Features
How Britannia Rules Her Wavelengths
Norman Collins is disappointed with the government’s White Paper on Broadcasting Policy in 1967
24 hours in the life of the Frost show
The Daily Mirror watches David Frost prepare for his Rediffusion show in 1967
Breakfast TV: Snap, Crackle or Flop?
Will TV-am be a success? Peter Jay says yes. Others tell the Sunday Express Magazine in 1981 that it’s a disaster in the making
Shotgun wedding
Has the IBA managed to bring peace to the Westward board room? And even if so, will they force Westward to merge with a rival bidder? Peter Fiddick of The Guardian speculates in October 1980
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
Sunday success story
ABC producer Penry Jones in 1964 on why religious programmes on ITV are popular
Back in time for TV: 4-8 June 1968
HE Cooper takes a time machine back to 4-8 June 1968 for a look at what was on the telly
Tonight’s TVS and Channel 4… in 1990
A look at what was on TVS in the south and south east and Channel 4 on Wednesday 11 July 1990
Back in time for TV: 18-25 May 1967
HE Cooper takes a time machine back to 18-25 May 1967 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
✎ Made in Yorkshire
A Kickstarter campaign is launched to fund a documentary about YTV
✎ Sir Ken Dodd 1927-2018
Looking back at the life of Liverpool funnyman Ken Dodd
✎ Sit down, Nigel Barton
Dirty Feed has a great examination of the changes between the script and the production of 1965 Dennis Potter’s ‘Stand Up, Nigel Barton’ play