Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Find out how to listen to other BBC stations

Episode details

Radio 4,11 mins

The end of an era

The World Tonight

Available for over a year

After 23 years with The World Tonight, Robin Lustig presented his last programme on 13 December, 2012. He covered some of the most momentous global events for the programme including the fall of the Berlin Wall, the end of the Soviet Union, the genocide in Rwanda in 1994 and the events of 9/11. His voice has also been familiar around the world as a presenter of Newshour on the BBC World Service.

Programme Website
More episodes