"by Brian Redhead. The objective was to make it more of a balanced, national programme. The on-air humour of the two presenters and the split of locations made the programme very popular and influential. Brian Redhead was quoted, ""If you want to drop a word in the ear of the nation, then this is the programme in which to do it."" This pairing lasted until Timpson's retirement in 1986. Other presenters during this period included Libby Purves in the late 1970s. John Humphrys and Sue MacGregor joined the rotating list of presenters in 1986. Peter Hobday who had first broadcast"
"The Day Today The Day Today was a British comedy television show which parodies television current affairs programmes, broadcast in 1994 on BBC2. It was created by Armando Iannucci and Chris Morris and is an adaptation of the radio programme ""On the Hour"", which was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 between 1991 and 1992 and was written by Morris, Iannucci, Steven Wells, Andrew Glover, Stewart Lee, Richard Herring, David Quantick, and the cast. For ""The Day Today"", Peter Baynham joined the writing team, and Lee and Herring were replaced by Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews. The principal cast of ""On"
"its loyal audience and allegations of ageism levied at the BBC, but he went on to present the ""World at One "". Bilingual in French and English, and competent in Italian, he has also contributed to French and French-Canadian television. Peter Hobday (presenter) Peter James Hobday (born 16 February 1937) was a presenter on the early-morning BBC Radio 4 programme ""Today"" throughout the 1980s until 1996. He was a close colleague of Brian Redhead and the two were a popular duo on the programme. He was the anchorman for the award-winning ""The Money Programme"" on BBC television. He helped launch"
"Sarah Montague Sarah Anne Louise Montague, Lady Brooke (born 8 February 1966), is a British journalist, best known as one of the regular presenters of the BBC Radio 4 early morning current affairs programme, ""Today"". After 18 years, she left the programme in April 2018 to take over the lead on the station's lunchtime news broadcast, ""The World at One"". Montague was born to John Montague, a Colonel in the British Army, and Mary (née O'Malley) on Guernsey, a British Crown Dependency and one of the Channel Islands. After attending Blanchelande College, a local independent school for girls, she read"
"Jenni Murray Dame Jennifer Susan ""Jenni"" Murray, (née Bailey; born 12 May 1950) is an English journalist and broadcaster, best known for presenting BBC Radio 4's ""Woman's Hour"" since 1987. She is married, for the second time, with two grown-up sons. Murray was born in Barnsley in Yorkshire and attended Barnsley Girls High School, a grammar school, leaving with A levels in French, English and History. She has a degree in French and Drama from the University of Hull. Murray joined BBC Radio Bristol in 1973 before becoming a reporter and presenter for local news programme ""South Today"". She was"
"we see there."" Naughtie was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in March 2017. Naughtie is married to Eleanor Updale, author of the ""Montmorency"" books and a former producer of ""The World at One"". They have three children, and live in London and Edinburgh. James Naughtie Alexander James ""Jim"" Naughtie FRSE (surname pronounced ; born 9 August 1951) is a British radio and news presenter for the BBC. From 1994 until 2015 he was one of the main presenters of Radio 4's ""Today"" programme. In July 2015 he announced, via the BBC, that in early 2016 he"
"Carolyn Quinn married Nigel Morris, Political Editor of the ""i"" newspaper, and former political correspondent of the ""Daily Mirror"", in Richmond upon Thames in June 2003. She received an honorary doctorate from the University of Kent in 2013. Carolyn Quinn Carolyn Quinn (born 22 July 1961 in Camberwell, London) is a British journalist best known for her work on BBC Radio 4 as a political correspondent and for presenting the ""Today"" programme and ""PM"". Quinn attended St Joseph's RC Primary School in Crayford, Dartford Grammar School for Girls and the University of Kent where she obtained a degree in French."
