Sir Robin Day, OBE (24 October 1923 – 6 August 2000) was a British political broadcaster and commentator.Day's obituary in The Guardian by Dick Taverne stated that "he was the most outstanding television journalist of his generation. He transformed the television interview, changed the relationship between politicians and television, and strove to assert balance and rationality into the medium's treatment of current affairs".
He was portrayed by Paul Ritter in the play "The Reporter", which opened at the National Theatre in London, in February 2007. It was written by Nicholas Wright , directed by Richard Eyre and focused on the life (and death) of the BBC correspondent James Mossman who worked with him throughout the 1960s.
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Political interviewer, knighted in 1981.
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Controversial interview with the Defence Minister Sir John Nott after the Falklands War (1982). The minister walked out on live TV after being called a "here today, gone tomorrow politician" compared to career soldiers.
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He conducted a controversial interview with Egyptian leader Colonel Nasser over the Suez crisis.
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He stood unsuccessfully as the Liberal Party candidate for the seat of Hereford in 1959.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Morecambe & Wise Show
1970
TV Series
Interviewer
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Auntie: The Inside Story of the BBC
1997
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
The Jack Docherty Show
1997
TV Series
Himself
A Very Social Democrat: A Portrait of Roy Jenkins
1996
TV Movie documentary
Himself (uncredited)
Aspel & Company
1990-1993
TV Series
Himself
This Week
1958-1992
TV Series
Himself - Interviewer / Himself / Himself - Presenter
Des O'Connor Tonight
1989
TV Series
Himself
Question Time
1979-1989
TV Series
Himself - Chairman / Himself
Panorama
1959-1988
TV Series documentary
Himself - Presenter / Himself - Interviewer / Himself - Reporter / ...
Election 1987
1987
TV Movie
Himself - Presenter (as Sir Robin Day)
McKenzie's Lore
1987
TV Movie documentary
Television: The Magic Rectangle - An Anatomy of the TV Personality
1986
TV Movie documentary
Himself (as Sir Robin Day)
Edge of Darkness
1985
TV Mini-Series
Himself - on TV
Election 83
1983
TV Movie
Himself
The Big Time
1980
TV Series documentary
Himself
The Levin Interviews
1980
TV Series
Himself
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
1979
TV Series
Himself
Decision 79
1979
TV Movie
Himself
Tonight
1977-1979
TV Series
Himself - Presenter from Central Hall, Westmister
The Morecambe & Wise Show
1975
TV Series
Himself
The Referendum Result
1975
TV Movie
A Question of Europe
1975
TV Movie
Himself - Introduction (voice)
Election 74
1974/II
TV Movie
Himself
Midweek
1974
TV Series
Himself - Presenter
Election 74
1974/I
TV Movie
Himself
Parkinson
1973
TV Series
Himself
Election 70
1970
TV Movie
Himself
1964 General Election
1964
TV Special documentary
Himself
ITV News
1955
TV Series
Newsreader (1955-196?)
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
And Here Is the News...
2015
TV Movie documentary
Himself - ITV Newscaster, 1955-1959, Speaking in 1976 (as Sir Robin Day)
The Seventies
2015
TV Series documentary
Himself - Talk-In to Day Show
Morecambe & Wise: The Whole Story
2013
TV Series documentary
Himself
Frost on Interviews
2012
TV Movie documentary
Himself
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
2011
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
The Funny Side of the News
2007
TV Movie
Himself (uncredited)
25 Years of Question Time
2004
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The Truth About 60s TV
2004
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Room 101
1999
TV Series
Himself
Tracking Down Maggie: The Unofficial Biography of Margaret Thatcher
1994
Documentary
Himself
The Rock 'n' Roll Years
1985-1986
TV Series
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1975
Richard Dimbleby Award
BAFTA Awards
1958
BAFTA TV Award
BAFTA Awards
Best Personality
Known for movies
Question Time (1979-1989) as Himself - Chairman / Himself
Panorama (1959-1988) as Himself - Presenter / Himself - Interviewer / Himself - Reporter / Himself - Presenter: Vietnam segment
A Question of Europe (1975) as Himself - Introduction
$600,000
