November 13th, 1963 at Westward TV Studios, Plymouth Stuart Hutchinson talks to the Beatles about Paul's recent illness (causing them to postpone a couple of shows), and the group's recent photo opportunity wearing police helmets outside a Birmingham theatre. 10 Bootsie and Snudge 53%, Week ending 6th May 1962 It was renowned for its devoted, high-quality local programming and presentation, but squabbling between its local management and the London-based management board was to result in its loss in the 1980 franchise round. Bristol Water is urging people to stay safe and not swim in the water at spots like Chew Valley or Cheddar Lake this weekend. Westward Television Menu. You will need a reader's ticket to do this. For non-Westward intelligensia, it is none other than, gasp, Gus Honeybun! These 'affiliate' arrangements lasted until they were abolished in the 1964 franchise round. 6 Lorna Doone (BBC) 45% 10= This Is Your life (BBC), TAM ratings for Westward TV area w/e Sept 30th 1962 Virtually no material of this sort survives in the broadcasters archives, and for those reasons, the chances of your programme surviving are approaching zero. July 3rd 1966, 2.35-3pm reporter Don Rickard. 8 Coronation Street 49% (Nov 21) 8.00 * Hawaiian Eye - I Wed Three Wives Landmark- This was a 1965/ 1966 quiz , with local Women's Institutes competing. . Manufacturing industry is increasing. On July 10th 1966, 2.40-3.10pm Westward showed Farm '66 A Border TV Production, a complete course of 37 programmes leading to a City and Guilds certificate in farm machinery written and presented by Alfred Luke. The Mass Communications History Collection at the Wisconsin Historical Society was established in 1955 to document the importance of mass media in 20th-century American life. Its presenters included Norah Thomas, Jill Mapson, Pat Webber and Ann Davey. A fancy dress Christmas party is interrupted by shattering news. 9.05 A Merry Max - Max Bygraves with Kenny Ball Westward TV area Description. 10.50 News Headlines After this a 20 second clip of a viewers' questions type programme. - new religious quiz (Southern TV) The news would be read by the duty announcer, so MacLeod's role on the Diary was not as a newsreader but a presenter holding the whole package together. 3 Bertram Mills Circus (BBC) 53% TSW continued using the Westward name and symbol on screen until 31 December 1981; thereafter, it was re-branded on screen as TSW. Westward Television was the first holder of the ITV franchise for South West England, commencing broadcasts on April 29, 1961. David Rodgers was again one of the regular contributors. 2= Take Your Pick 53% on April 29th 1961, transmitting on [3] Soon, the Westward board was in continual disagreement, and in January 1970 Cadbury was sacked and re-hired within days as the chairman of the Westward board, after he made outspoken remarks against the levy imposed on advertising revenue imposed by the IBA[4] while also withholding a Westward corporation tax bill to the Inland Revenue over the same matter. ITA John Doyle reports 40 years ago. A DVD produced from the South West Film & Television Archive (SWFTA). Westward Television Menu Director: John Bartlett. Fifteen-minute sections of Clive Gunnell's walk along the Cornish coast were broadcast by the US Public Broadcasting Service as curtain raisers to the BBC's original version of Poldark in PBS's Masterpiece Theatre series. 9.00 News June 20th 1965, 2.55-3.10pm, with Farmers Weather. Westward Television was the first ITV franchise-holder for the South West of England. 3.00 The Queen; Chipperfield's Circus 10 University Challenge 44%, Westward TV area TAM ratings w/e 26 Nov 1967 3 Treasure Hunt 53% I didn't want to like it and never get to finish the game. The film is missing some minutes at the beginning and the title at the start of the film was added by me afterwards and is not on the original 16mm print. 