10.52 Dial 999 - Extradition These extra off-peak hours gave smaller ITV companies a chance to provide some networked or part-networked programmes. Landmark- This was a 1965/ 1966 quiz , with local Women's Institutes competing. The Friday edition of Sports Desk was a stand-alone programme in the early '70s, but this too became part of the Diary towards the end of the decade. Sorry about the quality of the transfer, this is a 1990s copy videoed off the wall while the film was projected. 9= Coronation St 44% (Feb 26) 2.00 Christmas Fare with Cliff and The Sahdows 11.50 Weather [14] This was Westward's final ident and remained with the company until the end of the franchise. If you provide contact details, we will be in touch about your request within 10 working days. We'd like to use additional cookies to remember your settings and understand how you use our services. Westward Television | ITV Wiki | Fandom 1 Coronation St 62% (Mon 8th) We will keep fighting for all libraries - stand with us! 2 Compact (May 1 BBC) 51% Local teams competed for The Golden Key. Children's programmes: there are currently 12,000 members of the Gus Honeybun club. [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. . 6= Hawaiian Eye 53% The show's run (which was broadcast at 5.20pm on Fridays after being pre-recorded in Studio One on the preceding Wednesday) was short-lived. [25] Westward TV had an Agricultural Advisory committee chaired by R. G. Pomeroy[26] to advise the company on its agricultural output. 1967 saw Acres for Profit on Sunday afternoons. They included: The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), 2 Double Your Money 61% No events. 7= Treasure Hunt 51% (Westward) Local teams competed for The Golden Key. 4= Billy Cotton Show (BBC) Producer: Roger Gage. 11.55 News 3= Coronation Street (July 1) 46% 4.20 Close-Up - highlights from musicals past and present 9.55 News; Weather The first edition was broadcast on Tuesday 12 September 1961 at 6:15pm, in place of Westward Diary. Royal Smithfield Show with Don Rickard, Westward TV Agricultural Correspondent. They come up against a very unpleasant villain, who in turn is badly hindered by a very mod-type Fairy Queen. For the first time these are now available on one DVD with the original soundtrack. This was followed by the full version of TSW's ident. 7= Here's Harry (BBC) Bernard Leach & Barbara Hepworth British Universities Film - BUFVC It starred Tamar le Bailly as Maggie[22] and was produced and directed by John King,[23] the father of wildlife photographer and presenter Simon King, who featured as "The Buzzard Boy" in Episode 5.[24]. for charity and voluntary groups; a slot called Pick of the Post in which viewers' letters would be read; and the popular[citation needed] Picture Puzzle, in which viewers had to try to guess the location shown in a photograph taken somewhere in the South West). Where there was once just sagebrush there's now a burgeoning population! 1 Take Your Pick 57% Westward TV Archives - Rewind This formed part of a longer ident theme titled An English Overture, used at the start of each day's broadcasts. 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. (Howett 1994) By the time Westward began broadcasting, Derry's Cross had cost Westward over 500,000, with the company committed to spending another 20,000 on the studios by April 1962. 3= Black & White Minstrels (BBC) Wyvern at War was purchased by three ITV regions. The comedy programme was followed by further continuity, an epilogue, weather and shipping forecast and closedown - all with TSW branding. 1= Summer Spectacular Established in 1993, it is one of the largest regional film archives in the UK and holds the Westward Television and TSW (Television South West) independent television collections as well as a significant number of donated . 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 Top Secret 51% 1= Tarzan 48% Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. Celebrate 60 years of ITV in the south west of England with some Westward TV archives. 1967 1 Double Your Money 59% March 7th 1965, 2.45-3pm, with Farmers Weather. 3 Dixon of Dock Green (BBC) 56 Westward Television Menu, Westward also entered two programmes for the American National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences awards: Breakout, the second part of the Wyvern at War programme, and Battle of Trafalgar, Westward's contribution to the Action at Sea series, Westward's most successful local quiz was undoubtedly 3= Coronation Street (Mar 23rd)53 On Sunday mornings, Westward aired Look and See, a five-minute religious slot for the under-8s broadcast from the continuity studio. 1 Sykes and a Menace (BBC) 58% Division within HO - Commissions and committees (advisory and investigative), conferences and Royal Commissions. 