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Westward progress
Practical Television in March 1962 looks in-depth at Westward's almost-complete studio complex
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Open to suggestion
Settling into her new job on air at TWW, Maureen Staffer has some ideas for the presentation department.
What makes LONDONERS tick?
Rediffusion’s last-minute attempt to get up close and personal with its region
Slick – that is the new TV
It’s launch day for ITV in London, but there’s a fire in the stables in Ambridge…
Where is Central Television?
A local newspaper takes issue with the new Central Independent Television in the East Midlands
TV’s search for new logo over
TSW’s new identity is coming together, thanks to 80 similar suggestions for a logo
Voice behind the vision
You may not recognise his face, but Anglia viewers in 1963 were certainly familiar with his voice
Poise in a topsy-turvy world
Want to look around Granada’s studios in 1960? Paul Rycroft will show you the sights
Cat-swinging out in Queen Street
BBC Scotland’s staff newsletter on the cramped conditions in Edinburgh
The deep marks that Ed Murrow left
The man who invented radio and television journalism as we know it
Goodbye to Savoy Hill
As the BBC gets ready to move from Savoy Hill to Broadcasting House in 1932, the staff look back at the old headquarters
Into the fifth year
It’s 1960 and Granada and ABC look back at the last 4 years on air and what’s coming for ITV
The billion-dollar builders
Rediffusion’s INTERTEL strand asks: what do recipients of American aid think about America in 1962?
Magnificent trio
Over on our ATV site, meet the three announcers who will be working over Christmas in 1974
The new look
Over on our refurbished Thames site, the Reading Evening Post looks in to what exciting programmes the new Thames Television will be offering us in 1968
18 January 1964 on ABC Weekend TV
Over on our revamped Zenith site, a deep dive into a typical ABC Saturday in 1964
12 January 1964 on ABC Weekend TV
Over on our revamped Zenith site, a deep dive into a typical ABC Sunday in 1964
Watch carefully – it’s TV’s big night
Blair Thomson surveys the prospects of ATV-viewing after the 1968 regional reorganisation
Gerry Marsden 1942–2021
Gerry Marsden has died at 78
Necrolog 2020
A reminder of those we’ve loved and lost this past year
Martin Lambie-Nairn 1945–2020
Vale to the designer’s designer