Jeff Randall Live

{{short description|Former television business news programme, broadcast on Sky News}}

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{{Infobox television

| image = Jeffrandalllive.jpg

| caption = Jeff Randall Live titles

| num_episodes = 1000

| company = Sky News

| runtime = 30 minutes
(September 2007 – September 2010)
60 minutes
(September 2010 – March 2014)

| country = United Kingdom

| presenter = Jeff Randall

| channel = Sky News

| location = 30 St Mary Axe

| first_aired = {{Start date|2007|09|24|df=yes}}

| last_aired = {{End date|2014|03|27|df=yes}}

| related = Ian King Live

}}

Jeff Randall Live is a business programme broadcast on Sky News in the United Kingdom at 19:00 from Monday to Thursday. It began on 24 September 2007 as a weekly show,{{cite news|url= https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/sep/06/bskyb.business|title= Jeff Randall given own Sky News show|work= The Guardian|first= Ben|last= Dowell|date= 6 September 2007|accessdate= 15 November 2009}} and was hosted by the business journalist Jeff Randall. The show featured interviews with some of the UK's leading business, financial and political figures, with guests including the billionaire tycoon Philip Green, and former Chancellor Alistair Darling.{{cite news|url=http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Business/Jeff-Randall-Live-Interviews-Alistair-Darling-At-Number-11-Downing-Street/Article/200901215200398?lpos=Business_Third_Home_Page_Feature_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15200398_Jeff_Randall_Live_Interviews_Alistair_Darling_At_Number_11_Downing_Street |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711112014/http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Business/Jeff-Randall-Live-Interviews-Alistair-Darling-At-Number-11-Downing-Street/Article/200901215200398?lpos=Business_Third_Home_Page_Feature_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15200398_Jeff_Randall_Live_Interviews_Alistair_Darling_At_Number_11_Downing_Street |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 July 2012 |title=Jeff Randall Heads To Number 11 |publisher=Sky News |date=9 January 2009 |accessdate=15 November 2009 }}

In January 2009, Jeff Randall joined Sky News on a permanent basis with the programme becoming part of the daily schedule instead of its previous weekly status when it only aired on a Monday.{{cite news|url= https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/oct/21/dailytelegraph-bskyb|title= Jeff Randall steps down from Telegraph for bigger Sky role|work= The Guardian|first= Mark|last= Sweney|date= 21 October 2008|accessdate= 22 June 2009}}

In September 2010, Jeff Randall Live was extended to a one-hour slot Monday-Thursday,[http://www.skypressoffice.co.uk/SkyNews/Resources/showarticle.asp?id=3012 Sky News extends flagship business programme] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100916203048/http://www.skypressoffice.co.uk/SkyNews/Resources/showarticle.asp?id=3012 |date=16 September 2010 }} Sky Press Office, 10 September 2010 this followed the axing of SkyNews.com,[https://twitter.com/martinstanford/statuses/24113311684 skynews.com – the final show tonight at 7pm sky news: we've dug up some of the best videos we've shown over the 3 years we have been on air] Martin Stanford, Twitter, 10 September 2010 which until then aired in the previous 30-minute slot.[https://twitter.com/martinstanford/statuses/22708180252 so skynews.com is the only tv show with the web agenda for only another 10 days... then I cede 7pm to Randall and occupy 8-10pm instead!] Martin Stanford, Twitter, 1 September 2010

It was announced in July 2013 that the show would end in Summer 2014, after Randall decided not to renew his contract with BSkyB,{{cite news |title=Jeff Randall to leave Sky News role |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/jul/18/jeff-randall-leaving-sky-news |first=Mark |last=Sweney |date=18 July 2013 |work=The Guardian }} but it was later announced that Randall would present his last show on Thursday 27 March 2014.