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Published 9 December 2023
The 70-year-old actor talks to TVTimes about the character he has lived and loves
Published 4 August 2023
It’s all relative when it comes to the value of an ITV contract
Published 24 July 2023
A hi-tech TV experiment creates a village in Lancashire with an amazing choice of 30 TV channels
Published 17 July 2023
A day in the life of Peter Sissons and the Channel Four News team
Published 9 June 2023
As demand for more and more content grows, archive TV is getting harder to find
Published 14 April 2023
A scandal at Channel 4: decades of programmes lost, forgotten, trapped in rights hell… and nobody cares
Published 6 February 2023
New technology sweeps ITV, with ENG, computer editing and ½-inch tape at the fore
Published 26 December 2022
A comprehensive record of television and radio schedules during Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral on Monday 19 September 2022
Published 2 November 2022
Inside the 20-year battle for a fourth channel
Published 2 November 2022
There’s always something new and different on Channel 4
Published 2 November 2022
The country’s newest, and most innovative, news programme
Published 2 November 2022
Channel 4’s first two years have seen an explosion in British filmmaking
Published 18 July 2022
Even harder than it looks: the technological challenge of Channel 4’s Treasure Hunt
Published 4 July 2022
The Channel 4 main transmitter network is complete, but there’s more to do
Published 13 June 2022
Channel 4 have designed and built a computer to ensure split-second timing
Published 4 April 2022
A trip to the ITN archives – deep under Goodge Street in London
Published 18 February 2022
Welcome to the future and your new ONdigital digibox
Published 13 December 2021
A new programme and a new role for ITN as breakfast television launches on Channel 4
Published 2 August 2021
The first brand new national TV channel in almost 20 years has arrived
Published 5 January 2021
BBCtv is dying in 1958 and here’s how to save it
Published 2 September 2020
What does Channel 4 hold for the viewer when it launches in 2 years?
Published 29 July 2020
A gallery of photos from the construction of the Beacon Hill Channel 4 extension in the early 1980s
Published 20 April 2020
H E Cooper takes her time machine back to 1983 to find out what was on the telly…
Published 5 September 2018
A look at what was on in the East of England on Monday 5 September 1988
Published 25 July 2018
A look at what was on Granada and Channel 4 on Thursday 25 July 1985
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
Published 19 June 2018
A look at what was on HTV in Wales and the West and Channel 4 on Tuesday 19 June 1990
Published 12 June 2018
A look at what was on Thames in London and Channel 4 on Wednesday 12 June 1985
Published 2 May 2018
A look at what was on Thames, London Weekend and Channel Four on Friday 2 May 1986
Published 28 February 2018
A look at what was on HTV West & Wales and Channel Four on Tuesday 28 February 1989
Published 24 December 2017
A look at what was on Thames Television, London Weekend and Channel Four on Christmas Day 1987
Published 24 December 2017
A look at what was on television on Christmas Day 1997
Published 24 December 2017
A look at what was on television on Christmas Day 2007
Published 24 October 2017
Channel 4 is coming, so please help your elderly neighbours tune in
Published 13 September 2017
A look at what was on HTV and Channel 4 on Tuesday 13 September 1988
Published 4 May 2017
A look at what was on Central Independent Television and C4 on Saturday 4 May 1985
Published 1 March 2017
A look at what was on Anglia and Channel 4 on Tuesday 1 March 1988
Published 23 February 2017
The anniversary of a groundbreaking drama series
Published 16 November 2016
A look at what was on television on Tuesday 16 November 1999
Published 30 June 2016
A look at what was on LWT and C4 on Saturday 30 June 1990