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front cover marking the programme's first birthday in 1958.]] ''Tonight'' was a BBC television current affairs programme presented by Cliff Michelmore and broadcast in Britain live on weekday evenings from 1957 to 1965. The producers were the future Controller of BBC1 Donald Baverstock and the future Director-General Of The BBC Alasdair Milne . The audience was typically seven million. ''Tonight'' was, like , Geoffrey Johnson-Smith and Michelmore himself; and filmed reports. Reporters included Alan Whicker , Fyfe Robertson , Kenneth Allsop , Chris Brasher , Julian Pettifer , Brian Redhead and Polly Elwes . The programme received the Guild of Television Producers and Directors (now BAFTA ) award for best factual programme in 1957 and 1958. The style was informal with no attempt to hide studio gadgetry. Michelmore gave a very relaxed performance, sometimes perching on the edge of his desk, seemingly unphased by the ringing of his desk telephone letting him know about technical problems. There were regular appearances by Cy Grant , singing a "topical Calypso ", and Folk singers Robin Hall and Jimmy McGregor . It was during an episode of ''Tonight'' broadcast on the evening of Friday 22 November 1963 that BBC television broke the news of the Assassination Of United States President John F. Kennedy to the UK as a whole, although Granada Television had already broadcast the news to viewers in the Northern ITV region. EXTERNAL LINKS
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