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The Story of Independent TV
Published 22 September 2021
Behind the scenes of that new ‘Independent Television’ you’ve heard so much about
18 January 1964 on ABC Weekend TV
Published 26 November 2020
Over on our revamped Zenith site, a deep dive into a typical ABC Saturday in 1964
Here comes the big new era
Published 12 October 2020
The new ITV is about to begin in 1968. Will it be all new, part new or the same old faces?
Tory-Weighted Programmers For Britain’s Comm’l TV Spark Rumpus
Published 29 November 2018
The first ITV contracts are announced in November 1954… but, as Variety reports, politicians are worried
Hurricane Lew
Published 5 November 2018
A satirical profile of Sir Lew Grade from Barry Took in Punch magazine in 1972
‘ITV was the start of the Coca-colonisation of Britain’
Published 29 October 2018
In 1980, Jack Tinker, theatre critic of the Daily Mail, turns his unsympathetic eye to the launch of ITV in 1955
AYTEEVEE – the entertainment network 1955-1981
Published 25 December 2017
⧉ Our brand new subsite, celebrating ATV, the nation’s top entertainment station 1955-1981
Alias… The Saint!
Published 23 May 2017
Republished following the death of Sir Roger Moore at the age of 89: Impeccable suits, beautiful women, fast cars, exotic locales – meet Simon Templar