13 heures, originally 13 heures, le journal, is France 2

France 2

France 2 is a French public national television channel. It is part of the state-owned France Télévisions group, along with France 3, France 4, France 5 and France Ô...

's afternoon news program, seen weekdays at 1:00 pm (13:00) Central European Time

Central European Time

Central European Time , used in most parts of the European Union, is a standard time that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time . The time offset from UTC can be written as +01:00...

 in Metropolitan France

Metropolitan France

Metropolitan France is the part of France located in Europe. It can also be described as mainland France or as the French mainland and the island of Corsica...

. It has been broadcast since 1981.

This France 2 news program is seen opposite the similarly named news program on commercial broadcaster TF1

TF1

TF1 is a national French TV channel, controlled by TF1 Group, whose major share-holder is Bouygues. TF1's average market share of 24% makes it the most popular domestic network...

, TF1 13 Heures, which has twice the viewership of France 2's program. As a result, France 2's 13 heures has seen a frequent turnover of news anchors for the program—15 in the last ten years.

It has been broadcast on the channels TF1

TF1

TF1 is a national French TV channel, controlled by TF1 Group, whose major share-holder is Bouygues. TF1's average market share of 24% makes it the most popular domestic network...

, France 2

France 2

France 2 is a French public national television channel. It is part of the state-owned France Télévisions group, along with France 3, France 4, France 5 and France Ô...

, France 3

France 3

France 3 is the second largest French public television channel and part of the France Télévisions group, which also includes France 2, France 4, France 5, and France Ô....

, Canal + and M6 in France. In Belgium the series has aired on La Une

La Une

La Une is a Belgian national television channel, owned and operated by RTBF.- INR :The Institut National de Radiodiffusion began experimental television in Belgium on 2 June 1953, with the crowning of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom...

 and La Deux

La Deux

La Deux is a Belgian national television channel, owned and operated by RTBF.-The RTbis era:On 23 September 1976, RTbis went on air until 1979.In 1977, RTB had become RTBF but RTbis still on air for 2 years.-The Télé 21 era:...

 and in Côte d'Ivoire

Côte d'Ivoire

The Republic of Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast is a country in West Africa. It has an area of , and borders the countries Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso and Ghana; its southern boundary is along the Gulf of Guinea. The country's population was 15,366,672 in 1998 and was estimated to be...

 on La Première

La Première

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. Ivorian presenters of the series include Habiba Dembélé

Habiba Dembélé

Habiba Dembélé Sahouet is an Ivorian journalist and television presenter.She is currently presenter of TV news 13 heures and 20 heures on the La Première main channel, centred in Abidjan....

, Awa Ehoura, Alberic Niango, Pascal Aka Brou, David Mobio, Lanciné Fofana, Viviane Ahimain and Amidou Doukouré.

In the UK, an equivalent newscast is the BBC One O'Clock News

BBC One O'Clock News

The BBC News at One is the afternoon news bulletin from the BBC. Produced by BBC News, the programme is broadcast on BBC One and the BBC News channel on Monday to Sunday 1:00pm....

, shown at 1:00 pm UK time

Time in the United Kingdom

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 and formerly anchored by George Alagiah

George Alagiah

George Maxwell Alagiah OBE is a British newsreader, journalist and television news presenter.Since 3 December 2007, he has been the sole presenter of the BBC News at Six and has also been the main presenter of GMT on BBC World News since its launch on 1 February 2010...

. 13 heures is currently anchored by Elise Lucet

Élise Lucet

Élise Lucet, born 30 May 1963 in Rouen , France, is a French investigative journalist and television host. She has worked on France 3 on the prime time investigative journalism program Pieces a Conviction, and began working for France 2 on 6 September 2005, to host the program 13 heures le...

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