BBC World [soon to be BBC World News]

There are more editions of WNT coming as the latest press release confirms


"Zeinab Badawi - new face of BBC World’s European evening news

- World News Today launches at 2000 CET -

London, Monday 21 May. BBC World, the international news and information channel, launches another of its flagship hour-long news programmes World News Today, targeting European evening time peak. The live programme will broadcast globally each weekday from

29 May, and will air across Europe at 2000 CET on the 24-hour BBC World channel.



The new family of 60-minute World News Today programmes deliver the most in-depth, analytical news in global broadcasting. The programming line-up will give audiences around the world the news they want, when they want it.



BBC World’s monthly audience across Europe continues to grow, according to the latest results published by EMS[1]. World News Today will target the 9.8 million Europeans who tune in to BBC World on a monthly basis with breaking news and updates on global events, in-depth analysis by prominent commentators, and interviews with leading newsmakers and opinion leaders.



Zeinab Badawi is the current presenter of The World at 2100 CET on BBC World as well as regularly hosting The World Debate. She will now front the new hour-long World News Today programme each week on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. An internationally acclaimed television and radio presenter, she has been in broadcasting for more than 20 years and has worked on an impressive range of programmes for the BBC and other broadcasters.



Jeremy Hillman, BBC World news editor says, "World News Today is compulsory viewing for anyone who wants to keep on top of global news and current affairs. The hour-long format allows us to retain the depth of analysis and impartiality of coverage, for which BBC World is known throughout the world. The World News Today, which replaces Zeinab’s current half-hour weekday The World programme, gives her the ideal platform to uncover the news behind the headlines and address the key news stories of the day in more depth.”



BBC World will also introduce two further editions of World News Today at 1700 and 0400 CET in September as part of the channel’s plan to establish regular, branded, hour-long news programmes throughout the day to ensure BBC World delivers tailored news programming during key breakfast and evening peak-times across all time zones."



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So Nik's WNT has been axed?

What part of the world is CET? Central European Time? Just guessing!

EDIT: So will TWT be replaced in Sept with WNT? IMO TWT sucks now, theres nothing different apart from a close and open at .30 and .55, hardly different nowadays from the normal bulletins. TWT needs to be similar format to WNT.

Yes.

I quite like this...

http://www.bbcworld.com/Pages/Images/Assets/e32ac732-3277-4fe7-b9eb-b865a5b51098.jpg

Where did that come from? Its very nice...

http://www.bbcworld.com/Pages/Programme.aspx?id=29

The page changed compared to a few hours ago when I was looking there.

The 0400CET edition of WNT will be extremely interesting as it could put an end to the overnight simulcast with N24 or be produced by N24 itself. A great improvement would be hosting WNT from different studios from around the world, depending on the part of the world every particular edition of WNT focuses on. Singapore, London and Washington/New York. But of course it'd probably be expensive enough to lead BBCWorld straight into bankruptcy.

Just a question, Damo: Will that be the new titles or will they stick to the current one? I quite like it though.

How do I know!

I see.

im actually goin to miss THE WORLD...i liked it...it was different from regular newscasts n added a different perspective to the news...plus i really like Zeinab Badawi's style...shez different from ur regular presenter & the set was suave...it will be missed! so wheres Badawi off to now!? and what with Nik Gowing!?...plz keep me up to date im not following BBC the way i used to...cant get time in the days here...the way i used to