[21], On Monday 27 August, ATTC technicians walked out again over the new shift patterns;[22] the strike ended on 3 September 1984, at 1p.m. Thames TV blackout goes on as unions meet. Later, the presenter claimed hed been pursuing a deliberate strategy to prove that these louts were a foul-mouthed set of yobs and that is what I did prove., Mike Housego sensed danger but decided that letting the interview continue would be less problematic than trying to clear the Pistols from the studio. Hill made only 58 hour-long episodes in the 20 years he worked for Thames, with the result that, in the UK, the show was generally promoted as specials, but the programmes were reedited as 30-minute episodes for overseas markets. "[5] The resultant company was awarded the contract to serve London on weekdays. Anne Gregg - reporter and presenter on Ulster Television 's Roundabout; also worked for Anglia Television; later co-presented the BBC's Holiday programme during the 1980s; died in 2006. The deal brought condemnation from the BBC and from other ITV stations, who feared the BBC would poach their imports, pushing up prices. [60], On 1 November 1992 a new satellite station UK Gold was launched as a joint venture between Thames and BBC Enterprises, to show repeats of shows from both broadcasters. RM 2HXKBTB - Mick Robertson, Douglas Rae and Jenny Hanley, the presenters of Thames Television's . If you find the site informative or enjoyable, please consider a donation to help me with the running costs of the site. How this evaded the press at the time and how it evaded Pistol scriptwriter Craig Pearce remains a mystery. This station was more highly regarded by the ITA (amongst others) than Rediffusion whose programming was seen as downmarket and whose management-style was viewed as high-handed. The comedy duo's leading scriptwriter, Eddie Braben, did not initially move to ITV with them, and with Eric Morecambe's failing health, the new shows never gained the audiences or matched the esteem they had previously enjoyed. Piers raised the now-debunked reports that Jeremy had lost his job (Picture: Getty/Rex)Piers Morgan has come to his former rival Jeremy Clarkson's defence following reports claiming he had been axed as host of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, comparing their situations as 'cancelled by ITV'.It was recently alleged that the host's time on the ITV programme had come to an end after the . [34], In 1985, Carlton Communications had executed a failed take-over bid for Thames after Thorn EMI and British Electric Traction decided to sell their share of Thames. Itv billing may fail to attract bidders. [28], For the Thames board, the dispute represented a huge, but necessary, cost if the company was to expand its production operations profitably. In 1976, the tabloids, an apparently the nation, went berserk. The Role. Its station management and presentation style were also well-admired. One of the early anchor presenters was radio DJ Tom Edwards. He is credited with inventing a hydraulic resonance suppressor tube, which is used on the Boeing 747 airplanes. 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. These included Reilly, Ace of Spies (1983), Jack the Ripper (1988), Capital City (19891990), Selling Hitler (1991), and Anglo-Saxon Attitudes (1992). Tue 5 Jun 2007 02.15 EDT. With unforeseeable dramatic consequences. Carlton was forced to advertise on LWT to promote its new programme line up until December 1992, following an acrimonious High Court dispute between Thames and Carlton over the selling of rights of hundreds of films in Thames's library. In this era, Euston also made single one-off dramas such as The Naked Civil Servant (1975). Grundy (and British television audiences) would never forget 1 December 1976 the day he attempted to interview theSex Pistolslive to air. Melinda Wittstock. The children's department also spawned the independent production company Tetra Films, which would later revive some classic Thames children's programmes for ITV The Tomorrow People (19925, in association with Thames-owned Reeves Entertainment for ITV and Nickelodeon) and Rainbow (199496, for HTV) along with a range of original film and television productions. So when Grundy was faced with that situation and had what he probably viewed as snotty kids in front of him, it becomes understandable why he was dismissive., After his introduction and a short film on punk, the interview started badly, with Grundy challenging the groups anti-materialistic credentials they had, after all, just accepted a 40,000 advance from EMI. The first presenters were . 