Original version

The BBC's international 24-hour news and information channel, as seen by viewers in Africa.

BBC News Africa

BBC News Latin America

BBC News South Asia

BBC News North America

BBC News Middle East

BBC News Asia Pacific

BBC News Europe

Mark Beaumont

Robin Laing

John Steventon

Stewart Simpson

Sandie Paterson

Samantha MacPhee

Louise Young

Raeph Ballantyne

Priya Patel

Victoria Watson

Shruti Rao

Jon Willers

Graham Mitchell

Tony Nellany

Queen's Baton Relay: Welcome to the Commonwealth

Sport

Queen's Baton Relay: Episode 2

23/11/2013 GMT

Welcome to the Commonwealth

Queen's Baton Relay

BBC News - Queen's Baton Relay, Welcome to the Commonwealth

Mark Beaumont reports from countries in the first leg of the Queen's baton relay's journey

Mark Beaumont reports on the journey of the Queen's baton relay through the Commonwealth. Here, he reviews its progress through Asia to Australia.

Adventurer Mark Beaumont reports on the travels of the Queen's Baton Relay as it makes its way to all seventy nations and territories of the Commonwealth. The baton, which contains a special message from Her Majesty the Queen, signals the final countdown to the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in July 2014. In Queen's Baton Relay: Welcome to the Commonwealth Mark meets some of the Commonwealth's two billion citizens and shares in the culture, history and experiences that make it unique.  In this monthly baton update Mark reports from countries in the first leg of the Baton's epic journey as it travels through Asia and arrives in Australia.

BBC World News

BBC  World News

Mark Beaumont reports on the journey of the Queen's Baton Relay.

Adventurer Mark Beaumont reports on the travels of the Queen's Baton Relay as it makes its way to all 70 nations and territories of the Commonwealth.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Queen's Baton Relay

Welcome to the Commonwealth

Contributors

Genres

Series

BBC News Africa

About BBC World News