In Town Tonight

In Town Tonight was a BBC radio programme broadcast on Saturday evening from 1933 to 1960. It was an early example of the chat show.

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BBC - Radio - Saturday - 1933 - 1960 - Chat show

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Its theme music was the Knightsbridge March by Eric Coates. Its introductory sequence had a voice crying "Stop" to interrupt the sound of busy central London, before an announcer said "Once again we stop the mighty roar of London's traffic ..." At the end of the programme the voice would say "Carry on, London".

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Eric Coates - London

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Towards the end of its run the programme was simultaneously broadcast on BBC Television. After its demise the programme was replaced by In Town Today, which was broadcast at lunchtime and ran until 1965.

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BBC Television - 1965

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