5= Val Doonican Show (BBC) 5= The Informer 48% A full episode of Gus Honeybun's Birthdays with Judi Spiers, produced by Westward Television sometime in 1980.All rights reserved and acknowledged SWFTA i. 1 Coronation Street (July 10) 51% Subscribe now for regular news, updates and priority booking for events, All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated, HO - Records created or inherited by the Home Office, Ministry of Home Security, and related bodies. 10= BBC: What's My Line, Westward Television - Wikipedia Close down, 11am The Morning Service - from The Church with the Holy Name Claygate Interview with the Beatles. Stuart Hutchison - Beatles Archive 7= No Hiding Place 44% Westward Television Menu 7= Peyton Place 51% (Wed 10th) Westward Television Limited | The National Archives Home Discovery HO 245/1032 Start new search Print Discovery help Bookmark You are in The National Archives' catalogue HO - Records. 7= Ward 10 (Nov 23) 5= Zero One (BBC) The Westward Beat Competition had a panel of judges that included Brian Epstein and Dick Rowe and was won by The Rustiks.[21]. Westward programmes Sold 7= Laramie (BBC), Week ending An early programme for young people was Spin Along, a regional pop music programme presented by disc-jockey Alan Freeman. Then some of the backroom staff are shown in action. 7 Maverick 45% 3= Ward 10 (May 14) 43% EMI purchased Keith Prowse Music Publishing from Westward in the latter part of 1969. Buy, sell, and trade a variety of resources while chasing down the nefarious Mad Russian. Finally a clip from Westward's quiz Treasure Hunt with Kenneth Horne getting into some difficulty reading a viewer's name and address This allowed regular daytime programming on weekday afternoons, and weekday morning programming during out-of-school term time. Donated to the University of Iowa in 2016, Brokaws papers cover both his career and personal life. All copyrights belong to the original creators and any advertisements that appear are not added by me. 1= Perry Mason (BBC) 64% The website it directs you to never loads. Westward/TSW factual programmes are held at SWFTAwhile ATVs factual output is at MACE. Another popular long-running programme featured a puppet rabbit, Gus Honeybun, who appeared with the duty announcer who read out birthday greetings to the region's children: The story went that Gus was found wandering Dartmoor by a Westward Outside Broadcast unit. Dec 29th 1962, Titled 'Do Children Understand?' We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. October 4th 1964, 2.45-3pm. John Doyle reports 40 years ago. They included: The regional news was contained in a separate ten-minute Westward News bulletin, broadcast every weekday at 6.05pm, and subsequently supplemented by afternoon and late-night bulletins. However in 1965, sixteen of their programmes were sold. 12.30 Gus Honeybun and Yogi Bear 9= Coronation St41% (Aug 21) 5 Tales of Mystery 53% The tune that accompanied the colour television ident was originally a nautical fanfare on brass instruments, based on the song "Come Landlord Fill the Flowing Bowl", arranged by Paul Lewis. 3= Wagon Train 55% Again, this is a business-to-business organisation, so charges accordingly. It ran for many seasons. 5= Taxi! Script: Stuart Hutchison and Roger Gage. This is part of a newer collection of uploads as I have recently got access to some digitised VHS tapes that have been in storage for some time. Westward had fought off 11 competing bids to win the licence to broadcast to south west England. The South West Film and Television Archive (SWFTA) is the regional film . Music and Lyrics: John Bartlett and Terry Roper. 10= Star Movie (Strange Cargo) 4.10 Christmas Diary with Kenneth Macleod, Frederick Harvey, Burda Cann, Plympton School Choir, and Choirs of Wells Angela started her journalistic career in newspapers in Devon and later became an established TV reporter/presenter with BBC Plymouth's Spotlight programme (1966 - 1969). So as we wish you a happy new year from Westward, it's also goodbye and thank you for all your support and kindness over the past 20 years. - new religious quiz (Southern TV) Treasure Hunt with host Keith Fordyce, Kenneth Horne in charge for a spell in the mid Sixties. 2.10 Royalist and Roundhead - Setting the Scene Westward Television was the first holder of the ITV franchise for South West England, commencing broadcasts on April 29, 1961. 4 A Chump at Oxford film (BBC) 50 1.00 News; Christmas Box with Noelle Gordon and Eula Parker, also Frank Ifield, Dorothy Ward 3 Perry Mason (BBC) 55% 10= Sports Desk (Westward Nov 20) 43% 2= Take Your Pick The series "examines successful farm management in the West County," introduced by Don Rickard. 1 Take Your Pick 59% 6= Lawman An illustration of a magnifying glass. This had proved popular and led to the new series Walking Westward.[30]. Westward Television was the first ITV franchise-holder for the South West of England. 