[itsrobert]

I remember the dual presented editions of WBR from London and a tiny studio in New York.

The two presenters would conduct interviews together. I remember one studio guest in London who didn't seem to be aware of this looking visibly confused mid way through an interview when Tanya Beckett started asking questions from New York.

Yes, the co-pres version was a good edition. I liked how they bounced off each other so seamlessly even though they were thousands of miles apart. I wonder if the success of that WBR edition gave them the idea to start up the London/Washington co-pres news bulletin with Katty Kay and Adrian Finighan a few years later? Anyway, I seem to remember different presenters had a trademark sign-off for the London/New York edition. John Terret's was "two for the price of one on this programme" and I think Paddy O'Connell's might have been something like "we're the business and thank you for yours" or something alone those lines. The memory's fuzzy now.

I most remember seeing WBR between about 2001 and 2012 really when I had a satellite dish that could receive BBC World. Presenters of WBR from that era included those mentioned above, but also Jamie Robertson, Tanya Beckett, Manisha Tank, Jane Sinclair, Sara Coburn. Then came Sally Bundock and Aaron Heslehurst. Of course when Aaron started he had a fairly normal, if upbeat, presenting style before he went into orbit some years later and tried to out-Quest Richard Quest!