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. Granada Television won daytime service in the North, and ABC the weekends. It was widely expected that the company would be awarded the London weekend franchise. after the union agreed to rostering according to need, while the management dropped plans for ending six-day working fortnights. In 2003, Thames Television was merged with another FremantleMedia subsidiary, Talkback (founded by comedians Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones in 1981) to form Talkback Thames. Thames and Littlestar are on the search for musical theatre Super Troupers to star in @MammaMiaMusical. Within four days, all but one ITV station had gone off-air after the ACTT asked members at other companies to walk out in claim for a 15% pay rise. She was a presenter on BBC Radio 2 (1980), and also an announcer there (1980 - 1982). The answer was found to be a new holding company, Thames Television (Holdings) Ltd.[6] ABC's parent, the Associated British Picture Corporation was taken over by EMI in 1969, and in 1979 became part of Thorn EMI. Our professional presenters include an array of famous faces including Clive Myrie, Phil Gayle and Helen Fospero, to some lesser . While they were still in the running for the seven-day service in the Midlands, it was clear this would be won by ATV, who was also a large earner of overseas revenue, having won the Queen's Award for Export in 1966. By the time of the 1967 negotiations, Rediffusion believed that its contract renewal for London weekday service was a formality, and its application reflected this complacency: the company had treated the ITA high-handedly in interviews.[2]. In 1983, she had a spell as a BBC TV network announcer. The television presenter was taught drama by Rhodri Punter, head of drama at the independent girls' school. : With Mavis Nicholson, Jasmine Bligh, Mary Berry, Judith Chalmers. It was intended to develop language . 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. Jul 2022. He had a , Mike is a former ATV continuity announcer. Lovely riah. RIP the beautiful Stella Stevens, who has died at the age of 84. [30] A few days afterwards speculation appeared that Carlton had attempted to buy a sizable number of shares; Michael Green, chairman of Carlton, was quoted saying "I can't possibly comment" but a Thames spokesperson pointed out "It does seem quite likely, however, no one share holder can own more than 10% of our equity so it's difficult to see what they might have in mind". However, it remained one of the top ten most watched shows across the whole ITV network and was still one of the UK's top TV exports, continuing to air in 97 other countries. The comedy Do Not Adjust Your Set, though, originated with Rediffusion, and if nominally a children's show, was one of the forerunners of Monty Python's Flying Circus. Broadcasting and producing programmes in every conceivable genre since 1968, the Thames label has long-played a prominent role in the history of the British television industry. The former Made In . Richard O'Sullivan, Beryl Reid, John Cater, Carol Hawkins, Martin Clunes, Maureen Lipman. TAKE A CHANCE ON ME! Hollywood and the Chaplin series were narrated by the actor James Mason. Hill himself said "I didn't mind them sacking me; but I did expect a bit more of a pat on the back, after all I had been there for 20 years". He later participated in the relaunch of TV-am in . Enjoy your trip in the time machine!www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=5UUBNEPQQRV78 Two years later in May 1977, another strike occurred when production assistants at Thames refused to operate new video equipment. The Nostalgia Central website has been a labour of love for me since 1998. Great British Presenters can help! The Times (London, England), Thursday, 25 October 1984; Thames TV to join market with value of 91.2m. 1979. Star Games [25/12/79] The Grand Final Comedy V TV Presenters. On Wednesday 17 October, another strike was instigated, as talks failed to reach agreement. This article is about the former ITV franchise holder and production company. Opinions varied on the matter of political motivations; some cite the documentary "Death On The Rock", which may have caused displeasure to the then government,[48] whilst others link it to a more general ideological dislike of the way ITV had been run at the time, with over-manning, and the fact that programme production was generally limited to franchise holders (sometimes critically referred to as barriers to entry), being seen as examples of why more commercial freedom and competition was needed within the network. 