9= Emergency- Ward 10 (July 5), TAM ratings for Westward TV area w/e 14 July 1963 Shaw then re-appeared wearing a modern suit, no longer in a dinner jacket and now in a modern chair, surrounded by staff wearing TSW T-shirts and holding 2-inch videotapes. It was broadcast in 197374 and looked at hobbies. Originally, there were three presenters Barry Westwood, Reginald Bosanquet and Kenneth MacLeod who rotated on a weekly basis. You need to sign in to tag. A non-profit initiative dedicated to digitizing collections of classic media periodicals that belong in the public domain for full public access. Subscribe now for regular news, updates and priority booking for events, All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated, CSAC 63.1.79 - Catalogue of the papers and correspondence of PATRICK MAYNARD STUART BLACKETT, OM FRS BARON BLACKETT OF CHELSEA (1897-1974), CSAC 63.1.79/J.1 - J.158 - SECTION J CORRESPONDENCE, CSAC 63.1.79/J.117-J.118 - Correspondence with radio and television producers, About our There is a 40 second clip from Coronation Street, while The Beverley Hillbillies rates 45 seconds. 8.00 Dickie Henderson Christmas Show guests Bernard Bresslaw, Hughie Green, Alfred Marks 3= Steptoe and Son (BBC) 45% 7= Dixon of Dock Green (BBC) 7= Crossroads (3 Oct) 41% 6.15 Spin Along Santa with Alan Freeman, Joe Brown, The Viscounts, Tommy Bruce, Christine Campbell, host Leslie Hoare [13] The short ident theme was changed around 1978 to a seven-note fanfare. 5= Double Your Money 9.10 Peyton Place - Betty and Elliot try to make a new life An illustration of a person's head and chest. This is an almost complete programme by Westward TV (a UK regional ITV company) from the 1960s. A Westward celebrity is missing. The Westward Diary team investigate, aided by Batman and Robin. A brief glimpse at the Westward TV Schools and Colleges ident. The monthly show was presented by members of an editorial team that included David Rodgers, who later went on to become a familiar Westward TV staff presenter. 1.00 News The Case of The Missing Celebrity Westward also entered two programmes for the American National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences awards: Breakout, the second part of the Wyvern at War programme, and Battle of Trafalgar, Westward's contribution to the Action at Sea series Hastings Mann's Westward Ho! Some local news film as well as national ITN and TV-am film is held by Getty. Moving Image Collections | The Box | The Box Plymouth The Case of The Missing Celebrity ABC Weekends filmed topical archives are held by British Path but that archive also includes decades of newsreel and news film patience is required when searching. [37] Westward Television contributed Beachcombing, a film presented and directed by Clive Gunnell, to this series.[32]. ITA In 1981 the studios, along with the company, were purchased by TSW; in 1993 the building was sold to a firm of solicitors and converted into offices. 4= Legends of the West 54% 5.00 Christmas Rendezvous 9 Bootsie and Snudge 44% Music and Lyrics: John Bartlett and Terry Roper. Landmark- This was a 1965/ 1966 quiz , with local Women's Institutes competing. Shirley Bassey in the Sunday Night at the London Palladium is given 40 seconds. 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. During Westward's tenure, Derry's Cross had three studios. 12.00 Weather I didn't want to like it and never get to finish the game. A Westward celebrity is missing. 6.05 Westward Diary; Weather Former ITV service for South West England, The Westward region when it lost its franchise in 1981. 4 Ironside 49% (BBC) Agriculture was an important industry in South West England during Westward Television's franchise. The original leader on the film had the title written on it, along with 'Copy B' (or '13' as the text was smudged). Westward engineer Peter Rodgers recalled: "From the start, where we could afford it, we bought the best." HYDe Park 8262 . Thames Television; Westward Television | The National Archives 3.00 The Queen 5= Coronation Street (Aug 2) 8.25 Mainly Millicent - guest star Cleo Laine Enter the tag you would like to associate with this record and click 'Add tag'. Manufacturing industry is increasing. Search the history of over 806 billion 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. 3= Take Your Pick 61% 9= Z Cars (BBC) 49 This information will help us make improvements to the website. The collection is 38.75 liner feet and is broken up into sixteen series: Appointment Books, Artifacts, Biographical and Personal, Correspondence, Events and Speeches, Honors/Awards/Mementos, Photographs, Press Passes and Badges, Radio Commentary, Reporters Notebooks, Specials, Subject Files, Videos/Film/Audio Cassettes, Writings, Miscellaneous, and Duplicates. Following the loss of its franchise, Westward's management decided to sell up quickly, and the company (including its staff, premises and programme library) was purchased by TSW, early in 1981, for 2.38 million. Then Sports Editor David Vine, host of Sports Desk, informs us that the station has covered no less than 48 different sports. 4 Coronation St (16 Oct) 51% Then, thankfully, This time around, w. She also presented on BBC Points West (dates TBC). Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). 