A weekday afternoon magazine programme from Thames Television featuring interviews, discussions, and topical items for the London region.
A daily fixture of the Thames Television schedule, After Noon was a 25-minute magazine programme broadcast on weekday afternoons. Each edition offered a mix of studio-based conversation and pre-filmed reports, covering a broad range of subjects tailored for a daytime audience. As a regional production, its content was primarily focused on news, lifestyle, and human interest stories relevant to viewers in the London area.
After Noon was a workhorse of regional television, a prime example of the kind of cost-effective, high-volume programming that filled the daytime schedules of major ITV companies in the 1970s. Produced by Thames and not fully networked, it was one of a stable of similarly branded afternoon shows, including the earlier Good Afternoon, the later After Noon Plus and later still A Plus, which established a consistent identity for the broadcaster’s daytime output. The programme’s existence highlights the importance of regional opt-outs in this era, serving a local audience with topical content before the ITV network’s daytime strategy shifted towards more nationally focused, personality-led formats in the following decade. Presenters included the likes of Judith Chalmers, Elaine Grand and the presenter most associated with the series – Mavis Nicholson.
Broadcast: ITV – Thames, 233 Episodes, 12 September 1977 – 21 December 1978
Production Company: Thames Television
Main Cast: Judith Chalmers, Elaine Grand, Mavis Nicholson,
