BBC News with Katty and Christian
BBC News with Katty and Christian[2] (formerly titled Beyond 100 Days, 100 Days, and 100 Days+) is a current affairs programme that aired on BBC World News since the inauguration of President Donald Trump until the departure of Kay from the BBC, in June 2021. Hosted by the titular Katty Kay and Christian Fraser, it focused on the current US Administration, global politics, Brexit and news from around the world with attempted punches of irreverent wit and fun. Kay presented live from Washington and Fraser live from London.
| BBC News with Katty and Christian | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | 100 Days (January 2017 – April 2017) 100 Days+ (May 2017 – July 2017) Beyond 100 Days (September 2017 – March 2020) Untitled (titled as BBC News) (August 2020 – October 2020) The Context with Christian Fraser |
| Created by | BBC World News |
| Presented by | Katty Kay Christian Fraser Laura Trevelyan |
| Country of origin | United States United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Production locations | BBC Studio, Washington D.C. Studio C, Broadcasting House, London |
| Running time | 56 minutes (BBC News & BBC World News) 26 minutes (BBC Four & PBS) |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC World News BBC News Channel BBC Four |
| Picture format | HDTV 1080i |
| Original release | 23 January 2017[1] – 24 June 2021 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | BBC World News BBC World News America Newsday GMT Impact Global World News Today Outside Source Focus on Africa |
Fraser occasionally presented from Brussels (during European Council meetings) and also presented from the BBC Singapore Studio for a week during the 2018 North Korea–United States summit. Kay and Fraser presented from London and Windsor for a week in May 2018 during the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
The slot is now presented by Christian Fraser, following a similar format on the BBC News Channel and BBC World News. The slot was fully relaunched in January 2022 as Context with Christian Fraser (now The Context), like its predecessor airing at 2100 GMT Monday to Thursday evenings on BBC News and BBC World News.[3]
History
The programme debuted in 2017 as 100 Days and aired daily to document the first one hundred days of US president Donald Trump in administration.[4] After the first 100 days of President Trump's presidency passed, the programme continued; it was briefly called 100 Days+[5] before it was launched in September 2017 as Beyond 100 Days in the same timeslot Monday to Thursday right after Focus on Africa and BBC News at Six.[6] Beyond 100 Days was originally an edition of World News Today.
The programme also aired on other networks. It premiered on 2 January 2018 on PBS stations in the United States.[7] It appears that it had been cancelled on PBS after the introduction of an hour long Amanpour & Company programme debuted the week of 10 September 2018. It also aired on BBC Four.[8]
In late August to December 2019,[9] Kay moved to Senegal with her family to write her latest book. Michelle Fleury had been the main stand-in Washington anchor during this period.[10]
In March 2020, the programme was suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic, however, Kay and Fraser often co-presented a half-hour weekly look at what's going on both sides of the Atlantic at 19:30 on Thursday and/or Friday.
On 17 August 2020, the show returned, albeit without its previous titling. The show moved timeslots to 21:00 BST.
On 24 June 2021 at 21:00 BST, the last programme aired. In the back half of the programme, frequent contributors to the programme Jon Sopel and Ron Christie featured as well as a compilation of some of the show's highlights over the years.
Christian Fraser now presents the slot solo in a similar format.
Format
The unnamed show was an hour-long programme, originally airing at 19:00 GMT weekdays on the BBC News Channel in the UK, and at 14:00 EST weekdays on BBC World News. In August 2020, the show moved to 21:00 BST in the UK and 16:00 EST on BBC World News.
Most episodes were opened by Katty Kay who introduced herself and then introduced Christian Fraser before reading the headlines:
Hello, I'm Katty Kay in Washington, Christian Fraser is in London.
Interviews were carried out both in the Washington studio and the London studio, with Kay and Fraser contributing to each other's interviews over the speaker. Regular contributors to the programme included Ron Christie,[11] a Republican strategist who served as a former adviser to George W. Bush, BBC North America editor and relief presenter Jon Sopel, and political correspondents Rajini Vaidyanathan (Washington), Adam Fleming and Iain Watson (Westminster). In mid-2019, Vaidyanathan moved to Delhi and left the programme and John Pienaar - a former contributor - left the BBC to join Times Radio.
Since the beginning of the programme attempted punches of irreverent wit and fun were ever-present; often a random animal story, or jokes around Christian's electric car.
Presenters
Presenters (accurate on the final programme)
| Years | Presenter | Current role |
|---|---|---|
| 2017–2021 | Katty Kay | Main Presenter (Monday-Wednesday) |
| Christian Fraser | Main Presenter (Monday-Thursday) | |
| Laura Trevelyan | Main Presenter (Thursday) | |
| Jane O'Brien | Relief Presenter | |
| Michelle Fleury | ||
| Rajini Vaidyanathan | ||
| Nuala McGovern | ||
| Clive Myrie | ||
| 2019–2021 | James Reynolds | |
| 2021 | David Eades |
Former presenters
| Years | Presenter | Previous role |
|---|---|---|
| 2017–2020 | Matthew Price | Relief presenter |
References
- Kay, Katty [@KattyKay_] (23 January 2017). "New day, new administration, new programme...join me at 2pm EST, 1900 gmt, 2000 in Europe. #100days.pic.twitter.com/ZbyEOgWPSR" (Tweet). Retrieved 20 February 2020 – via Twitter.
- "BBC News with Katty and Christian". BBC. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- RXTVinfo, Jan 2022
- "100 Days". BBC. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- "100 Days+". BBC. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- Kay, Kathy (11 September 2017). "Going Beyond 100 Days – the world is watching". BBC News. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- "PBS and BBC Announce "Beyond 100 Days" Coming to PBS in New Late-Night Timeslot". PBS. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- "BBC's 'Beyond 100 Days' Takes Charlie Rose's Former PBS Slot". Variety. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- Kay, Katty [@KattyKay_] (9 December 2019). "Thank you all for the warm welcome back. Great to be reunited (well with only a few thousand miles between us) with @ChristianFraser and of course @Ron_Christietwitter.com/octopusgirl7/status/1204122502718468096 ..." (Tweet). Retrieved 12 December 2019 – via Twitter.
- Kay, Katty [@KattyKay_] (29 August 2019). "Some news: tomorrow we're moving to Senegal for the autumn. I'm writing a new book. Husband runs a non profit in Africa. Poppy going to a local school in french (we're going with the "it's an amazing opportunity, you'll thank us one day" line.) Off TV for a bit but back soon" (Tweet). Retrieved 20 February 2020 – via Twitter.
- "Ron Christie". GU Politics. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
External links
- BBC News with Katty and Christian at BBC Online (BBC News)
- Beyond 100 Days (BBC World News)
