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World News Today
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| World News Today | |
|---|---|
 Title Card of World News Today |
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| Genre | News, Business, Sport |
| Created by | BBC News for BBC World |
| Presented by | Main Presenters: George Alagiah 1200 GMT Edition Nik Gowing 1700 GMT Edition Zeinab Badawi 1900 GMT Edition Philippa Thomas 0300 GMT Edition Jonathan Charles David Eades Mishal Hussain Kirsty Lang Gavin Esler |
| Theme music composer | David Lowe |
| Country of origin |  United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | BBC Television Centre, London |
| Running time | 54 minutes (excluding Commercials) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | BBC World BBC America BBC Four BBC News 24 |
| Picture format | 14:9 on BBC World 14:9 on BBC America 16:9 on BBC Four 16:9 on BBC News 24 16:9 on BBC One |
| Original run | 03 July 2006 – Present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | The World Today BBC World News America |
| External links | |
| World News Today Official website | |
World News Today is a current affairs news programme produced by BBC News to be shown originally as a Morning television show for the American Audiences, hosted by George Alagiah, but now became a Evening news programme in 3 different timeslots although still retains the original Morning Edition.
It is somewhat similar to its sister-programme, The World Today, which is also showing World Business Report but as a 30-minute edition vstarting in :30 Past Hour. Meanwhile, World News Today is showing a 10-minute edition in :40 past hour.
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The 1100 GMT edition was the original edition of the programme, aiming for the morning audience in the United States where BBC World had been recently launched after a decade, first aired on 03 July 2006 at 1900 (ET).
Even before the channel lanuched in US, there had been a simulcast of the channel on BBC America which had added the programme when it was launched and included in a 3-hour morning broadcast[1].
It is also being shown on BBC World in other regions, especially Asia-Pacific at 20:00 (HK/Phil), which the programme had been considered as their Evening news programme. This may had been an inspiration to make other editions of World News Today in Primetime slots.
This edition has been produced by BBC World.
On 16 September 2006, the Nik Gowing edition had originally been dedicated for the audience in Asia-pacific, which had been shown at 05:00 (HK/Phil) or 21:00 (GMT)[2] but it had been replaced by the Zeinab Badawi edition.
This edition has been returned on 23 July 2007, which has now been considered as a Evening news programme for viewers in South Asia. Shown on 21:30 (India) / 24:00 (HK/Phil), and the only slot that had not been moved even for BST.
This edition had also been reported that this edition is showing Asia Today instead for World Business Report.
Also, this edition has been produced by BBC World.
This edition had replaced the Nik Gowing edition on 29 May 2007 and a previous programme which had been also a BBC World and BBC Four simulcast, The World.[3]
The 1900 GMT edition also replaced The World, a simulcast programme on BBC World and BBC Four in the UK, though for only half an hour with the latter. The new World News Today bulletin continues on BBC World for a full hour.
Unlike th other editions, this has a different, more calmer theme music but still has some similarities with the original theme.
This edition has been produced by BBC World.
This edition had been the latest edition of the "World News Today" programming, which had started on 01 Oct 2007 and is also dedicated for the viewers in the United States but shown at 2200 ET. This edition airs on BBC World, BBC News 24, and BBC One (as a part of its "Overnight Broadcast") but not on BBC America.
This edition had been different to other editions of the programme, these are the examples:
- It has 3 hosts: Philippa Thomas in the BBC studio in Washington DC, a presenter in Television Centre (whichever one is doing the 'overnight' BBC World/BBC News 24 simulcasts) and Rico Hizon for World Business Report in Singapore.
- Similar to overnight broadcasts & The World Today, they also present UK news in every 15 minutes but it only happens occasionally.
- Because it is also shown at Saturdays (in Asia-Pacific), World Business Report from Singapore is not posible and is replaced by an Earlier 15 min edition in BBC America and BBC World. But for viewers in UK, they are bringing short business news and a more longer UK News.
- Unlike the other 3 editions of World News Today, which had been produced by BBC World, this is the only edition which has been produced by BBC News 24 because it is a part of the overnight broadcasts.
- 1200 - 1300 GMT
- 0700 - 0800 ET (on BBC America and BBC World)
- 2000 - 2100 Phil/HK
- 1600 - 1700 GMT
- 2130 - 2230 New Delhi
- 2400 - 0100 Phil/HK
- 1900 - 1930 GMT/London (on BBC Four)
- 2000 - 2100 CET
- 0300 - 0400 Phil/HK
- 2200 - 2300 ET (on BBC World, not on BBC America)
- 0300 - 0400 GMT/London (on BBC News 24 and BBC One)
- 1100 - 1200 Phil/HK
* - All Times are for BBC World, unless indicated. *From the end of March until the end of October all editions except the Nick Gowing edition move to an hour earlier than GMT listed above due to Daylight Saving Time
| U.S. Network Evening News edit | |
| ABC | World News |
| CBS | CBS Evening News |
| NBC | NBC Nightly News |
| CNN | The Situation Room |
| FNC | Fox Report |
| BBC | World News America (1900 ET) |
| World News Today (2200 ET) | |
- The World Today - Similar format and is shown on BBC World and on BBC News 24 at 0500 GMT.
- BBC World News America - Hour-long news programme with a similar graphics, but difference in timings and music.
- ^ BBC World introduces a new hour-long news programme - World News Today BBC Press Office; 30 June 2006
- ^ World to target European evening time peak with the launch of World News Today with Nik Gowing BBC Press Office; 18 September 2006
- ^ Zeinab Badawi - new face of BBC World’s European evening news BBC Press Office; 23 May 2007
- World News Today at BBCWorld.com
