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
Ian Collins (radio presenter) Ian Collins (radio presenter) Ian Collins (born 24 October) is a British radio and television presenter and journalist and author. Most recently, he hosted "Late Nights" on LBC - the UK's most listened to current affairs/topical debate programme. He left LBC in August 2018, claiming this was at his own instigation in order to focus on his health and family. He will be starting at BBC Radio Kent as the new Breakfast Show sidekick from 5th November. He previously hosted "The Late Show" (10pm Mon - Thurs) on talkSPORT. The show was non-sport and took a comedic/observational look at news