''The World Today'' was an early morning news and current affairs radio programme on the

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, launched in 1999, and broadcast from 3:00 to 8:30 (GMT) daily as of 2011. It consisted of news bulletins on the hour and half-hour, serious international interviews and in-depth reports of world news. The

World Service The BBC World Service is a British public service broadcaster owned and operated by the BBC. It is the world's largest external broadcaster in terms of reception area, language selection and audience reach. It broadcasts radio news, speec ...

considered it one of their most important strands, and in 2009 the programme won the News and Current Affairs Award at the

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. The judges noted that the programme "bubbled over with stories of real life from around the globe" and that "the compassion, respect and understanding the programme had for every contributor shone through every minute of the competition entry." Both ''The World Today'' and its fellow news programme ''Network Africa'' ended in 2012, when they were replaced by a new BBC World Service programme entitled ''

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''."New BBC Radio Breakfast show aimed at African audiences"
BBC Media Centre, 27 June 2012.

History

''The World Today'' was launched on the

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in 1999 as part of a shake-up of the news programming. In June 2012 the programme moved to

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in central London.

Presenters

Due to the nature of ''The World Today'' many BBC personalities appeared on the programme. Core presenters included: * Durdana Ansari *

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* Ed Butler *

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* Tom Hagler * Pascale Harter * Roger Hearing * Julian Keane * Jackie Leonard * Sunita Nahar * Fergus Nicoll * Max Pearson * Lawrence Pollard *

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* Mark Whitaker

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:World Today, The BBC news radio programmes BBC World Service programmes RNZ International

History

Presenters

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