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<p><i>BBC OS</i> (referred to as <i>Outside Source</i> when broadcast on television) is a news programme that was produced by the <a href="/facts/BBC/qFateIz8">BBC</a>. It utilised social media in the presentation of its stories. The television programme version was usually presented by the BBC's analysis editor <a href="/facts/Ros_Atkins/r59mo1eM">Ros Atkins</a> on <a href="/facts/BBC_News_(TV_channel)/EbVz3Bdf">BBC News</a> and <a href="/facts/BBC_World_News/8r9pdaQd">BBC World News</a> until its cancellation in March 2023, and the radio version is presented by <a href="/facts/James_Reynolds_(journalist)/8tmNMdHW">James Reynolds</a> on the <a href="/facts/BBC_World_Service/XdhGb57h">BBC World Service</a>. </p><p><i>Outside Source</i> replaced a standard edition of BBC World News, which originally was an edition of <i><a href="/facts/World_News_Today/jovFaJ6M">World News Today</a></i>. In the UK it replaced the <i><a href="/facts/BBC_News_at_Nine/BpcTTRVT">BBC News at Nine</a></i> along with <i>World News Today</i> on Friday and weekends. Normally between 23 December and 1 January Outside Source is replaced by an edition of World News Today at 19:00 on BBC World News and at 21:00 on the BBC News Channel. </p><p>According to the <a href="/facts/BBC/qFateIz8">BBC</a>, "<i>Outside Source</i> aims to open up the news process, enabling people to discover the latest on the stories that matter to them. An hour-long World Service Radio show is the first element of the pan-Global News format to be brought to air." </p><p>The programme aired for the final time on <a href="/facts/BBC_News_(TV_channel)/EbVz3Bdf">domestic BBC News channel</a> and <a href="/facts/BBC_News_(international_TV_channel)/8r9pdaQd">BBC World News</a> on 30 March 2023. </p>