From Our Own Correspondent is a weekly BBC radio programme in which BBC foreign correspondents deliver a sequence of short talks reflecting on current events and topical themes in the countries outside the UK in which they are based.[1] The programme offers the BBC's correspondents around the world a chance to give a personal account of events from the epoch-making to the inconsequential.
| Genre | Current affairs |
|---|---|
| Running time | 23–30 minutes |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | BBC World Service BBC Radio 4 |
| Hosted by | Kate Adie (BBC Radio 4) Pascale Harter (BBC World Service) |
| Produced by | Andrea Protheroe |
| Edited by | Tony Grant |
| Original release | 1955 – Present |
| Website | World Service edition Radio 4 edition |
| Podcast | BBC podcast |
From Our Own Correspondent is broadcast in two editions – one on the BBC World Service and one on BBC Radio 4 – and the programme was one of the first to be made available by the BBC as a podcast.
The programme was first commissioned in 1955. A book entitled From Our Own Correspondent: A celebration of 50 years of the BBC Radio Programme[2] was published in 2005 with a selection of the show's reports for each continent. A related series, From Our Home Correspondent, was presented by Mishal Husain and focussed on stories by British domestic correspondents and was broadcast between 2016 and 2020.[3]
Presenters
editThe programme was, for many years, presented by the Radio 4 and World Service announcers as part of their duties, but is now fronted by former BBC correspondents:
Current
edit| Years | Presenter | Current role |
|---|---|---|
| 1998–present | Kate Adie | BBC Radio 4 presenter |
| 2012–present | Pascale Harter | BBC World Service presenter |
Past
edit- Alan Johnston - January 2008 - November 2011 (BBC World Service)
References
edit- ^ Watching history unfold: editor Tony Grant reflects on five decades of news
- ^ Grant, Tony, ed. (2005). From Our Own Correspondent: A Celebration of Fifty Years of the BBC Radio Programme. Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-719-0.
- ^ "From Our Home Correspondent". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 15 February 2021.