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Baffles me they treat viewers who choose to watch a British based international news channel (so not exactly the ITVBe fanbase) as pretty ignorant when it comes to British terminology. I doubt CNN ever pandered to their international audiences in such a manner.

Sure BBC viewers are likely to have a greater than average affinity for the UK, but the somewhat pervasive idea on here that BBC World News viewers are all committed Anglophiles is fairly groundless. For many, their use of the BBC stems from the fact that local English-speaking media is at least somewhat untrustworthy and/or insular. Terms like the Old Bailey are not going to be inherently familiar or intuitive and I don't see why it is so harmful to include a short few-word description to allow them to understand what is going on - especially if you're going to bombard them with a string of domestic stories of little or no international relevance.

Plus, Britain is not America. CNN have a 'home advantage' that the BBC lack due to the unique levels of global interest in, familiarity with and understanding of American news and culture. That's not to say that the UK has no such pull (though that is largely limited to royalty and certain cultural exports), but the US is on a whole other plane on these matters that is frankly incomparable.