Sam Delaney's News Thing
| Sam Delaney's News Thing | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Satire |
| Created by | RT UK |
| Presented by | Sam Delaney |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 138 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Ben Rigden |
| Production location | London |
| Original release | |
| Network | RT |
| Release | 5 November 2015 – 24 June 2018 |
Sam Delaney's News Thing was a television programme produced by RT UK and presented by British journalist and broadcaster Sam Delaney, that aired every Saturday night from November 2015 until June 2018.
Notable guest appearances included Ken Livingstone, former mayor of London,[1] Calum Morson, a notable Sunderland AFC fan and John Prescott, Labour peer and former deputy prime minister.[2] A clip of the show that was widely shared online was a prank where a child was dressed up as the Queen to knight Nigel Farage, but had been primed by Delaney to say "My mummy says you hate foreigners."[3] Commenting on the segment, Jim Waterson said it was "unclear" how a show with material like this fitted into the image of RT being a Kremlin propaganda front.[4]
On 3 June 2016, the show was guest hosted by John Prescott and temporarily titled John Prescott's News Thing.[citation needed]
The series was cancelled in 2018 when RT reduced its amount of independently-made output.[3]
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Sam Delaney and Ken Livingstone relive Ken's Glory Days | talkRADIO". talkradio.co.uk. Archived from the original on 23 October 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ "John Prescott to clash with Ken Livingstone on Russia Today". The Guardian. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ^ a b Delaney, Sam (18 August 2018). "'We were astounded by the freedom': my time as a host on Russia's RT TV". the Guardian. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ^ Waterson, Jim (3 March 2017). "Nigel Farage Was Knighted By A Small Child On Russia Today". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 1 May 2022.