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BBC World News, the BBC’s international news and information channel, launches the news programme “The Oracle” this week, which will be broadcast weekly from now on. The show offers an entertaining preview of forthcoming events. The programme premieres on 9 January 2009. It is presented by Max Keiser, inventor of the Hollywood Stock Exchange, a kind of stock-market barometer for Hollywood. The Oracle will welcome entertainment stars and experts as guests who, together with Max, will try to predict future headlines.
Paul Gibbs, Head of Programming at BBC World News, comments: “Max Keiser is brimming with enthusiasm. Every week, he will give BBC World News viewers a satirical and gripping look at current news.”
The premiere show is presented from Paris and addresses the current global economic crisis. Guests will include French economic expert and former presidential adviser Jacques Attali, British comedy star Carrie Quinlan and Hollywood actor Alec Baldwin.
Broadcast Times in Germany:
- January at 10.30, 15.30
Repeat on 10 January at 5.30.