Elsewhere on TBS

Basil Bultitude explains the differences between 405, 525, 625 and 819 lines

Milton Shulman sounds a warning note on television sport

Basil Bultitude explains what genlock is, why it is used and the advantages of other systems

Milton Shulman takes a biting look at television

Our microsite goes behind the scenes of ABC Weekend TV

The Kingsway tram tunnel becomes the Strand underpass

They may be faded out

Milton Shulman on the business types of television

Tom “Never Baffled” Brownrigg’s valedictory message to Associated-Rediffusion staff

Our microsite on the first ten years of ITV schools

Milton Shulman lets himself go

A researcher at Rediffusion is seconded to America

A star of TV’s longest running soap nearly didn’t make it to the screen when he was singled out as a ‘This Is Your Life’ subject. Producer MALCOLM MORRIS explains

In 700 programmes, ‘This Is Your Life’ has usually got its man – or woman. But there have been near-misses and some who got away. In the first of a two-part exclusive, producer MALCOLM MORRIS reveals all

The Leicester Illustrated Chronicle takes a viewer to meet John Edmunds

Two contrasting people write about two contrasting genres

Milton Shulman loves Eamonn Andrews! Just kidding, he hates him

Will video kill the radio star? Or will it be Kenny Everett?

Our microsite on proposals for a second ITV network

Meet Bill Bolton, a scenery painter at Wembley

A new, quieter, replacement for Oh Boy! – but is it too square?

Soap operas: nobody likes them, so why are they top of the viewing charts, asks Milton Shulman

Emergency – Ward 10 reaches its 100th episode

Our microsite looks back at the first ten years of ITV

Satire with David Frost on BBC-1? Milton Shulman isn’t a fan

Sunday Night at the London Palladium involves spending Sunday day in a van behind the theatre

The chairman of the Associated British Picture Corporation on his plans for the new ABC Weekend in 1955

Television plays: yay or nay? Nay, says Milton Shulman

The Sweeney returns to Thames in 1978

Roy Hudd in a silent comedy commissioned by Frank Muir: sounds good, right? Wrong, says Milton Shulman

Print adverts for Cadbury’s drinking chocolate

Our microsite goes inside the ITV system

says John Slater who has played the Det-Sgt. since the twice-weekly series on BBC-1 began 200 episodes ago

Mr Therm burns to serve you in these 1950s print ads

Milton Shulman loves hating arts programmes

Talk shows: aren’tcha sick of ’em? asks Milton Shulman

Our microsite celebrating 3000 episodes of ATV’s Crossroads

Kids these days, growls Milton Shulman as he refuses to give them their ball back

The people behind your favourite programmes – and the people in front of them

TV Mirror in 1955 looks at how this new television advertising thing will work

Milton Shulman picks his way through the viewing offerings of 1965

Our microsite on the first year of Harlech Television

The press pack for a new drama series on ABC Weekend: The Human Jungle

Our Christmas present to you: celebrate 500 episodes of the medical drama with our new microsite

Meet actress Ursula Howells