, Glasgow, Swansea, [[County Down]] and [[Salford]]. Each location had its own live concert, typically playing the national anthem of the host country, before joining in a live big screen video link up with the Royal Albert Hall for the traditional finale.

In later years Proms in the Park became a series of established events in their own right, with events in Hyde Park and in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, managed by BBC Scotland, BBC Cymru Wales and BBC Northern Ireland respectively, in conjunction with the host local authority. Each event had a presenting team, a live orchestra, a video link to the Last Night of the Proms in London, and guest soloists and choirs. Events tended to move to different cities to cover a wider geographical area within the host nations.

All of these events were incorporated within BBC One's live coverage of the Last Night of the Proms, with live link-ups to each of the venues. However, some more traditional elements of the Last Night of the Proms (such as "Jerusalem", "Rule Britannia" and "Land of Hope and Glory") were removed on some years depending on local politics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/bbc-belfast-proms-in-park-is-different-concert-to-royal-albert-hall-1-8632094|title=BBC: Belfast Proms in Park is 'different concert' to Royal Albert Hall|website=www.newsletter.co.uk|date=11 September 2018 |language=en|access-date=2019-03-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/853003/BBC-Proms-in-the-Park-2017-last-night-Royal-Albert-Hall-London-Glasgow-Swansea|title='Pandering to separatists' BBC under fire as Scots DENIED patriotic British songs at Proms|last=Akerstedt|first=Ida|date=2017-09-12|website=Express.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-03-22}}</ref>

As the popularity of Proms in the Park grew, many communities across the UK decided to hold their own "Proms in the Park" events that were not affiliated with the BBC. The last official Proms in the Park took place in 2019, and no plans for its return have been announced.

