By 1989, Greg Dyke was getting into his stride as director of programmes at LWT, and was keen for the company to...
The concepts of strip-scheduling, and reality television, not to mention the idea of having members of the public becoming immersed into...
Aside from streamlining the rank and file of LWT, Greg Dyke was also intent on maximising the company’s advertising revenues. To do...
Another familiar, some would say iconic, figure also found his way back to his rightful place in 1988. Unbelievably it had...
Between them it might have seemed that TVS and LWT had the monopoly on mainstream Saturday evening comedy series, yet this was not entirely...
Recognising that their best tactic was to live up to their promises, TVS invested a lot of time and money into quality drama...
For all its attempts at breaking new ground, Bobby Davro On The Box appealed to a relatively conservative audience. Journalist Stewart Knowles attended a...
The steady trickle of new weekend ITV programmes made by the traditionally weekend-averse Granada and Central Television was taken as a personal triumph...
We’re probably a little late – the BBC hasn’t made anyone redundant for a few days and the fervor has diminished –...
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