7= Ordinary People (Westward) There was a regular spot called Help! 7= Crossroads (3 Oct) 41% The Race : TV NEWS : Search Captions. Borrow Broadcasts : TV Archive An illustration of a magnifying glass. Dec 29th 1962, These are such programmes as the nightly back-bone of the company, Westward Diary, a. weekly Westward Report, the twice - weekly Sports Desk, thrice -daily news 1= Windfall (BBC) Enter the tag you would like to associate with this record and click 'Add tag'. Well, it's very nearly the end of 1981 and, for Westward Television, it's the end of its franchise to provide an independent television service for the south-west. The website it directs you to never loads. On April Fools' Day, 1973, Westward broadcast a film about the village of Spiggot, which had boycotted decimalisation and were still using pre-decimal currency. 4.10 Christmas Diary with Kenneth Macleod, Frederick Harvey, Burda Cann, Plympton School Choir, and Choirs of Wells They will facilitate your search, but wont search for you. When colour television came to the region on 22 May 1971, the Golden Hind was re-shot against a blue background with the caption altered to include a small stylised ship image in a box in the lower left corner, followed by an outlined 'Westward TV' caption, with 'TV' in red. 10= Sports Desk (Westward Nov 20) 43% 2 Top of the Pops (BBC) 54 10= Take Your Pick 45% May 2nd 1965, 2.50-3pm. ProQuest Historical Newspapers is the definitive newspaper digital archive offering full-text and full-image articles for significant newspapers dating back to the 18th Century. 5= Sunday Palladium Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). The local weather forecast in Westward Diary, with an emphasis on specialist information for fishermen and farmers, was given by a popular local personality, Graham Danton, who presented several programmes for Westward, including Holiday Times, an events listings programme aimed at people holiday-making in the region, and Late With Danton, a consumer programme. A fancy dress Christmas party is interrupted by shattering news. The first edition was broadcast on Tuesday 12 September 1961 at 6:15pm, in place of Westward Diary. Landmark- This was a 1965/ 1966 quiz , with local Women's Institutes competing. By the mid '70s, Westward had taken advantage of this opportunity by finding a small niche producing adult education programmes for the ITV network. Script: Stuart Hutchison and Roger Gage. [11] This was replaced in the mid-1960s by a model of the Golden Hind, shot against a black background with a simple Westward caption beneath accompanied by the Holly and the Ivy tune on brass instruments. 3= Coronation Street50% (Apr 30) Kenneth MacLeod had to present Westward Diary in what looked to viewers like almost total darkness, as the union permitted only the house lights to be switched on in the studio. 9= Take Your Pick, Week ending 3= Coronation Street (Mar 23rd)53 Local teams competed for The Golden Key. 6 Ward 10 (Sept 29) 54% For three years viewers in this town had received TWW programmes, but when Westward started, their Stockland Hill transmitter was only 14 miles from Taunton, and the area was designated as a primary Westward area. There were filmed contributions from Alan Freeman, Jan Leeming and David Vine and many clips of Westward programmes were shown. 4 Dixon of Dock Green 49% 6 Treasure Hunt (Westward) 47% 7= Laramie (BBC), Week ending 27th Aug 1961 Westward Television - 78rpm Westward Television - Audiovisual Identity Database TheBluechickens 51K views 10 years ago. 3 Black and White Minstrels (BBC) 42% Some local news film as well as national ITN and TV-am film is held by Getty. We will keep fighting for all libraries - stand with us! * Local Weather Forecast and Close down If the programme was after about 1977, you may be in luck but will need to contact the original broadcaster. Then Sports Editor David Vine, host of Sports Desk, informs us that the station has covered no less than 48 different sports. She also presented on BBC Points West (dates TBC). 1 Summer Playhouse 46% (Friday December 23rd 1966, Westward TV only, 6.05-6.30pm) However, when the screen finally faded to black at approximately 12:40am on 1 January 1982, Shaw made a final out-of-vision courtesy announcement and managed to mention the now-defunct Westward one last time, saying 'from all the staff here at Westward - good night'. web pages 10 Discs A Gogo 50%, Westward TV area TAM ratings w/e 16 May 1965 The flagship programme was Westward Diary, which began as a regional magazine programme broadcast three times a week (Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays) between 6:15pm and 7pm.
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