British TV series or programme
Dateline London
was a weekly
BBC News
discussion
programme. A
panel
of four leading
journalists
,
lecturers
, and
foreign correspondents
discussed top news stories from an international perspective. The last episode made was on 15 October 2022.
Production
[
edit
]
Prior to the
COVID-19 pandemic
,
Dateline London
was recorded live on Saturday at 11.30
am on the
BBC News Channel
and
BBC World News
. It always featured four guests in a round-table discussion of the weeks' main stories.
When the pandemic curtailed all in-person activities, only three guests participated in the programme. Two foreign correspondents from other news agencies or papers joined the programme virtually, with an in-studio guest usually being a relevant BBC correspondent with previous background to the stories being covered. In mid-2022, the virtual guests were stopped as they were accommodated in the studio, and on occasion a BBC correspondent would participate. Additionally, the programme moved to being recorded live every Friday at 7:30
pm, with repeats continuing as normal over the weekend. If significant news stories occurred during the day, the programme was able to be recorded earlier or later on the Friday.
In mid-2022, at the same time as axing virtual guests, the BBC announced its decision to axe the programme later that year. The final episode was broadcast on 15 October 2022.
[1]
Hosts
[
edit
]
Dateline London
was first hosted by
Charles Wheeler
, and subsequently by
Gavin Esler
.
Shaun Ley
and
Maxine Mawhinney
served as stand-in hosts during Esler's tenure.
Esler hosted his final edition on 25 March 2017, and Mawhinney on 8 April 2017. Since 15 April 2017,
Dateline London
was hosted on
rotation
by
Jane Hill
or
Shaun Ley
, while
Carrie Gracie
and
Tim Willcox
provided occasional cover.
Carrie Gracie had presented
Dateline London
following her return from paid leave in mid-2018. After 33
years with the BBC, Carrie Gracie left in August 2020. Shaun Ley or Geeta Guru-Murthy presented the programme following Gracie's departure. On 21 May 2021,
Martine Croxall
presented
Dateline London
for the first time.
[2]
As of October 2021, Shaun Ley was the main presenter of Dateline London. Other presenters occasionally seen hosting the show were
Martine Croxall
,
Ben Brown
and
Geeta Guru-Murthy
.
Regular panelists
[
edit
]
- Lyse Doucet
chief international correspondent and presenter
BBC News
- David Aaronovitch
is an
Orwell Prize
winning journalist
- Yasmin Alibhai-Brown
is an
Orwell Prize
winning journalist
- Mina Al-Oraibi
is editor-in-chief at
The National
- Abdel Bari Atwan
of
Rai-al-Youm
- Stephanie Baker
of
Bloomberg
- Stefanie Bolzen
of
Die Welt
- Henry Chu
of
Variety
- Janet Daley
of
The Daily Telegraph
- Alex Deane
is a political commentator
- John Fisher Burns
is a
Pulitzer Prize
winning journalist
- Eunice Goes
is a Portuguese writer and lecturer
- Michael Goldfarb
is a journalist and author
- Johan Hari
is a journalist
- Owen Jones
is a journalist, author, and commentator
- Mustapha Karkouti
is a freelance journalist
- Gregory Katz
of
Associated Press
- Thomas Kielinger
is a
Theodor Wolff Prize
winning journalist and the London correspondent for
Die Welt
- Jeffrey Kofman
is an
Emmy Award
winning journalist and lecturer
- Laura Lynch
is a Canadian writer and broadcaster
- Suzanne Lynch of
The Irish Times
- Vincent Magombe
is a journalist and analyst
- Nesrine Malik
is a Sudanese writer
- Maria Margaronis
of
The Nation
- Iain Martin
is a journalist and author
- Jef McAllister
is a journalist and lawyer
- Stryker McGuire
of
Bloomberg
- Alexander Nekrassov
is a Russian journalist
- Brian O'Connell
is a journalist and communications advisor
- Annalisa Piras
is an Italian writer and film maker
- Agnes Poirier
is a journalist, writer, and broadcaster
- Nabila Ramdani
is a journalist, writer, and broadcaster
- Steve Richards
is a political writer and broadcaster
- Marc Roche
of
Le Monde
- Jonathan Sacerdoti
is a journalist, political commentator and foreign correspondent
- Shahed Sadullah
is the former editor of the Pakistani daily The News in London
- Rachel Shabi
is a journalist and author
- Ned Temko
is a political commentator
- Polly Toynbee
is an
Orwell Prize
winning journalist at
The Guardian
- Isabel Hilton
, founder of
Chinadialogue
- Nazenin Ansari
, Iranian exile journalist
- Clive Myrie
, BBC News Presenter and foreign correspondent
- Celia Hatton
, BBC News Asia Editor and presenter
References
[
edit
]
|
---|
|
Radio
|
---|
Radio stations
| |
---|
Languages
| |
---|
Current
| |
---|
Defunct
| |
---|
Timelines
| |
---|
Online services
| |
---|
|
Staff
|
---|
Director/CEO
| |
---|
On-air staff
| |
---|
Regional news
| |
---|
|
|