Newshour

Newshour is BBC World Service's flagship international news and current affairs radio programme, broadcast twice daily: weekdays at 1400, weekends at 1300 and nightly at 2100 (UK time). There is also an additional online programme at 20:00 on weekdays. Each edition lasts one hour and consists of news bulletins on the hour and half hour, international interviews and in-depth news reports.

Newshour is also broadcast in the United States on various American Public Media stations. The programme is broadcast live from Broadcasting House in London and covers the major news of the day, often interviewing heads of state and government ministers.

History The programme was first broadcast in October 1988. Originally broadcast in a single timeslot at 2200 UTC, World Service planners responded to listener demand in April, 1991 by expanding to a two timeslot schedule at 1300 and 2100 UTC. In January 1992 under the directorship of John Tusa, who had received increased funding from the Foreign Office, Newshour added a third timeslot at 0500 UTC to serve listeners in the Americas. Later budget cuts eventually caused the elimination of the 0500 broadcast, and Newshour reverted to the present twice per day schedule.

On 17 June 2026, the BBC announced that, in 2027, Newshour would expand the 21:00BST edition to 22:00BST on BBC Radio 4, replacing The World Tonight which will be cancelled as part of a series of cuts to the corporation's news division, aimed at saving £500 million.

Presenters Current Years Presenter Current role 2010–present James CoomarasamyMain presenter 1999–present Lyse Doucet 2012–present Tim Franks ?–present James Menendez 2013–present Andrew Peach ?–presentRebecca Kesby 2023–present Nuala McGovern2027–presentJane Hill2026–presentRajini Vaidyanathan ?–2025 Audrey Brown Regular relief presenter ?–present Roger Hearing ?–present Paul Henley?-presentKrupa Padhy 1988–present Owen Bennett-Jones ?–presentJulian Worricker ?–presentCelia Hatton

On weekdays, the 14:00 and 21:00 GMT editions are presented by different presenters where as on weekends they are presented by the same presenter

Past Claire Bolderson, 1997–2012 Razia Iqbal, 2011–2023 Robin Lustig, 1989–2012 Mary Ann Sieghart, 2008–10 Paul Welsh Judy Swallow Alex Brodie Philippa Thomas 200?–21 Nick Worrall, 1988 – ? Oliver Scott, 1988 – ? Hugh Prysor-Jones, 1988 – ? Geoffrey Stern, 1988 – ? Max Pearson Kathryn Davies, 1991– ? Cindy Polemis, 1991–? Max Easterman, 1991 – ? Julian Marshall, 1991–2025

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