"The Now Show The Now Show is a British radio comedy broadcast on BBC Radio 4, which satirises the week's news. The show is a mixture of stand-up, sketches and songs hosted by Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis. The show used to feature regular appearances by Jon Holmes, Laura Shavin (earlier series had Emma Kennedy, or occasionally Sue Perkins, for the female voices), a monologue by Marcus Brigstocke, and music by Mitch Benn, Pippa Evans or Adam Kay, but now features a much wider range of contributors. Most episodes will feature a special guest. Past guests include Robin Ince, Rory"
"Peter Hobday (presenter) Peter James Hobday (born 16 February 1937) was a presenter on the early-morning BBC Radio 4 programme ""Today"" throughout the 1980s until 1996. He was a close colleague of Brian Redhead and the two were a popular duo on the programme. He was the anchorman for the award-winning ""The Money Programme"" on BBC television. He helped launch the late night current affairs programme ""Newsnight"" on BBC2, where he was both an anchorman and economic specialist. He also helped launch ""In Business"" on Radio 4. His removal from the ""Today programme"" in 1996 was greeted with dismay from"
"John Humphrys Desmond John Humphrys (born 17 August 1943) is a Welsh broadcaster. From 1981 to 1987 he was the main presenter for the ""Nine O'Clock News"", the flagship BBC news television programme, and since 1987 he has been a presenter on the BBC Radio 4 programme ""Today"". He presents the programme with Justin Webb, Nick Robinson and Mishal Husain. Since 2003 he has been the host of the BBC Two television quiz show ""Mastermind"". Humphrys has a reputation as a tenacious and forthright interviewer; occasionally politicians have been very critical of his style after being subjected to a tough"
"Escape"". Grimshaw was a nominee for the Gold Logie in 2018. On 7 May 2015, Grimshaw was involved in a horse riding accident believed to be at her property in Sydney's north-western suburbs. She was airlifted to Westmead Hospital. Tracy Grimshaw Tracy Grimshaw (born 3 June 1960) is an Australian journalist and television presenter. She is currently the host of ""A Current Affair"" and was a co-host of ""Today"" for nine years. Grimshaw's career began in 1981 when she joined ""National Nine News"" in Melbourne as a reporter. In 1985 she began presenting news bulletins and by 1987 had been"
"Phillip Schofield Phillip Bryan Schofield (born 1 April 1962) is an English television presenter who works for ITV. He is currently the co-presenter of ""This Morning"" (2002–present) and ""Dancing on Ice"" (2006–2014, 2018–present) alongside Holly Willoughby. His other work for ITV includes ""All Star Mr & Mrs"" (2008–2016), ""The Cube"" (2009–2015), and ""5 Gold Rings"" (2017–present). Schofield gained national attention working for the BBC, first as a continuity presenter for Children's BBC on weekdays from 1985 to 1987, then as a presenter on the children’s Saturday morning magazine show ""Going Live!"" between September 1987 and April 1993. Schofield was born"
"a programme for ""people on the move"" to the important step of having its own named presenter. Quigley and Benzie complemented each other's careers. They worked in the same BBC departments, had the same alma mater and witnessed each other's marriage. Benzie retired in 1964 and died in St Leonards in 1988. Isa Benzie Isa Donald Benzie (4 December 1902 – 25 June 1988) was a British radio broadcaster. She played a key role in the launch of ""Today"" on BBC Radio 4, and served as its first senior producer. Benzie was born in 1902 in Glasgow and took the"
"James Naughtie Alexander James ""Jim"" Naughtie FRSE (surname pronounced ; born 9 August 1951) is a British radio and news presenter for the BBC. From 1994 until 2015 he was one of the main presenters of Radio 4's ""Today"" programme. In July 2015 he announced, via the BBC, that in early 2016 he would retire from regular presenting duties on the programme and would, instead, be its 'Special Correspondent' with 'responsibility for charting the course of the constitutional changes at the heart of the UK political debate', as well as the BBC News's Books Editor, contributing a book review to"
"weekly listening audience around 7 million. It was voted the Best National Speech Breakfast Show at the 2016 Radio Academy Awards. ""Today"" was launched on the BBC's Home Service on 28 October 1957 as a programme of ""topical talks"" to give listeners an alternative to listening to light music. The programme's founders were Isa Benzie and Janet Quigley. Benzie gave the programme its name, and served as its first ""de facto"" editor. It was initially broadcast as two 20-minute editions slotted in around the existing news bulletins and religious and musical items. It became part of the BBC's Current Affairs"
"Carolyn Quinn Carolyn Quinn (born 22 July 1961 in Camberwell, London) is a British journalist best known for her work on BBC Radio 4 as a political correspondent and for presenting the ""Today"" programme and ""PM"". Quinn attended St Joseph's RC Primary School in Crayford, Dartford Grammar School for Girls and the University of Kent where she obtained a degree in French. She trained as a teacher, gaining a PGCE at the Institute of Education in London before becoming a French teacher at a London comprehensive school, but gave this up to be a ward clerk at Charing Cross Hospital."
