From Our Own Correspondent
| Genre | Current affairs |
|---|---|
| Running time | 23–30 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station |
BBC World Service BBC Radio 4 |
| Host(s) |
Kate Adie (BBC Radio 4) Pascale Harter (BBC World Service) |
| Editor(s) | Tony Grant |
| Producer(s) | Andrea Protheroe |
| Recording studio | Broadcasting House |
| Air dates | since 1955 |
| Website |
World Service edition Radio 4 edition |
| Podcast | BBC podcast |
From Our Own Correspondent is a weekly BBC radio programme in which a number of BBC foreign correspondents deliver a sequence of short talks reflecting on current events and topical themes in the countries outside the UK in which they are based.[1] The programme offers the BBC's correspondents around the world a chance to give a personal account of events from the epoch-making to the inconsequential.
From Our Own Correspondent is broadcast in two editions – one on the BBC World Service and one on BBC Radio 4 – and the programme was one of the first to be made available by the BBC as a podcast.
The programme was first commissioned in 1955. A book entitled From Our Own Correspondent: A celebration of 50 years of the BBC Radio Programme[2] was published in 2005 with a selection of the show's reports for each continent.
Presenters
The programme was, for many years, presented by the Radio 4 and World Service announcers as part of their duties, but is now fronted by former BBC correspondents:
Current
| Years | Presenter | Current role |
|---|---|---|
| 1998–present | Kate Adie | BBC Radio 4 presenter |
| 2012–present | Pascale Harter | BBC World Service presenter |
Past
- Alan Johnston - January 2008 - November 2011 (BBC World Service)
References
- ↑ Watching history unfold: editor Tony Grant reflects on five decades of news
- ↑ Grant, Tony (ed.) (2005). From Our Own Correspondent: A Celebration of Fifty Years of the BBC Radio Programme. Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-719-0.
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