RT Bringing News Legend Larry King to UK TV Screens

RT Bringing News Legend Larry King to UK TV Screens

LONDON, November 4, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --



RT and Ora TV announced that legendary American broadcaster Larry King
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's two interview programs, Politicking with Larry King [http://www.ora.tv/politicking ]
and Larry King Now [http://www.ora.tv/larrykingnow ] will be aired in the United Kingdom
exclusively on RT UK



PoliticKing with Larry King, specially created for RT by King and Ora TV, will be
broadcast on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the UK and will see King interview the most
important and knowledgeable people in Washington and around the world about government
policies and politics affecting an international audience.  The show starts airing on RT
UK on Tuesday 10th November 2015. Since the show's original launch on RT America in 2013,
the Dalai Lama, Vice President Dick Cheney, New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, business icon
Donald Trump and many other prominent political and cultural figures have been interviewed
by King, discussing and analyzing the most critical and controversial political issues of
the day.



Larry King Now, also produced by Ora TV, will air three days a week on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays. The show will launch on RT UK on Monday 9th November 2015. It
features conversations with some of the most interesting and intriguing individuals from
the world of pop culture, music, sports, film and television.  King has recently
interviewed guests ranging from Oscar-winning actors Russell Crowe, Marion Cotillard and
Matthew McConaughey; to British personalities Cat Deeley, Boy George, Nigel Lythgoe and
Eddie Izzard; musicians and rappers like Celine Dion, David Guetta, T.I. and Wiz Khalifa;
and sports legends like George Foreman, Mike Tyson and Floyd Mayweather.



King also talks to newsmakers on topics and issues facing society today.  Past shows
have explored topics of religion, same-sex marriage, NASA's search for life on other
planets, the Ebola epidemic, major scientific breakthroughs, gun control and racism. In
2014, Larry King Now was nominated for an Emmy Award for its examination and discussion of
head trauma in professional football.



"Larry King's talent has always been the ability to see the wider picture, and make
even local issues compelling for viewers in different corners of the world. This is what
makes him a truly international broadcasting personality, and so appealing for our UK
audience," said Margarita Simonyan, RT's editor in chief. "We are thrilled that our
partnership with Larry continues to grow."



"I had always been heard in London through CNN and enjoyed visiting the city and
engaging with fans," said Larry King. "Our new UK audience will love our outstanding and
influential guests on PoliticKing and Larry King Now and I look forward to bringing these
invigorating conversations and interviews, to television audiences with RT UK."



A veteran of radio and television, Larry King has been the recipient of the Peabody
Award for Excellence in Broadcasting, 10 Cable ACE Awards for Best Interviewer and for
Best Talk Show Series and a Lifetime Achievement Emmy from the National Academy of
Television Arts & Sciences. Throughout his 56-year broadcasting career, he has interviewed
the most influential personalities in modern history and culture including Nelson Mandela,
Yasser Arafat, Bill Gates, Frank Sinatra, Hugo Chavez, Margaret Thatcher, Vladimir Putin,
and every US President since Richard Nixon



About RT: 



RT is a global news network that broadcasts 24/7 in English, Arabic and Spanish from
its studios in Moscow, Washington, DC, and London.  It is available to 700 million viewers
worldwide. RT is the most watched TV news network on YouTube with nearly 3 billion views.
RT is the winner of the Monte Carlo TV Festival Awards for best 24-hr broadcast, and the
only Russian TV channel to garner three nominations for the prestigious International Emmy
Award for News.



About Ora TV: 



Ora TV is an on-demand entertainment digital network and production company with its
home at http://www.Ora.tv. Ora launched in July 2012 with the Emmy nominated "Larry
King Now," available on RT, Hulu and on Ora.tv, viewed millions of times per month online,
and broadcasted on TV around the world. Other Ora.TV programming include: Politicking with
Larry King, Wayward Nation, NewsBreaker, NewsBreaker en Espanol, DweebCast, Off The Grid
with Jesse Ventura, Catching Hell, Emmy nominated Beer Geeks, Brown Bag Wine Tasting with
William Shatner, and the recently Emmy nominated Real Girl's Kitchen with Haylie Duff. Ora
is funded by América Móvil, the leading Latin American wireless service provider, with a
majority interest held by noted global business leader Carlos Slim Helú.




 
Anna Belkina 
Head of Communications 
RT 
aibelkina@rttv.ru 
+7-499-75-00-100 x 2229 


 



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