He is a professional and versatile presenter who always manages to establish . I could talk to Bill through his ear-piece and tell him to cut the interview right there and then and we could actually get into a film very quickly. John Andrews "Eric and Ernie take their sunshine to ITV". Finalist for 'Chimeras in Medicine': "This two-part radio series explores the complex scientific, ethical and societal implications of using animals to solve challenging medical problems. Some commentators consequently speculated that Thames had fallen victim to a 'government vendetta', whilst others felt that the auction had been won fairly. Tue 5 Jun 2007 02.15 EDT. The Teddington studios were highly desirable, as they had participated in colour experiments and were already partially converted by the time of the franchise change, and as such had been sought after by both Thames and LWT.[10]. In the aftermath of the programme, Grundy, who in articles for Punch had developed a self-styled image as a Dean Martin-style drunk, protested to The Guardian that he was stone-cold sober. BA1 1UA. One of the early anchor presenters was radio DJ Tom Edwards. He is the latest to join the list of ex BBC news presenters. I'm absolutely certain it would not have been a major change to Thames. "[45], The transition of ITV companies was never smooth, but Thames's bitterness stayed until the very end. Following the loss of Thames's franchise, the Euston Road base of Thames was sold off and demolished. Walker is a renowned English journalist, newsreader and television presenter. The initial six contracts were parcelled out to different companies. [citation needed]. The Times, Friday, 30 March 1990. Another sitcom, Man About the House (197376), was successful enough for two spin-offs, George and Mildred (197680) and Robin's Nest (1977-81). It was so bad that Freddie, who notoriously wasnt keen on dentists, decided he had to make his first visit to one in 15 years, and Queens appearance was cancelled. [20] For Thamess management, this was a materialist operation with a clear dimension, and to weed out unscrupulous bargaining and working practices. Michael Clark. In 1974, he joined BBC Radio London and then Anglia Television and HTV West (now ITV West Country) where he worked in producer and reporter/presenter roles. In his acclaimed punk tome Englands Dreaming, Jon Savage says that the impact of the Today appearance had a totally disastrous effect on the group: from then until their demise in January 1978, they added only four new songs to their repertoire and their approach to their audience and their music remained the same. He then joined BBC Newcastle , David started his television career as a continuity scriptwriter for ATV, but soon moved to the , Bob was a Granada Television continuity announcer (1961 1964) and also a regional presenter , Well known Thames Television announcer and newsreader (late-1970s 1992) and LWT continuity . On 1 December 1976, the punk band the Sex Pistols were interviewed live on Thames's regional news magazine programme, Today. The Times, Wednesday, 31 October 1990, "Names of companies awarded new ITV franchises will be announced tomorrow" By David Hewson. Some of the humour is still pretty "close to the edge", even by modern standards. [11], The interview filled two minutes at the end of the programme, but the production team feared trouble in the studio if they stopped the programme mid-air. [43] Thames bid 32.5 million while Carlton Television placed a bid of 43.2 million,[44] and since both Thames and Carlton were deemed to have passed the quality threshold, the franchise was awarded to Carlton for having submitted the higher cash bid. Vivien was a Central TV announcer and newsreader (early 1980s). Its shows achieved massive audiences and are still remembered many years later. Television Limited and Rediffusion Television Limited was impossible, owing to internal politics, as was a merger between their respective parent companies Associated British Picture Corporation and British Electric Traction. Thames TV blackout goes on as unions meet. Having until recently led the communications on National Highways' largest projects, the Lower Thames Crossing, A303 Stonehenge tunnel, the A428 Black Cat scheme and the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon scheme, I'm now focussing on business development in a new director role at . Once Thames learned it was to lose its franchise to Carlton, the ITV-branded ident was dropped in favour of the local ident which was used at all times from 4 November 1991 until 31 December 1992. In June 1992 Carlton and the ITV network centre had backed down over its demands for Thames to relinquish its right to broadcast repeats of its own programmings on rival channels for 10 years. She was also a daytime continuity , Peter was a continuity announcer in various ITV regions: Ulster TV (1967 1969); Anglia TV , Australian-born former pirate radio disc jockey (known as Jim Gordon, or Jumbo Jimmy Gordon during , Evadne is a former Central TV continuity announcer. Thames sitcoms during the 1980s and early 1990s included Keep it in the Family, Never the Twain, After Henry, and Mr. Bean. The ITA ordered ABC's managing director Howard Thomas and its director of programmes Brian Tesler to be appointed in similar capacities at the new station, the only individuals named or specified in all 15 franchise awards. The IBA said it had nothing against Carlton owning part of an ITV company, but believed 'any' single ownership of an ITV company was undesirable.[36]. 