The Context (TV programme)

*The Context*
The Context
Also known as	100 Days; (January 2017 – April 2017); 100 Days+; (May 2017 – July 2017); Beyond 100 Days; (September 2017 – March 2020); BBC News with Katty and Christian; (August 2020 – June 2021); Context; (January 2022 – April 2022);
Created by	BBC News
Presented by	Christian Fraser; (2017 – present); Katty Kay; (2017 – 2021); Laura Trevelyan; (2017 – 2023); Sumi Somaskanda
Country of origin	United Kingdom; United States
Original language	English
Production
Production locations	Studio C, Broadcasting House, London; BBC Studio, Washington D.C.
Running time	56 minutes ; (BBC News); 26 minutes; (BBC Four & PBS)
Release
Original network	BBC News (international feed); BBC News (UK feed); BBC Four; BBC Parliament
Picture format	HDTV 1080i
Original release	23 January 2017[1] –; present
Related
	BBC News; BBC World News America; Newsday; GMT; Impact; Global; World News Today; Outside Source; Focus on Africa

The Context [2] is a live current affairs programme that airs Monday to Thursday on the BBC News for international, BBC News for UK and BBC Parliament. Under the names 100 Days, 100 Days+, Beyond 100 Days and BBC News with Katty and Christian, it was jointly hosted live by Katty Kay from Washington D.C. and Christian Fraser from London, and ran on the BBC News Channel and BBC World News from the inauguration of President Donald Trump until the departure of Kay from the BBC in June 2021. It focused on the current US Administration, global politics, Brexit and news from around the world, with attempted punches of irreverent wit and fun. Fraser occasionally presented from Brussels (during European Council meetings) and also from the BBC Singapore Studio for a week during the 2018 North Korea–United States summit. For a week in May 2018, Kay and Fraser were both presenting from London and Windsor during the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

After having been off air for six months following Kay's departure, the programme was relaunched in January 2022 as Context,[3] later changed to The Context. It is now presented by Christian Fraser alone, and like its predecessor, it airs at 21:00 GMT Monday to Thursday on the BBC News.[4]

History

The programme debuted in 2017 as 100 Days and aired daily to document the first one hundred days of US president Donald Trump in administration.[5] After the first 100 days of President Trump's presidency passed, the programme continued; it was briefly called 100 Days+[6] before it was launched in September 2017 as Beyond 100 Days in the same timeslot Monday to Thursday right after Focus on Africa and BBC News at Six.[7] Beyond 100 Days was originally an edition of World News Today.

The programme also aired on other networks. It premiered on 2 January 2018 on PBS stations in the United States.[8] It appears that it had been cancelled on PBS after the introduction of an hour long Amanpour & Company programme debuted the week of 10 September 2018. It also aired on BBC Four.[9]

In late August to December 2019,[10] Kay moved to Senegal with her family to write her latest book. Michelle Fleury was the main stand-in Washington anchor during this period.[11]

In March 2020, the programme was suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic, however, Kay and Fraser often co-presented a half-hour weekly look at what's going on both sides of the Atlantic at 19:30 on Thursday and/or Friday.

On 17 August 2020, the programme returned as BBC News with Katty and Christian.

On 24 June 2021, the last programme in its previous format aired. In the back half of the final programme, frequent contributors Jon Sopel and Ron Christie featured, as well as a compilation of some of the show's highlights over the years.

Format

The one hour-long programme originally aired at 19:00 GMT/BST weekdays on the BBC News Channel in the UK, which meant 14:00 EST on BBC World News. In August 2020, the show moved to 21:00 GMT/BST in the UK, which means 16:00 EST on BBC World News.

Interviews were carried out both in the Washington studio and the London studio, with Kay and Fraser contributing to each other's interviews. Regular contributors to the programme included Ron Christie,[12] a Republican strategist who served as a former adviser to George W. Bush, BBC North America editor and relief presenter Jon Sopel, and political correspondents Rajini Vaidyanathan (Washington), Adam Fleming and Iain Watson (Westminster). In mid-2019, Vaidyanathan moved to Delhi and left the programme and John Pienaar - a former contributor - left the BBC to join Times Radio.

