BBC World News (programme)

BBC World News (programme)

:"The World Today" redirects here. Not to be confused with a programme made by BBC World Service Radio or by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, both with the same name; or The CBS World News Roundup, an American radio broadcast whose weekend edition was formerly named "The World Today"Infobox Television
show_name = BBC World News


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format = News, Business, Sport
camera =
picture_format = 14:9 (BBC World News)
16:9 (BBC News channel, BBC One)
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runtime = 60 minutes (including edition of "World Business Report")
creator = BBC News / BBC World News
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producer =
executive_producer =
presenter = Martine Dennis,
Lucy Hockings,
Kirsty Lang,
David Jessel,
Lindsey Brancher,
Mike Embley
Jonathan Charles
David Eades
country = United Kingdom
location = London
Singapore
language = English
network = BBC World News
first_aired = 1994-1999, 2001
last_aired = 18 April 2008 (as "The World Today")
present (as "BBC World News")
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"BBC World News America"
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"BBC World News" , formerly known as "The World Today" is a current affairs news programme produced by BBC World News and broadcast daily in a simulcast with BBC One and BBC News 24 in the United Kingdom. It aired in various formats since 1994 and was the flagship programme of BBC World News until the launch of "World News Today", which follows a similar format, but broadcast later in the day.

The programme was originally broadcast several times a day, but disappeared from screens in 1999, when the BBC World Service adapted the programme name for their new flagship morning programme at the time of the BBC News relaunch. It returned in 2001, and was broadcast once a day as a European breakfast programme, with news, sport and a half hour edition of "World Business Report".

As part of the general relaunch of BBC News on April 21 2008, "The World Today" was rebranded as "BBC World News", appearing the same as a standard bulletin to viewers of BBC World News but subtly different for viewers in the UK.

Presenters

The programme in final current format was first presented by Martine Dennis, with Tanya Beckett presenting the business news sections. When Tanya Beckett left the programme in 2002 , she was replaced by Sally Bundock, who is still the main business presenter today. Martine Dennis moved to the morning slot on BBC World News in 2003, and was replaced by David Eades as main presenter.

Lucy Hockings joined the programme replacing David Eades in 2006. Eades had left to present the late morning bulletins on BBC World.

Martine Dennis was the main Friday & stand-in presenter of the programme, however, when she is not available any member of the BBC World presenting team will present and has led to presenters including Kirsty Lang, David Jessel, Lindsey Brancher, Mike Embley and Jonathan Charles and Tim Willcox standing in.

On Business, the main stand-in presenters were Manisha Tank, Tanya Beckett, Jamie Robertson, Aaron Heslehurst and very occasionally Sara Coburn.

imulcast in the UK

As the programme is shown in the UK on BBC One and BBC News, commercial breaks were not shown in the simulcast on the domestic channels. Instead, while international viewers take a commercial break, the presenters gave a brief update on UK news (main news at approximately 5.15 UK time and UK business news at approximately 5.45 UK time).

External links

* [http://www.bbcworld.com/Pages/Programme.aspx?id=39 BBC News at bbcworld.com]


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