From Our Own Correspondent

From Our Own Correspondent
Genre	Current affairs
Running time	23–30 minutes
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Language(s)	English
Home station	BBC World Service; BBC Radio 4
Hosted by	Kate Adie (BBC Radio 4) ; Pascale Harter (BBC World Service)
Produced by	Andrea Protheroe
Edited by	Tony Grant
Original release	1955 –; Present
Website	World Service edition; Radio 4 edition
Podcast	BBC podcast

From Our Own Correspondent is a weekly BBC radio programme in which BBC foreign correspondents deliver a sequence of short talks reflecting on current events and topical themes in the countries outside the UK in which they are based.^[1] The programme offers the BBC's correspondents around the world a chance to give a personal account of events from the epoch-making to the inconsequential.

From Our Own Correspondent is broadcast in two editions – one on the BBC World Service and one on BBC Radio 4 – and the programme was one of the first to be made available by the BBC as a podcast.

The programme was first commissioned in 1955. A book entitled From Our Own Correspondent: A celebration of 50 years of the BBC Radio Programme^[2] was published in 2005 with a selection of the show's reports for each continent. A related series, From Our Home Correspondent, was presented by Mishal Husain and focussed on stories by British domestic correspondents and was broadcast between 2016 and 2020.^[3]

Presenters

The programme was, for many years, presented by the Radio 4 and World Service announcers as part of their duties, but is now fronted by former BBC correspondents:

Current

Years	Presenter	Current role
1998–present	Kate Adie	BBC Radio 4 presenter
2012–present	Pascale Harter	BBC World Service presenter

Past

Alan Johnston - January 2008 - November 2011 (BBC World Service)

References

^ Watching history unfold: editor Tony Grant reflects on five decades of news
^ Grant, Tony, ed. (2005). From Our Own Correspondent: A Celebration of Fifty Years of the BBC Radio Programme. Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-719-0.
^ "From Our Home Correspondent". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 15 February 2021.

Audio clips

Justin Webb December 2007
Alan Johnston October 2007

[1] Watching history unfold: editor Tony Grant reflects on five decades of news

[2] Grant, Tony, ed. (2005). From Our Own Correspondent: A Celebration of Fifty Years of the BBC Radio Programme. Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-719-0.

[3] "From Our Home Correspondent". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 15 February 2021.

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