World News Today
| World News Today | |
|---|---|
| File:World News Today.png World News Today with Zeinab Badawi 2007-2013 | |
| Created by | BBC World News |
| Presented by | Philippa Thomas (Wed-Thu) Karin Giannone (Sun-Tue) Kasia Madera (Fri) Alpa Patel (Sat) Various (Sun) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Production locations | Studio C, Broadcasting House, London |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC World News BBC Four BBC Four HD (2013-) BBC News Channel BBC News Channel HD |
| Release | 31 May 2006 |
| Related | |
| BBC World News BBC World News America Newsday GMT Impact Global Focus on Africa, Outside Source, BBC Breakfast, BBC News at One, BBC News at Five, BBC News at Six, BBC News at Nine, BBC Weekend News | |
World News Today is a current affairs news programme, produced by BBC News, presented by Philippa Thomas, Kasia Madera, Alice Baxter, Alpa Patel and Karin Giannone. It was originally conceived as a morning television show aimed at American audiences, hosted by George Alagiah, but later expanded to six editions a day aimed at different markets. There is now one daily edition only, aimed as an evening news programme for the UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa part-simulcast on BBC Four, BBC News Channel and BBC World News.
History
The programme originally used the same graphics and music as BBC World, though when The World on BBC Four was renamed World News Today, all editions were given a separate set of graphics and music with three being simulcast in the UK (03:00, 12:00, 19:00). Since April 2008 the standard title sequence used by the BBC's English Regions has been used, with some graphical alterations and with international images included. The first 30 mins of each broadcast is still simulcast on BBC Four.
As part of a channel refresh on BBC World News, five editions of World News Today were replaced on 1 February 2010 with GMT, Impact Asia now Impact, The Hub (later replaced with Global in 2013), Business Edition (later replaced by Outside Source and World News Today but returned replacing an edition of World News Today under the name Business Live), and a standard edition of BBC World News (replaced by Outside Source in 2014).[1]
2015 changes
On 5 June 2015, a new edition was launched on the BBC News Channel and BBC World News at 21:00 BST (summer) or GMT (winter) on Friday–Sunday.[2] Half an hour was dropped in November for the return of Business Edition. This replaced the BBC News at Nine and a standard edition of BBC World News on weekends.
2017 changes
Since the inauguration of Donald Trump as US president, World News Today has not been broadcast on Monday to Thursdays. Additionally, beginning at the end of April, World News Today was off air for a number of weeks, a change which was originally meant to be permanent but was later reversed, meaning that World News Today continues to be broadcast at 7pm UK time on Fridays and at 9pm UK time Friday-Sunday.
However, the 17 July schedules show that World News Today would return to the Monday-Thursday at 18GMT (19:00 BST) on BBC Four and BBC World News.[3] Katty Kay and Christian Fraser announced on 100 Days+ that the programme would end on the Thursday.[4]
From 11 September until 21 December the Monday-Thursday edition's were replaced by Beyond 100 Days.[5] In January it expected that World News Today will return to seven days a week.
Presenters
The remaining original edition shown on BBC Four and BBC World News is presented by:
| Years | Presenter | Current role |
|---|---|---|
| 2014-present | Christian Fraser | Main presenter[6] |
| 2007-present | Philippa Thomas | Main presenter |
| 2008-present | Karin Giannone | |
| 2013-present | Kasia Madera | |
| 2015–present | Alpa Patel | |
| 2016–present | Ben Bland | Relief presenter |
| 2014–present | Geeta Gurumurthy | Relief presenter |
| 2015-present | Chris Rogers | Relief presenter |
| 2016-present | Tom Donkin | Occasional relief presenter |
| 2016-present | Reged Ahmad | Occasional relief presenter |
| 2017 | Duncan Golestani | Occasional relief presenter |
| 2017 | Lukwesa Burak | Occasional relief presenter |
| 20??-Present | Ros Atkins | Occasional relief presenter |
When Badawi presented, the title sequence stated World News Today with Zeinab Badawi. However, when she did not, as she was often on assignment, the titles only showed World News Today, regardless of the alternate presenter. This only happened if she wasn't reporting from a location on a topic covered in the show.
Thomas, Giannone and Madera still present from different parts of the world. Giannone presented from South Africa in December 2013 following the death of Nelson Mandela and during live coverage from the trial of Oscar Pistorius in Pretoria. Madera presented from Poland during the Polish parliamentary election, 2015. Thomas, Sharma, presented from Washington in October / November 2016 for the 2016 US presidential election.
Former presenters
| Years | Presenter | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 200?–2012 | Kirsty Lang | Deputy presenter |
| 2013–2014 | Rajesh Mirchandani | Relief presenter |
| 2007-2014 | Zeinab Badawi | Main presenter |
| 2008–2015 | Peter Dobbie | Relief / main presenter |
| 2015 | Dani Sinha | Relief / weekend presenter |
| 2014-2016 | Adnan Nawaz | Relief |
| 2014-2016 | Daniela Ritorto | Relief |
References
- ^ "BBC World News launches channel refresh with two premium news programmes tailored for Asia Pacific". India PRview. 28 January 2010. Archived from the original on 11 March 2010. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "BBC News Channel announces new commitment to international news". BBC. 23 February 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08yb2l4
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08xq999/100-days-series-1-10072017
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0962yyp
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08yb2l4
External links
- World News Today at BBC Online (BBC World News)
- World News Today at BBC Online (BBC World News, 2013-October 2014)
- World News Today with Zeinab Badawi at BBC Online (2010-2012)
- World News Today at BBC Online (BBC Four)
