Sputnik (TV programme)
Sputnik: Orbiting the world with George Galloway was a weekly television programme on RT UK presented by broadcaster George Galloway and his wife Gayatri. It was produced by Global Media Services, a subsidiary of the American news agency Associated Press. The series began its run on 16 November 2013, but was off-air because of the 2015 [United Kingdom general election|2015 general election] between 28 March 2015 and 16 May 2015.
In March through June 2021 the show was co-hosted by James Giles for ten weeks. The programme covered world affairs with expert guests in conversation with the programme's hosts. It usually covered two separate stories; one in each half of the 30-minute slot.
Following the beginning of the 2022 [Russian invasion of Ukraine], Ofcom revoked RT's UK broadcasting licence "with immediate effect" on 18 March 2022 after concluding the outlet was not "fit and proper" or a "responsible broadcaster"; thus, Galloway's program came to an end.
Notable guests
- Gilad Atzmon, Israeli-born musician and political activist.
- Vince Cable, Liberal Democrat politician.
- David Davis, British Conservative Party politician.
- Nigel Farage, then leader of the UK Independence Party.
- Rob Griffiths, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Britain.
- Lee Jasper, political activist.
- Steve Keen, economist and author.
- Seumas Milne, associate editor of The Guardian.
- Peter Oborne, British journalist and writer.
- Jacob Rees-Mogg, Conservative MP.
- Jill Stein, presidential candidate for the Green Party of [the United States].
- Andy Worthington, historian and investigative journalist.
- Arron Banks, businessman and Leave.EU donor.