24 Hours (TV series)
| 24 Hours | |
|---|---|
| Genre | News and Current affairs |
| Created by | BBC |
| Presented by |
Cliff Michelmore Kenneth Allsop Michael Barratt Robert McKenzie David Dimbleby |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Production | |
| Editor(s) |
Derrick Amoore Tony Whitby |
| Running time | 30 minutes (approx) |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC1 |
| Original release | 1965 – 1972 |
24 Hours or Twenty-Four Hours was a long-running, late evening, daily news magazine programme that aired on BBC1. It focused on analysis and criticism of current affairs and featured in-depth short documentary films that set the style for current affairs magazine programmes. 24 Hours launched in 1965 and focused on investigative journalism. The programme's main presenter was Cliff Michelmore.
The programme brought together the production teams from two BBC television programmes: Gallery, a weekly political programme and Tonight the seminal early evening magazine programme. The editors were Tony Whitby from Tonight and Derrick Amoore from Gallery.
The presenter Cliff Michelmore was the first lead anchor for 24 Hours. With him in the studio were Kenneth Allsop, Michael Barratt and Robert McKenzie, a professor of politics at the LSE. Towards the end of its run David Dimbleby took over as the main presenter.
24 Hours was conceived with the intention of being very different from other current affairs programmes at the time. Critical to the point of confrontational, it abandoned the orthodox reverential rules of engagement with politicians and took a tougher, more modern approach to interviews. 24 Hours used a combination of panel discussions and studio debates, usually with an invited "expert" audience. The programme also featured filmed items or "packages" presented by its reporters Michael Parkinson, Fyfe Robertson, Michael Aspel, Julian Pettifer, Bernard Falk and David Jessel, among others.
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