''Journal de 13 heures'' or ''13 heures'' (french: The 1PM Journal, stylized on-screen as ''13h'') is France 2's afternoon news program, seen weekdays at 1:00 pm (13:00)

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. It has been broadcast since 1981. This France 2 news program is seen opposite the similarly named news program on commercial broadcaster

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, ''TF1 13 Heures'', which has twice the viewership of France 2's program. As a result, France 2's ''13 heures'' has seen a frequent turnover of news anchors for the program—15 in the last ten years.

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host the ''13 heures'' from 2005 to 2016. More generally, many French television channels offer a newscast at or around 1:00 pm:

, France 2, France 3, C8 and M6. In Belgium,

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broadcasts a news bulletin at 1:00 pm, as well as

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. Ivorian presenters of the series include

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, Awa Ehoura, Alberic Niango,

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, David Mobio, Lanciné Fofana, Viviane Ahimain and Amidou Doukouré. In the

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, an equivalent newscast is the '' BBC News at One'', shown at 1:00 pm UK time and formerly anchored by George Alagiah. It is also shown on SBS in Australia 6am weekdays.

References

External links

Official site
* French television news shows 1981 French television series debuts France 2 France Télévisions original programming {{france-tv-prog-stub