Radio 4’s Today programme marked his 60th anniversary on Saturday with a live broadcast from the Wigmore Hall in London hosted by John Humphrys and Sarah Montague.

The daily current affairs programme is as popular now as it has ever been, according to the Rajar system of audience measurement (in place since 1999). In the second quarter of this year it reached a record 7.7m listeners per week.

In a behind the scenes video to mark the anniversary, regular presenter Justin Webb showed how small the editorial team is behind the BBC’s flagship current affairs programme – with little more than a dozen editorial staff in the office and studio while the programme is going out.