Articles by TBS Editors

Michael Parkinson (1935-2023)

Published 17 August 2023

Interviewer, presenter and journalist Michael Parkinson has died

Vale John Edmunds

Published 17 May 2023

The much-loved announcer and newsreader has died aged 94

Christopher Gunning 1944–2023

Published 26 March 2023

A brilliant composer, particularly of TV music, has died.

Vale Charles Foster

Published 25 February 2023

Charles Foster of Granada has died

Dickie Davies 1933–2023

Published 19 February 2023

An article from 1982 about World of Sport, as presented by the late Dickie Davies

Remembering Jo Kendall

Published 5 February 2022

Actor Jo Kendall has died

Necrolog 2020

Published 31 December 2020

A reminder of those we’ve loved and lost this past year

Neville Wanless 1931–2020

Published 6 December 2020

Tyne Tees announcer dies at 89

Five Things You Can’t Do On British Television

Published 9 November 2020

A fascinating video from Tom Scott

Lockdown 6-pack II

Published 25 April 2020

Six more articles to read to keep your mind alert during the lockdown

Lockdown 6-pack

Published 18 April 2020

Six articles to read to keep your mind alert during the lockdown

Bringing you the latest news…

Published 1 April 2019

Something we just found from ITN, and it’s amazing

✎ Transdiffusion joins ITV

Published 1 April 2017

Exciting new developments today here at Transdiffusion

✎ Transdiffusion’s Birmingham Soirée

Published 9 January 2017

An informal meet-up for archive television and radio fans on 25 March 2017

Funeral details for Redvers Kyle

Published 21 November 2015

Friday 4 December at 1.40pm at Rawdon Crematorium, Leeds

Covering the region

Published 12 November 2015

The IBA Yearbook for 1974 reports on what Tyne Tees Television produces locally

Welcome home to TVTimes

Published 25 October 2015

The TVTimes celebrates the return of ITV after the long 1979 strike

Tonight’s ITV… in 1955

Published 22 September 2015

What was on ITV on Thursday 22 September 1955

Just for openers…

Published 22 September 2015

Channel 4 celebrates ITV30

Storify: what’s wrong with BBC commissioning and scheduling

Published 27 March 2012

BLOG: A discussion on Twitter about the BBC’s incomprehensible scheduling policies of late

The strange case of HD Thames

Published 29 January 2012

BLOG: An interesting exchange on Twitter about a strange subsidiary of Thames from its post-franchise days

Necrolog 2011

Published 31 December 2011

BLOG: A list of some of those we have loved and lost in 2011.

Season’s greetings from Transdiffusion

Published 24 December 2010

Merry Christmas and a happy new year from all of us at Transdiffusion

Launch Dates: Independent Local Radio

Published 19 December 2006

The original contractors in the real ILR system

Launch Dates: BBC Local Radio

Published 13 December 2006

On and off with BBC LR

Myths about the BBC

Published 7 December 2005

Power cuts, BBC Two, The Avengers and more.

Myths about ITV

Published 7 December 2005

From across the country, another batch of myths

Myths about Idents

Published 7 December 2005

The misconceptions of presentation

Myths about news programmes

Published 7 December 2005

ITN, Panorama and more

Myths about technical stuff

Published 7 December 2005

The myths that are no technicality.

Myths about programming

Published 7 December 2005

The misconceptions about the bits between the idents

ITV’s Programme Guide

Published 1 January 2004

Introduction

Review of the Year: 2002

Published 15 December 2002

The Transdiffusion team take a look at the past year in broadcasting. Five alive October saw Channel 5 join the club of stations rebranding. The station, now renamed ‘five’, took…

Introducting Studio One

Published 1 December 2002

Television and cinema collide

Review of the Year: 2001

Published 15 December 2001

That was the year that was, it’s over, let it go

Famous Faces

Published 15 August 2001

Station stars sailing the seven seas

A member of the Transdiffusion Broadcasting System
Liverpool, Friday 22 September 2023