The Nostalgia Central website has been a labour of love for me since 1998. No-one really understood that he'd sworn. Dead at 82. And, indirectly, it was because of Freddie Mercurys teeth. The co-star of Elvis Presley also worked in TV on series such as Murder She Wrote and Magnum, P.I. Michael Clark. Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire 13,017,856 [14,800,000] Beautiful commercial land of 685 toises ideally located in the heart of Highlands close to all ameni. From the panic and recriminations in the documents, it seems that the story of the day was simply one glorious British botch job. L. orraine Kelly has returned to work with a full bill of health after previously being sent home with a "buglet". A. Christa Ackroyd - presenter on Calendar during the 1990s; she left to join the BBC's Look North. Grundy was disciplined by Thames head Jeremy Isaacs (who would later become the head of Channel 4). The company believed it would become "Europe's most powerful Independent producer and programme distributor. Bath The Times, 11 October 1990; Legal threats follow biggest ITV shake-up. Some of the humour is still pretty "close to the edge", even by modern standards. Thames at Six was launched, later Thames News. A merger between the two existing contract holders A.B.C. The Times, Thursday, 3 July 1986, MAI shares peak on bid speculation. John Andrews "Eric and Ernie take their sunshine to ITV". Thames sitcoms during the 1980s and early 1990s included Keep it in the Family, Never the Twain, After Henry, and Mr. Bean. As part of Fremantle, one of the largest creators, producers and distributors in the world, Thames has emerged as Britain's leading entertainment label . Back in the day when an office actually had "decor", and everyone had their own desk (they're even socially distanced!). A subscription makes a thoughtful gift for both family and friends. A list of all TV shows produced by Thames Television, listed alphabetically with pictures from the show when available. Alford, Sally. In Pistol, Lydon's character corrects that, saying: "It's a great matter of pride to the Irish people that the first person to say 'fuck' on TV was Brendon Behan'." [18] The programme questioned the authority of British troops who had shot dead suspected IRA members allegedly planning a terrorist attack on a British military ceremony in Gibraltar. Thames and Littlestar are on the search for musical theatre Super Troupers to star in @MammaMiaMusical. 1st January 2018 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment. Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, Mon 24 Oct 2011 12.17 EDT. The IBA said it had nothing against Carlton owning part of an ITV company, but believed 'any' single ownership of an ITV company was undesirable.[36]. The Thames TV papers also seem to put paid to the conspiracy theory that the groups appearance was some kind of publicity scam concocted between Thames TV and their part-owners, EMI. This site is not affiliated with any broadcaster, production company or design/marketing/talent agency. . Carlton settled out of court for 13.1M.[47]. Additional episodes of network productions were screened to help clear the backlog, since no outside programmes were broadcast. Chris Perry. Heres how it works. [20][29] Profits at Thames dropped from 14.1M in 1983/84 to 8.75M in 1984/85 during the strike period, but were able to recover back to 14.6M in 1985/86 just before flotation on the stock market. The Times, Friday, 30 March 1990, Thames TV soars on talk of takeover bid by Carlton. One of the early anchor presenters was radio DJ Tom Edwards. See MoreSee Less, Stella Stevens: Nutty Professor and Poseidon Adventure star dies at 84, A very young Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison and friends. FERNE COTTON (b1981-).British Television and radio presenter,best known for presenting the last series of the music chart show,Top of the Pops,ocassionally co hosting the annual Red Nose Day charity comedy telefon,and for being a regular on Keith Lemons acerbic comedy panel show,Celebrity Juice,from 2008 to 2018. A former Thames executive, who asked not to be named, says the culture of TV in the 70s may have added to the clash: I wasnt there, but I worked at ITV in the 70s and people like Grundy were treated as Masters of the Universe. Vivien was a Central TV announcer and newsreader (early 1980s). By April 1972, this had become Good Afternoon, after which her TV career spanned the next 25 years. The documentary was regarded almost as treason by many Conservative politicians, and The Sunday Times made claims about one of the witnesses interviewed which were later found to be libellous. David Hewson "Thames TV head leaves in dispute over Dallas". The show at its peak had 21 million viewers, while the last episode had nine million. Melinda Wittstock. . An absolute giant of British sports broadcasting. Former NZ television presenter Liz Gunn claims earthquake . TV presenter judges school drama contest. The presenter's flirting with Siouxsie Sioux, who was standing behind the band - and was aged 19 at the time; Grundy was 53 - provoked . Michael Clark. Today was cancelled two months later, and Bill Grundy never worked in prime-time television again. "[45] The Times quoted a spokesman the day after the announcement: "We can be more profitable this way, being forced out of broadcasting will save us 32.5m a year in bid payments, 30 million a year in advertising revenue taxes and about 10m in transmitter cost. Richard Evans and Richard Ford and Dominique Searle "Trial by TV' row over IRA killings film", Dunn to Thames Board, July 1983 (uncatalogued deposit), ITVA Archive from, Cherry, S. ITV: The People's Channel, Reynolds and Hearn, 2005, p196. Latest breaking news articles, photos, video, blogs, reviews, analysis, opinion and reader comment from New Zealand and around the World - NZ Herald TAKE A CHANCE ON ME! Rest in peace Dickie Davies. Television and radio. Bona to vada your jolly old eek. Sign up below to get the latest from Classic Rock, plus exclusive special offers, direct to your inbox! The flotation was not a great success, EMI and BET only managing to reduce their shares to 56.6%, with management acquiring much of the new stock. More conventional sitcoms, all of which began in Thames's early years, included Father, Dear Father (196873), the Sid James vehicle Bless This House (197176), and Love Thy Neighbour (1972-76), with a controversial take on race relations. Magpie was effectively a "groovier" version of the BBC's Blue Peter. The most controversial programme Thames broadcast was the documentary "Death on the Rock", part of the current affairs This Week series. She is a former actress, who went on to become an in-vision continuity announcer for TWW in the 1960s and its successor, HTV