Nationwide
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5.3TMDBNationwide was a BBC News and current affairs television program that aired from September 9, 1969, to August 5, 1983. It was broadcast on BBC One each weekday following the early evening news. The program followed a magazine format, combining political analysis and discussion with consumer affairs, light entertainment, and sports reporting. It began on September 9, 1969, airing between Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6:00 PM, before being extended to five days a week in 1972. From 1976 until 1981, the start time was 5:55 PM. The final edition aired on August 5, 1983, and the following October, it was replaced by Sixty Minutes. The long-running Watchdog program started as a feature on Nationwide. The light entertainment was quite similar in tone to That's Life!. Eccentric stories included skateboarding ducks and men who claimed they could walk on egg shells. Richard Stilgoe performed topical songs.
