World Update

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.^[1] Between 2003 and 2020, the programme was presented by Dan Damon.^[2] On 25 June 2012, World Update became the first English-language World Service programme to come from Broadcasting House.

World Update

Genre	News, current events, and factual
Running time	54 minutes
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Language(s)	English
Home station	BBC World Service
Hosted by	Dan Damon
Edited by	Ian Brimacombe
Recording studio	Broadcasting House
Original release	2020

In January 2020, the BBC announced that it would be discontinuing World Update.^[3]

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.^[4]

See also

• BBC portal

• BBC News
• BBC World News, The BBC's International Television Station