Features
Local luminaries and famous stars send Tyne Tees and The Viewer their best wishes
Ship’s siren may be call sign for TTT
Big promises from Tyne Tees Television in 1958 as they get ready to launch
Inside City Road
The first edition of The Viewer in 1959 takes us on a tour around the new Tyne Tees studios
Commercials? You’ll love ’em!
'The Viewer' in 1959 explains television advertisements to a new audience
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Presenting BILL WARD in his sensational production JUGGLING with the STARS
Meet the man behind the BBC Television Service’s most memorable live shows
Permissiveness, Violence and the Producer
Where does the responsibility lie for presenting violent or permissive material to a wide audience in the home environment?
Land-Lines for Broadcasting in Germany
A detailed technical explanation of how Germany’s landline networking is monitored and supervised
BBC income and expenditure 1959-1960
The BBC tell staff where the money came from and went in 1959-60
Oh, that maladjusted sense of humour!
Roy Hudd in a silent comedy commissioned by Frank Muir: sounds good, right? Wrong, says Milton Shulman
‘Tom Stone is not the man he was’
says John Slater who has played the Det-Sgt. since the twice-weekly series on BBC-1 began 200 episodes ago
Vale Charles Foster
Charles Foster of Granada has died
Dickie Davies 1933–2023
An article from 1982 about World of Sport, as presented by the late Dickie Davies
240, 405, 625, 1080… GO!
Geoff Nash tries to explain 2023’s TV technology to a 1936 viewer