Peston launches new Wednesday show

Published: Fri 21 Sep 2018

Robert Peston's political magazine show moves to Wednesday nights next week - to provide viewers with a fresh, intelligent and lively perspective on the big matters of the day in a brand new slot.

Promising a stellar line-up of guests from across the political spectrum as well as cultural figures, Peston will feature major interviews with Westminster heavy hitters, topical guests and the very latest political gossip from inside the bubble.

The hour-long programme will be broadcast live on Twitter in a first for British terrestrial TV, as well as on the ITV News website while it is recorded from 8pm before it airs on ITV at 10.40pm. Peston will be getting his own Twitter emoji, which triggers when #Peston is typed by users.

Co-presenter, The Guardians political editor Anushka Asthana will help Peston fuel the conversation in the studio and online, with updates from social media taking in perspectives from viewers, experts and key-players throughout the programme.

As Autumn nights darken and the political temperature rises, with Brexit looming and politicians returning to work after a long hot summer off, Peston aims to shine a light on the stories you might have missed and to be at the heart of national debate.

Pictured on his brand new set at BBC Studioworks, Peston says: Britain is on the verge of making history. The stakes could not be higher, but so too are the uncertainties. What kind of Brexit will we have? Is Brexit certain? Can the divisions in the Conservative and Labour Parties be healed or will one or both parties split? How long will Theresa May remain as PM? How many Labour MPs will be thrown out by disgruntled members? Perhaps most important of all, can hope be restored that the UK will become a richer, fairer, less divided country?

Rarely has there been such a need to hold our political leaders and our elected representatives to account. Which is why I am so excited by the launch on Wednesdays of Peston, which will continue the tradition of Peston on Sunday with agenda-setting interviews, a digital conversation with the audience, cutting-edge graphical analysis, informality and fun.

And for those of you unaware why the show moved from Sunday to Wednesday, it was for no other reason than that the repeat of Peston on Sunday on Sunday nights was watched by twice as many people as the morning live show. So I and ITV thought we should convert it into a proper night time show. I could not be more pleased to be broadcasting after News at Ten on arguably the most important political day of the week.

ENDS

NOTES TO EDITORS

- Peston starts on ITV at 10.40pm on Wednesday September 26, 2018

- This is a Shiver production for ITV

- The new emoji has been produced for Peston by The Clerkenwell Brothers.

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