The World (TV program)

For the PRI radio program, see The World (radio program).

The World
GenreNews, Current Affairs
Presented byBeverley O'Connor
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons15
Production
Production locationsMelbourne, Victoria
Running time60 minutes (1 hour)
Original release
NetworkABC
Release22 July 2010 (2010-07-22) –
present

The World is an Australian news program which broadcasts on ABC News from 9 pm to 10 pm on weekdays.

The program is hosted by Beverley O'Connor and airs live in all Australian time zones on the ABC News channel. It is also streamed live on the ABC's iview website and broadcast live on Foxtel pay television service and also broadcast on Australia Plus throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

History

The program commenced broadcasting on 22 July 2010, the same evening on the launch of ABC News 24, with then host Scott Bevan presenting its first edition. The program originally aired from 9 pm to 10 pm and had a strong focus on overseas news.

The World was originally produced from the ABC Ultimo Centre in Sydney before moving to the ABC Southbank Centre in Melbourne in early 2014 and with this change it moved to a later time slot from 10.00 pm to 11.00 pm along with new hosts Jim Middleton and Zoe Daniel.

In September 2014, the ABC received budget cuts from the federal government, leaving Middleton to accept a redundancy package and Daniel moving back into ABC News reporting duties.[1] The program survived the budget cuts with Beverley O'Connor taking over as the permanent host. While still focusing on overseas news, the format was slightly modified to incorporate more localised stories from around Australia.

In 2024 The World reverted to the 9 pm to 10 pm time slot.[2]

Presenters

  • Beverley O'Connor – host (2014–2024)
  • Graham Creed – weather (2010–present)[3]
  • Yvonne Yong – host (2018–present)

Past presenters

The World This Week

The World This Week is broadcast on ABC Australia each Saturday morning from 4:00 am to 4:30 am and the ABC News channel each Saturday morning from 4:30 am to 5:00 am and 11:30 am to 12:00 pm, as well as being repeated on the ABC main channel each Sunday morning from 10:30 am to 11:00 am hosted by Beverley O'Connor. The show recaps the main overseas news and current affairs from the week and is also replayed on ABC News channel and ABC Australia throughout that day.

References

  1. ^ a b "Jim Middleton, veteran ABC journalist, signs off for the last time". ABC News. 3 September 2014.
  2. ^ "The World". ABC iview. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Graham Creed – ABC News". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  4. ^ "@auskarsurbakti" on Twitter
  5. ^ "ABC Foreign Correspondent Zoe Daniel on being a mother in a war zone | News.com.au". www.news.com.au. Archived from the original on 10 May 2014.