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Gavin Sutherland reconstructs the most famous ITV start-up
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Moving on Air
With their old studios about to be abolished, Hereward Radio get ready to move to a new facility
Brearley opens, but Chataway’s in the running
Who’s promising what in the race to be Britain’s first breakfast TV contractor?
Please read the news a little slower
In France they’re chasing announcers down the street asking for their hand in marriage. In Britain? Not quite.
New York cables’ answer to Carson: late-night sex
The curious case of pornography on cable television in the US in 1975
In association with…
Competition or cooperation? In May 1956 it’s still not clear which will be ITV’s main thrust
One night in Europe…
A personal take on the Eurovision Song Contest and the European Broadcasting Union
Royal Occasions
Jack Robertson reminisces about the Theatre Royal in Glasgow, once a thriving theatre and now, in 1962, home of Scottish Television
To the North
A twisty tale of how to get two- and three-way networking established for ITV in the 1950s
Pops and pirates
Granada’s World in Action looks at the victims of the off-shore radio boom: the recording artists who drove it
American broadcasting
The BBC takes a rather sniffy view of developments in radio in the United States
Tuning-in to… Grampian
Grampian is almost here! Find out how to tune in, what to watch and who’s behind the new programmes
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
I’d like to teach the world to sing
The Cardiff Singer of the World competition is something only our BBC could do
Gerry Marsden 1942–2021
Gerry Marsden has died at 78
Necrolog 2020
A reminder of those we’ve loved and lost this past year