Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg is a British Sunday morning talk show presented by Laura Kuenssberg, broadcast on BBC One.
The programme replaced The Andrew Marr Show as the network's flagship Sunday talk show. Similar to previous Sunday morning programmes, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg contains interviews with political figures and others involved in the events of the week.
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Background
In March 2022, it was announced that Kuenssberg, who had left her role as BBC News' political editor, would be replacing Andrew Marr in a full-time role as the host of BBC One's flagship Sunday morning talk show, which was announced to be starting in September 2022. Marr resigned from the BBC to front a talk show on LBC in 2021.
In an interview Kuenssberg gave to British Vogue on 23 August 2022, it was announced that the show would be broadcast on 4 September 2022.
More details about the programme were released on 28 August 2022, which included a short trailer of Kuenssberg talking to a politician from his or her point of view. The show does not have the traditional Sunday paper review section; instead it highlights the front pages of the day's newspapers, a BBC News Summary or Weather For The Week Ahead, like its predecessors.
Reception
Since Laura Kuenssberg took over the show from Andrew Marr, the show has seen a rapid decline in viewers, thought to be more a reflection on Laura Kuenssberg's general unpopularity rather than the format of the show itself.
Jim Waterson of The Guardian said "...in a sign of the declining importance of the print press, Kuenssberg's new show has broken with the Sunday political show tradition of having a formal in-depth newspaper review. Instead, the front pages were flashed on screen for a few seconds – meaning the Mail on Sunday headline "BBC Comic's C-word jibe against PM" was barely visible."
The first episode had 1.5 million viewers.
The debut episode also gathered attention due to the comments from comedian Joe Lycett who was a panellist, including questions from a Conservative MP in a select committee of the House of Commons.
Presenters
The title card and branding of the programme always state Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg with Kuenssberg's face part of onscreen title, regardless of whether it is herself or the relief presenter who presents the episode.