''GMT'' is a news programme that aired weekdays on

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between 1 February 2010 and 1 November 2019. The programme's main presenters were

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and

Stephen Sackur Stephen John Sackur (born 9 January 1964) is an English journalist who presents ''HARDtalk'', a current affairs interview programme on BBC World News and the BBC News Channel. He was also the main Friday presenter of '' GMT'' on BBC World News. ...

, rotated depending on the edition because (, original presenter

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was on leave from his anchor duties on ''GMT''), with

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serving as a primary relief presenter. Each programme began with the presenter providing an in-depth lead story, giving the time in that part of the world; the program also featured other reports of moderate length focusing on political, social, health and

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issues, business and sport news, as well as a brief summary of other news headlines from around the world (however, the programme does not emphasize 'headlines' from BBC World News). Its title apparently refers to

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, as the programme commences at 12:00 GMT.

Schedule

''GMT'' aired three times a day (09:00-09:30 GMT, 11:00-11:30 GMT and 12:00-13:00 GMT) each Monday through Friday on BBC World News. The programme acted as a morning programme for

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and

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, a daytime/afternoon programme for

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia ...

Middle East The Middle East ( ar, الشرق الأوسط, ISO 233: ) is a geopolitical region commonly encompassing Arabian Peninsula, Arabia (including the Arabian Peninsula and Bahrain), Anatolia, Asia Minor (Asian part of Turkey except Hatay Pro ...

and

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

, an evening programme for

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, and a late night/early morning programme for

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and

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. The programme featured analysis and discussion of the top news stories of the day and also previewed the exclusive reports, correspondent feature films and interviews planned on BBC World News programme ''

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'' at 00:00 GMT later that day. In the United States, the first half-hour of the 12:00 GMT segment of the program was also syndicated to

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member stations and select

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independent stations through a distribution agreement between BBC World News and

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public independent

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BBC Two simulcast

From 6 September 2010, a 27-minute segment was shown on

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in the UK on Mondays and Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at 12:30 GMT, replacing ''

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''. Originally an edition of ''

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'' was shown at 12:40 GMT, though this was changed for

viewers to feature a four-minute-long business update. There was no Wednesday edition during Parliament, because of a 90-minute-long edition of ''

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'' to cover

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. The BBC Two simulcast was ended at the end of 2011, and was replaced in 2012 by an extended edition of ''The Daily Politics''. An edition of ''

'' was shown instead on BBC Two at 11:30, this was replaced in 2015 with

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Presenters

Former

(2010-2014) *

Zeinab Badawi Zeinab Badawi ( ar, زينب بدوي; born October 1959) is a Sudanese-British television and radio journalist. She was the first presenter of the ''ITV Morning News'' (later known as '' ITV News at 5:30''), and co-presented ''Channel 4 News'' ...

(2010-2014) * Jonathan Charles (2010-2011) *

Komla Dumor Komla Afeke Dumor (3 October 1972 – 18 January 2014) was a Ghanaian journalist who worked for BBC World News and was the main presenter of its programme ''Focus on Africa''. Early life and education Dumor was born in Accra, Ghana. His fath ...

(2012–2014; served until his death) *

Naga Munchetty Subha Nagalakshmi Munchetty-Chendriah (born 25 February 1975), also known as Naga Munchetty, is a British television presenter, newsreader and journalist. She regularly presents '' BBC Breakfast''. She is also a former presenter of BBC World Ne ...

(2012–2014; moved to Salford to present ''

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'') *

Ros Atkins Roslyn Atkins (born 1974) is an English journalist and analysis editor for the BBC. He presents ''Outside Source'', ''Ros Atkins on the week'' and ''Ros Atkins on..'' on BBC World News and the BBC News Channel. He also presents on rotation '' ...

(2013-2014) *

Rajesh Mirchandani Rajesh Mirchandani is a communications executive and former British television journalist. He spent more than two decades reporting from around the world as a BBC correspondent and news anchor, covering international events from Typhoon Haiyan i ...

(2013-2014)

References

External links

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