Sixty Minutes (UK TV programme) Sixty Minutes (UK TV programme) Sixty Minutes is a news and current affairs programme which ran each weekday at 5:40pm between 24 October 1983 to 27 July 1984 on BBC1. It replaced the "Nationwide" programme, and like "Nationwide", it also integrated the BBC regional news programmes into a single magazine programme. However, the BBC's News department stoutly maintained its independence from colleagues in Current Affairs, and the first 15 minutes of news was almost a separate programme, followed by 20 minutes from BBC regional news before the final 25 minutes of national current affairs. Accordingly, the format was unwieldy, with
Danny Kelly (BBC WM presenter) his radio show that he had some 'astonishing news' to deliver. He had been half-way through his 2-hour afternoon radio programme on BBC WM when the announcement was made. His producer, Mark Newman, interrupted and informed him, 'You can't say that'. Danny Kelly (BBC WM presenter) Daniel Vincent Kelly (born 1970/1971) is a British radio presenter based in Birmingham. Kelly was born in Liverpool. He is 6'5" tall, a fact that he enjoys telling his listeners. Danny Kelly has had a varied career working as a used car salesman and chef before moving into local radio 10 years ago. He