Tonight was a BBC television current affairs programme shown on weekday nights from 1 September 1975 until 5 July 1979 on

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. It was initially presented by

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Denis Tuohy Denis Tuohy (born 2 April 1937, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a television broadcaster, newsreader and journalist and actor. Tuohy attended Queen's University, Belfast, where he learned to debate and acquired an interest in acting. In 1960, he a ...

and

Donald MacCormick Donald MacCormick (16 April 1939 – 12 July 2009)Veteran BBC newsman dies aged 70
...

and reporters included John Pitman,

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and Michael Delahaye. Michael Bunce was the programme's first editor. Unlike its predecessor also called ''

Tonight Tonight may refer to: Television * ''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 ...

'' which was shown in the early evening, this programme was generally the last BBC One programme each evening and appeared at variable times. It took over from the ''24 Hours'' programme, also on BBC One in late evenings, and ran in the same years as the BBC's '' Nationwide'' which was shown early evening. In 1976 under editor Chris Capron,

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alternated with Tuohy and MacCormick presented occasional topics. Lawley took maternity leave and

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and

Robin Day Sir Robin Day (24 October 1923 – 6 August 2000) was an English political journalist and television and radio broadcaster. Day's obituary in ''The Guardian'' by Dick Taverne stated that he was "the most outstanding television journalist of ...

, from BBC Two's ''Newsday'' current affairs series, became new presenters, supported by Melvin Bragg and

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for arts and cinema topics.

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became a new presenter.

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had become a presenter and Roger Bolton the editor by the time the programme ended in July 1979,BBC Programme Index - BBC1 listings 5 July 1979
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Newsnight ''Newsnight'' (or ''BBC Newsnight'') is BBC Two's news and current affairs programme, providing in-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines. The programme is broadcast on weekdays at 22:30. and is also availa ...

'' on

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