"changes including new screens and flooring in the former screen area. During the week, the flagship hours of Today (7-9 a.m.) are co-anchored by Savannah Guthrie (2012–present) and Hoda Kotb (2018–present) alongside co-hosts Al Roker (weather anchor; 1996–present), Craig Melvin (news anchor; 2018-present), Carson Daly (social media anchor/Orange Room host; 2013–present), and Jenna Bush Hager (correspondent; 2009–present). Saturday editions are anchored by Sheinelle Jones and Peter Alexander, Willie Geist anchors on Sunday, with Dylan Dreyer serving as co-host/weather anchor both days. Jones and Dreyer also appear on the weekday broadcasts as contributors during the main show and co-hosts of the"
"(titled ""Sunday Today"") premiered on September 20, 1987, and was originally hosted by Maria Shriver and Boyd Matson, with Garrick Utley as news anchor. The program was broadcast from 8:00 to 9:30 a.m., followed by ""Meet the Press"". It was the second morning news program to run weekend editions, CBS previously attempted a six-day-a-week morning news program under the ""Morning"" banner in 1979, the only surviving remnant of which is the newsmagazine ""CBS News Sunday Morning"". Garrick Utley replaced Boyd Matson as co-anchor on March 20, 1988. Shriver, weather anchor Al Roker and sports anchor Bill Macatee continued with the"
"programmes but increasing Radio 4's coverage of science. Gwyneth Williams Gwyneth Williams (born 14 July 1953) is the controller of BBC Radio 4. She grew up in South Africa and attended St Hugh's College, Oxford. Williams joined the BBC World Service in 1976 as a trainee, having briefly worked as researcher at the Overseas Development Institute. In the 1980s she became producer and duty editor of BBC Radio 4's ""The World Tonight"", and then Deputy Editor, Special Current Affairs Programmes, responsible for broadcasting general elections and other major events. In 1994 as Editor, Policy and Social Programmes she launched current"
"Sue MacGregor Susan Katriona MacGregor (born 30 August 1941, Oxford) is a BBC Radio 4 broadcaster, perhaps best known as a former presenter of ""Woman's Hour"" and later the ""Today"" programme. Her parents were Scottish and emigrated to South Africa where she was brought up. Her father was a doctor, a neurologist, who, during the Second World War was in the Royal Army Medical Corps with the British 14th Army in Burma. She attended the Herschel Girls School, an independent boarding school in Cape Town. She completed her education at the ""École de commerce"" in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, and at an"
"presenters include the BBC's Stephen Sackur and Tim Franks. Evan Davis and Justin Webb were the newest regular presenters to join the roster until Mishal Husain in 2013. Husain became the second regular female presenter when James Naughtie began to cover the Scottish Independence referendum as a ""Good Morning Scotland"" presenter for two days a week, and across the BBC's output. Naughtie returned to ""Today"" before the 2015 general election. On 7 July 2015, the BBC announced that James Naughtie was to leave the programme, to become a Special Correspondent for BBC Radio 4. Two days later, Nick Robinson was"
"NBC News Chairman Andrew Lack said in an email that Kotb has ""seamlessly stepped"" into the position, and with Guthrie, ""quickly hit the ground running."" ""They have an undeniable connection with each other and most importantly, with viewers, a hallmark of Today,"" Lack added. Just before the holidays, NBC executives offered the job to Kotb. She also will continue to co-host the fourth hour of the show with Kathie Lee Gifford, a role she has held since 2008. In 1989, Bryant Gumbel wrote a memo to the program's then-executive producer Marty Ryan, which was critical of other ""Today"" personalities, and"
"Fi Glover Fiona Susannah Grace ""Fi"" Glover (born February 1969) is a British BBC journalist and presenter who currently presents ""The Listening Project"" for BBC Radio 4, ""Shared Experience"" for BBC Radio 4 and ""My Perfect Country"" for the BBC World Service. Until March 2011, she was the host of BBC Radio 4's ""Saturday Live"", and before that presented BBC Radio 4's ""Broadcasting House"". She previously worked at BBC Radio 5 Live for 7 years. In 2014 she was the host of BBC One's reality history show, ""24 Hours in the Past"". In 1993, Glover started her BBC career as"
"to enlighten viewers is to take two people and force them into a sort of intellectual-masturbation death match.""Graham Linehan appeared on the show last year to discuss his adaptation of The Ladykillers and found himself ambushed by questions that weren't just hostile, but sometimes completely bizarre. Expert Women's Days, intended by the BBC as a training exercise intended in part to increase the number of female interviewees on ""Today"", took place in several locations in 2013. Today (BBC Radio 4) Today, or The Today Programme, is BBC Radio 4's long-running early morning news and current affairs programme, broadcast on Monday"
