The programme debuted in 2017 as 100 Days and aired daily to document the first one hundred days of US presidentDonald Trump in administration. After the first 100 days of President Trump's presidency passed, the programme continued; it was briefly called 100 Days+ before it was launched in September 2017 as Beyond 100 Days in the same timeslot Monday to Thursday right after Focus on Africa and BBC News at Six. Beyond 100 Days was originally an edition of World News Today. The programme also airs on other networks. It premiered on 2 January 2018 on PBS stations in the United States. It appears that it has been cancelled on PBS after the introduction of an hour long Amanpour & Company program debuted the week of September 10, 2018. It also airs on BBC Four. Beyond 100 Days doesn't air for four weeks in August and for two weeks in December when Westminster and Congress are in recess; it is replaced with an edition of World News Today. Beyond 100 Days is one of few BBC News programmes which is available on BBC iPlayer for more than 24 hours domestically. In late August to December 2019, Kay moved to Senegal with her family to write her latest book. Michelle Fleury has been the main stand-in Washington anchor during this period. In March 2020, the programme was suspended due to Covid-19 pandemic, however, Kay and Fraser often co-present a half-hour weekly look at what's going on both sides of the Atlantic at 19:30 on Thursday and/or Friday.
Format
Beyond 100 Days is an hour-long programme, traditionally airing at 19:00 GMT weekdays on the BBC News Channel in the UK, and at 14:00 EST weekdays on BBC World News. Until mid-2019, every episode was opened by Katty Kay who introduced herself and then introduced Christian Fraser before reading the headlines. Kay's memorable opening was repeated in the programme through all of those broadcasts: Interviews are carried out both in the Washington studio and the London studio, with Kay and Fraser contributing to each other's interviews over the speaker. Regular contributors to the programme include Ron Christie, a Republican strategist who served as a former adviser to George W. Bush, BBC North America editor and relief presenter Jon Sopel, deputy UK political editorJohn Pienaar and political correspondents Rajini Vaidyanathan, Adam Fleming and Iain Watson.
