Europe Tonight

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Europe Tonight

Genre	business news program, talk show
Starring	Simon Hobbs Silvia Wadhwa
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Language(s)	English
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	CNBC Europe
Original run	1996(?)—2001-01-12 September 2004 – present
Links
Official website

CNBC Europe airs Europe Tonight, presented by Simon Hobbs in London and Silvia Wadhwa in Frankfurt, from 8pm to 9pm CET (7pm to 8pm GMT). Prior to September 2004, Europe Tonight was known as Frankfurt Closing Bell.

The first half of the programme is essentially an update from European Closing Bell, in which Hobbs reviews the day's business events and covers any late breaking news.

The second half of the show is anchored from the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by Wadhwa. This is due to the fact that historically the Deutsche Börse remained open later than the other European markets - until 20:00 CET. Electronic trading on Xetra now stops at 17:30 CET, in line with the rest of Europe, nonetheless the late programme and the Frankfurt link remain. The programme time previously filled by updates on late German trade has therefore been replaced by interviews with Frankfurt-based strategists, commentators and CEOs.

The programme length was extended from 30 minutes to one hour in March 2007 as part of schedule changes at the network. It also gained a new title sequence and changed its theme music from that formerly used by Closing Bell to that used by Street Signs prior to December 2005.