''Impact'' (formerly ''Impact Asia''), styled also as ''Impact with Yalda Hakim'' is a news programme that premiered on
BBC World News on 1 February 2010 as part of a network-wide refresh. The programme is hosted by
Yalda Hakim,
who replaced previous presenter
Mishal Husain. The programme brings audiences a mixture of
breaking news
Breaking news, interchangeably termed late-breaking news and also known as a special report or special coverage or news flash, is a current issue that broadcasters feel warrants the interruption of scheduled programming or current news in orde ...
, debate and analysis using the BBC's range of correspondents based in the Asia Pacific regions and around the world. Broadcasting political, diplomatic, business, sports and breaking news stories directly affecting Asia Pacific, the programme aims to analyse stories from a global perspective. The format includes sport, business and weather updates.
History
As part of a shake-up of the BBC World News schedule, on 1 February 2010 presenter based strands were developed to give more focus on the names hosting each slot. These replaced several editions of
World News Today. ''Impact Asia'' was developed as one of these slots. In 2011 the programme was renamed ''Impact'' to avoid the exclusion of other sections of the global audience.
Schedule
''Impact'' is currently aired from 13:00–14:30
GMT (with an extra half-hour at 15:00
GMT), weekdays on BBC World News. The programme is split into three parts, each lasting half an hour. After the final section ''
World Business Report'' then ''
Sport Today'' air. During
British Summer Time
During British Summer Time (BST), civil time in the United Kingdom is advanced one hour forward of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), in effect changing the time zone from UTC±00:00 to UTC+01:00, so that mornings have one hour less daylight, and e ...
, the programme airs at 12:00–13:30 GMT (with an extra half-hour at 14:00 GMT); and is followed by an edition of
HARDtalk.
Presentation
The programme was originally broadcast from studio N8 in the News Centre at
BBC Television Centre, along with other output from ''BBC World News''. When major news events occur the programme may be presented on location, for example, Mishal Husain presented from Pakistan in the aftermath of
Osama Bin Laden's death
On May 2, 2011, Osama bin Laden, the founder and first leader of the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda, was shot several times and killed at his compound in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad, by United States Navy SEALs of the U.S. Naval Sp ...
. From 14 January 2013 the programme moved to
Broadcasting House
Broadcasting House is the headquarters of the BBC, in Portland Place and Langham Place, London. The first radio broadcast from the building was made on 15 March 1932, and the building was officially opened two months later, on 15 May. The m ...
studio B.
Presenters
When Yalda Hakim presents, the title sequence ends by stating '
''Impact with Yalda Hakim''
'. However, when she does not, as she is often on assignment, the titles only show Impact''
', regardless of the alternate presenter. This only happens if she isn't reporting from a location on a topic covered in the show.
It was announced that Husain would leave the show in autumn 2013 to join
Today,
she presented her last programme on 7 October 2013. She is to maintain the role of 'relief presenter'. In April 2014, Yalda Hakim was announced as Husain's permanent replacement.
References
External links
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** (2010–2012)
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