BBC World News: UK election
The UK holds a general election on May 7th and BBC World News will keep you updated.
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The United Kingdom holds a general election on May 7th and BBC World News will provide updates and analysis as the campaigns gains momentum.
The coverage will recognise the significance of the general election, not just in the United Kingdom, but internationally right across the world.
On BBC World News
As 2015 marks the 750th anniversary of the first elected Parliament at Westminster, a place associated around the world with democracy at work, BBC World News will take viewers behind the scenes in a new series ‘Inside the Commons’ by award-winning film maker Michael Cockerell. The four-part documentary goes deep inside the corridors of the Palace of Westminster in the year preceding this election to reveal what really goes on. With exclusive access, never before granted, the series offers a glimpse into the weird and wonderful world of Westminster – with its 2,000 rooms, 110 staircases and miles of corridors – and asks whether Parliament is fit for purpose in the 21st century.
Also on the international TV news channel, BBC World News presenters Matthew Amroliwala and Philippa Thomas, along with correspondent Christian Fraser, will guide viewers through the parties and their policies whilst also providing daily round ups, explainers and the key statistics as the campaign moves around the UK.
Other key programming includes a special BBC Question Time hosted by David Dimbleby. To be broadcast on BBC World News on April 30th, just one week before the vote, it will feature individual interviews with the three main party leaders; David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg, undertaken in front of a studio audience.
Then on election night, May 7th, as the exit polls come in, World News will be coming together with the BBC’s domestic news channel to bring Election 2015 to viewers around the world. The flagship TV results programme will be hosted by David Dimbleby alongside a team of specialist correspondents and will include innovative state of the art graphics depicting the all-important results. As dawn breaks in the UK on May 8th, Huw Edwards takes over until the final results become clear. Once the count is done, the World News team will be on hand to help global audiences understand who will be forming the UK’s next government.
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I Was born in England and am always interested in who wins the election over in the Old Country
The count is a simple first past the post done in each seat with a final result known in an hour or two. But if the polls are any guide, the World News Team like everybody else, will have no idea about who will be forming the next UK government for weeks.