World News Today
| World News Today | |
|---|---|
| File:World News Today.png World News Today with Zeinab Badawi | |
| Created by | BBC World News |
| Presented by | Philippa Thomas Kasia Madera Karin Giannone Alice Baxter Alpa Patel |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Production locations | Studio C, Broadcasting House, London |
| Running time | 60 minutes (Mon–Thu) 1x60 & 1x30 minutes (Fri) 33 minutes (Saturday-Sunday) 25 minutes (BBC Four) |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC World News BBC Four BBC Four HD (2013-) BBC News Channel BBC News Channel HD |
| Release | 31 May 2006 – present |
| 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 & 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. In October 2016 the Weekend editions are due to be extended to the full hour.
Presenters
The remaining original edition shown on BBC Four and BBC World News is presented
| Years | Presenter | Current role |
|---|---|---|
| 2007–present | Philippa Thomas | Main presenter Monday-Friday (weekends on rota) |
| 2008–present | Karin Giannone | |
| 2013-present | Kasia Madera | |
| 2015–present | Alpa Patel | Main presenter Saturday-Sunday (weekdays relief) |
| 2015–present | James Menendez | Main Relief Presenter |
| 2009–present | Tim Willcox | Regular Friday & Main Relief Presenter |
Relief
| Years | Presenter | Current role |
|---|---|---|
| 200?-Present | Lyse Doucet | Occasional relief presenter |
| 2009–present | Jamie Robertson | Business deputy presenter, Occasional relief presenter |
| Tanya Beckett | Regular relief & Business main presenter | |
| 2013–present | David Eades | Regular relief presenter |
| Alice Baxter | current on maternity leave | |
| 2014–present | Babita Sharma | Presenter |
| Mike Embley | Presenter | |
| Adnan Nawaz | Presenter | |
| 2015–present | Nuala McGovern | Presenter |
| James Coomarasamy | Presenter | |
| Chris Rogers | Regular Relief Presenter (Saturday & Sunday on rota) | |
| Geeta Guru-Murthy | Presenter | |
| Martine Croxall | Occasional Relief Presenter | |
| Christian Fraser | Relief Presenter | |
| Ben Bland | Presenter | |
| Lebo Diseko | Relief Presenter | |
| Rajini Vaidyanathan | Washington presenter | |
| 2016-present | Maryam Moshiri | Relief Presenter |
| Reged Ahmad | ||
| Ros Atkins | ||
| Matthew Amroliwala | ||
| Victoria Fritz | current on maternity leave | |
| Tom Donkin | ||
| Laura Trevelyan | ||
| Jane O'Brain | ||
| Clive Myrie | ||
| Celia Hatton |
Sport
| Tenure | Presenter | Current role |
|---|---|---|
| 2015- | John Waston | Sport Presenter |
| 2015– | Azi Farni | Anchor and relief |
| 2015– | Ore Oduba | Relief |
Business
| Tenure | Presenter | Current role |
|---|---|---|
| 2009– | Tanya Beckett | Anchor and relief |
| Jamie Robertson | Relief | |
| 2013 - | Alice Baxter | currently on maternity leave |
| 20??- | Maryam Moshiri | 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 | 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.
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)
