Sky News Extends Jeff Randall Live to One Hour

Sky News has announced that it is extending its flagship business programme, Jeff Randall Live, to an hour. The week-night business news programme, which currently airs 1930 – 2000, Monday to Thursday, will be broadcast from 1900 to 2000 from Monday 13 September.

The show, which launched in 2007, was extended from one to four days a week in 2008, and the decision to take to the programme to an hour is part of Sky News’ ongoing commitment to covering the stories that its viewers care about most.

Chris Birkett, Executive Editor at Sky News said: “With the biggest story in Britain over the next two years being business and economics, the time is right to expand on our business coverage giving more space for Jeff to probe business leaders and policy makers about whether the country is going in the right direction.”

The programme presented by Sky’s Jeff Randall, one of the country’s foremost business journalists, takes a look at the big business news stories and issues of the day, with exclusive guests and high profile interviews. Sky’s City Editor Mark Kleinman is a regular contributor to the show which is broadcast live from the heart of the City of London from the Sky News studio in the iconic ‘Gherkin’ tower.

Sky News Business presenter Jeff Randall said: “This demonstrates Sky's commitment to enhanced business coverage at a time when corporate, economic and financial issues are at the top of the news agenda."

Since the programme launched, Jeff has interviewed a range of big hitters from the world of business including Sir Stuart Rose, Sir Martin Sorrell, and Sir Philip Green. Recently, Jeff had a global exclusive interview with BP Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, and John Napier, the Chairman of RSA, spoke to Jeff exclusively about his letter to President Obama criticising his treatment of BP following the disaster.

Jeff Randall has broken many major business stories, including news that Sir Fred Goodwin, former RBS Chairman was to pay back some of his pension, and on Jeff Randall Live earlier this year, the then Chancellor of the Exchequer accused Gordon Brown's aides of "unleashing the forces of hell" against him for accurately predicting the recession.