Nationwide (1969 - 1983)

Scripted TV Show
Audience Score
10
Nationwide
NR September 9th, 19694 Seasons, 574 Episodes
Nationwide was a BBC News and current affairs television programme which ran from 9 September 1969 to 5 August 1983. It was broadcast on BBC One each weekday following the early evening news. It followed a magazine format, combining political analysis and discussion with consumer affairs, light entertainment and sports reporting. It began on 9 September 1969, running between Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6.00pm, before being extended to five days a week in 1972. From 1976 until 1981 the start time was 5:55pm. The final edition was broadcast on 5 August 1983, and the following October it was replaced by Sixty Minutes. The long-running Watchdog programme began as a Nationwide feature. The light entertainment was quite similar in tone to That's Life!. Eccentric stories featured skateboarding ducks and men who claimed that they could walk on egg shells.. Richard Stilgoe performed topical songs.

All Seasons

Season 15

Season 15

Jan 4, 1983
Season 14

Season 14

Jan 4, 1982
Season 13

Season 13

Jan 5, 1981
Season 1

Season 1

Sep 9, 1969

TV Show Details

Air Date:September 9th, 1969

Last Air Date:August 5th, 1983

Network:BBC One
Status:Ended
Original Language:English