Channel profile
BBC News
What BBC News chose to cover, what it left out, and how its agenda compares with the rest of the roster.
How much the agenda changed
This channel keeps some regular areas of focus while changing enough to follow the daily news cycle.
Stories this channel missed
Number of times this broadcaster did not cover stories that several other channels covered.
Time spent on news stories
64h 37m of this channel's 83h 30m analysed was identified news stories — ad breaks, weather, sport and trails count as “not news”.
Recent broadcasts
The latest broadcasts behind this channel's analysis — open one to see its annotated timeline.
BBC News
Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced changes to the prison early release scheme, exempting those convicted of unlawful killing, indecent assault, and death by dangerous driving. The decision follows a petition with over a million signatures and the case of PC Andrew Harper's killers. The scheme was designed to ease overcrowding, with prisons at 98% capacity, and the government plans to deport more foreign offenders, create more cells, and end certain indefinite sentences.
BBC News
The broadcast opened with the aftermath of flash floods in Nepal and Tibet, where the death toll in Nepal had risen to at least 675 with more than 2,400 unaccounted for, including 589 foreign nationals. In Tibet, landslides had killed 16 people and left 546 missing, including 15 British nationals. Severe weather was hampering helicopter rescue operations, and the UN resident coordinator in Nepal described the difficult terrain, the arrival of international aid and rescue teams, and the use of early warning systems amid concerns about further flooding.
BBC News
The programme opened with the aftermath of flash floods in Nepal and Tibet, where the death toll had risen to at least 675 in Nepal, with more than 2,400 unaccounted for, including 589 foreign nationals. Severe weather hampered helicopter rescues, and the US announced $3.6 million in humanitarian aid, including emergency food assistance for 10,000 households. A UNICEF spokesperson described the challenges, including the risk of waterborne disease and a second lake forming, and noted that many children had lost parents. Later, Chinese officials reported 16 deaths and 546 missing in Tibet from the same floods.
BBC News
Rescue operations in Nepal and Tibet are being hampered by heavy rain and fog after Wednesday's flash floods, with about 3,000 people still missing and more than 670 bodies recovered. The partial collapse of a glacier near Langtang Lirung peak caused a mudslide that buried areas like Nuwakot, and authorities face challenges including a lack of proper boots for rescuers and difficulties identifying the dead, with only 20 of the recovered bodies identified so far. In Ukraine, a Russian drone strike on an ammunition dump in the village of Myla near Kyiv triggered explosions that killed 37 people and injured dozens, damaging homes and care facilities, and President Zelensky has ordered an investigation into why ammunition was stored in a residential area.
On screen
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Repeatedly missed categories
Categories where this broadcaster often missed stories that other channels covered.
This channel missed a relatively high number of stories in this category.
This channel missed a relatively high number of stories in this category.
This channel missed a relatively high number of stories in this category.
Category trend (last 30 days)
How this channel's coverage changed by category over the past month.
Flagged quotes over time
Contested and charged quotes per hour of analysed airtime. Flagged quotes reflect the language this broadcaster aired, not a judgement of its accuracy.
Distinctive vocabulary
Words and phrases this channel used far more often than the rest of UK TV news over the last 30 days. Distinctive vocabulary describes word choice relative to other channels, not accuracy or bias — terms reflect the stories a channel covered as much as how it framed them.
- uncover 20× more often · 24 uses
“and uncover 100,000 strange new worlds.” BBC News · Sunday 30 August 2026
- investigative 11× more often · 23 uses
“Global investigative journalism.” BBC News · Sunday 30 August 2026
- humanitarian 5.5× more often · 40 uses
“our humanitarian response support.” BBC News · Sunday 30 August 2026
- inspiring 4.7× more often · 32 uses
“And we will bring you the inspiring story” BBC News · Sunday 30 August 2026
News agenda by category
How this channel divided its coverage compared with the cross-channel average.
Timeline
This channel's topic coverage day by day — what it ran, and how much time each story got.
Sunday 30 August 2026
Topics covered
environment
Nepal Floods
crime
Prisons
media
Grand Theft Auto
politics
Iceland
politics
Japan
science
NASA
international
Niger
international
Norway
royalty
Sarah Ferguson
crime
Switzerland Shooting
war
Ukraine
international
US-Iran
international
Venezuela
Stories missed
No coverage gaps for this channel on this date.