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| Other names | WATO |
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| Genre | News and current affairs |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
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| Edited by | Victoria Wakeley |
| Recording studio | Broadcasting House |
| Original release | 4 October 1965 |
| Website | www |
| Podcast | www |
The World at One (or WATO, pronounced "what-oh") is BBC Radio 4's long-running lunchtime news and current affairs radio programme, broadcast weekdays from 13:00 to 13:45 and produced by BBC News. The programme describes itself as "Britain's leading political programme. With a reputation for rigorous and original investigation, it is required listening in Westminster".
From 7 November 2011, the programme was extended in length from 30 minutes to 45 minutes.