World News Today | |
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Created by | BBC World News |
Presented by | Philippa Thomas Karin Giannone Kasia Madera (Fri) Alpa Patel (Sat-Sun) |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Production locations | Studio C, Broadcasting House, London |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | BBC World News BBC Four BBC Four HD (2013-2020) BBC News Channel BBC |
Release | 31 May 2006 20 March 2020 | –
Related | |
The World BBC News at Nine BBC World News BBC World News America Newsday GMT Impact Global Focus on Africa, Outside Source, BBC News, BBC Breakfast, BBC News at One, BBC News at Five, BBC News at Six, BBC News at Nine, BBC Weekend News | |
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World News Today is a current-affairs news programme, produced by BBC News that was presented on Friday-Sundays with Philippa Thomas, Karin Giannone and Kasia Madera. Presenters alternated the weekend shifts. It was originally conceived as a morning television show aimed at American audiences, hosted by George Alagiah, but later expanded to six editions a day aimed at different markets. There was then one daily edition only, aimed as an evening news programme for the UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa part-simulcast on BBC Four, BBC News Channel and BBC World News. The programme aired until 20 March 2020.