World Update

Radio show

World Update

Genre| News, current events, and factual
Running time| 54 minutes
Country of origin| United Kingdom
Language(s)| English
Home station| BBC World Service
Hosted by| Dan Damon
Edited by| Ian Brimacombe
Recording studio| Broadcasting House
Original release| 2020

World Update was 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

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### Current

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Years | Presenter | Current role

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2003–2020 | Dan Damon | Main presenter
?–2020 | Julian Marshall | Occasional relief presenter
?–2020 | Rebecca Kesby

### Former

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

## See also

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* BBC portal

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

## References

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1. ^ "World Service Programmes - World Update". BBC. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
2. ^ "BBC World Service - Institutional - Dan Damon". BBC. 11 October 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
3. ^ "BBC to cut an estimated 450 jobs in modernization plan". Associated Press. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
4. ^ "AboutVickiBarker".

## External links

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