FACTOID # 115: American planes take-off a staggering 8.5 million times per year - almost half the number of take-offs worldwide.
 
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Asia Today is shown on BBC World (above), but is also simulcast on other international BBC channels.
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Asia Today is shown on BBC World (above), but is also simulcast on other international BBC channels.

Asia Today is a programme produced by BBC News specifically for the continent of Asia. It is shown on BBC World predominantly, but also on other international BBC channels, including BBC America. The current BBC News logo BBC News and Current Affairs is a major arm of the BBC responsible for the corporations newsgathering and production of news programmes on BBC television, radio and online. ... World map showing the location of Asia. ... BBC World is the British Broadcasting Corporations 24-hour international current affairs TV channel with BBC News, documentaries, lifestyle programmes and interviews, and was launched in January 1995. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC, sometimes also known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world, founded in 1922. ... One of several BBC America idents, used since 2005. ...


The programme is presented by any BBC World presenter on duty at the time of transmission, and is shown from the BBC World news set. It is not just shown in Asia but across the world via BBC World and is one of the many regionaally specific programmes produced by BBC News and BBC World, such as Question Time India, a version of Question Time from the UK. BBC World is the British Broadcasting Corporations 24-hour international current affairs TV channel with BBC News, documentaries, lifestyle programmes and interviews, and was launched in January 1995. ... Question Time is a topical debate television programme in the United Kingdom, based on Any Questions?. It is currently shown on BBC One at 22:35 on Thursdays, and typically features politicians from the three major political parties and other public figures who answer questions put to them by the...


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  • bbcworld.com
  • bbcnews.com


 
 

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