[Robert Williams]

Yes - probably fair to say the broadcasters’ views of the time appeared to be that London was above the regionalism that was developing elsewhere.

So far as the Beeb were concerned, they appeared to make a little more effort than Rediffusion with ‘Town and Around’ during the 60s, though there isn’t a great deal of information around about it.

Asides also going out in the South East, it was usually fronted by a couple of the network newsreaders (think the network newsroom at Alexandra Palace produced it?)

Think 1962 was the first year the Beeb extended its regions / nations’ bulletins into full-scale programmes?

What happened with BBC regional coverage in London post-69 is better covered elsewhere, of course.

Yes, there isn't much info on Town and Around, although by July 1968 it appears to no longer have been considered an essential part of the daily schedule when it got reduced to a twice-weekly, then weekly, programme, although from the start of 1969 it was complemented by another weekly news magazine, London This Week.

Apologies for mentioning my own website, but I have a page where I have set out what I have been able to glean about the various BBC regional news programmes that have served London and the South East over the years: desandmicktv.wordpress.com