Philip Jones

…g’s magazine. Started producing programmes; Quiz Time, with possibility of ITV in the near future left (1953/4) to freelance. Joined Granada as trainee in 1956. 1959 applied Tyne-Tees for jo…

Dicky Leeman

Production gaffes. The beginnings of ITV. Contrasts with BBC.

John Ammonds

Start of colour first series on BBC2. Views on colour in ITV. Beginning of Morecambe & Wise. Green and Hills.

Norman Chapman

…urteen years; he talks about the different methods of ordering equipment by the ITV companies, as opposed to the BBC.He talks about Harlech TV and Granada, gives his reasons for eventually retiring an…

Wendy Toye

…r Anglia Television as part of the Tales of the Unexpected (ITV, 1979-1988) series, with Derek Jacobi in the title role; in 1986 she served as an associate producer on th…

Daphne Shadwell

…fusion in 1954 personal assistant to Lloyd Williams. Worked on opening night of ITV 1955 September.On to No Hiding Place, the  new flagship drama’Worked on AD Mags for Associated Rediffusion with…

Alan Sapper

…militant action to defend technicians' pay and conditions, in particular in the ITV strike of 1979, where he secured an almost 30% pay rise.He supported the proposal of some union members for the…

Denis Forman

…as a driving force in Granada TV, one of the leaders in the first batch of ITV companies  in the mid-1950s . He was  chairman of Granada from 1974-87.

Keith Ewart

…, and so was in direct competition. Then, in early-1989, the government allowed ITV companies to sell ‘spare’ time in their studios to independent production companies. Now facing even stiffer competi…