Dateline London
Encyclopedia
Dateline London is a weekly news discussion programme shown on both BBC News and BBC World News. The programme, presented by Gavin Esler
, with Nik Gowing
and Lyse Doucet
acting as relief presenters, features a roundtable panel of foreign and British journalists who discuss the week's top news stories from an international perspective.
First presented by Charles Wheeler
, and originally broadcast from the BBC's Westminster studios at Millbank, Dateline London now comes from the BBC News channel's studio at BBC Television Centre. The programme is first shown on Saturdays at 12:30 on BBC News, and at 14:30 GMT on BBC World News. It is repeated on BBC News on Mondays at 02:30, and on BBC World News on Saturdays at 20:30 GMT and on Sundays at 01:30 and 08:30 GMT.
Dateline London started in 1996 and is produced by Nick Guthrie of Tv Talk.
Gavin Esler
Gavin Esler is a Scottish author and BBC television presenter, currently one of the four main presenters on BBC Two's flagship political analysis programme, Newsnight.-Education:...
, with Nik Gowing
Nik Gowing
Nik Keith Gowing is a British television journalist. He was educated at the Simon Langton Grammar School in Canterbury and Latymer Upper School in London, followed by Bristol University....
and Lyse Doucet
Lyse Doucet
Lyse Doucet is a senior BBC presenter and special correspondent from New Brunswick, Canada. She works for both BBC World Service radio and BBC World News television, and also reports for BBC Radio 4 and BBC News in the UK, including reporting on Newsnight.-Education:Doucet was born in Bathurst,...
acting as relief presenters, features a roundtable panel of foreign and British journalists who discuss the week's top news stories from an international perspective.
First presented by Charles Wheeler
Charles Wheeler
Charles Wheeler may refer to:*Charles Wheeler , Australian painter*Charles Wheeler , journalist with the BBC*Charles Wheeler , Missouri politician...
, and originally broadcast from the BBC's Westminster studios at Millbank, Dateline London now comes from the BBC News channel's studio at BBC Television Centre. The programme is first shown on Saturdays at 12:30 on BBC News, and at 14:30 GMT on BBC World News. It is repeated on BBC News on Mondays at 02:30, and on BBC World News on Saturdays at 20:30 GMT and on Sundays at 01:30 and 08:30 GMT.
Dateline London started in 1996 and is produced by Nick Guthrie of Tv Talk.
Regular panelists
- Yasmin Alibhai-BrownYasmin Alibhai-BrownYasmin Alibhai-Brown MBE is a Ugandan-born British journalist and author, who describes herself as a "leftie liberal, anti-racist, feminist, Muslim, part-Pakistani...a very responsible person"...
of The IndependentThe IndependentThe Independent is a British national morning newspaper published in London by Independent Print Limited, owned by Alexander Lebedev since 2010. It is nicknamed the Indy, while the Sunday edition, The Independent on Sunday, is the Sindy. Launched in 1986, it is one of the youngest UK national daily... - Ann LeslieAnn LeslieDame Ann Elizabeth Mary Leslie DBE is a British journalist who writes for the Daily Mail.-Education:...
of Daily MailDaily MailThe Daily Mail is a British daily middle-market tabloid newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust. First published in 1896 by Lord Northcliffe, it is the United Kingdom's second biggest-selling daily newspaper after The Sun. Its sister paper The Mail on Sunday was launched in 1982... - Janet DaleyJanet DaleyJanet Daley is an American-born British journalist who is currently a columnist and leader writer for the Daily Telegraph.-Life and career:...
of The Daily TelegraphThe Daily TelegraphThe Daily Telegraph is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper distributed throughout the United Kingdom and internationally. The newspaper was founded by Arthur B... - Michael WhiteMichael White (journalist)Michael White is an associate editor and former political editor of The Guardian.-Early life:White was raised in Wadebridge, Cornwall...
of The GuardianThe GuardianThe Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format... - Polly ToynbeePolly ToynbeePolly Toynbee is a British journalist and writer, and has been a columnist for The Guardian newspaper since 1998. She is a social democrat and broadly supports the Labour Party, while urging it in many areas to be more left-wing...
of The GuardianThe GuardianThe Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format... - Ned TemkoNed TemkoNed Temko is an American Jewish journalist and newspaper editor who has worked much of his life in the United Kingdom. His articles appear mainly in The Observer newspaper and focus on political and social issues. He has previously written for The Guardian and was, until 2005, editor of the Jewish...
of The ObserverThe ObserverThe Observer is a British newspaper, published on Sundays. In the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The Guardian, which acquired it in 1993, it takes a liberal or social democratic line on most issues. It is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper.-Origins:The first issue,... - Will HuttonWill HuttonWilliam Nicolas Hutton is an English writer, weekly columnist and former editor-in-chief for The Observer. He is currently Principal of Hertford College, Oxford and Chair of the Big Innovation Centre , an initiative from The Work Foundation , having been Chief Executive of The Work Foundation from...
