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World Update

Field	Value
show_name	World Update
image	World_Update_cover_art.jpg
format	News, current events, and factual
runtime	54 minutes
country	United Kingdom
language	English
home_station	BBC World Service
presenter	Dan Damon
editor	Ian Brimacombe
record_location	Broadcasting House
last_aired	2020

World Update was a radio programme that was BBC World Service's morning news strand. Broadcast at 10:06 GMT, it was also carried by public radio stations across the United States. Between 2003 and 2020, the programme was presented by Dan Damon. On 25 June 2012, World Update became the first English-language World Service programme to come from Broadcasting House.

In January 2020, the BBC announced that it would be discontinuing World Update.

Presenters

Current

Years	Presenter	Current role
2003–2020	Dan Damon	Main presenter
?–2020	Julian Marshall	Occasional relief presenter
?–2020	Rebecca Kesby

Former

American journalist Vicki Barker was the main presenter from 1997 to 2003.

References

"World Service Programmes - World Update". BBC.
(2011-10-11). "BBC World Service - Institutional - Dan Damon". BBC.
(January 29, 2020). "BBC to cut an estimated 450 jobs in modernization plan". Associated Press.
"AboutVickiBarker".

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