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

[…] he moved into television production for both the BBC and ATV, specialising particularly in musical variety shows. Notable credits as […]

Lord Lew Grade

[…] one of the new ITV network franchises. The resulting channel, ATV, was launched the following year and soon became associated […]

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[…]

MEO, ANN BECTU copy

[…] what, psychic, whatever you call it, and after I’d left ATV temporarily and was doing something, Ian Messiter had taken […]
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