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About Peter Hobday (presenter)
- Peter James Hobday (born 16 February 1937) was a presenter on the early-morning BBC Radio 4 breakfast current affairs programme Todaythroughout the 1980s, remaining until 1996.
- He was a close colleague of Brian Redhead and the two were a regular duo on the programme.
- He was the anchorman for the The Money Programme on BBC2 television.
- He helped launch the late night current affairs programme Newsnight on BBC2, where he was both an anchorman and economic specialist.
- He also helped launch In Business on Radio 4. His removal from the Today programme in 1996 was greeted with dismay from its listeners and allegations of ageism levied at the BBC, also he later presented BBC Radio 4's World at One.
- Bilingual in French and English, and competent in Italian, he has also contributed to French and French-Canadian television.
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