For a refreshing view on the news of the day, look not further than snowmail, it is a daily email from Channel4 News, ostensibly written by Jon Snow, but sometimes by others. The style is wry, almost entertainment, sort of what you'd expect them to be saying before they go to air. Very addictive stuff, of the email newsletters I get in my inbox it is one I invariably read. Smart thinking from Channel 4 too, opening the doors of the organization to create that cluetrain conversation.
From the BBC the most similar programme in style is probably Broadcasting House on Sunday mornings from Radio4, originally hosted by Eddie Mair, it is now ably presented by Fi Glover, who has made it her own, a nice way to wake up on Sunday morning.
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Also try Paxman's Newsnight email although, as with his actual appearances on the show, the ones he actually writes are few and far between. But worth the effort to wrestle with the BBC's puzzling choice of list clients, Majordomo...