Features
Keeping them Wide Awake
Inside TV-am’s popular children’s magazine show, the Wide Awake Club, in 1988
Broadcasting in the West
It’s 1949 and regional radio from the BBC Home Service is at its height. Our new special site reprints a BBC West of England booklet going behind the scenes of radio in the west and south west
The rise of ‘Take It From Here’
The 1950 BBC Handbook celebrates the big hit for the Light Programme in 1949: Take It From Here by Denis Norden and Frank Muir
This is Thames
A 1979 promotional leaflet gives us a glimpse inside Thames Television’s plans for the 1980s
Toddlers and the £750,000 Question
Lord Hill of Luton on ending the Toddlers’ Truce and handing £750,000 to ITV
Marconi mobile television
In city, town or country, Marconi Outside Broadcast equipment is the toast of 1954 – see why in our new microsite
TV franchise – the picture is unclear
Ructions at City Road as Tyne Tees wins its franchise in 1980 but is ordered to restructure
‘Air hostesses’ – new style
Meet Muriel Young and Daphne Anderson, announcers for Associated-Rediffusion and ABC (aka ATV) in 1955
They’ll walk 20 miles to watch TV quiz shows
The Italians have really taken to television, writes the TVTimes in 1956
This week’s ITV children’s programmes… in 1974
A look at what was on ITV for children this week in 1974
Tonight’s Anglia TV… in 1971
A look at what was on in the east of England on Sunday 19 September 1971
Back in time for TV: 6-12 August 1970
HE Cooper takes a time machine back to 6-12 August 1970 for a look at what was on the telly
Freddie Phillips
You know him from Trumpton and Camberwick Green. We know him from his 8 daily start-up pieces for BBC-1 (two on Sundays) in use 1964-7. Have a listen to them on our SoundCloud channel
Television starts the day
Listen to Television start the day each day on Transdiffusion’s free SoundCloud playlist
► Quick march
On retransmission stations of the internet, this is the Transdiffusion Broadcasting System
I shall say goodnight till it be morrow
The end came for the BBC Two 2s last night
Shaun O’Riordan 1927-2018
One of the longest-serving ATV directors has died
✎ Made in Yorkshire
A Kickstarter campaign is launched to fund a documentary about YTV