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The regions on the network

Published 14 August 2023

HTV’s programme controller on why we should see more from the smaller ITV companies

Carry on Euston

Published 29 November 2019

Over on our Thames Television sub-site, Gary Rodger takes us on a journey to Thames in 1984 as the management put out an emergency service when the staff go on strike

Forecast for colour

Published 24 May 2019

Colour is coming, and the February 1969 Thames staff magazine asks four department heads what they’re doing to get ready

Euston – a bird’s eye view

Published 16 May 2019

The new Thames Television studios are about to start rising on the Euston Road in February 1969

Back in time for TV: 1974

Published 8 May 2019

H E Cooper takes her time machine back to 1974 to find out what was on the telly…

Newsletter – 29 January 1971

Published 30 October 2018

The goings on inside Thames in January 1971

Far from routine

Published 16 October 2018

A random day at Thames in 1970… planned to the very second

Newsletter – 22 October 1971

Published 2 October 2018

The goings on inside Thames in October 1971

Curse of the Mummy

Published 18 September 2018

The Thames staff newsletter goes behind the scenes of an episode of ‘Mystery and Imagination’ in September 1969

This is Thames

Published 21 August 2018

A 1979 promotional leaflet gives us a glimpse inside Thames Television’s plans for the 1980s

Making children’s programmes

Published 31 July 2018

Inside ITV’s biggest children’s department in 1977

Thames on the cover of the TVTimes

Published 31 July 2018

The programming powerhouse of Thames, as seen on the covers of the TVTimes

Thames in the ITA and IBA yearbooks

Published 31 July 2018

How Thames presented itself in every ITA/IBA yearbook from 1969 until 1988

Talk of Thames

Published 30 July 2018

Celebrating 50 years of London’s Weekday ITV: Thames – a talent for television

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

Destination 1974

Published 12 February 2018

The strike over, the TVTimes looks ahead to the new-look ITV in 1968 and beyond

Tonight’s Thames and LWT… in 1985

Published 19 July 2017

A look at what was on Thames and LWT on Friday 19 July 1985

✎ One for sorrow, two for joy, three for a really weird historical anachronism

Published 19 January 2017

Magpie gets weird in 1967

Networking

Published 18 December 2015

Coming from Network Distribution in 2016…

Tonight’s Thames Television… in 1976

Published 23 November 2015

A look at what was on Thames on Wednesday 23 November 1976

Rockalong with Thames

Published 23 November 2015

Thames swings into colour

#ThamesDay

Published 23 November 2015

It’s #ThamesDay across Transdiffusion’s social media channels

Hello and goodbye

Published 8 December 2014

ABC, ATV London and Rediffusion bow out; Thames, LWT and Yorkshire come in

Tonight’s Thames/LWT… in 1971

Published 3 September 2014

What was on Thames and LWT on Friday 3 September 1971

Take that, Thames

Published 24 July 2014

LWT tries to strike back

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Liverpool, Sunday 24 September 2023