On Assignment

On Assignment is an ITV current affairs programme, fronted by ITV News international affairs editor, Rageh Omaar. Nina Hossain replaced Rageh from May 2024, after the latter became unwell during a live broadcast of ITV News at Ten in April 2024. Rageh later returned to his broadcasting role with ITV News in January 2025. The programme first aired on 19 March 2014, following ITV News at Ten.^[1]

On Assignment
On Assignment title card
Presented by	Rageh Omaar (2014-2024) Nina Hossain (2024)
Starring	ITV News presenters and correspondents
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
Production
Producers	ITN Productions for ITV News & Current Affairs
Running time	35 minutes (inc. adverts)
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	19 March 2014 (2014-03-19) – 26 November 2024 (2024-11-26)
Related
ITV News Exposure Peston Tonight

ITV News produced the half-hour programmes, consisting of three long-form reports, focusing on stories across the world, providing colour, background, insight and perspectives on the issues of the moment. Originally broadcast once a month, the series moved to a weekly format in 2017, airing in two series of five episodes a year, before returning to a monthly format.

The last episode of the series was broadcast in November 2024, with no new editions since then.^[2][3]