"UK elections. In 2002, Montague married businessman Richard Christopher Brooke. They are friends of former Prime Minister David Cameron, with whom Brooke went to Eton College. Montague is the mother of three daughters and also has a stepdaughter. In 2012, Mrs. Brooke became Lady Brooke, when her husband inherited the family baronetcy, to become Sir Christopher Brooke, Bt. Sarah Montague Sarah Anne Louise Montague, Lady Brooke (born 8 February 1966), is a British journalist, best known as one of the regular presenters of the BBC Radio 4 early morning current affairs programme, ""Today"". After 18 years, she left the programme"
"replaced Steve Price as Morning Show host on 2UE. In November 2010, Liebmann resigned from 2UE. He is the recipient of several journalistic awards, including the ""News Presenter of the Year"" from the Australian Commercial Radio Industry and the Penguin Award- for Special Recognition for Contribution to News. Steve Liebmann Steve Liebmann (born 4 May 1944) is a retired Australian television anchor, journalist and radio broadcaster. Liebmann is best known for co-hosting ""Today"" on the Nine Network between 1982 and 1986, and again from 1990 to 2005. Born in Cooma, New South Wales, he attended Monaro High School. He became"
"remove a bronchial carcinoid tumour; he returned to work at the BBC on 13 April 2015, as part of its coverage of the 2015 general election and beyond. The operation was reported to have been a “complete success”. Nick Robinson (journalist) Nicholas Anthony Robinson (born 5 October 1963) is a British journalist, currently a presenter on the BBC's ""Today"" programme. Prior to this he spent ten years as political editor for the BBC, and he has had many other roles with the broadcaster. Robinson was interested in politics from an early age, and went on to study Philosophy, Politics and"
"footage shown brought the chilling news to the nation ... ""In just a few moments you will see an explosion. The Space Shuttle Challenger apparently exploded ... you will see it very clearly on your television sets."" Palmer officially joined the ""Today"" cast as news anchor on September 27, 1982, replacing Chris Wallace, who had read the news and served as Bryant Gumbel and Jane Pauley's Washington co-anchor. The team of Gumbel, Pauley, Palmer, Willard Scott, and Gene Shalit helped take ""The Today Show"" to the top of the ratings in 1986, where it stayed until the end of the"
"Robson's appearance on dancing with the stars in 2007. Today Today Today Today was a drivetime radio show on Australia-wide radio station Triple J, broadcast between 3:00pm and 5:30pm weekdays during 2004 and 2005. The title is a parody of the Australian current affairs program ""Today Tonight"" on Channel Seven. It was hosted by Chaser members Chris Taylor and Craig Reucassel (""Chris and Craig""). The theme music to the show was the opening riff to the song ""She Says What She Means"" by Canadian band Sloan The show combined political satire, comedic discussion of the days events, and talkback from"
"used a roster of broadcasters to host at other times. The World Tonight The World Tonight is a British current affairs radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4, every weekday evening, which started out as an extension of the 10pm news. It features news, analysis and comment on domestic and world issues. Ritula Shah is currently the main presenter, usually presenting the first three days of the week. The programme utilises other BBC broadcasters including David Eades, Carolyn Quinn, James Coomarasamy, Roger Hearing, Samira Ahmed and Felicity Evans to regularly present on Thursdays, Fridays and in Shah's absence. Between 1989"
"Sarah Sands Sarah Sands (""née"" Harvey; 3 June 1961) is a British journalist and author. A former editor of the ""London Evening Standard"", she became editor of the ""Today"" programme on BBC Radio 4 in 2017. Sands was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent in 1961, to parents in the Colonial Service. Sands is the younger sister of Kit Hesketh-Harvey (of musical duo Kit and The Widow). She was educated at Kent College, Pembury (then a Methodist, now interdenominational) independent day and boarding school for girls. She later attended Goldsmiths, University of London. Sands trained on ""The Sevenoaks Chronicle"" as a"
"at the Sunday Business when it launched. O'Connell's appointment to the high-profile BBC role caused controversy among BBC staff, who complained the selection process was not fair. Dominic O'Connell Dominic O'Connell is a business journalist, currently a business presenter on BBC Radio 4's ""Today Programme"". He is from New Zealand. O'Connell joined the BBC in June 2016. He presents the business news on the ""Today Programme"" from Monday to Thursday, at 06.15 and 07.15, interviewing chief executives from the UK's FTSE 100 Index. On Fridays, Rob Young presents the programme's business news. O'Connell was previously the Business Editor of the"
"Matthew Price Matthew William Price (born 5 June 1972 in Hampstead, London) is a British journalist who currently works as Chief Correspondent for the BBC Radio 4 Today programme. Matthew Price was educated at The Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, a day independent school in Elstree in Hertfordshire, followed by St Catharine's College at the University of Cambridge, gaining a First Class degree in Geography. He began his career in 1994 as a trainee local radio reporter. He worked at BBC Radio Lincolnshire and then for the BBC in Newcastle. In 1999 he moved on to report for the BBC's news"