John Ammonds

[…] as far as the BBC was concerned, which is why they popped up on ITV, who gave them the big chance. John P. Hamilton  35:39  ATV.  John Ammonds  34:53  At ATV yes at Elstree,  John P. Hamilton  35:41  What other sho[…]

Lois Singer

[…]le actor. And he turned out to be a very good reliable director too, and he went on to bigger things later. Notably, I think he directed "Ward 10" at ATV for a long time, and we became great friends my husband and I would he and his wife. In fact later his then teenage daughter Pippa used to babysit[…]

Daphne Shadwell

[…] Shadwell DRAFT Page 46So you both went to AR? Association Rediffusion.DS: It was Associated Rediffusion. And then what was Central called? JPH: ATV.DS: ATV. Did they start at the same time?JPH: Yes. Weekend in London and Midweek in the Midlands.DS: That’s right. So it was Associated Rediffusio[…]

Dicky Leeman

[…]keter as well. I used to meet him regularly because he lived at Arkley, you know. And when we were - I was later in television, based at Elstree with ATV, I used to go via Arkley to my home in Finchley because I couldn't stand the main roads. At the end of the day we'd finished about six, I used to […]

Lew Grade

[…]nd I suggested that Prince Littler, who owned the Moss Stoll group, become the chairman. And we went on from there ...Alan Sapper : And it was called ATV...Lew Grade : And then I started, what I did when we didn't have the licence ...We had a certain amount of capital. Hannah Weinstein came to me wi[…]

Paul Fox

[…]e colleagues, we became friends, and these friendships to some have lasted to this day.    My very first meeting in ITV was at the old ATV House.  It was a meeting of the five major Managing Directors and the five Programme Controllers.I:    That in Cumberland Plac[…]

Ann Meo

[…] went to series I would be employed to do it.  And I had one of my extraordinary bits of what, psychic, whatever you call it, and after I’d left ATV temporarily and was doing something, Ian Messiter had taken over Family Fortunes from me, or was it… yes.  He had taken over Family Fortunes,[…]

Neville Wortman

[…]e front desk but I knew that they were down in Kingsway. (TIME 12:14)  DARROL BLAKE:  AR? NEVILLE WORTMAN:   It wasn’t AR, it was ATV to start with, because I think ATV was the first but it was known as ABC in those days until some problem because of ABC Pictures being in it.&nbs[…]
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