US Election 2024 – Coverage Plans
BBC World Service will cover the US election with special live programming November 5th and 6th. It’s been a dramatic, surprising and historic race for the White House; whatever happens will have an impact beyond the fifty states. What will the result mean for people, politics and business?
Join us for live coverage from 5PM ET to find out who will be the next US President.
America Decides
8 hours – Live only
5 pm ET Tues, November 5th – 1 am ET Wednesday, November 6th
Live coverage of the US presidential election as the results are announced.
Presented by Nuala McGovern and Ros Atkins
***Please note, the standard BBC clock will NOT be maintained. The top of the hour Newscasts 1 & 2 (xx:01:00 to xx:05:59) and the bottom of the hour Newscast (xx:30:30 to xx:32:29) will be broadcast but all other elements will be dropped to provide full uninterrupted coverage of events as they unfold:
- 00:00 – 00:59 Live Election Coverage
- 01:00 – 03:59 Newscast 1
- 04:00 – 05:59 Newscast 2
- 06:00 – 30:29 Live Election Coverage
- 30:30 – 32:29 Newscast
- 32:30 – 59:59 Live Election Coverage
Newsday
4 hours – Live only
1 a.m. – 5 a.m. ET Wednesday, November 6
An extended edition of Newsday will continue coverage of the US Election.
This program will follow the standard BBC program clock
***Both programs MAY be subject to further clock changes. If a live statement from Kamala Harris or Donald Trump should take place over the Newscast, this will take precedence, and the Newscast will be dropped.***
The Newsroom
2 hours – Live only
5 – 7AM ET Wednesday, November 6
Coverage of the Election continues with two, hour long editions of The Newsroom. This program will follow the standard BBC program clock
November Documentaries
The full list of available BBC documentaries can be found here. Look for these specials and their promos on Content Depot.
World Book Club: Kate Mosse
November 2 – December 31, 2024
One hour
Kate Mosse talks about her bestselling historical thriller Labyrinth. Ahead of its 20th anniversary early next year, the author Kate Mosse talks to Harriett Gilbert and readers from around the world, about her globally bestselling novel, Labyrinth. A historical thriller set between medieval and contemporary France where the lives of two women, living centuries apart, are linked in a common destiny. In 13th century Carcassonne, seventeen-year-old Alaïs is given a mysterious book by her father which he claims contains the secret of the Grail. While 700 years later, archaeologist Dr Alice Tanner discovers two skeletons in a forgotten cave in the French Pyrenees and sets out to investigate their origin.
The Documentary: Eyes to the skies
November 21 – December 17, 2024
Half hour
A week behind the scenes of Heathrow airport’s multi faith chapel. In many ways, St George’s is what you’d expect from a local chapel: friendly dedicated staff, weekly mass, an open door every day of the year. But being in the heart of Heathrow Airport makes its mission unique. With more than 20 multi-faith chaplains representing the major world religions, it offers sanctuary and support to 90 million plus people annually in the unpredictable environment of a mega airport. We spend a week with the chaplains, and the passengers and airport staff they encounter. Can faith and connection soar in this most transitory, stressful, and ethereal of spaces?
The Forum: Jewellery
November 23 – December 19, 2024
One hour
The timeless allure of precious ornaments. The earliest known precious personal adornments continue to puzzle archaeologists and historians: what were our ancestors using them for tens of thousands of years ago? Since then, why have we continued to ascribe so much value to what are either shiny metals or colourful stones? And why is no traditional wedding in places such as India complete without copious amounts of gold? These are some of the questions that Iszi Lawrence will be asking jewellery makers, art historians and World Service listeners.
Me and My Digital Twin
November 30 – December 27, 2024
One hour
How to build a digital you – Professor Ghislaine Boddington investigates. Ghislaine aspires to be interconnected with an AI digital companion that advises and supports her, keeps her healthy and represents her around the world. A twin that could live on after her death, or for as long as someone pays the subscription. This is not some private fantasy but, as technologies converge, a potential near-future for many of us – or at least those of us who can afford it. Researchers and companies are already experimenting with ways of combining virtual worlds, gaming avatars, fitness sensors, health apps and AI.
In practical terms, a digital bio-twin is made up of continuously measured multiple biological signals from your body. These might include your heartbeat, breath, temperature and muscle tension, as well as food intake, exercise and mental health – all fed into an avatar body. By combining AI and, for example, scanning our bodies and faces, cloning our voice and mannerisms, our virtual twin will become more and more like us.
In a journey that involves an MRI heart scan, dancing in a Belgium basement and a discussion about digital death, Ghislaine explores how existing technology is making a digital human twin possible. She hears from cardiologists, engineers, performance artists and tech entrepreneurs as she learns how to build her own digital twin.
