Ian King Live

Ian King Live is a weekday business programme broadcast on Sky News in the United Kingdom. It began on 31 March 2014, presented by business journalist Ian King and currently airs for an hour at 10 am. The show features business and economic news stories plus interviews with some of the UK's leading business and financial figures and also provides an overview of the financial and economic impact of the main Sky News stories of the day.[1]

Ian King Live
Presented byIan King
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Production
Production locationsSky News Business Studio, CNBC Europe, 10 Fleet Place, London
Running time30 minutes
(March 2014 – August 2020)
60 minutes
(September 2020 – present)
Production companySky News
Release
Original networkSky News
Picture format16:9
Original release31 March 2014 – present
Chronology
Preceded byJeff Randall Live

Overview

The programme was the direct replacement for previous business news programme Jeff Randall Live, which came to an end when Jeff Randall announced he was to leave the broadcaster.

Ian King Live was broadcast as a 30-minute show in the evenings at 6:30 pm Monday to Thursday, however has moved around the schedule. Having moved to lunchtimes in 2018, it was typically broadcast at 1:30 pm Monday to Thursday. In March 2020, in response to an adapted Sky News schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Kay Burley was extended by thirty minutes and a second daily edition of Ian King Live was introduced at 9:30 am for thirty minutes.

As of September 2020, the show now airs as one 60-minute programme broadcast at 10 am and now airs five days a week, Monday to Friday.

References
  1. Plunkett, John (3 February 2014). "Times business editor Ian King to join Sky News". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
Preceded by
Kay Burley		 Sky News weekday schedule
10:00–11:00		 Succeeded by
All Out Politics
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