The World at One

The World at One

Logo for The World at One
Other names	WATO
Genre	News and current affairs
Running time	45 minutes
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Language(s)	English
Home station	BBC Home Service (1965–1967) BBC Radio 4 (since 1967)
Hosted by	Sarah Montague (Mon–Thu) Edward Stourton (Fri) Jonny Dymond (Fri)
Edited by	Victoria Wakeley
Recording studio	Broadcasting House
Original release	4 October 1965 (1965-10-04)
Website	www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qptc
Podcast	www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qptc/episodes/downloads

The World at One (or WATO, pronounced "what-oh") is BBC Radio 4's long-running lunchtime news and current affairs radio programme, broadcast weekdays from 13:00 to 13:45 and produced by BBC News. The programme describes itself as "Britain's leading political programme. With a reputation for rigorous and original investigation, it is required listening in Westminster".

From 7 November 2011, the programme was extended in length from 30 minutes to 45 minutes.