BBC NEWSHOUR

Tim Franks

Tim Franks anchors BBC World Service's leading international current affairs program Newshour, which broadcasts globally and on a range of public radio stations in the U.S.

Until 2010, Tim was an award-winning foreign correspondent for the BBC. For three years, he was the BBC's Middle East correspondent, based in Jerusalem. He spent five years prior to that as the BBC's Europe Correspondent, based in Brussels, and reporting across the continent. He also, during this period, spent extended time in Iraq during the war of 2003, and in its aftermath. His first foreign posting was to Washington, in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. Previously, he'd spent six years as a political correspondent, based in Westminster.

Since his return to London in 2010, Tim had split his time between reporting on sport for BBC News, and presenting Newshour and the BBC interview program Hardtalk. He became one of the main anchors of Newshour in May 2013.

Since anchoring Newshour, Tim has done a number of high profile interviews and reports from around the world. In 2013 he travelled to Dagestan to record a rare interview with Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, the mother of the brothers suspected of the Boston bombing. Tim also secured the first broadcast interview with Lance Armstrong, after almost a year of broadcast silence following his confession on Oprah Winfrey. At the start of 2014, he conducted the first broadcast interview in 16 years with the reclusive Islamic cleric FethullAh Gulen, at the height of his power struggle with the Turkish Prime Minister.

Tim joined BBC World Service in 1990 after studying Chinese at Oxford University.

James Coomarasamy

James is an experienced reporter and host with BBC. He has been a BBC correspondent in Moscow, Warsaw, Paris, Washington and Europe. He has been a host with BBC World News and Newshour since 2012.

James' reporting for BBC has included:

• U.S.: 2008 presidential election, including BBC World Service coverage of President Barack Obama's first inauguration
• Russia: War in Chechnya, storming of Russian Parliament, Boris Yeltsin re-election
• Poland: joining NATO and EU
• Paris: 2002 presidential election and run-off
• Turkey: 1999 earthquake

Newshour Special Editions:
2022 and 2017 – French presidential elections
2020 and 2016 - US elections
2019 – UK General election
2014 – the revolution in Ukraine and Russian annexation of Crimea broadcast from Kyiv and Crimea.

Julian Marshall

Julian Marshall is one of the main presenters of Newshour, the BBC World Service flagship news and current affairs program. He has won four Sony Gold Awards – the UK radio's Oscar equivalent - the first of which was for best reaction to a news event: the release of Nelson Mandela.

Julian describes his Job on Newshour as the most enjoyable and stimulating he has ever done: "I have had a ringside seat at some of the most significant developments of the late twentieth and early twenty first centuries."

Julian first joined the BBC World Service in 1977 as a producer in the African Service where he worked on the English for Africa program, Focus on Africa. Later he would travel the length and breadth of Africa reporting on events such as the Ethiopian-Somalian Ogaden War and Organisation of African Unity (OAU) summits.

Back in England, Julian reported for various BBC programs until 1990 when he joined Newshour.

More than anything Julian values his close relationship with listeners and looks forward to any opportunity to meet them face-to-face.

Nuala McGovern

Nuala is a familiar voice on BBC radio and television as she has presented on Radio 4, BBC 5Live and the BBC News TV channel in addition to the BBC World Service.

Originally from Dublin, Nuala has been able to indulge her wanderlust and love of story throughout her career which has seen her report from more than 30 countries, as well as and live and work in Italy, the US and the UK. Nuala has covered elections in France, Germany, Italy, UK, South Africa and Nigeria. Reported on the Irish abortion debate and referendum. Presented from Tijuana for 2016 Presidential Election night speaking to people by the US-Mexico border wall as Trump elected. Nuala anchored the inauguration of Donald Trump and was also part of the presentation team for the 2020 Presidential Election of Joe Biden.

Nuala’s extensive reporting and documentary ‘Surviving the Most Lethal Route in the World’ on those affected by irregular migration to Europe was nominated for Amnesty International and One World Media awards.

For six years Nuala presented OS on the World Service, including co-creating 90 documentaries of OS Conversations on Covid, Black Lives Matter, US Election and Climate Change winning a 2021 AIB. Nuala also won an AIB award for coverage of the Resignation of Robert Mugabe with OS. Previously Nuala was an Executive Producer at WNYC, New York Public Radio where she received a Peabody for excellence in broadcasting and for radio that creates community which is her passion.

James Menendez

James Menendez is an anchor of BBC Newshour, which broadcasts globally on BBC World Service and via public radio partners in the U.S. He joined the program in 2012 having worked as a host, correspondent and producer internationally for the BBC.

James has anchored Newshour for the BBC from Brazil, Venezuela, Myanmar, the US, Chile, Spain and Brussels. In 2014 he was in Brazil for the World Cup, leading Newshour's coverage of the tournament and of Brazil. He also presents on BBC World News TV.

Prior to anchoring Newshour, James was the BBC's correspondent in Venezuela from 2003-2004. He has worked globally for the BBC as a correspondent, reporting from across the Middle East and also Haiti, Colombia and Europe. James has also worked for the BBC as a world affairs producer, which included deployments to a range of countries including: Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Kuwait.

James joined BBC World Service in 1998 after three years working in local radio in the UK. James lives in London with his wife and two young daughters. He went to Oxford University and is half Spanish.