Mumbai,The weekly current-affairs programme This Week with Christiane Amanpour , which airs on ABC News in the USA, will now broadcast weekly on BBC World News, bringing an alternative viewpoint on the weeks political happenings to international audiences.
From its home at the Newseum in Washington DC, USA, the topical show will feature analysis of national politics and policies in the USA and around the world, along with high profile newsmaker interviews, panel discussions and international perspectives on the big stories of the week.
This Week with Christiane Amanpour will broadcast weekly on Sundays, 18:10GMT on BBC World News to audiences in Europe, South Asia and the Middle East.
Christiane Amanpour is a highly respected international journalist, with a wealth of experience including over two decades reporting from some of the worlds major conflicts, including those in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, Rwanda, and the Balkans. She has interviewed world leaders from Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, including former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Iranian presidents Mohammad Khatami and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, as well as the presidents of Afghanistan, Sudan, Syria, and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat among others.
Christiane says: Its a wonderful opportunity for This Week to be included in BBC World News programming. Were living in a globalised community and through This Week were expanding the conversation to include more of the world and a broader perspective on the issues that impact us both in America and around the world.
Richard Porter, Director of News Content, BBC World News says: Christiane is a world-renowned journalist and This Week will offer our viewers unique perspectives and analysis from opinion leaders in America and overseas.
Notes to Editor
In the USA, the programme transmits Sunday mornings on ABC News. (Check local listings) The same edition of This Week with Christiane Amanpour will transmit weekly on Sundays from 12 September, 18:10 GMT on BBC World News, to audiences in Europe, the Middle East and South Asia
About Christiane Amanpour
Christiane Amanpour is the anchor of ABC News Sunday morning political affairs program, This Week with Christiane Amanpour, which premiered on August 1, 2010. In addition to her anchoring role, she provides international analysis of the important issues of the day on ABC News other programs and platforms and anchors primetime documentaries on international subjects.
Ms. Amanpour joined ABC from CNN, where she was most recently the networks Chief International Correspondent and anchor of Amanpour, a daily half-hour interview program. Upon becoming an international correspondent for CNN in 1990, her first major assignment was covering the Gulf War. She has since reported on and from the worlds major hot spots including Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, Somalia, Israel, the Palestinian territories, Rwanda, the Balkans, and the U.S. during Hurricane Katrina. After 9/11 she was the first international correspondent to secure interviews with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, French President Jacques Chirac, and Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. She has interviewed other world leaders from Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, including Iranian Presidents Mohammad Khatami and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, as well as the presidents of Afghanistan, Sudan, Syria, and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat among others.
Ms. Amanpour has received every major broadcast award, including an inaugural Television Academy Award, nine News and Documentary Emmys, four George Foster Peabody Awards, two George Polk Awards, three duPont-Columbia Awards, the Courage in Journalism Award, an Edward R. Murrow award, and nine honorary degrees.
In October, 2010 she will be inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She was also made a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for her highly distinguished, innovative contribution to the field of journalism. In 1998, the city of Sarajevo named her an honorary citizen for her coverage of the Bosnia war.
Ms Amanpour was born in London and grew up in Iran. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Rhode Island with a bachelor of arts in journalism.
About BBC World News
The BBC attracts a global audience of 241 million people to its international news services including BBC World Service and the BBC World News television channel.
BBC World News, the BBCs commercially funded international 24-hour news and information channel, is owned and operated by BBC World News Ltd, a member of the BBCs commercial group of companies. BBC World News is available in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide, and reaches 306 million households and more than 1.8 million hotel rooms. The channels content is also available on 87 cruise ships, 40 airlines, 39 mobile phone networks and a number of major online platforms including bbc.com/news. For further information on how to receive BBC World News, download schedules or find out more about the channel, visit bbcworldnews.com.
