NEW YORK, March 25 /PRNewswire/ -- BBC AMERICA's weekly news program
Newsnight has exclusive footage of the Iraqi defector code-named
"Curveball," who is currently in hiding in Germany. Airing this Friday,
March 28, it's the first footage of him since the start of the war in Iraq.
It was his fabrications about WMDs that were a key justification for the
U.S. entering into the war. In the same edition, Jeremy Paxman will
interview Lawrence Wilkerson, Chief of Staff to former Secretary of State
Colin Powell, about how the CIA could have been so wrong. Newsnight airs on
BBC AMERICA, Friday nights at 10:00 p.m. ET/ 7:00 p.m. PT.
The program will also feature an engrossing film from China, revealing
a country haunted by fears of a financial bubble and environmental
disaster, struggling to come to terms with the political injustices of half
a century ago.
Newsnight comes from the same team that produces Britain's long-running
nightly program of the same name. The U.S. facing, weekly version showcases
the best of its award-winning blend of features, investigations, interviews
and discussions. Newsnight is anchored by some of the most respected names
in British journalism including Jeremy Paxman, Kirsty Wark, Gavin Esler and
Emily Maitlis.
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dramas, razor- sharp comedies and life-changing makeovers. BBC AMERICA
pushes the boundaries to deliver high quality, highly addictive and
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distributed by Discovery Networks. It is available on digital cable and
satellite TV in more than 60 million homes.
BBC World News, the BBC's commercially funded international 24-hour
news and information channel, is owned and operated by BBC World Ltd, a
member of the BBC's commercial group of companies. BBC World News attracts
76 million viewers a week, is available in more than 200 countries and
territories worldwide, and reaches 270 million households and more than 1.5
million hotel rooms. The channel's content is also available on 53 cruise
ships, 38 airlines, 34 mobile phone networks and a number of major online
platforms including http://www.bbcnews.com. For further information on how to
receive BBC World News, download schedules or find out more about the
channel, visit http://www.bbcworld.com.
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