Tonight is a BBC television current affairs programme that was shown on weekday nights from 1 September 1975 until 5 July 1979 on BBC1.
[1][2] It was initially presented by Sue Lawley, Denis Tuohy and Donald MacCormick and reporters included John Pitman, Richard Kershaw, David Lomax, David Jessel and Michael Delahaye.
[1] In 1976, under editor Chris Capron, John Timpson alternated with Tuohy and MacCormick presented occasional topics.
Lawley took maternity leave and Ludovic Kennedy and Robin Day, from BBC2's Newsday current affairs series, became new presenters, supported by Melvin Bragg and Barry Norman for arts and cinema topics.
[5] Valerie Singleton had become a presenter and Roger Bolton the editor by the time the programme ended in July 1979,[6] making way for Newsnight on BBC2.