Newsday (TV programme)

Newsday is aired on weekdays on BBC World News.[2] The programme acts as a morning programme for Asia, an overnight broadcast in Europe and the UK and a late night news programme for the Americas. It features analysis and discussion of the top news stories of the day and also previews the exclusive reports, correspondent feature films and interviews.

On 18 June 2012, Newsday broadcast times were changed to 23:00–02:00 GMT (22:00–01:00 GMT in summer time) on Sunday to Thursday. It is shown from 00:00–02:00 on Monday to Thursday in the UK.

During commercial breaks for international viewers, UK and PBS viewers used to get news from around the UK "in brief" with the London presenter. From an unknown point, this bulletin was removed and instead, "This Week In History" is broadcast while the breaks happen.

On 26 March 2020, Newsday aired its final editions. They have since been replaced with additional half-hour BBC World News bulletins.

The programme features split presentation, with a presenter in London and a presenter in Singapore each introducing reports and interviewing occasional guests in-studio. The London presenter also presents links for UK viewers during commercial breaks, while the Singapore presenter goes on to present Asia Business Report at the bottom of each hour. Sport Today follows at the quarter to the hour. During major events in North America the programme is also presented from Washington.

On occasion the programme is broadcast from other locations, such as in November 2013 when Rico Hizon co-presented from Tacloban, Philippines following Typhoon Haiyan. In January 2014 for a while Sharma presented from Singapore and Hizon from London. Madera reported from Poland during 2015 election. During the last week of May 2017 (week beginning 29 May 2017), the week had Hizon presenting from London and Sharanjit Leyl from Singapore.

For a two-month period from February to April, Leyl presented Newsday from London, with Hizon or Oi in Singapore. This was due to Sharma being absent for this period of time, as she was writing a book. On Sharma’s return on 3 April, she announced that she will present from Singapore in a few weeks time.

During coverage of continuous international events, such as the Summer Olympics, the Newsday broadcasts may be presented by only a single presenter from the Singapore studio, rather than split broadcasting with a newsreader in the London studio.

During September 2018 (week beginning 10 September 2018) the week had Hizon presenting in London and Sharanjit Leyl or Mariko Oi in Singapore

• Newsday at BBC Programmes (BBC News Channel)
• Newsday (BBC World News)
• Newsday (BBC World Service)