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Question Time – Titles Presented by Fiona Bruce With Sir Ed Davey John Swinney Sir Keir Starmer And Rishi Sunak
BBC Scottish Leaders Debate 2024 – Opener Moderated by Stephen Jardine With Lorna Slater, Anas Sarwar, Douglas Ross, John Swinney
BBC News presenter Sophie Raworth has pulled out of moderating the head-to-head debate between Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer.
The BBC today confirmed their line up of party leader interviews with Nick Robinson.
They are:
Monday 10 June at 20:00 – Rishi Sunak, Conservative Party
Tuesday 11 June at 22:40 – Nigel Farage, Reform UK This interview has been postponed for logistical reasons and the BBC will announce a new date when confirmed.
Wednesday 12 June at 19:00 (BBC One and BBC One Scotland) – John Swinney, SNP
Wednesday 12 June at 19:00 (BBC One Wales) – Rhun ap Iorwerth, Plaid Cymru
Friday 14 June at 19.30 – Sir Keir Starmer, Labour Party
Tuesday 18 June at 22:40 – Adrian Ramsay, Green Party
Friday 28 June at 20:30 – Sir Ed Davey, Liberal Democrats
On Monday 3rd June 2024, BBC News at One moved to its new studio in Salford. The new hour long
The BBC will host two leaders debates and a Question Time special in the lead-up to the general election 2024.
BBC’s News at One will broadcast from its new home in Salford from Monday 3rd June 2024. The move forms
On Tuesday 28th May 2024, BBC Newsnight underwent a change to the format, which came with a new set and
Laura Kuenssberg and Clive Myrie will front the BBC’s coverage of Election Night 2024 They will be joined throughout the
The BBC’s South America correspondent Ione Wells is back in the UK to cover the General Election as a political correspondent.
I’ll miss my new home (and colleagues!) in South America, and this fantastic patch, but I will be back soon – with lots coming up in the pipeline for the rest of the year ?
In the meantime, look forward to covering what should be an exciting few weeks in UK politics ??
— Ione Wells (@ionewells) May 22, 2024
Look who’s back!.. Martine Croxall has returned to the BBC News Channel this morning after 14 months off air.
Ya’ll ready for this? Back on #BBCNews at 1100 BST pic.twitter.com/ip53REDPpJ
— Martine Croxall (@MartineBBC) May 26, 2024
Croxall was one of five female journalists who failed to land a Chief Presenter role in March 2023 when the UK channel was merged with BBC World News and has not appeared on the channel until today.
Geeta Guru-Murthy, Kasia Madera and Annita McVeigh have since returned to the airwaves. Karin Giannone has yet to appear.
UK viewers will get a dedicated feed from 9am-6pm to focus on Election coverage.
This will come from Studio E, while the World feed comes from Studio C.
? CLEAN FEED | BBC News Channel pre-election arrangements:
– Dedicated UK feed (Studio E) 9am – 6pm (or 8pm if reqd) to allow more election coverage; global news will be reported too.
– World feed (Studio C) will report UK election as appropriate for global audience. pic.twitter.com/XCh497R82u— The TV Room (@thetvroom) May 23, 2024
