Outside Source (TV programme)

Outside Source
Created by BBC World News
Presented by Ros Atkins
Krupa Padhy
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
Production
Location(s) New Broadcasting House, Central London
Running time x3 25 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel BBC World News
BBC News
BBC World Service
Picture format 576i (16:9 SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Original run February 2014 – present
Chronology
Preceded by BBC News at Nine
Related shows World Have Your Say
World News Today

Outside Source is a news programme produced by the BBC; it utilizes social media in the presentation of its stories. The programme is presented by Ros Atkins and Krupa Padhy on both BBC World News and BBC World Service.

Outside Source replaced a standard edition of BBC World News, which originally was an edition of World News Today. In the UK it replaced the BBC News at Nine along with World News Today on weekends.

According the BBC: "Outside Source aims to open up the news process, enabling people to discover the latest on the stories that matter to them. An hour-long World Service Radio show is the first element of the pan-Global News format to be brought to air."[1]

The programme was launched on BBC World Service on October 28, 2013; and on BBC World News on February 14, 2014. It will official launch in the UK on June 2, 2015. Though it has been broadcast during major stories in the UK.

See also

BBC Media Centre
Outside Source on the BBC

References