Articles by Kif Bowden-Smith

It’s 29 July 1968 and Rediffusion London comes on air for the very last time

A look at what was on YTV in Leeds on Monday 29 July 1968

Granada Television starts the day on the evening of its new 7-day contract

A look at what was on Granada in the North on Monday 11 April 1960

A look at what was on ABC from Birmingham on Sunday 7 March 1965

Celebrating 60 years of ITV in South Wales and the West

A look at what was on BBCtv on Wednesday 29 November 1967

Inside a twice forgotten strange interlude

Ulster Television starts the day one morning in 1978

A look at what was on Anglia on Monday 28 June 1976

A look at what was on Granada on Easter Monday 19 April 1965

A look at what was on Rediffusion on Wednesday 5 April 1967

A look at what was on Granada on Friday 22 February 1963

A look at what was on the BBC on Thursday 15 February 1968

A look at what was on Anglia Television on Wednesday 7 December 1966

A look at what was on Granada on Tuesday 30 November 1965

Harlech starts the day one evening in 1968

The musical habits of a lifetime

CHANNEL TELEVISION AT 60 • Channel Television starts the day in 1974… in black and white

An unpopular war in the Middle East forces a change of identity for the biggest ITV company

Thames swings into colour

ATV Midlands starts the day with a rousing tune and a pretty slide

The ultimate startup from the backbone of ITV

Combining ABC and Rediffusion the opposite way to Thames

Thames keeps up the traditions set by ABC Television

ATV London starts the day with a rousing march from Eric Coates

Teledu Cymru starts the day in 1965

The last gasp of the old-style start-up from one of the last new IBA companies

The physical networking arrangements of early ITV

Associated-Rediffusion starts the day with pomp and circumstance

Swinging Radio England and Britain Radio – two ‘forgotten’ pop pirates.

Start each day with the north-eastern Scotland contractor

What to do when the network goes down and you have to improvise

From the North and showing it – Granada shows its roots

The cuckoo in the nest re-invents the daily start up

In the Midlands and the North, the ultimate TV station starts the day

Wales (West & North) Television’s dotty life

What was on Rediffusion on Wednesday 28 July 1965

What was on Rediffusion on Tuesday 27 July 1965

What was on ABC North on Saturday 13 July 1963

The fantastic cover of the 1965 ITA yearbook

Sydney Bernstein argues against going colour in 1969

Why were broadcasting hours capped until the 1970s?

What was on ABC North on Saturday 21 December 1963

What was on Granada on Friday 20 December 1963