Sunday begins as usual with ATV London, this time for the last time ever in the capital.  Monday sees, again for the last time, Rediffusion come on air.  And then the changes begin, with Thames starting (for cricket) on Tuesday morning, and continuing until Friday evening.  Finally, at 7pm on Friday, Londoners got to see their fourth TV company of the week come on air, as the first ever hand-over between ITV franchises moved them from Thames to the new London Weekend.

But it was not to be so smooth.  Whilst ATV and Rediffusion had their last nights untroubled, Thames saw the beginnings of strike action knock out some of its first productions.  London Weekend fared worst of all - the announcer managed to say little more than "This is London Weekend Television, broadcasting from the London transmitter of the Independent Television Authority" when all went dark.

London Weekend's new schedule was not to be - ITV was on strike.