an episode and we'll be, like, 'Oh God, have we got time to do it?'". The televised edition is recorded on the day of broadcast, before being transmitted later that evening. It is aired on the BBC News Channel at 9.30pm, before being repeated on BBC One at 11.35pm. The programme is edited and broadcast within two hours of the end of its recording. History Electioncast Prior to Brexitcast, a similar podcast titled Electioncast was launched in 2017 to cover that year's general election. It returned again at the start of the campaign for the 2019 United Kingdom general election. Presented by the Brexitcast team, Electioncast aired on the BBC News Channel at 21:30 as well as in the same podcast feed as Brexitcast every weekday for the duration of the election, except for Thursdays when Brexitcast aired as normal. Podcast Brexitcast was launched in June 2017 as a podcast, replacing Electioncast which had started on 8 May 2017 to cover the 2017 general election. It is available to download from the BBC Sounds app and also aired on BBC Radio 5 Live. The first episode of Brexitcast was released on 19 June 2017 after the conclusion of the election. On 5 December 2018 the Brexitcast team of presenters appeared on BBC One's The One Show to answer Brexit-related questions from the audience ahead of a planned vote in the House of Commons. In May 2019, Brexitcast was the recipient of the Listeners' Choice Award at the British Podcast Awards. Television series On 13 June 2019, the BBC announced that it would be produced as a television programme for BBC One, launching in September. Brexitcast airs in a late-night Thursday slot after Question Time, and replaced This Week, which ended after sixteen years on air following presenter Andrew Neil's decision to leave the series. It was also confirmed that Brexitcast would continue to be available as a downloadable podcast, with extra editions recorded to coincide with significant events. Brexitcast is the first BBC podcast to be commissioned as a television programme, and follows other podcasts such as The Ricky Gervais Show and My Dad Wrote a Porno in making the transition to screen. The first televised edition of Brexitcast was aired on 12 September 2019, debuting firstly on the BBC News Channel at 9.30, before being shown on BBC One at 11.35pm. The first edition was watched by an average