Current affairs (news format) Affairs Current affairs (news format) Current affairs is a genre of broadcast journalism where the emphasis is on detailed analysis and discussion of news stories that have recently occurred or are ongoing at the time of broadcast. This differs from regular news broadcasts that place emphasis on news reports presented for simple presentation as soon as possible, often with a minimum of analysis. It is also different from the news magazine show format, in that the events are discussed immediately. The UK's Office programmes such as "This World", "Panorama", "Real Story", "BBC Scotland Investigates", "Spotlight", "Week In Week Out", and
Reeling In the Years "Reeling in the Years" in order of the "most and least depressing" – least were 1994, 2004 and 2007; most were 1981, 1986 and 2008. The Irish language station TG4 broadcast a similar programme called "Siar Sna". TV3 aired a programme called series "Those Were the Days" with a focus on pop music. In Britain, the BBC produced a similar series in the early 2000s, called ""I Love..."", in which public figures discuss the pop culture of each year. The Spanish version of "Reeling in the Years" ("Los Años del No-Do") began airing in 2013 and is produced by the