Features
Thames puts faith in C5
Thames is left as the sole bidder for the new Channel 5 licence in 1992… but investors are restless
Eurovision Network in 1967
Inside the technical developments pioneered by the European Broadcasting Union in 1967
How “In Town To-night” is Put on the Air
Inside the hit BBC National Programme series ‘In Town To-night’, from 1935
It’s a tough life being a Saint
Ian Ogilvy discusses his fear of fame as he completes a series of the Return of the Saint in 1978
Interviewing the stars
John Parsons explains how he gets his interviews in the can for ABC’s Film Fanfare in 1956
Eamonn Andrews calling…
Look Westward magazine profiles Eamonn Andrews and previews his new Saturday night chat show in 1964
Marconi mobile television
In city, town or country, Marconi Outside Broadcast equipment is the toast of 1954 – see why in our new microsite
Independent Television in 1959
Our new microsite takes a snapshot of ITV as it stood in the middle of 1959
Three year diary
The 1964 contract renewal won, Howard Thomas explains what ABC will be doing for the next three years
BBC sets up ‘Radio Langham’
The Observer notes that training has begun for staff of the new BBC local radio stations in 1967
Back in time for TV: 14-20 April 1964
HE Cooper takes a time machine back to 14-20 April 1964 for a look at what was on the telly
Tonight’s ATV Midlands… in 1958
A look at what was on Associated TeleVision in the Midlands on Friday 16 May 1958
Back in time for TV: 1-7 April 1963
HE Cooper takes a time machine back to 1-7 April 1963 for a look at what was on the telly
Tonight’s Thames/LWT and Channel 4… in 1986
A look at what was on Thames, London Weekend and Channel Four on Friday 2 May 1986
► Quick march
On retransmission stations of the internet, this is the Transdiffusion Broadcasting System
► Twist and shouting
On 22 September 1975, Eamonn Andrews on the Thames ‘Today’ programme hosts a bad-tempered debate about ITV
► Goodbye to the Light Programme
Music Through Midnight with David Hamilton sees the BBC Light Programme off into history
✎ Made in Yorkshire
A Kickstarter campaign is launched to fund a documentary about YTV
✎ Sir Ken Dodd 1927-2018
Looking back at the life of Liverpool funnyman Ken Dodd
✎ Sit down, Nigel Barton
Dirty Feed has a great examination of the changes between the script and the production of 1965 Dennis Potter’s ‘Stand Up, Nigel Barton’ play