| Today | |
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| Genre | News, London (regional) |
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Production company | Thames Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | Thames Television |
| Release | 1968 – 1977 |
| Related | |
| Thames at Six | |
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Today is Thames Television's first regional news magazine programme, shown in the London area from 1968 to 1977. It was hosted by Eamonn Andrews, Bill Grundy and others.[1]
For nine months, the programme featured Barbara Blake Hannah, the first Black reporter on British television, who was eventually driven off-air by racist complaints.[2][3]
John Lennon and Yoko Ono made an appearance on the show in 1969, sharing a bed with Eamonn Andrews.[4]
The show is now most commonly remembered for Bill Grundy's 1976 interview with the Sex Pistols, which caused public outrage at the time.[5] Today was replaced in September 1977 by Thames at Six, a more conventional news magazine programme.
- ^ "Thames News Bulletins & Magazines". TVARK. Archived from the original on 10 January 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ Jolaoso, Simi (22 October 2020). "Barbara Blake Hannah: The first black reporter on British TV". BBC News. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ Ponsford, Dominic (18 August 2020). "UK's first black TV reporter Barbara Blake-Hannah: 'Journalists are the most important people in the world' (video)". Press Gazette. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ "John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear on Thames Television's 'Today'..." Getty Images. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ Bennett, Jon (2 December 2016). "What happened when the Sex Pistols appeared on the Bill Grundy show". Classic Rock Magazine. Retrieved 23 October 2020.