Newsday (TV series)
| Newsday | |
|---|---|
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Newsday titlecard until 3 August 2015 | |
| Created by | BBC World News |
| Presented by |
Babita Sharma Rico Hizon Kasia Madera Sharanjit Leyl |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Location(s) |
London Singapore |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network |
BBC World News BBC News BBC One |
| Picture format |
576i (16:9 SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | 13 June 2011 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Asia Today |
| Related shows |
BBC World News BBC World News America GMT Impact Global Focus on Africa World News Today |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Newsday is a news programme on BBC World News that was first broadcast on 13 June 2011.[1] The programme is co-hosted by Babita Sharma (Monday-Wednesday) and Kasia Madera (Thursday/Friday) in London, with Rico Hizon and Sharanjit Leyl in Singapore.
The programme is broadcast around the world on BBC World News, as well as PBS affiliates in America, and is also shown in the UK on the domestic BBC News channel throughout the night, with the 02:00, 03:00 and 04:00 GMT bulletins (and often the 01:00 bulletin) also shown on BBC One. It gives international news with a specific focus on Asia and its financial markets.
BBC World News invests in new Asia Pacific news HQ in Singapore from Monday 3 August 2015 with a revamped studio and graphics and theme music composed by David Lowe.
Schedule
Newsday is aired from 01:00–05:00 GMT on weekdays on BBC World News.[2] The programme acts as a morning programme for Asia, an overnight broadcast in Europe and the UK and a late night news programme for the Americas. It features analysis and discussion of the top news stories of the day and also previews the exclusive reports, correspondent feature films and interviews.
On 18 June 2012, Newsday broadcast times were changed to 23:00–02:00 GMT (22:00–01:00 GMT in summer time) on Sunday to Thursday. It shown from 00:00–02:00 on Monday to Thursday in the UK.
During commercial breaks for international viewers, UK and PBS viewers get news from around the UK "in brief" with the London presenter.
Presenters
The programme features split presentation, with a presenter in London and a presenter in Singapore each introducing reports and interviewing occasional guests in-studio. The London presenter also presents links for UK viewers during commercial breaks, while the Singapore presenter goes on to present Asia Business Report at the bottom of each hour. During major events in North America the programme such as elections, terrorist attacks is also presented from Washington.
On occasion the programme broadcasts from another location, such as in November 2013 when Rico Hizon co-presented from Tacloban, Philippines following Typhoon Haiyan. In January 2014 for a while Sharma presented from Singapore and Hizon from London. Oi was in London for six months in 2015 and Leyl was based in London in June 2015. Hizon will temporarily join Leyl in London in July 2015 to allow a new Singapore hub to be build over the summer. Madera reported from Poland during 2015 election. Sharma is temporary (November-December 2015) in Washington covering Katty Kay who took extended leave so Madera is covering her slot and Ritorto is covering Madera's solt.
| Years | Presenter | Current role |
|---|---|---|
| 2011–present | Babita Sharma | Main London presenter (Mon-Wed) |
| Kasia Madera | Head London presenter (Thu-Fri) | |
| Rico Hizon | Head Singapore presenter (Mon-Thu) | |
| Sharanjit Leyl | Main Singapore presenter (Fri) | |
| Katty Kay | Occasional Washington Presenter | |
| Laura Trevelyan | ||
| Adnan Nawaz | Relief London presenter | |
| Adam Parsons | ||
| Chris Rogers | ||
| 2013–present | Dani Sinha | |
| Daniela Ritorto (former presenter 2013-2016) | ||
| Ali Moore | Relief Singapore Presenter | |
| Mariko Oi | ||
| 2014–present | Alice Baxter | Relief London Presenter |
| 2015–present | Phillippa Thomas | |
| Lebo Diseko | ||
| Ben Bland |
References
- ↑ "Newsday on BBC World News at 1:00am June 13th, 2011". DigiGuide. 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2013-03-22.
- ↑ "Newsday". BBC. Retrieved 2013-03-22.
External links
- Newsday at BBC Programmes (BBC News Channel)
- Newsday at BBC Programmes (BBC World News)
- Newsday at BBC Programmes (BBC World Service)
