Greg Dyke – TV Cream

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86. He’s not a goody- goody hero

By 1989, Greg Dyke was getting into his stride as director of programmes at LWT, and was keen for the company to...

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85. Can you come up with a good solution for the Murder Weekend mystery?

The concepts of strip-scheduling, and reality television, not to mention the idea of having members of the public becoming immersed into...

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80. The Charge-And-Shout Brigade

Aside from streamlining the rank and file of LWT, Greg Dyke was also intent on maximising the company’s advertising revenues. To do...

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78. You wanna bet on it?

Another familiar, some would say iconic, figure also found his way back to his rightful place in 1988. Unbelievably it had...

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68. We Are The Funnymen

Between them it might have seemed that TVS and LWT had the monopoly on mainstream Saturday evening comedy series, yet this was not entirely...

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67. Well bottom’s not funny

Recognising that their best tactic was to live up to their promises, TVS invested a lot of time and money into quality drama...

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66. That’s just not funny Bobby, it’s corny – just don’t do that

For all its attempts at breaking new ground, Bobby Davro On The Box appealed to a relatively conservative audience. Journalist Stewart Knowles attended a...

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46. We’ve got the fucking lot!

The steady trickle of new weekend ITV programmes made by the traditionally weekend-averse Granada and Central Television was taken as a personal triumph...