West (spring 1968 - c. 1985). "[45], The transition of ITV companies was never smooth, but Thames's bitterness stayed until the very end. Tue 5 Jun 2007 02.15 EDT. The disgraced British socialite , 61, spoke by video call with the Talk TV presenter on January. A memo from studio producer Mike Housego (who was in charge of the programme as it went out live) to Todays overall boss Tom Steel reveals that after the show ended the group were led back down to the Green Room. There were no internal discussions of the potential savings that could be derived from new shift patterns, but there was a strong sense that union controls had to be removed before the company embarked on increasing its operations. [60], On 1 November 1992 a new satellite station UK Gold was launched as a joint venture between Thames and BBC Enterprises, to show repeats of shows from both broadcasters. He then rang Thames to complain about the damage to his telly (Rotten later remarked unsympathetically: Havent they ever heard of the off button?). The air turned blue as Johnny Rotten and his pals effed and blinded while Bill goaded them to go further and further . Myleene Klass is a British singer, musician, TV presenter, model, and businesswoman. "There was a lot of arrogance and mavericks working in telly then, and presenters did have a drink, and expect guests to just be thrilled to be on the telly. Thames finally floated on the stock market in July 1986, after being blocked by the IBA in late 1982. It's a little known fact that the writer Behan was the first person to swear on British TV, in1956, in an interview with Panorama. Yes, all of this actually happened . His retained popularity in the UK was confirmed following his death, when Thames (which had refused to air his shows since the cancellation) gave in to public demand to rerun the shows. It won an Emmy as the best series in its category, as Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978), about the abdication crisis, did later. 1 9 6 8 - 1 9 8 0 (UK) ITV had no real challenger to Blue Peter until 1968 when Thames Television invited Sue Turner, whose background was in current affairs, to find the answer. In January 1985, the company made a deal with international distributors for US production company Lorimar to purchase the UK broadcasting rights for US drama Dallas, at that time transmitted on BBC1. In 1974, he joined BBC Radio London and then Anglia Television and HTV West (now ITV West Country) where he worked in producer and reporter/presenter roles. Meanwhile, Thames gained a reputation for drama with such series as Jenny, Lady Randolph Churchill (1974), with Lee Remick as the mother of Winston Churchill. In 2021, Fremantle were licensing various Thames Television programmes to British television channels such as That's TV, Forces TV and Talking Pictures TV. Jack was a popular BBC TV forecaster (17th May 1969 4th May 1983) and for many years was the , Johns broadcasting career began at ILR station Radio Tees. The auction method used to conduct the new franchise round was a significant change from previous rounds and was brought about by the Broadcasting Act 1990. From its formation in 1954, the Independent Television Authority (ITA) offered broadcasting licences to different companies for weekday and weekend service in its first three Independent Television network locations, the London area, the Midlands, and the North. And then youve got to rely on the guys on the studio floor to get the person out of the studio, which could lead to even more trouble than the interview was to start with. Eamonn Andrews (1968) The technicians walked out, but the station was off the air for just one day as management and administration staff took over their roles. Gunn and a cameraman had . In March 1990, EMI and BET tried once again to sell off their shares in Thames, with Cartlon and CLT (a Luxembourg-based media company) both in the running. However, on 1 January 2012, the Thames brand was revived and Talkback Thames has now been split into four different labels: Boundless, Retort, Talkback and Thames, within the newly created FremantleMedia UK production arm. In programming, Rediffusion was originally considered stuffy but in the previous contract round of 1964, it had re-invented itself, dropping the name Associated-Rediffusion in favour of the trendier Rediffusion London, to reflect the cultural changes of the time, with its output altered accordingly. Georgia Toffolo, also known as Toff, has shown fans around her new central London home as she shares photos on social media of her new abode. The Thames studio switchboard was flooded with protest calls, some also claiming that Grundy was drunk. Broadcasting and producing programmes in every conceivable genre since 1968, the Thames label has long-played a prominent role in the history of the British television industry. If you find the site informative or enjoyable, please consider a donation to help me with the running costs of the site. After some discussion as to the name of the new companysome directors favoured ABC London, while others suggested Tower Television to reflect the Post Office Tower and the Tower of Londonit was named Thames Television, after the River Thames. Klass achieved popularity when she became part of the pop group Hear'Say.Her popularity increased when she started hosting television shows like Popstar to Operastar and BBQ Champ.Myleene Klass is also known for her charity work; she has been the face of charity campaigns like ChildLine. Like most of ITV, Thames was beset by conflicts with trade unions, notably the Association of Cinematograph Television and Allied Technicians (ACTT). Producers don't often get credit for great TV series but they are an integral part of the creation process. ROYAL TELEVISION SOCIETY. The Times, Wednesday, 29 August 1984; Thames strike is called off. Within 18 months he was working for ATV as a presenter of children's shows, sports magazines and schools' programmes. Comically, the 12-line telephone system automatically diverted any unanswered calls to the Green Room. The estate is the site of Frogmore House, a beautiful 17th century manor which has been a royal residence since 1792, which was where Harry and Meghan had their evening reception after their . What is the name of this series? Stay up to date with in depth music reviews, exclusive interviews and widespread coverage of whats happening from your favourite music genre. . Baroness Boothroyd was the first woman to hold the key role, and was respected by both sides of the House . [37] The shares on offer were being sold by BET and Thorn EMI, which planned to reduce their shareholding from 100% down to 28.8%. Thames paid 55,000 a show compared to the 29,000 of the BBC. 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