Presenters

Years	Presenter	Current role

	Christian Fraser	Main Presenter (Monday-Thursday)
	Sumi Somaskanda	Main Presenter (Thursday)
	Jane O'Brien	Relief Presenter
	Michelle Fleury
	Rajini Vaidyanathan
	Nuala McGovern
	Clive Myrie
2019–2021	James Reynolds
2021	David Eades

Former presenters

Years	Presenter	Previous role
2017–2020	Matthew Price	Relief presenter
2017–2020		Relief presenter

References

Kay, Katty [@KattyKay_] (23 January 2017). "New day, new administration, new programme...join me at 2pm EST, 1900 gmt, 2000 in Europe. #100days.pic.twitter.com/ZbyEOgWPSR" (Tweet). Retrieved 20 February 2020 – via Twitter.
"BBC The Context with Christian Fraser". YouTube. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
"BBC News launches new programme 'Context'". BBC. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
"The Context with Christian Fraser". BBC. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
"100 Days". BBC. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
"100 Days+". BBC. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
Kay, Kathy (11 September 2017). "Going Beyond 100 Days – the world is watching". BBC News. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
"PBS and BBC Announce "Beyond 100 Days" Coming to PBS in New Late-Night Timeslot". PBS. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
"BBC's 'Beyond 100 Days' Takes Charlie Rose's Former PBS Slot". Variety. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
Kay, Katty [@KattyKay_] (9 December 2019). "Thank you all for the warm welcome back. Great to be reunited (well with only a few thousand miles between us) with @ChristianFraser and of course @Ron_Christietwitter.com/octopusgirl7/status/1204122502718468096 ..." (Tweet). Retrieved 12 December 2019 – via Twitter.
Kay, Katty [@KattyKay_] (29 August 2019). "Some news: tomorrow we're moving to Senegal for the autumn. I'm writing a new book. Husband runs a non profit in Africa. Poppy going to a local school in french (we're going with the "it's an amazing opportunity, you'll thank us one day" line.) Off TV for a bit but back soon" (Tweet). Retrieved 20 February 2020 – via Twitter.
"Ron Christie". GU Politics. Retrieved 20 February 2020.

External links

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Beyond 100 Days (BBC World News)

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[1] Kay, Katty [@KattyKay_] (23 January 2017). "New day, new administration, new programme...join me at 2pm EST, 1900 gmt, 2000 in Europe. #100days.pic.twitter.com/ZbyEOgWPSR" (Tweet). Retrieved 20 February 2020 – via Twitter.

[2] "BBC The Context with Christian Fraser". YouTube. Retrieved 22 July 2022.

[3] "BBC News launches new programme 'Context'". BBC. Retrieved 22 July 2022.

[4] "The Context with Christian Fraser". BBC. Retrieved 22 July 2022.

[5] "100 Days". BBC. Retrieved 26 July 2018.

[6] "100 Days+". BBC. Retrieved 26 July 2018.

[7] Kay, Kathy (11 September 2017). "Going Beyond 100 Days – the world is watching". BBC News. Retrieved 1 October 2019.

[8] "PBS and BBC Announce "Beyond 100 Days" Coming to PBS in New Late-Night Timeslot". PBS. Retrieved 26 July 2018.

[9] "BBC's 'Beyond 100 Days' Takes Charlie Rose's Former PBS Slot". Variety. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2018.

[10] Kay, Katty [@KattyKay_] (9 December 2019). "Thank you all for the warm welcome back. Great to be reunited (well with only a few thousand miles between us) with @ChristianFraser and of course @Ron_Christietwitter.com/octopusgirl7/status/1204122502718468096 ..." (Tweet). Retrieved 12 December 2019 – via Twitter.

[11] Kay, Katty [@KattyKay_] (29 August 2019). "Some news: tomorrow we're moving to Senegal for the autumn. I'm writing a new book. Husband runs a non profit in Africa. Poppy going to a local school in french (we're going with the "it's an amazing opportunity, you'll thank us one day" line.) Off TV for a bit but back soon" (Tweet). Retrieved 20 February 2020 – via Twitter.

[12] "Ron Christie". GU Politics. Retrieved 20 February 2020.