This is a special edition of the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

At 11pm on the 31st of January 2020, the UK formally left the European Union.

Three years on, what does Brexit mean for Britain's place in the world?

Has it unleashed our bucconiering spirit,

allowing us to strut our stuff on the global stage?

Or has it been the disaster that many opponents predicted?

We'll get the view from the UK and Europe.

We hear from listeners and we'll have the verdict of our business and political correspondents.

Hello, I'm Oliver Conway from the Global News Podcast.

And I'm Rob Watson, World Service Political Correspondent.

And I'm Darshi Inu David, Global Trade Correspondent for the BBC.

And we'll also hear from our Europe Editor, Katcha Adler,

who, as we record this, has been called away on a story,

but will join us when she can.

Let's get to some of the questions from our podcast listeners in a moment.

After we've had a reminder of how it all happened.

The UK has voted to leave the European Union in the most seismic decision in generations.

52% of people who cast a ballot made the momentous decision to leave the EU.

All of us made it! Seven, six, five, four, three, two, one.

Tonight we are leaving the European Union.

This is the moment when the dawn breaks and the curtain goes up on a new act in our great national drama.

And whatever the bumps in the road ahead, I know that we will succeed.

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