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TV Wizardry – In and Out of the Studios

Published 6 February 2023

New technology sweeps ITV, with ENG, computer editing and ½-inch tape at the fore

The funeral of Queen Elizabeth II

Published 26 December 2022

A comprehensive record of television and radio schedules during Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral on Monday 19 September 2022

The Authority’s Plans for Channel Four

Published 2 November 2022

Inside the 20-year battle for a fourth channel

New Initiatives on Channel 4

Published 2 November 2022

There’s always something new and different on Channel 4

Happy (first) birthday, Channel 4!

Published 2 November 2022

A trade advertisement from ITV

Channel Four News

Published 2 November 2022

The country’s newest, and most innovative, news programme

Film on Four

Published 2 November 2022

Channel 4’s first two years have seen an explosion in British filmmaking

Treasure Hunt – an adventure entertainment

Published 18 July 2022

Even harder than it looks: the technological challenge of Channel 4’s Treasure Hunt

In tune with Channel 4

Published 4 July 2022

The Channel 4 main transmitter network is complete, but there’s more to do

Computers in TV presentation

Published 13 June 2022

Channel 4 have designed and built a computer to ensure split-second timing

Going underground

Published 4 April 2022

A trip to the ITN archives – deep under Goodge Street in London

Welcome to the exciting world of ONdigital

Published 18 February 2022

Welcome to the future and your new ONdigital digibox

ITN launches its early-morning news service

Published 13 December 2021

A new programme and a new role for ITN as breakfast television launches on Channel 4

The birth of a channel

Published 2 August 2021

The first brand new national TV channel in almost 20 years has arrived

The Great TV War: a TV ‘Light’ could save the BBC

Published 5 January 2021

BBCtv is dying in 1958 and here’s how to save it

Blueprint for channel 4

Published 2 September 2020

What does Channel 4 hold for the viewer when it launches in 2 years?

Building for Channel 4

Published 29 July 2020

A gallery of photos from the construction of the Beacon Hill Channel 4 extension in the early 1980s

Back in time for TV: 1983

Published 20 April 2020

H E Cooper takes her time machine back to 1983 to find out what was on the telly…

Tonight’s Anglia and Channel 4… in 1988

Published 5 September 2018

A look at what was on in the East of England on Monday 5 September 1988

Tonight’s Granada and Channel 4… in 1985

Published 25 July 2018

A look at what was on Granada and Channel 4 on Thursday 25 July 1985

Tonight’s TVS and Channel 4… in 1990

Published 11 July 2018

A look at what was on TVS in the south and south east and Channel 4 on Wednesday 11 July 1990

Tonight’s HTV and Channel 4… in 1990

Published 19 June 2018

A look at what was on HTV in Wales and the West and Channel 4 on Tuesday 19 June 1990

Tonight’s Thames Television and Channel 4… in 1985

Published 12 June 2018

A look at what was on Thames in London and Channel 4 on Wednesday 12 June 1985

Tonight’s Thames/LWT and Channel 4… in 1986

Published 2 May 2018

A look at what was on Thames, London Weekend and Channel Four on Friday 2 May 1986

Tonight’s HTV and Channel 4… in 1989

Published 28 February 2018

A look at what was on HTV West & Wales and Channel Four on Tuesday 28 February 1989

Christmas Day on Thames, LWT and Channel 4… in 1987

Published 24 December 2017

A look at what was on Thames Television, London Weekend and Channel Four on Christmas Day 1987

Christmas Day on television… in 1997

Published 24 December 2017

A look at what was on television on Christmas Day 1997

Christmas Day on television… in 2007

Published 24 December 2017

A look at what was on television on Christmas Day 2007

Get into view with new channel

Published 24 October 2017

Channel 4 is coming, so please help your elderly neighbours tune in

Tonight’s HTV and Channel 4… in 1988

Published 13 September 2017

A look at what was on HTV and Channel 4 on Tuesday 13 September 1988

► Sianel 4

Published 19 May 2017

A documentary from 13 October 1982 discusses how S4C came to be

Tonight’s Central and Channel 4… in 1985

Published 4 May 2017

A look at what was on Central Independent Television and C4 on Saturday 4 May 1985

Tonight’s Anglia and C4… in 1988

Published 1 March 2017

A look at what was on Anglia and Channel 4 on Tuesday 1 March 1988

✎ 18 years of Queer as Folk

Published 23 February 2017

The anniversary of a groundbreaking drama series

Tonight’s TV… in 1999

Published 16 November 2016

A look at what was on television on Tuesday 16 November 1999

Tonight’s LWT and Channel 4… in 1990

Published 30 June 2016

A look at what was on LWT and C4 on Saturday 30 June 1990

In pieces

Published 5 October 2015

Channel 4’s new look examined

The Risk Business

Published 21 October 2013

BLOG: Channel Four has seemingly come out fighting against its critics with their latest promotion for their channel with the tagline “We Were Born Risky…” and to highlight the statement they use various clips from the channel’s past illustrate this

The Fast Track to the Top Job?

Published 24 April 2013

BLOG: This week has seen Danny Cohen appointed as new BBC Director General Tony Hall’s Director of Television, following on from the appointment of James Harding as Head of BBC News. With Cohen’s rise to a place in the senior management team of the BBC almost as meteoric as his rise to prominence among senior television executives already.

A design Year Zero

Published 30 August 2012

BLOG: I love the 1980s. If you agree, you were born between 1970 and 1978, at a guess.

Production balance

Published 23 May 2011

Remember the days of regional ITV? Granada produced World In Action, Central produced Family Fortunes and The Cook Report, and Thames (R.I.P.) productions ranged from The Bill to This Week….

Age concern

Published 11 January 2011

Just like other long-established media sectors such as the music industry, television seems to have its own set of unwritten rules in terms of how people are handled within its…

They want your money

Published 30 September 2010

Does C4 deserve some of the licence fee?

The S4/C problem

Published 10 September 2010

Now is not a good time for Welsh television broadcaster S4/C, which has just been given an ultimatum by Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt to draw up a financial plan for…

Somebody’s Watching Me

Published 9 September 2010

Chase McPherson on ten years of living under Big Brother’s gaze

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