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Tonight is a British current affairs television programme, presented by Cliff Michelmore, that was broadcast on BBC live on weekday evenings from 18 February 1957 to 18 June 1965. The producers were the future Controller of BBC1 Donald Baverstock and the future Director-General of the BBC Alasdair Milne .
From 1955 to 1957 Michelmore presented the BBC TV programme Highlight, a current affairs show with a reputation for uncompromising interviews. On 18 February 1957 he became anchor for BBC Television's new topical weekday magazine show Tonight, with Fyfe Robertson, which ran for eight years and attracted eight million viewers at its peak. This ...
Tonight (1957 TV programme), a 1957–1965 British current events television programme hosted by Cliff Michelmore that was broadcast on BBC; Tonight (1975 TV programme), a 1975–1979 British current events television programme on BBC One; Tonight (1999 TV programme), a British news magazine television programme that has aired on ITV since 1999
By 1957, McEwen had become one of the leading lights in the post-war folksong revival. He was a regular on the daily BBC Tonight TV programme presented by Cliff Michelmore, [citation needed] writing and performing topical calypsos, whilst also working as the art director [3] for the Spectator magazine.
Guy Alford Michelmore was born in August 1957. [1] Michelmore is the son of BBC presenters Cliff Michelmore [2] and Jean Metcalfe. His mother Jean was the presenter of Family Favourites and Woman's Hour. His father Cliff was best known for the BBC television programme Tonight. Cliff once interviewed himself, and asked whether either his son or ...
The original editors were Tony Whitby from Tonight and Derrick Amoore from Gallery, and it later came to be led by Anthony Smith. Presenter Cliff Michelmore was the first lead anchor for 24 Hours. [1] With him in the studio were Kenneth Allsop, Michael Barratt and Robert McKenzie, a professor of politics at the London School of Economics (LSE).
For Tonight Robertson travelled widely providing serious stories as well as finding some remarkable eccentrics; he was often described as "our roving reporter". He appeared briefly as himself in the comedy film What a Whopper (1961). [5] When Tonight was replaced by 24 Hours, Robertson continued in his same investigative manner. [6]
1957 John H. Whitney (American Ambassador) 1958 A. E. "Matty" Matthews: 1959 Jayne Mansfield [2] 1960 Janet Munro: 1961 Violet Carson: 1962 Shirley Anne Field: 1963 Cliff Michelmore: 1964 Gracie Fields [2] 1965 David Tomlinson: 1966 Ken Dodd [2] 1967 Horace King: 1968 Matt Busby: 1969 Canberra Bomber: 1970 Tony Blackburn: 1971 The cast of Dad's ...