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The people who watch Southern

Published 18 July 2023

Who watches Southern, we inquisited

The Authority’s Stations: South and South-East England

Published 8 June 2023

ITV transmitters in 1962: Southern region

The future of television: Who owns television?

Published 25 December 2021

Part Three: Keith Waterhouse of the Daily Mirror looks into the future of British television

The Year in Commercial Television

Published 7 December 2020

1958 approaches… has the corner turned for ITV?

The inauguration of “Southern Television”

Published 23 November 2020

A Southern Rhapsody is about to hit Reading. Will you be watching?

Sunday 6 September 1964 on Southern

Published 6 September 2018

In depth into Southern Television’s schedule for Sunday 6 September 1964

A week in September 1964 on Southern

Published 5 September 2018

An introduction to our analysis of a week on Southern Television in our new subsite Zenith

Shotgun wedding

Published 18 June 2018

Has the IBA managed to bring peace to the Westward board room? And even if so, will they force Westward to merge with a rival bidder? Peter Fiddick of The Guardian speculates in October 1980

Southern Success

Published 30 October 2017

⧉ Spend some time examining Southern’s successful first year on air with our new microsite

Silence in Sport?

Published 3 October 2017

Should commentators just shut up? The TVTimes asks Southern’s team in 1965

Tonight’s Southern TV… in 1977

Published 6 September 2017

A look at what was on Southern on Tuesday 6 September 1977

Tonight’s Southern TV… in 1965

Published 21 September 2016

A look at what was on Southern Independent Television on Tuesday 21 September 1965

Tonight’s Thames, Southern, Anglia, Westward and Harlech… in 1969

Published 28 April 2016

A printers’ strike gives us the opportunity of comparing what was on ITV on Monday 28 April 1969

Regionally yours

Published 23 October 2008

Joy of Six: ITV regional idents This “top six” list of regional ITV idents controversially puts TSW in the top position ahead of ATV (the heretics); TSW’s second ident in…

The thrill has gone

Published 2 December 2006

A rant about modern broadcasting

Tiptoe through the Startups – 3

Published 2 November 2006

Roddy Buxton continues his trawl through the Transdiffusion archives

From The South (part 1)

Published 3 September 2005

TV from Northam spans a lifetime

Southern

Published 24 May 2004

Southern approaches

All changes

Published 24 May 2004

The changes of style in a major minor

Design for life

Published 24 May 2004

An interview with designer Alan Scragg

Big Brother’s Bigger Brother

Published 7 October 2003

Russ J Graham on those who have been kicked out of ITV

Southerner station

Published 2 July 2003

David Brockman remembers the station that served…

Regional Flavours

Published 1 January 2003

Folk medleys defined many aspects of start-up music, says Richard Elen

About Britain

Published 1 January 2003

David Brockman on regional contributions of the ITV network

Bring in the new

Published 1 January 2002

David Hastings watches everything change

Hello, Goodbye

Published 1 January 2002

Ian Beaumont waves goodbye to Westward

Deregulation

Published 1 January 2002

Leave well enough alone, cautions James Barrington

Southern Rhapsody

Published 1 January 2002

Phil Paterson watches the IBA kill a station

Earthquake ’81

Published 1 September 2001

Russ J Graham sees the end of ATV Midlands

Hijack

Published 1 August 2001

Stealing television

Telecinema

Published 1 July 2001

Television takes on cinema in the regions

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Liverpool, Sunday 24 September 2023