History
For the first 26 years of its run, the series was broadcast on ITV in London and the North-West, and carried at different times in its history by certain other regional ITV stations; it was never networked nationally.
The first programme, on 5 November 1956, was presented by Brian Inglis, then deputy editor of The Spectator; the following week Kingsley Martin, editor of the New Statesman, presented the show. Martin presented the show on six occasions; Brian Inglis became the most frequent presenter with about 170 programmes.
In 1969, the programme was briefly relaunched as The Papers, with sociologist Stuart Hall as the first presenter. This version of the programme lasted for only 10 weeks, after which it reverted to its original title, and took on the format it retained, with a different presenter (almost always a journalist) each week.
Presenters of the BBC Radio 4 programme have included The Spectator's editor Fraser Nelson, the Daily Mirror's Kevin Maguire, The Guardian's Michael White, The Observer's Andrew Rawnsley and John Kampfner.
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