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unusual facts about BBC World



Abdel Bari Atwan

As editor of Al Quds Al Arabi, Abdel Bari Atwan has become a well-known Arab public figure, and is a regular guest on Dateline London on BBC World, Sky News, Al Jazeera English and CNN World, as well as on several Arabic-language networks.

Chris Roebuck

Roebuck appears regularly on both TV and radio globally as a leadership expert, including BBC News, BBC World Business, BBC Breakfast, The Money Programme, Bloomberg, CNBC,CNN, Sky, Al Jazeera, Swiss and Russian National Television, BBC UK, World Service and Australian Radio channels.

English in the Netherlands

In addition to the availability of the British channels BBC One, Two and World and American CNN and the English edition of Al Jazeera, many series broadcast on Dutch channels are broadcast in English (i.e. anglophone TV-series, documentaries) with Dutch subtitles.

History of television in Germany

The programme diversity is by far the largest in Europe; with Germany being in the middle of Europe it can receive satellite channels like BBC World, TVE, Al-Jazeera, RAI, France 1, CNBC Europe and other pan-European or Asian-African channels.

Kasia Madera

She shares the overnight presenting slot on the BBC News Channel with Babita Sharma, simulcast on BBC World.

Majid Rafizadeh

As a political scientist and scholar, Rafizadeh regularly appears on national and international outlets including CNN, BBC World TV and Radio, ABC, Aljazeera, Fox News, CTV News, RT, CCTV America, and France 24 International.

Marc Holtzman

As a frequent guest lecturer, Mr. Holtzman has advocated the process of continued market reforms and democratization before audiences including the World Economic Development Congress and Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and has appeared as a guest on CNN, ABC News, Sky News, the British Broadcasting Corporation’s BBC World and CNBC among others.

The British Curry Awards

The event has been shown on ITN, BBC World, BBC2, Sky, ATN, Channel One, Star Plus, Zee TV and others and is also covered by national, local and international newspapers.


see also

Brain of Britain

Brain of Britain was also broadcast on BBC World Service for many years; in fact, talk show host David Letterman was a fan of the show, and invited 1993 winner Geoffrey Colton to appear on his talk show.

Claudia Hammond

In addition to presenting Health Check on BBC World News every Friday, Hammond has appeared on several other TV programmes (such as the One Show and BBC Breakfast) commenting on psychological topics.

James F. Reda

Reda regularly appears on business news segments and has been featured on Lou Dobbs Tonight, The Newshour with Jim Lehrer, Fox Business News, BBC World Radio Service, ABC News, Bloomberg TV, and the CBS Early Show.

John Wilcockson

John Wilcockson is a British sports journalist and author who has covered professional cycling for over 40 years, reporting on major cycling events for NPR and the BBC World Service, and publishing articles in The New York Times, Outside, Men’s Journal and The Times, among others.

Learning English

BBC Learning English, a department of the BBC World Service devoted to English language teaching

Marc Elliott

The Tenth Man - Leonotre/Hauftman - (BBC World Service/Radio 4) 2004

News Hour

Newshour, the BBC World Service radio flagship programme

NHK Tokyo Children's Choir

It also toured extensively throughout the world and has won important awards, such as in BBC World Amateur Chorus Competition (No. 2 in the children's area), the Centennial of Zoltán Kodály's Birth Competition (No. 1 in the children's area), EBU World Chorus Competition (No. 1 in the children's area), etc.

South Korea–United States relations

According to a 2013 BBC World Service Poll, 58% of South Koreans view U.S. influence positively, the highest rating for any surveyed Asian country.

The Doha Debates

In addition to BBC World News The Doha Debates are broadcast on MHz Networks and Thirteen (television station) in the USA, GEO TV in Pakistan, TV BiH in Bosnia and Hertzegovina and the Real News Network in Canada and the USA.

Wyoming Public Radio

Some NPR, PRI and BBC World Service programming includes Morning Edition, Talk of the Nation, All Things Considered, BBC World Service, and many others.

Ziya Meral

He is a frequent commentator in international and British media, including live interviews on Al Jazeera and BBC World TV programs such as World News Today with Kirsty Lang and Zeinab Badawi, and GMT with George Alagiah; BBC World Service radio programs including Europe Today, World Have Your Say and Reporting Religion; BBC Radio's Jeremy Vine Show, the Today Programme and Beyond Belief.