1 9 6 8 - 1 9 8 0 (UK) ITV had no real challenger to Blue Peter until 1968 when Thames Television invited Sue Turner, whose background was in current affairs, to find the answer. The company took over the This Is Your Life format in 1969, several years after the BBC had dropped the show in 1964. Members of the group uttered obscenities during their interview with Bill Grundy. Two years later in May 1977, another strike occurred when production assistants at Thames refused to operate new video equipment. Australian Museum. It has been said that Carlton chief executive Michael Green talked to the then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on the matter, which in turn may have helped to shape the 1990 Parliamentary Act which replaced the IBA with the Independent Television Commission and the change in franchise allocation procedures. She was also a daytime continuity announcer for Thames TV and Anglia TV at about the same time. While the Pistols were there, the memo reveals, harassed workers on the programme were receiving so many calls of complaint from viewers that they couldnt answer them all. We very nearly didnt do it, he said. On 30 July 1968 Thames began broadcasting to London. Jack was a popular BBC TV forecaster (17th May 1969 - 4th May 1983) and for many years was the If you've been watching Pistol on Disney+, Danny Boyle's reimagining of the Sex Pistols' story via Steve Jones' book Lonely Boy, you might be wondering how much is real? I always hated the Beatles, and as it happens I still do. In January 1985, the company made a deal with international distributors for US production company Lorimar to purchase the UK broadcasting rights for US drama Dallas, at that time transmitted on BBC1. This article is about the former ITV franchise holder and production company. Carlton settled out of court for 13.1M.[47]. I knew the moment the autocue lady threw up her hands and her bag, her make-up cascading through the air, that we had smashed the deception. ATV also won the weekday service in the Midlands, while ABC Weekend TV operated the weekend service. To assist Rediffusion financially, the ITA insisted that the new company have two sets of shares: voting shares which would allow ABC to have control (with 51%) and 'B' shares which were to be split equally between the two, thus sharing profits fairly.[6]. Entertainment and arts reporter, BBC News. Lovely riah. RIP the beautiful Stella Stevens, who has died at the age of 84. Hill spent most of the rest of his career with Thames. Both of the company's logos were accompanied by a fanfare called Salute to Thames, composed by Johnny Hawksworth. Thames TV is the entertainment label of Fremantle in the UK. [32][33], In 1982, The Independent Broadcasting Authority decided to change the Thames franchise area, which resulted in the Bluebell Hill transmitter in north Kent, its associated relays and the main relay at Tunbridge Wells being transferred from London to the new South and South-East of England, TVS franchise, in order to serve the new region better. Fact and fiction: the Sex Pistols terrorise Bill Grundy, in real life and on Disney's Pistol series, The front page of the Mirror, 2nd December 1976, Host Bill Grundy leaving the BBC offices the day after the Sex Pistols interview, (Image credit: David Ashdown/Getty Images ), Def Leppard's Joe Elliott hospitalised by altitude sickness in Colombia, Always wanted to record a Kiss song with Gene Simmons? A year later, Nicholson had secured her first presenting job on the 1971-72 show Tea Break. He is known for hosting the live-action science program Bill Nye the Science Guy. Who knows what damage would have ensued if he had called while the Pistols were still in the Green Room. The first presenters were . The Bill (19842010) began as a one-hour series of separate stories in 1984, but from 1989 until 1998 was broadcast several times a week, usually in a 30 minute slot. Yes, all of this actually happened . In the interview she dismissed a photo of Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre . Mr Punter said: "The competition was a lot of fun and the students had . Heres how it works. About. But it still takes 30 seconds to get a film rolling so youve still got 30 seconds of abuse to listen to. In this era, Euston also made single one-off dramas such as The Naked Civil Servant (1975). The use of ABC's old studios at Teddington meant the workforce was predominantly ex-ABC, although those at Kingsway were ex-Rediffusion. The opening week was disrupted by sporadic strike action;[8] the following week, the action had spread to all of ITV[9] and resulted in the creation of a management-run ITV Emergency National Service for some two weeks. Shows. In 1976, the tabloids, an apparently the nation, went berserk. Tom was born in Norwich. That subsidiary was split into four new production companies at the start of 2012, with the new Thames producing light entertainment programming. The Thames TV papers also seem to put paid to the conspiracy theory that the groups appearance was some kind of publicity scam concocted between Thames TV and their part-owners, EMI. He's right. Bill Grundy. Its storylines became overly melodramatic and focussed far more directly on particular police characters rather than the crime from 1998 and its return to the hour long slot and then became much more a soap opera in 2002 (when individual story titles were dropped) until coming full circle dealing predominantly with crime again in about 2007 for the last few years of its existence. Pistol on Disney+ dramatises the Sex Pistols' appearance on the Bill Grundy Show in December 1976. [31] Thames made a further 297 employees redundant as part of its restructuring plan to reduce its staff to 1,500 in preparation for the 1991 ITV franchise round. Whilst at HTV, in the late-1970s, Sally pr . With the introduction of colour, the ident was remodelled on the vignette, this time using photographs rather than drawings. Clare Dobie. As part of these changes, the separate weekend service was eliminated in the Midlands and North, who would instead be served by a single seven-day schedule. It was live TV and the Sex Pistols were front-page., Steve Jones memory of McLarens reaction is markedly different: He was terrified. ; Jonathan Aitken - presenter on Yorkshire Television's Calendar from 1968 until 1970: he was the first person to be seen on screen when the station launched. ), The former ABC studios at Teddington became Thames's main production base. He later built up somewhat of a cult following amongst students as the long-serving host of Central TV's Blockbusters on ITV in the 1980s and early 1990s. In Julien Temples The Filth & The Fury movie, Steve Jones says: I remember downing about four bottles of Blue Nun and I was fucking just having a fucking good old time, pissed by the time we went out there. Consequently, ABC applied for both the Midlands seven-day operation and the contract to serve London at the weekend, preferring the latter. The Scottish TV star, 63, delighted fans on Monday when she returned to her . 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