of The ObserverThe ObserverThe Observer is a British newspaper, published on Sundays. In the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The Guardian, which acquired it in 1993, it takes a liberal or social democratic line on most issues. It is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper.-Origins:The first issue,... - Marc RocheMarc RocheMarc Roche is a Belgian journalist who has been the London correspondent for the French national newspaper Le Monde since 1997....
of Le MondeLe MondeLe Monde is a French daily evening newspaper owned by La Vie-Le Monde Group and edited in Paris. It is one of two French newspapers of record, and has generally been well respected since its first edition under founder Hubert Beuve-Méry on 19 December 1944... - Agnès Poirier of MarianneMarianne (magazine)Marianne is a weekly Paris-based French news magazine created in 1997 by Jean-François Kahn with Maurice Szafran as editorialist. The main shareholder of the company is Robert Assaraf with 49.4% of the shares .-Overview:...
- Thomas KielingerThomas KielingerThomas Kielinger OBE is a German journalist and publicist. Since 1988 he has been the London correspondent for Die Welt.-Biography:Kielinger was born in 1940 in Danzig , the last of six children...
of Die WeltDie WeltDie Welt is a German national daily newspaper published by the Axel Springer AG company.It was founded in Hamburg in 1946 by the British occupying forces, aiming to provide a "quality newspaper" modelled on The Times... - Annalisa PirasAnnalisa PirasAnnalisa Piras is an Italian journalist, film-maker and communications advisor. She is the London Correspondent for L'espresso since 1997 and for La7 TV, for six years. In 2006-2007 she was the first Italian president of the ....
of l'EspressoL'Espressol'Espresso is an Italian newsmagazine. It is one of the two most prominent Italian weeklies, the other being Panorama. Since the latter has been acquired by right-wing tycoon and politician Silvio Berlusconi, l'Espresso enjoys the reputation of being the main politically independent newsmagazine... - Abdel Bari Atwan of Al-Quds Al-ArabiAl-Quds Al-ArabiAl-Quds Al-Arabi , is an independent pan-Arab daily newspaper published in London since 1989. The paper is owned by Palestinian expatriates, and edited by Abd al-Bari Atwan who was born in a Palestinian refugee camp in Gaza Strip in 1950. Its motto is . Its circulation is estimated to be...
- Mustapha KarkoutiMustapha KarkoutiMustapha Karkouti is a Syrian born freelance journalist and media consultant, residing in London since the early 1970s.-Personal and career background:...
, freelance journalist - Mina Al-OraibiMina Al-OraibiMina Al-Oraibi is an Iraqi journalist and commentator. She is currently assistant editor-in-chief of Asharq Alawsat and has appeared on international television networks contributing political analysis.-Life and career:...
of Asharq AlawsatAsharq AlawsatAsharq Al-Awsat is an Arabic international newspaper headquartered in London. A pioneer of the "off-shore" model in the Arabic press, the paper is often noted for its distinctive green-tinted pages.... - Michael GoldfarbMichael Goldfarb (author and journalist)Michael Goldfarb is an American author, journalist and broadcaster based in London since 1985.-Early life and career:...
of GlobalPostGlobalPostGlobalPost is an online US news company that focuses on international news. It wants "to redefine international news for the digital age."-History and management:... - Stryker McGuireStryker McGuireStryker McGuire is a journalist working in London. McGuire is a London-based senior editor at , a monthly publication of Bloomberg News. From October 2009 to March 2011, he was the editor of , a magazine published by the London School of Economics and Political Science...
of NewsweekNewsweekNewsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence... - Gregory Katz of Associated PressAssociated PressThe Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
- Henry ChuHenry ChuHenry Chu is an American journalist who is the Los Angeles Times bureau chief in London since 2008. Previously, he has served as bureau chief in Beijing, Rio de Janeiro and New Delhi....
of Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles TimesThe Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country.... - Laura Lynch of CBC RadioCBC RadioCBC Radio generally refers to the English-language radio operations of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The CBC operates a number of radio networks serving different audiences and programming niches, all of which are outlined below.-English:CBC Radio operates three English language...
- Shahed Sadullah of the Daily JangDaily JangThe Daily Jang is an Urdu newspaper based in Pakistan. It is the oldest newspaper of Pakistan in continuous publication since its foundation in 1939. Its current Group Chief Executive & Editor-in-Chief is Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman....
- Isabel HiltonIsabel HiltonIsabel Nancy Hilton OBE is a Scottish journalist and broadcaster based in London.-Biography:She was educated at Edinburgh University where she studied Chinese to post-graduate level...
of Chinadialogue - Nazenin Ansari of exile Iranian newspaper Kayhan London
- Vincent Magombe of Africa Inform International