Sixty Minutes (UK TV programme) 3 September 1984 with the "Six O'clock News". Arguably, another legacy was the eventual integration of the BBC News and Current Affairs departments. 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,
The Frontline (Irish TV programme) as one of the best current affairs programmes in 2009. The two reviewers said that, compared to "The Late Late Show", Kenny was more "in his comfort zone". Sarah Carey, also in "The Irish Times", was disappointed by the tone of the programme even though Kenny was "thoroughly enjoying himself". She said it was a televised version of "Liveline". Future President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins, then a Labour Party TD, said in February 2010 that "The Frontline" "degrade[d] politics" and called it a "really bad programme". The Frontline (Irish TV programme) The Frontline is a topical debate television programme