Programming

School’s out forever

Benny Hill and the winds of change in TV comedy

From ITC to Euston…

Granada is 50: we profile their longest-running programme

50 years of presenters & readers

David Brockman tells the story of ITV’s earliest hit series

The London Television Consortium had a hard lesson to learn

Philip Stevens on making early ITV commercials

Director Terry Henebery talks to Louis Barfe

The magic of Supermarionettes

Children’s programming always had a real home on ITV

David Brockman on the controversy 25 years on

Russ J Graham follows science fiction on TV – part 1

Russ J Graham follows science fiction on TV – part 2

David Hastings tracks the rise of the docusoap

Definitive children’s programming

The full list of Small Time programmes

Perhaps television, on balance, was always awful, ponders Glenn Aylett

…was taught to me by Blue Peter, says Russ J Graham

David Brockman remembers the station that served…

David Brockman on poetry replacing presentation

David Brockman looks into a new genre from Anglia

Carl Ellis on sci-fi and fantasy programmes on Channel Four

Carl Ellis on how satellite (nearly) always treats imports better

David Brockman on regional contributions of the ITV network

Carl Ellis looks into the world of import and export

Andrew Hesford-Booth watches television during the day

Andrew Hesford-Booth on presentation comedy programmes

David Brockman remembers monochrome

Kif Bowden-Smith on the workings of an optional network