Newsnight is the flagship BBC political programme that runs
on BBC Two from 10:30 – 11:20 Monday – Thursday and 10:30 – 11:00 on
Friday. It is presented on Monday –
Wednesday by Jeremy Paxman, on Thursday by Kirsty Wark and on Friday by Gavin Esler.
Newsnight is a great programme to watch if you wish to
understand politics in the United Kingdom and abroad. Newsnight has in-depth
analysis of the current news and actually breaks many stories. This year alone
Newsnight won the Programme of the Year Award and its economics editor, Paul
Mason, won the specialist journalist of the year award at the Royal Society
Television Awards.
Usually in Newsnight a segment is opened by one of the
editors (for example the politics editor Allegra Stratton) who speak about a
particular current issue in their field. After a short film, attention returns
to the studio where a number of expert guests have gathered to discuss the
issue.
What Newsnight does better than any other programme is
quizzing politicians, Paxman is notorious for making sure they answer the
difficult questions. If you can withstand an interview with Paxman, you are a
very skilled speaker.
Watching Newsnight is necessary viewing for anyone interested
in politics or economics. It is also great that it is on the BBC as you don’t
have any advertisement breaks or bias. I would suggest that you
watch Newsnight at least once per week!
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| BBC Newsnight title card |
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