16-02-2023, 08:14 PM
(16-02-2023, 07:42 PM)itsrobert Wrote: They would pretty regularly cover British politics and economics and not just internationally relevant stories. I seem to recall Gary O'Donoghue was BBC World's dedicated UK political correspondent around that time and would quite regularly feature on the channel. I remember them covering the Hutton Inquiry quite heavily. BBC World was quite a strange beast that definitely catered, at least to some degree, to British expats as well as foreign viewers.I feel we're talking at cross purposes with regards to what is regular on a news channel. I don't disagree that BBC World would cover UK politics stories and to a greater degree than other international broadcasters, but I would not view UK politics as a feature of the average bulletin from that era. I also would not recall it being as common or as granular as it is today in programmes like Outside Source, though, of course, there was always a slight variance in terms of timeslots back then as well. I'm also not sure I'd classify the Hutton Inquiry as being particularly UK-only, especially not considering the huge amount of coverage that the channel devoted to the Iraq War.
(16-02-2023, 07:42 PM)itsrobert Wrote: It was only later on that British news seemed to be relegated in favour of news stories from other countries.I don't think it's entirely a coincidence that this is when the channel became successful.