Host Channel
Originally the programme ran for 25 minutes, later reduced to 20. The show moved from ITV to Channel 4 when the latter was launched in 1982, but was dropped in 1989, to be taken up by BBC2, where it was broadcast on Saturday afternoons, with a running time of 15 (later 10) minutes.
In 2008, the BBC decided not to recommission the series, also dropping coverage of the annual What the Papers Say Awards. ITV Productions has stated it hopes to find a "new home" for the show.
In October 2008 the same format made a partial return to screens during Granada's own regional political programme Party People, where it is usually introduced as "a look at what the papers say". The programme was revived by BBC Radio 4 in April 2010.
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