Europe Today (radio programme)

Europe Today
GenreNews
Running time60 minutes (5:00 pm – 6:00 pm)
Country of originUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Home stationBBC World Service
Hosted by
Original release1991 (1991) –
25 March 2011 (2011-03-25)
Websitewww.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/europetoday/index.shtml
Podcastwww.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00fh74s


Europe Today is a daily radio news show on the BBC World Service about public affairs throughout Europe, which was broadcast at 17:00 GMT every weekday. The first presenters, in 1991, were Andreas Gebauer and Ruth Hogarth. Other presenters were Teresa Guerreiro, Liliane Landor and James Coomarasamy. The programme was presented by Audrey Carville from 2004 - 2009. The last programme was presented by Paul Henley on 25 March 2011. Originally a 30-minute programme broadcast four times a day to Europe (three morning programmes and one in the evening), it gradually morphed into a one-hour programme broadcast in the evening, broadcast worldwide and with a wider, global focus. The Irish Times described the programme as "an informative and entertaining look at the day’s events on the continent".[1] In 2008, William Horsely called it "perhaps [the] best daily radio programme on European affairs."[2]

References

  1. ^ Scally, Derek. Written at Berlin. "Ireland's voice in Europe moves back to pastures green". The Irish Times. Dublin. ISSN 0791-5144. Every weekday at 6pm, [Audrey Carville] presents the hour-long Europe Today programme, an informative and entertaining look at the day's events on the continent. With her mellifluous voice and unflappable air, it's not just Europe that has been in good hands: in her four years with the programme, Carville has brought to World Service audiences a host of interesting Irish stories and issues.
  2. ^ Horsely, William (2008). "Europe: media freedom in retreat". British Journalism Review. 19 (2): 39–45. doi:10.1177/0956474808094198. S2CID 145454628.