Tonight (TV programme) Tonight (TV programme) Tonight (often referred to as "The Tonight Programme") is a British current affairs programme, produced by ITV Studios (formerly Granada Television) and ITN for the ITV network, replacing the long-running investigative series "World in Action" in 1999. Previously airing twice-weekly, on Monday and Friday evenings at 8.00pm (ITV Wales, STV and UTV would often air the programme at different times or different days, to make way for regional programming), the show runs the gamut from human interest-led current affairs to investigative journalism. "Tonight" has conducted interviews with a plethora of political and public figures, including U.S. President
Broadsheet (TV programme) broadcast half-an-hour after the and provided a more detailed analysis of topical matters and current affairs. There was a mixture of incisive and light-hearted items: unscripted studio interviews and filmed reports. The programme received a Jacob's Award for broadcasting in 1962. "Broadsheet" was broadcast for the last time on 4 October 1963. It was replaced by a new programme called "Newsbeat", which effectively was a merger between "News" and "Broadsheet". The three presenters - O'Donoghue, Cleeve and Farrell - went on to play prominent roles in subsequent current affairs programmes on RTÉ right up until the 2000s. Broadsheet (TV programme)