Newshour

For other television programmes, see News Hour.

Newshour

Genre	News, current events, and factual
Running time	Daily 1300-1500 & 2000-2200 (UKT)
Country	United Kingdom
Language(s)	English
Home station	BBC World Service
Host(s)	Owen Bennett-Jones James Coomarasamy Lyse Doucet Tim Franks Razia Iqbal Julian Marshall James Menendez Andrew Peach
Recording studio	Broadcasting House
Website	http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p002vsnk

Newshour is BBC World Service's flagship international news and current affairs radio programme, which broadcasts twice daily (each edition being broadcast twice): at 1300/1400 and 2000/2100 (GMT) each edition lasting one hour. It consists of news bulletins on the hour and half hour, international interviews and in-depth reports of world news. The World Service consider it to be one of their most important strands, as shown in 2011 when it was kept as one of four key outlets. It is also heard in the United States on various American Public Media member stations. The programme comes live from Broadcasting House in London, offering analysis and background on the major news of the day, often interviewing heads of state and government ministers.

History

Newshour is a long running strand of the BBC's World Service which began broadcasting in 1988. ^[1] The programme broadcasts twice daily, although each broadcast has in turn two editions. Therefore, the early afternoon edition broadcasts at both 12pm and 2pm (UK time) with each edition aimed at different sections of the world. The 2pm broadcast is heard on various Public Radio Stations in the United States at 9am. Newshour's second daily programme broadcasts at 8pm and 9pm (UK time). ^[2] 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." ^[3]

Presenters

Current

Years	Presenter	Current role
?–present	Owen Bennett-Jones	Main presenters
2010–present	James Coomarasamy
1999–present	Lyse Doucet
2012–present	Tim Franks
2011–present	Razia Iqbal
1991–present	Julian Marshall
?–present	James Menendez
2013-present	Andrew Peach
2011–present	Philippa Thomas	Regular relief presenter
?–present	Roger Hearing	Regular relief presenter

Past

Claire Bolderson, 1997–2012
Robin Lustig, 1989–2012
Mary Ann Sieghart, 2008–10
Paul Welsh
Judy Swallow
Alex Brodie

External links

BBC World Service: Newshour

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Presenters	Ros Atkins Matthew Bannister Nikki Bedi Owen Bennett-Jones James Coomarasamy Dan Damon Evan Davis Peter Day Lyse Doucet Tim Franks Harriett Gilbert Claudia Hammond Roger Hearing Paul Henley Razia Iqbal Lee James Bridget Kendall Julian Marshall Lerato Mbele Nuala McGovern James Menendez Gareth Mitchell Fergus Nicoll Andrew Peach Justin Rowlatt Stephen Sackur Valerie Sanderson Julian Worricker

Former Presenters	Audrey Carville Komla Dumor Paddy Feeny Russell Fuller Charlie Gillett Edward Greenfield Bob Holness Robin Lustig Seva Novgorodsev John Tidmarsh Dave Lee Travis

Announcers and newsreaders	Kathy Clugston Zoe Diamond Jim Lee Neil Nunes Iain Purdon Tom Sandars

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Transmitter Sites	British East Mediterranean Relay Station Orfordness Woofferton

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