Features
Winner takes all
A look at the three bidders for Grampian’s franchise in 1991, North of Scotland TV, C3 Caledonia and Grampian themselves
Here comes the big new era
The new ITV is about to begin in 1968. Will it be all new, part new or the same old faces?
Commercial radio on way – 60 stations to be opened
The government gives the go-ahead for Independent Local Radio in 1971
Yes, commercial T.V. is here
Commercial television launches in London tonight – but how will that affect the people of Banbury?
ITV dopes the public
The charge today is: ITV dopes the public… according to the Daily Herald in 1958
The franchise affair
300 possible applicants for the 1968 ITV contracts… and the Midlands is the one they all want
ITV’s Regional Strength
What makes ITV worth watching is regional programmes from your local station, says the IBA in 1976
“Holme Moss is the wildest place I’ve ever worked”
60 men battle the elements to bring BBCtv to the north of England in 1951
Granada TV chief on production problems
Making television isn’t easy or quick, Granada tells the Heywood Round Table
Ship’s siren may be call sign for TTT
Big promises from Tyne Tees Television in 1958 as they get ready to launch
UTV’s rival reveals its plans for channel
What do Northern Ireland Independent Television have that Ulster Television don’t? The IBA in 1980 would have to decide
Baird Television and the fire
Disaster strikes television development as the Crystal Palace burns down
Curtain up to-night on Midland ITV
Over on our site about Alpha, the joint studios of ABC and ATV in Birmingham, it’s launch night for ITV in the Midlands
The Avengers
We’ve lost Dame Diana Rigg, best known to us as Mrs Peel in ABC’s The Avengers. Patrick Macnee and Ian Hendry tell the story of the series in our special website from 1976
Regional Railways Identity Management
The 1992 rebranding of British Rail’s Regional Railways is explained by our sister site Retropia
INTERTEL: the International Television Federation
Our fantastic huge new site all about INTERTEL, the documentary series made by Rediffusion, NET, Group W, the ABC and the CBC between 1960 and 1968 has arrived
This is the European Broadcasting Union… in 1962
An in-depth examination of just what the EBU does for us all in 1962
Introducing Radio Caroline
Ronan O’Rahilly has died at 79. In tribute, here’s our Radio Caroline microsite
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
A noiseless flash
On this day in 1946, BBC radio began serialising one of the most devastating essays ever written
Hello again, old friend
Network Distributing launch their streaming service with three nights of ABC Weekend TV
A clarification
It’s as easy as ABC