Global (TV programme)

Global, styled also as Global with Matthew Amroliwala (as of 8 September 2014), is a news programme on BBC World News that premiered on 14 January 2013 with the relaunch of the channel from Broadcasting House.^[1] The programme was hosted initially by Jon Sopel who joined the channel from the domestic BBC News channel. Sopel regularly presented the programme on location around the world and in this case it is broadcast in part on the BBC News channel. Sopel was promoted to North America Editor in 2014, and was succeeded in September by Matthew Amroliwala.

Global
Final title card, used from 2022 to 2023.
Also known as	Global with Jon Sopel (January 2013 - July 2014) Global with Matthew Amroliwala (Sept. 2014 - 3 March 2023)
Created by	BBC World News
Presented by	Matthew Amroliwala Tim Willcox
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
Production
Production locations	Studio C, Broadcasting House, London
Running time	2 hours
Original release
Network	BBC World News
Release	14 January 2013 (2013-01-14) – 3 March 2023 (2023-03-03)
Related
The Hub BBC World News BBC World News America Newsday GMT Impact Focus on Africa World News Today Verified Live The Daily Global BBC News Now

Global replaced The Hub, which originally was an edition of World News Today and served as a news 'nerve centre' for South Asia and the Middle East, providing both the headlines, and detailed analysis of the global news agenda.

As part of BBC's plan to merge its domestic BBC News channel in the UK and BBC World News in early 2023, Global was one of the programmes which was cancelled.^[2] The final episode aired on 3 March 2023 at 18:00 GMT on the then BBC World News.

The programme is spiritually replaced by Verified Live, which aims at fact-checking of news based on confirmed facts and sources. It debuted on 22 May 2023.

Schedule

Global was aired from 16:00 to 17:45 and 18:00 to 18:15 GMT (17:00–18:45 and 19:00–19:15 BST in summer time), Monday to Thursday on BBC World News, split in-between by Sport Today and usually followed by an edition of Global Business.

Presenters

Years	Presenter	Current role
2014–2023	Matthew Amroliwala	Main Presenter
2013–2023	Tim Willcox	Deputy Presenter
2014–2023	David Eades	Relief Presenter
	Lucy Hockings
	Karin Giannone
	Geeta Guru-Murthy
	Philippa Thomas
	Kasia Madera
	Chris Rogers
2017–2023	Samantha Simmonds
2018–2023	Nuala McGovern
2019–2023	Maryam Moshiri

Former presenters

Years	Presenter	Previous role
2013–2014	Jon Sopel	Main Presenter
	Ros Atkins	Deputy Presenter
	Komla Dumor	Main Presenter
	Rajesh Mirchandani	Relief Presenter
	Naga Munchetty	Main Presenter

When Jon Sopel presented, the title sequence ended by stating 'Global with Jon Sopel'. However, when he did not, as he was often on assignment, the titles only showed 'Global', regardless of the replacement presenter. This only happensed if he wasn't reporting from a location on a topic covered in the show.

It was announced that Sopel would step down as presenter to become North America Editor;^[3] he presented his final episode on 17 July 2014.^[4]

Prior to Sopel's final episode, it was announced (on 8 July 2014) that BBC News Channel presenter Matthew Amroliwala would succeed Sopel in September 2014 as the main presenter.^[5] Amroliwala presented his first episode on 8 September 2014; and since the programme had been styled 'Global with Matthew Amroliwala'.

Dumor died on 18 January 2014 in his Hertfordshire, England home after a cardiac arrest, having been on air the day before.^[6][7] President of Ghana John Mahama said in a message on Twitter that Dumor was one of Ghana's "finest ambassadors" and "was a broadcaster of exceptional quality and Ghana's gift to the World."^[8] Mirchandani resigned from the BBC in October 2014; he has since become the Senior Director of Communications at the Center for Global Development.^[9]

References

1. "BBC World News launches new studios, new programming and new presenters". BBC. 8 January 2013. Archived from the original on 16 March 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
2. Manning, Mike. 2023. "Joint UK/international BBC News service from March." Accessed 18 April 2023. https://cleanfeed.thetvroom.com/17007/news/joint-uk-international-bbc-news-service-from-march/
3. "BBC - BBC World News: Yalda Hakim joins Impact and Jon Sopel becomes the BBC's North America Editor - Media Centre". Archived from the original on 8 May 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
4. "Jon Sopel on Twitter". Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
5. "BBC - Victoria Derbyshire to join BBC News Channel as Matthew Amroliwala moves to BBC World News - Media Centre". Archived from the original on 2 November 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
6. "BBC World TV's Komla Dumor dies at 41". BBC News. 18 January 2014. Archived from the original on 18 January 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
7. Chris-Vincent Agyapong Febiri (18 January 2014). "Ghanaian/BBC Broadcast Journalist-Komla Dumor Is DEAD!". GhanaWeb. Archived from the original on 15 February 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
8. John Dramani Mahama @JDMahama (18 January 2014). "Twitter". Archived from the original on 20 February 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
9. "CGD Welcomes Rajesh Mirchandani as Senior Director of Communications and Policy Outreach". Archived from the original on 19 February 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2015.

• BBC portal

External links

• Global at BBC Online (Current)
  • Global with Jon Sopel Archived 18 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine (2013-2014)