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.
| 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 |
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
editReferences
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.