The Westminster Hour

The Westminster Hour is a British political news review produced by BBC News, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 each Sunday evening between 22:00 and 23:00 (starting with a national and international news bulletin). The programme began to be broadcast in April 1998.^[1]

The Westminster Hour

Genre	Politics and current affairs
Running time	60 minutes
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Language(s)	English
Home station	BBC Radio 4
Hosted by	Ben Wright
Recording studio	BBC Millbank
Original release	12 April 1998
Website	www.bbc.co.uk/westminsterhour
Podcast	www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02nrs6c/episodes/downloads

Despite the reference in its title to the Palace of Westminster – meeting-place of the Houses of the United Kingdom Parliament – the programme also deals with topics and events connected with the work of the UK's devolved legislative assemblies in Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh, and London.

Presenters

Ben Wright, one of the BBC's political correspondents, is the current presenter of The Westminster Hour. Previous hosts include Carolyn Quinn (a former presenter of Radio 4's Today programme) and Andrew Rawnsley (subsequently a columnist at The Observer).