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. The presenters flirting with Siouxsie Sioux, who was standing behind the band and was aged 19 at the time; Grundy was 53 provoked Joness comment: You dirty sod. We very nearly didnt do it, he said. According to the interviewer, Malcolm Muggeridge, Behan "was drunk and did not utter throughout it one single comprehensible word". The air turned blue as Johnny Rotten and his pals effed and blinded while Bill goaded them to go further and further . A patronising introduction didnt ingratiate him with the Pistols, and he then clearly got irritated by them as they started mimicking him reading the autocue. Its shows achieved massive audiences and are still remembered many years later. It's a little known fact that the writer Behan was the first person to swear on British TV, in1956, in an interview with Panorama. Heres how it works. This broke a gentlemen's agreement between the two sides not to poach each other's imported shows. He began his career as a newspaper journalist on the Eastern Evening News , Keith was born in Sandwich and was a chorister at Canterbury Cathedral. The British Film Institute describes Thames as having "served the capital and the network with a long-running, broad-based and extensive series of programmes, several of which either continue or are well-remembered today. Geographical and structural changes to the network led to the first significant shakeups of the network, a process that started in 1967 to take effect from 1968. You cannot do a job like I do without being sober.. The result was Magpie - a magazine show aimed at eight to fourteen-year-olds, which was to provide genuine competition for Blue Peter. For fans of the radio series "Round The Horne" (1965 - 1968) - starring the inimitable Kenneth Williams - there are several full episodes on Spotify. Sally was born in Weston-super-Mare, in November 1940. 4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet, ZDF TV music programme, the two presenters Ilja Richter and Suzanne Doucet here in the show, circa 1970. The series, narrated by Sir Laurence Olivier, was commissioned in 1969, took four years to produce, and cost a record 4m (approx 47m in 2018). About. Moira is known to many as the first African-Caribbean female newsreader to appear on British television in 1981. [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. On 16 October 1991, Thames Television lost its weekday London ITV franchise from the beginning of January 1993 as a result of losing the silent auction used to renegotiate the new franchises. We are keen to appoint an enthusiastic individual to join our team at Lecturer level to lead the Professional Experience components of our courses. Bona! 1 9 7 2 1 9 7 3 (UK) 7 x 30 minute episodes Produced by, 1 9 8 6 1 9 9 5(USA) 195 x 60 minute episodes Set in, Sydney band The Sunnyboys remain one of the most highly regarded, 1 9 9 4 1 9 9 5(Australia) 10 x 25 minute episodes Fast, 1 9 5 5 1 9 7 6(UK) 367 x 25/45 minute episodes PC, 1 9 7 3 1 9 7 7(UK) 26 x 60 minute episodes 26 x 30, 1 9 5 6 - 1 9 6 8(UK) 500+ x 25 minute episodes With videotape and film expensive, and, 1 9 7 2 - 1 9 7 6 (UK) 20 minute episodes ITN's groundbreaking lunchtime news programme First Reportwas, 1 9 6 3 - 1 9 6 8 (UK) Unheralded by advance publicity, a new and vital ITV programme, 1 9 7 0 - 1 9 7 8(Australia) 180 minute episodes This variety show from Channel 7 Australia was, 1 9 6 9 - 1 9 7 3(USA) 1 9 8 2 - 1 9 8 8(USA) 1 9, 1 9 8 0 - 1 9 8 7(UK) 1 9 8 4(Australia) 1 9 9 4 - 1 9, 1 9 5 6 - 1 9 6 1(UK) 31 December 1956 heralded the arrival of British television's first pop, 1 9 6 9(UK) BBC television coverage of man's first landing on the Moon consisted of 27 hours of coverage. Although he refers in his introduction to the band being more drunk than I am, Grundy doesnt seem under the influence either. The Thames TV papers also seem to put paid to the conspiracy theory that the group's appearance was some kind of publicity scam concocted between Thames TV and their part-owners, EMI. Enjoy this retrospective about this British-designed and assembled car, and then take some time to delve into Thames TV's treasure chest. 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