Newshour

Newshour
Genre	News, current events, and factual
Running time	60 minutes
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Language(s)	English
Home station	BBC World Service
Hosted by	James Coomarasamy ; Lyse Doucet ; Tim Franks ; Julian Marshall ; James Menendez ; Andrew Peach ; Rebecca Kesby ;
Recording studio	Broadcasting House
Original release	1988 –; present
Website	https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p002vsnk

Newshour is BBC World Service's flagship international news and current affairs radio programme, which is broadcast twice daily: weekdays at 1400, weekends at 1300 and nightly at 2100 (UK time). There is also an additional online programme at 20:00 on weekdays. Occasionally the programme can run for three hours during major breaking stories such as the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Each edition lasts one hour. It consists of news bulletins on the hour and half hour, international interviews and in-depth reports of world news. The BBC World Service considers it one of their most important programmes. In 2011, it was kept as one of four key outlets, despite severe cutbacks. It is also broadcast in the United States on various American Public Media stations. Most prominently, WNYC simulcasts the programme's afternoon edition on weekdays, and the nightly edition on weekends.^[1] The programme is broadcast live from Broadcasting House in London. It covers the major news of the day, often interviewing heads of state and government ministers.

History

The programme was first broadcast in October 1988.^[2]

Presenters

Current

Years	Presenter	Current role
2010–present	James Coomarasamy	Main presenter
1999–present	Lyse Doucet
2012–present	Tim Franks
1991–present	Julian Marshall
?–present	James Menendez
2013–present	Andrew Peach
?–present	Rebecca Kesby
2023-present	Nuala McGovern
?–present	Audrey Brown	Regular relief presenter
?–present	Roger Hearing
?–present	Paul Henley
?–present	Owen Bennett-Jones
?–present	Julian Worricker
?–present	Celia Hatton
?–present

On weekdays, the 14:00 & 21:00 GMT editions are presented by different presenters where as on weekends they are presented by the same presenter

Past

Claire Bolderson, 1997–2012
Razia Iqbal, 2011–2023
Robin Lustig, 1989–2012
Mary Ann Sieghart, 2008–10
Paul Welsh
Judy Swallow
Alex Brodie
Philippa Thomas 200?-21
Nick Worrall, 1988 - ?
Oliver Scott, 1988 - ?
Hugh Prysor-Jones, 1988 - ?
Geoffrey Stern, 1988 - ?
Max Pearson

References

^ "WNYC Schedule 6.5.2023.xls - wnyc-schedule.pdf" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 June 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
^ "BBC World Service | Programmes | Newshour | About Us - A Note from the Editor". Archived from the original on 23 May 2006. Retrieved 31 December 2011.

External links

Official website

[1] "WNYC Schedule 6.5.2023.xls - wnyc-schedule.pdf" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 June 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.

[2] "BBC World Service | Programmes | Newshour | About Us - A Note from the Editor". Archived from the original on 23 May 2006. Retrieved 31 December 2011.

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