Weekend routine
A look behind the scenes at ATV London’s last Saturday
The Mogul
Jack Tinker profiles Lew Grade and his role in setting up ATV
This Exciting, Medium
An introduction to ATV Midlands
Foreword
The Midlands Controller welcomes you to ATV
Associated TeleVision Limited
Who are ATV Midlands?
Impact with Interest
Important and impactful programmes from ATV
This Exciting, Medium
An introduction to ATV Midlands
Foreword
The Midlands Controller welcomes you to ATV
Associated TeleVision Limited
Who are ATV Midlands?
The way ahead
Why restricted broadcasting hours must go, especially in the Midlands
Drama – Plays – Players
ATV’s programming output from 1956 to 1963
Impact with Interest
Important and impactful programmes from ATV
Val Parnell – Paladin of the Palladium
TVTimes interviews the man behind Sunday Night at the London Palladium
Girl behind the news
Meet the woman who sells dresses by day and reads the local ATV news by night in 1956
Brian Tesler makes his ITV bow
TVTimes announces ATV’s latest poach from the BBC – a producer named Brian Tesler – in 1957
Shaw Taylor
Meet ATV’s Shaw Taylor, former actor, continuity announcer and now host of ‘Pencil and Paper’ in 1962
The Mogul
Jack Tinker profiles Lew Grade and his role in setting up ATV
Take note of Pamela
A profile of Pamela Duncan, host of the ad mag Take A Note
On the dot with that spot
Routine sheets get the ads to the viewer with split-second timing in 1957
Sound and vision
⧉ Over on the main Transdiffusion site, watch a recreation of ATV London starting the day in 1964
Weekend routine
A look behind the scenes at ATV London’s last Saturday
They keep you in the picture
ATV’s continuity announcers and newsreaders in 1963
Dear Olive…
ATV’s Olive Hennessy draws a deep breath and replies to Transdiffusion *again* in 1965
ATV starts the day
Audio recordings of ATV daily start-ups of the 1960s, 70s and 80s
How wrestling can get a hold on you
ATV’s new wrestling sitcom ‘The Losers’ gives the TVTimes an excuse to look behind the world of professional wrestling in 1978
It’s Crossroads’ 3,000th Birthday
The TVTimes celebrates 3,000 years of ‘Crossroads’ in 1978 in a – frankly bonkers and baffling – celebratory article written by Meg Mortimer
You have to laff at Lenny’s new faces
An interview with ATV’s latest star in 1975: a 16-year-old impressionist from Dudley called Lenny Henry
Sergeant Cork
Meet Sgt Cork and the other members of CID in the 1890s appearing on ATV in 1963
Ghost Squad
ATV’s Ghost Squad – based on a real Metropolitan Police undercover division – is profiled in 1963
Hancock
Tony Hancock’s new series for ATV premieres in 1963
Alpha Television studios
Visit our site all about Alpha Television studios, the home of ATV and ABC in the Midlands 1956-1968
Goodbye Aston, hello Broad Street
Joan Palmer hands over from Aston to Mike Prince at the Paradise Centre