BBC News Special - Season 9 / Year 2023

BBC News Special - Season 9 / Year 2023

Season 9 / Year 2023

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DatesJan 24, 2023 - Jul 20, 2023
Previous Season

Episodes

Afghanistan
Year 2023Episode 130 min

Afghanistan

As the Taliban decrees that women should stay at home, and withdraw completely from public life, we hear from some of them about the new restrictions. Presented by Yalda Hakim from Kabul.

Jan 24, 2023
President Biden: State of the Union Address
Year 2023Episode 2135 min

President Biden: State of the Union Address

Live coverage of President Joe Biden's State of the Union speech to the US Congress. Presented by Laura Trevelyan in Washington.

Feb 7, 2023
Boris Johnson: 'Partygate' Committee
Year 2023Episode 3240 min

Boris Johnson: 'Partygate' Committee

Live BBC News special coverage of a parliamentary committee evidence session looking at former UK prime minister Boris Johnson's conduct during the coronavirus pandemic, including the partygate scandal.

Mar 22, 2023
The SNP Leadership Result
Year 2023Episode 460 min

The SNP Leadership Result

Martin Geissler with live coverage of the result from the SNP Leadership race with full reaction and analysis.

Mar 27, 2023
Elections 2023
Year 2023Episode 5180 min

Elections 2023

Ongoing coverage of local elections in England and Northern Ireland.

May 5, 2023
North Korea: The Insiders
Year 2023Episode 630 min

North Korea: The Insiders

For more than three years, North Korea has sealed its borders. People are banned from leaving or entering the country. Almost every foreigner who was inside has packed up and left. The world's most secretive and tyrannical state is now an information black hole. For months, three people inside North Korea have risked their lives to tell the BBC what is happening. What they reveal is shocking. Years of hard labour for those found watching foreign films and TV programmes, and execution for the ones who try to escape. Jean Mackenzie, the BBC's correspondent in South Korea, asks: is this a new dark age for North Korea?

Jun 14, 2023
By-Election Results
Year 2023Episode 7235 min

By-Election Results

Jo Coburn presents live coverage and analysis of three parliamentary by-elections as Rishi Sunak's Conservatives defend their Westminster seats in Uxbridge and South Ruislip, Selby and Ainsty, and Somerton and Frome.

Jul 20, 2023

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