World Update Explained

Show Name:	World Update
Format:	News, current events, and factual
Runtime:	54 minutes
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English
Home Station:	BBC World Service
Presenter:	Dan Damon
Editor:	Ian Brimacombe
Record Location:	Broadcasting House
Last Aired:	2020

World Update is a radio programme that was BBC World Service's morning news strand. Broadcast at 10:06 GMT, it was also carried by public radio stations across the United States.^[1] Between 2003 and 2020, the programme was presented by Dan Damon.^[2] On 25 June 2012, World Update became the first English-language World Service programme to come from Broadcasting House.

In January 2020, the BBC announced that it would be discontinuing World Update.^[3]

Presenters

Current

Years	Presenter	Current role
2003–2020		Main presenter
?–2020		Occasional relief presenter
?–2020	Rebecca Kesby

Former

• American journalist Vicki Barker was the main presenter from 1997 to 2003.^[4]

See also

• BBC News
• BBC World News, The BBC's International Television Station

Notes and References

1. Web site: World Service Programmes - World Update . BBC . 2012-05-21.
2. Web site: BBC World Service - Institutional - Dan Damon . BBC . 2011-10-11 . 2012-05-21.
3. Web site: January 29, 2020 . BBC to cut an estimated 450 jobs in modernization plan . Associated Press . en . August 6, 2023 .
4. Web site: AboutVickiBarker.