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Did you see… 1963

Published 11 March 2023

The pick of the day’s television today in 1963

The ghost of Christmas programmes past

Published 24 December 2021

A look back at three-channel Christmas television

Announcing Ray Moore

Published 12 November 2021

Ray Moore gets a job at Granada, and at Tyne Tees, parlays that into a job at ATV and then makes the jump to the BBC

Opening shots in TV war

Published 9 November 2020

There’s a new kid on the Granada block: Phil Redmond aims to take the North West franchise in 1991

Back in time for TV: 1987

Published 31 August 2020

H E Cooper takes her time machine back to 1987 to find out what was on the telly…

Television’s most famous street

Published 10 August 2020

A trip behind the scenes of the frantic treadmill involved in producing two episodes a week of ‘Coronation Street’ in 1979

Back in time for TV: 1984

Published 25 May 2020

H E Cooper takes her time machine back to 1984 to find out what was on the telly…

Back in time for TV: 1981

Published 4 December 2019

H E Cooper takes her time machine back to 1981 to find out what was on the telly…

Back in time for TV: 1980

Published 4 September 2019

H E Cooper takes her time machine back to 1980 to find out what was on the telly…

Granada knocked

Published 9 January 2019

June 1970: a prolonged strike at Granada has just finished, but, the Financial Times asks, will they ever recover? And even if they do, surely Coronation Street is now doomed?

Back in time for TV: 1963

Published 5 May 2018

HE Cooper takes a time machine back to 1-7 April 1963 for a look at what was on the telly

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

The longest-running 13-week serial in the world

Published 9 December 2016

HV Kershaw looks back at Coronation Street’s beginnings in 1960 from the comfort of 1976

Denis Forman

Published 9 January 2014

David Brockman recalls Denis Forman, a founding father of ITV

The road to ITV’s recovery

Published 18 September 2010

Russ J Graham on what lessons can be learned from ITV making great drama for the BBC

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