Newshour

Newshour
Genre News, current events, and factual
Running time Daily 1300-1500 & 2000-2200 (UKT)
Country of origin United Kingdom
Language(s) English
Home station BBC World Service
Hosted by Owen Bennett-Jones
James Coomarasamy
Lyse Doucet
Tim Franks
Razia Iqbal
Julian Marshall
James Menendez
Andrew Peach
Recording studio Broadcasting House
Original release 1988 – present
Website http://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 (each edition is broadcast twice): at 1300/1400 and 2000/2100 (GMT). 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. 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 1988.[1] Presenter, Owen Bennett-Jones claims, "Newshour is intended to provide detailed coverage of the world. We try to provide a level of analysis that's not readily available elsewhere."[2]

Presenters

Current

YearsPresenterCurrent role
?–presentOwen Bennett-JonesMain presenters
2010–presentJames Coomarasamy
1999–presentLyse Doucet
2012–presentTim Franks
2011–presentRazia Iqbal
1991–presentJulian Marshall
?–presentJames Menendez
2013-presentAndrew Peach
2011–presentPhilippa ThomasRegular relief presenter
?–presentRoger Hearing

Past

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/newshour/institutional/aboutus.shtml%5Bdead+link%5D
  2. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/institutional/2009/03/000000_owen_bennett_jones.shtml%5Bdead+link%5D
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