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Another chance to see… regional ITV
Published 21 July 2023
What’s on ITV tonight? There was once over a dozen answers to this question
INDEPENDENT TELEVISION: Present and Future Policy on Development
Published 14 February 2022
A gallop through how ITV got to opening day and what’s next for the new network
The Story of Independent TV
Published 22 September 2021
Behind the scenes of that new ‘Independent Television’ you’ve heard so much about
Another chance to see… Sunday Night at the London Palladium
Published 16 September 2021
The most famous variety show in the country
Annual report 1969
Published 1 September 2021
1968 was a busy year for ATV Network, as this excerpt from their annual report for 1969 reveals
To the North
Published 10 May 2021
A twisty tale of how to get two- and three-way networking established for ITV in the 1950s
ITV puts its announcers in the picture
Published 13 January 2021
A change in policy at A-R and ATV as they bring their announcers into view
‘Flutter Colour’ TV in Birmingham
Published 20 July 2020
The future of black-and-white is here: subjective colour
A Superb Souvenir of the Year’s Television
Published 20 March 2020
Pete Singleton travels back to 1958 to find out what was making waves in television
The results are in
Published 26 August 2019
ATV’s first annual report after the 1968 contract changes reveals the ups and downs of the new ITV
‘Air hostesses’ – new style
Published 17 October 2018
Meet Muriel Young and Daphne Anderson, announcers for Associated-Rediffusion and ABC (aka ATV) in 1955
Shaun O’Riordan 1927-2018
Published 24 September 2018
One of the longest-serving ATV directors has died
Val Parnell – Paladin of the Palladium
Published 17 August 2018
TVTimes interviews the man behind Sunday Night at the London Palladium in 1956
Tonight’s ATV London… in 1968
Published 28 July 2018
A look at what was on ATV in London on Sunday 28 July 1968
Frost joins tycoons in shock ITV shake-up
Published 23 July 2018
The Daily Mirror reports on the decisions taken by the ITA in the ITV franchise round of 1967
On the dot with that spot
Published 8 June 2018
Routine sheets get the ads to the viewer with split-second timing in 1957
Back in time for TV: 1962
Published 21 April 2018
HE Cooper takes a time machine back to 18-24 March 1962 for a look at what was on the telly
Tonight’s ATV London… in 1965
Published 3 January 2018
A look at what was on ATV in London on Sunday 3 January 1965
AYTEEVEE – the entertainment network 1955-1981
Published 25 December 2017
⧉ Our brand new subsite, celebrating ATV, the nation’s top entertainment station 1955-1981
My hundred faces
Published 23 February 2017
A limited budget sends Bernard Braden rummaging through wardrobe in 1963
✎ Crushing your hopes at Christmas
Published 19 December 2016
Sorry, no, it didn’t happen, no matter how much you wanted it to.
► Exit ATV, pursued by LWT
Published 1 December 2016
Audio of David Frost introducing the new London Weekend before Trevor Lucas takes ATV London off air for the final ever time
Faith – and 7,000,000 viewers
Published 15 September 2016
The TVTimes in 1961 looks at the men behind the two most popular religious programmes on ITV – ‘The Sunday Break’ and ‘About Religion’
Tonight’s ATV London… in 1964
Published 28 November 2015
A look at what was on ATV in London on Saturday 28 November 1964
Hello and goodbye
Published 8 December 2014
ABC, ATV London and Rediffusion bow out; Thames, LWT and Yorkshire come in
Battle of the Alphas
Published 1 February 2007
British and US film series were a treat for 60s viewers
Getting it right
Published 1 September 2001
Kif Bowden-Smith watches Rediffusion add respectability to ITV.