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!Year
![[BBC Concert Orchestra]]
![[BBC National Orchestra of Wales|BBC National Orchestra<br />and Chorus of Wales]]
![[BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra]]
![[Ulster Orchestra]]
![[BBC Philharmonic]] (P)<br />[[Hallé Orchestra]] (H)<br />Northern Sinfonia (NS)
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|1996<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/arts-proms-in-the-park-for-the-first-time-tonights-the-night-1363147.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/arts-proms-in-the-park-for-the-first-time-tonights-the-night-1363147.html |archive-date=18 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Arts: Proms in the Park: for the first time. Tonight's the night...|date=1996-09-14|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=2019-03-22}}</ref>
| rowspan="24" |Hyde Park, London
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! rowspan="6" |
! rowspan="5" |
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|1997
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|1998
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|1999
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|2000
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|2001
| rowspan="2" |Music Centre Gateshead<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/7110595.albert-hall-link-with-last-night-of-the-proms/|title=Albert Hall link with Last Night of the Proms|website=The Northern Echo|language=en|date= 4 May 2001|access-date=2019-03-22}}</ref> (NS)
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|2002<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2002/04_april/25/proms2002_shtml.shtml|title=BBC - Press Office - Proms 2002|website=www.bbc.co.uk|access-date=2019-03-22}}</ref>
|Belfast<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2002/09_september/03/last_night.shtml|title=BBC - Press Office - Last Night of the Proms|website=www.bbc.co.uk|access-date=2019-03-22}}</ref>
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|2003<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.etnow.com/news/2003/10/bbc-proms-in-the-park-feeds-40-000-with-martin-line-array|title=BBC Proms in the Park Feeds 40,000 with Martin Line Array - ETNow.com|website=www.etnow.com|access-date=2019-03-22}}</ref>
| rowspan="8" |[[Singleton Park|Singleton Park, Swansea]]
| rowspan="2" |Pacific Quay, Glasgow
| rowspan="2" |Donegal Square, Belfast
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|2004<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/06_june/17/corrsinthepark.shtml|title=BBC - Press Office - Corrs at Proms in the Park|website=www.bbc.co.uk|access-date=2019-03-22}}</ref>
|Cathedral Gardens, Manchester (H)
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|2005
| rowspan="5" |[[Glasgow Green]]
| rowspan="2" |Belfast City Hall
| rowspan="2" |Heaton Park, Manchester<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2006/08/11/proms_2006_manchester_event_feature.shtml|title=BBC - Manchester - Entertainment - BBC Proms in the Park|website=www.bbc.co.uk|access-date=2019-03-22}}</ref> (P)
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|2006
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|2007<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/04_april/25/proms_park.shtml|title=BBC - Press Office - BBC Proms 2007: BBC Proms In The Park|website=www.bbc.co.uk|access-date=2019-03-22}}</ref>
|Carrickfergus Castle
|Centre Square, Middlesbrough (NS)
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|2008<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/04_april/09/proms_park.shtml|title=BBC - Press Office - BBC Proms 2008: BBC Proms In The Park|website=www.bbc.co.uk|access-date=2019-03-22}}</ref>
|Belfast City Hall<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/07_july/24/niprom.shtml|title=BBC - Press Office - Belfast Proms In The Park 2008|website=www.bbc.co.uk|access-date=2019-03-22}}</ref>
!
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|2009<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00n0xxz|title=2009, Proms in the Park - BBC Two|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-03-22}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" |Hillsborough Castle, County Down<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009zwmw|title=BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2010, Proms in the Park, County Down, Part One|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-03-22}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" |Buile Hill Park, Salford<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009zxg7|title=BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2010, Proms in the Park, Salford, Part One|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-03-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004f1dq|title=BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2009, Proms in the Park, Salford, Part One|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-03-22}}</ref> (P)
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|2010
| rowspan="2" |Caird Hall, Dundee<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b014tgp7|title=BBC Two - Proms in the Park, 2011, Last Night at the Proms: Scotland|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-03-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-13118919|title=City reclaims Proms in the Park|date=2011-04-18|access-date=2019-03-22|language=en-GB}}</ref>
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|2011
| rowspan="3" |[[Caerphilly Castle]]
|Castle Park, Bangor<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/120911bangor|title=BBC - Thousands flock to BBC Proms in the Park in Bangor - Media Centre|website=www.bbc.co.uk|access-date=2019-03-22}}</ref>
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|2012<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ev6bp6|title=BBC Proms in the Park London|website=BBC Music Events|language=en|access-date=2019-03-22}}</ref>
|Glasgow City Halls
| rowspan="5" |Titanic Slipways, Belfast
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|2013
| rowspan="7" |Glasgow Green
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|2014
| rowspan="2" |Singleton Park, Swansea
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|2015<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ew48gw|title=Proms in the Park, Hyde Park|website=BBC Music Events|language=en|access-date=2019-03-22}}</ref>
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|2016
|Colwyn Bay
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|2017
|Singleton Park, Swansea
|Castle Coole, Enniskillen<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ed4wxj|title=BBC Proms in the Park Northern Ireland|website=BBC Music Events|language=en|access-date=2019-03-22}}</ref>
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|2018
|Colwyn Bay<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/16185679.bbcs-proms-in-the-park-to-return-to-colwyn-bay/|title=BBC's Proms in the Park to return to Colwyn Bay|author=Patrick Glover|website=North Wales Pioneer|language=en|date=26 April 2018|access-date=2019-03-22}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" |Titanic Slipways, Belfast
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|2019<ref>{{Citation|title=BBC Proms - 2019: 1. The Last Night of the Proms from around the UK|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0008rpg/bbc-proms-2019-1-the-last-night-of-the-proms-from-around-the-uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-10-02}}</ref>
|Singleton Park, Swansea
|}
The first live relays outside of London were to Swansea and Birmingham in 1999.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/apr/30/fiachragibbons|title=Rule Britannia pipes down as Celtic voice rises to take stage at the proms|last1=Gibbons|first1=Fiachra|date=1999-04-30|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-03-22|last2=Correspondent|first2=Arts|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

In 2001, there were also live link-ups to Cornwall and Liverpool.

In 2011, Caerphilly's Proms in the Park was cancelled before the concert started due to heavy rainfall<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://caerphilly.observer/news/271780/bbc-proms-in-the-park-cancelled-after-torrential-rain-in-caerphilly/|title=BBC Proms in the Park cancelled after torrential rain in Caerphilly|date=2011-09-10|website=Caerphilly Observer|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-03-22}}</ref>