''Global'', styled also as ''Global with Matthew Amroliwala'' (as of 8 September 2014), is a news programme on
BBC World News
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that premiered on 14 January 2013 with the relaunch of the channel from
Broadcasting House
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. The programme was hosted initially by
Jon Sopel
Jonathan B. Sopel (born 22 May 1959) is a British journalist, television presenter and a former correspondent for BBC News. He was formerly the BBC's North America editor; chief political correspondent for the domestic news channel BBC News; a ...
who joined the channel from the domestic
BBC News channel
BBC News (also known as the BBC News Channel) is a British free-to-air public broadcast television news channel for BBC News. It was launched as BBC News 24 on 9 November 1997 at 5:30 pm as part of the BBC's foray into digital domestic telev ...
. 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
Matthew Amroliwala (born 1962) is a British television newsreader, who presents '' Global with Matthew Amroliwala'' on BBC World News each weekday at 1500 hrs GMT. He has also been an occasional relief presenter of the ''BBC News at One'' on BB ...
.
''Global'' replaced ''
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'', 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.
Schedule
''Global'' is aired from 16:00–17:45pm and 18:00-18:15pm GMT (17:00–18:45pm and 19:00-19:15 pm BST in summer time), Monday to Thursday on
BBC World News
BBC World News is an international English-language pay television network, operated under the ''BBC Global News Limited'' division of the BBC, which is a public corporation of the UK government's Department for Digital, Culture, Media and S ...
, split in-between by ''
Sport Today
''Sport Today'' is a sports news programme produced by the BBC and is shown on BBC World News. It is broadcast up to 12 times daily from Monday-Thursday, 11 times daily on Friday and twice daily at the weekend. The programme provides the news, re ...
'' and usually followed by an edition of ''Global Business''.
Presenters
When Jon Sopel presented, the title sequence ends by stating Global with Jon Sopel. However, when he does not, as he is often on assignment, the titles only show Global, regardless of the replacement presenter. This only happens if he isn't reporting from a location on a topic covered in the show.
It was announced that Sopel will step down as presenter to become North America Editor; he presented his final episode on 17 July 2014.
Prior to Sopel's final episode, it was announced (on 8 July 2014) that
BBC News Channel
BBC News (also known as the BBC News Channel) is a British free-to-air public broadcast television news channel for BBC News. It was launched as BBC News 24 on 9 November 1997 at 5:30 pm as part of the BBC's foray into digital domestic telev ...
presenter
Matthew Amroliwala
Matthew Amroliwala (born 1962) is a British television newsreader, who presents '' Global with Matthew Amroliwala'' on BBC World News each weekday at 1500 hrs GMT. He has also been an occasional relief presenter of the ''BBC News at One'' on BB ...
will succeed Sopel in September 2014 as the main presenter. Amroliwala presented his first episode on 8 September 2014; and since the programme has been styled Global with Matthew Amroliwala.
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