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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
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
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.
Published 30 August 2012
BLOG: I love the 1980s. If you agree, you were born between 1970 and 1978, at a guess.
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….
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…
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…
Published 9 September 2010
Chase McPherson on ten years of living under Big Brother’s gaze