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Unspun World with John Simpson

Unspun World with John Simpson

20225 Seasons113 EpisodesReturning Series

Overview

Unspun World provides an unvarnished version of the week's major global news stories - reliable, honest and essential viewing with the BBC's world affairs editor John Simpson.

NetworksBBC Two

Top Cast

John Simpson

John Simpson

Themes & Keywords

interviewstudioglobalcurrent affairsanalysiscalmcandidreflectiveexpertiseinsightinternationaldirectcorrespondentinformativeobjectivereportagecontextual

About Unspun World with John Simpson

Unspun World with John Simpson is a news, documentary series that first aired in 2022 exploring themes of interview, studio, global, current affairs, analysis, calm. it stars John Simpson. Unspun World provides an unvarnished version of the week's major global news stories - reliable, honest and essential viewing with the BBC's world affairs editor John Simpson.

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