Country United Kingdom Home station BBC Radio 4 | Language(s) English Hosted by Shaun Ley | |
Genre Politics and current affairs Running time 30 minutes Sundays from 1pm | ||
The World This Weekend was launched on 17 September 1967 long after the Canadian Broadcasting corporation (CBC) Saturday and Sunday show launched in the fall of 1966.
The BBC version a weekly news and current affairs program broadcast from 1pm to 1:30pm on BBC Radio 4 every Sunday, essentially the Sunday version of The World at One.
Its current presenter is the former BBC political correspondent, Shaun Ley. Other occasional presenters include Edward Stourton, James Robbins and Jo Coburn.
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The World This Weekend Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA