Historical Television Website

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Mainly dealing with UK television history and presentation plus some of the programmes as well as occasional off-topic diversions such as corporate branding. Was 'htwcentral' on the bird site but now here instead. Not affiliated with any broadcaster.
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Something for the Weekend, Sir?

London Weekend to be exact :-)

Charity Shop Find. Could still be a big night, if you play your cards right #YouDontGetAnythingForAPair

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Modern technology, eh? This is the isolated (or more correctly, extracted) drum and bass parts from the "Grandstand" theme., courtesy of the stem splitter thing in Logic Pro.

An Ulster Television Production caption. From "Ulster Sails West" (28/6/1976), about the story of the "Scots-Irish" (i.e. Ulster Scots) who moved to America.

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'THE OPTIMIST' RETURNS…

BLOG: Finally available for everybody to view after years forgotten in a lock-up, a quirky Channel 4 sitcom comes to Rewind TV

https://transdiffusion.org/2024/05/17/the-optimist-returns/

The Optimist returns…

Finally available for everybody to view after years forgotten in a lock-up, a quirky Channel 4 sitcom comes to Rewind TV

Transdiffusion
Found a trail for Hogmanay 1982 from BBC Scotland! @nikki @Treacle @ryogazuki @transdiffusion @htw @AntarcticaRadioTelevision

In 1971, the late Paul Fox answers the question that the critics have been asking for a while: is BBC-1 too popular?

https://transdiffusion.org/2022/09/16/is-bbc-1-too-popular/

Is BBC-1 too popular?

The BBC is already making and showing in peak time the programmes you complain they don't do, says Paul Fox

Transdiffusion

The late Paul Fox introduces a new television season with a vivid difference for BBC-1 in November 1969

https://transdiffusion.org/2019/11/15/bbc-colourful-one/

BBC ‘Colourful One’

It's C-Day! The Controller of BBC-1 and an array of newspaper critics look at what colour will bring to the channel

Transdiffusion

Former controller of BBC-1 and a man whose influence on 20th century television history is almost unmatched, Sir Paul Fox, has died at 98, the BBC reports.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68769000

Sir Paul Fox: BBC executive who launched Dad's Army dies aged 98

Sir Paul Fox oversaw the launch of classic comedies and devised BBC Sports Personality Of The Year.

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BBC1 trailers, link announcer David Miles into News (part) 13th February 1995 https://youtu.be/xEPoabWuxO4?si=0_kUL0X0LsAovFT2
BBC1 trailers, link announcer David Miles into News (part) 13th February 1995

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Freely's New Live UK Broadband TV Service to Launch Q2 2024

The new Freely platform, which is designed to be a broadband internet (streaming) based evolution and replacement of the UK's existing Freeview (inc. Freeview

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