Today (1968)
- Genre
- magazine format program
- Country
- United Kingdom
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This was a regional news magazine show for the London area, airing from 1968 to 1977. Hosted by various presenters, it covered local news and features. It is remembered for historic moments like having the first Black reporter on British television and a notorious interview with the Sex Pistols.
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What happens
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. 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. John Lennon and Yoko Ono made an appearance on the show in 1969, sharing a bed with Eamonn Andrews. The show is now most commonly remembered for Bill Grundy's 1976 interview with the Sex Pistols, which caused public outrage at the time. Today was replaced in September 1977 by Thames at Six, a more conventional news magazine programme. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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