Features
Keith Waterhouse of the Daily Mirror looks into the future of British television in this 11-part series from 1958
ZING – was the path of ITV’s first hit tune
The story of the earworm that is the theme to 'Robin Hood'
Pops and pirates
Granada's World in Action looks at the victims of the off-shore radio boom: the recording artists who drove it
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‘2 ZY Manchester Calling’!
A dryly humorous recollection of starting the BBC’s Manchester radio station in the 1920s
ITN’s building plans in mint condition
Work is well underway on a building to replace ITN House on Wells Street in London
Newsflash TV man is returning to theatre
John Edmunds hangs up his newsreader’s tie and gets ready to tread the boards – or not
Doing the splits
A new idea in Independent Local Radio – broadcasting different things on AM to what’s on FM
ITN launches its early-morning news service
A new programme and a new role for ITN as breakfast television launches on Channel 4
Welcome to the NEW Region…
Television comes to the Midlands in 1949 and here’s all you need to know about the new Sutton Coldfield transmitter
The future of television: The answer
Part Eleven: Keith Waterhouse of the Daily Mirror looks into the future of British television
Features: a matter of opinion
Associated-Rediffusion asks its producers what makes a ‘feature’ in 1960
The case for 405 line VHF colour
The general manager of Rediffusion on why we should go into colour now, in 1966
Stars and wipes
A series of Associated-Rediffusion video dramas make their way on to ABC in the United States
The ITA transmitter network
Comparative maps of VHF and UHF coverage from the Independent Television Authority
Marconi mobile television
In city, town or country, Marconi Outside Broadcast equipment is the toast of 1954
More for less
The TV licence is back in the news
The Optimist
A thought to be lost early Channel 4 comedy on DVD? Yes please!
Grampian at 60
The diamond jubilee of the station from the very north