Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
| Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg | |
|---|---|
 Title card used since 2022 | |
| Genre | Politics Current affairs |
| Presented by | Laura Kuenssberg |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One BBC News (UK feed) BBC News (international feed) |
| Release | 4 September 2022 – present |
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg is a BBC political programme presented by Laura Kuenssberg, broadcast on BBC One every Sunday morning. It is also simulcast by the UK feed and occasionally by the International feed of BBC News channel, depending on content and interviews.
The programme replaced The Andrew Marr Show as the network's flagship Sunday talk show, after Andrew Marr resigned from the BBC to front a talk show on LBC in 2021. Similar to the previous Sunday morning programmes that came before, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg contains interviews with political figures and others involved in the current events of the week in every episode.
The programme is broadcast from Studio B of Broadcasting House in London: the same studio from which BBC News at One, Six and Ten are broadcast.
Background
In March 2022, it was announced that Kuenssberg, who had left her role as BBC News' political editor, would be replacing Andrew Marr in a full-time role as the host of BBC One's flagship Sunday morning politics show, which was announced to be starting in September 2022.[1]
In an interview Kuenssberg gave to British Vogue on 23 August 2022, it was announced that the show would be released on 4 September 2022.[2]
More details about the programme were released on 28 August 2022, which included a short trailer of Kuenssberg talking to a politician from his or her point of view.[3] The show does not have the traditional Sunday paper review section; instead it highlights the front pages of the day's newspapers, or a BBC News Summary.[4]
Series overview
| Series | Episodes | Originally aired | Ave. UK viewers (millions) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | ||||
| 1 | 30 | 4 September 2022 | 16 July 2023 | TBA | |
| 2 | TBC | 3 September 2023 | TBA | TBA | |
Reception
Jim Waterson of The Guardian said "...in a sign of the declining importance of the print press, Kuenssberg’s new show has broken with the Sunday political show tradition of having a formal in-depth newspaper review. Instead, the front pages were flashed on screen for a few seconds – meaning the Mail on Sunday headline “BBC Comic’s C-word jibe against PM” was barely visible."[4] The first episode had 1.5 million viewers.[4]
The debut episode also gathered attention due to the comments from comedian Joe Lycett who was a panellist,[5][6] including questions from a Conservative MP in a select committee of the House of Commons.[7][8]
References
- ^ "Laura Kuenssberg announced as BBC Sunday morning presenter". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
- ^ ""It's Always Brutal At The End": Broadcaster Laura Kuenssberg On Boris, Internet Bullies, And Landing Her Biggest Gig To Date". British Vogue. 23 August 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
- ^ Sunday with Laura | Trailer | BBC, retrieved 28 August 2022
- ^ a b c "Comedy impartiality back on the radar of BBC's enemies". TheGuardian.com. 5 September 2022.
- ^ Le Conte, Marie (5 September 2022). "Of course what Joe Lycett said wasn't funny – that's literally the point". New Statesman. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
- ^ Matt Chorley (6 September 2022). "Joe Lycett: 'It's such fun being right-wing'". The Times. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
- ^ "Oral evidence: The work of the BBC, HC 382". parliament.uk. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
- ^ Bulbul, Nuray (7 September 2022). "Tory MP furious about Joe Lycett's Liz Truss joke on Laura Kuenssberg show". Evening Standard. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
External links
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg at BBC Online