1= Coronation St (Mon) 48% Westward Television - 78rpm 7= Late Summer (ABC) Close down, Covering the West There are a handful of television archives and museums in the United States that together contain hundreds of thousands of hours of television programs. Addiction treatment advocates blast proposal to fund new state agency This page was last edited on 26 April 2023, at 22:12. Indeed, any copy they do have will likely be very expensive to purchase, if thats even possible. 11.30 University Challenge Tournament - quarter finals 3.10 Indiscreet - film with Cary Grant Gus was retained by TSW when they took over the franchise. Bristol Water is urging people to stay safe and not swim in the water at spots like Chew Valley or Cheddar Lake this weekend. By using this site, you agree we can set and use cookies. Producer: Roger Gage. All rights in the Westward and TSW material are held by The Box. Westward Television is the company which under agreement with the Independent Television Authority provides the television programmes in South-West England during the whole week. In 1980, Westward produced Maggie's Moor, a seven part networked children's drama series about a young girl living on Dartmoor during the Second World War. For non-Westward intelligensia, it is none other than, gasp, Gus Honeybun! 10.10 Rhapsody in Blue film starring Robert Alda Ragtime in December 1965 was bought by Ulster, but, significantly also, by Rediffusion, Westward's first ever sale to one of The Big Four. 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. It held the franchise from 29 April 1961 until 31 December 1981. As with most other ITV companies, the station also produced a nightly Epilogue under the title of Faith for Life, produced largely from the continuity studio. web pages In 1977 his documentary To Tavistock Goosie Fair[33] won "Most Outstanding Regional Production of 1977". 5= Miss Westward 67 (WTV) 38% Finally a clip from Westward's quiz Treasure Hunt with Kenneth Horne getting into some difficulty reading a viewer's name and address We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. 1 Double Your Money 54% Lord Digby Collection 10.30am Small Time - The Christmas Tree 2 Emergency- Ward 10 Dec 28th 60 This record has not been digitised and cannot be downloaded. in north Devon, where he played. Studio guests included Angela Rippon, Kenneth MacLeod and Sheila Kennedy. 6.30 * Christmas Cartoon Party 1= Dixon of Dock Green 48% (BBC) 11.55 * Faith for Life - by the Vicar of St Mary's Penzance 6= Double Your Money 50% A 1965 18 minute promotional film from Westward Television. This download is a 60 minute demo version that prompts you to buy the full version for $19.99. The company now operates up to two sailings per day. The resources below can be used to find other archival collections of NBC materials, newspaper and trade magazine articles about NBC,radio and television schedules, industry information, and NBC News video and photo content. 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. "Mr Cadbury back as chairman of Westward TV", Westward Television Ident from 28.12.1980, Bill Covington's website about The Rustiks, ITW Programme Listing for Westward Television, Transcript of detailed interview about Westward Television in 2000 with Kenneth Macleod on Liberal Burblings, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westward_Television&oldid=1151894394, Television channels and stations established in 1961, Television channels and stations disestablished in 1981, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from July 2021, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. A fancy dress Christmas party is interrupted by shattering news. Lost Funeral Aired on Westward TV, Plymouth, UK (1963) The special programme ended with a message from Peter Cadbury, in which he wished TSW well. For non-Westward intelligensia, it is none other than, gasp, Gus Honeybun! 10.35 Out of Town 2 Top of the Pops (BBC) 54 (Friday December 23rd 1966, Westward TV only, 6.05-6.30pm) 7= Arthur Haynes Show 4 Laramie (BBC) 52 Control the destiny of the West as you build thriving towns in a far-away frontier. 7= Laramie (BBC) privacy policy, Domestic and leisure services > Radio and television, GB/NNAF/C124128 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/B26706 ), Westward Television Ltd, independent television programme contractors. Westward Television Ltd, independent television programme - Archive May 2nd 1965, 2.50-3pm. 2 Sykes (BBC) 58% 2 Double Your Money 55% 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. These included the series Westcountry Fayre (cookery), Freeze! If you still want to try, the website (which is mainly business-to-business and talks and charges accordingly) is here. in the 1 Star Movie Dial M for Murder (WTV) 36% July 3rd 1966, 2.35-3pm reporter Don Rickard. 5= Harpers West One 54% 6= The Big Valley 50% A Westward celebrity is missing. View the catalogue description for. A member of the Transdiffusion Broadcasting System, State Funeral of Winston Churchill (1965). 5= Juke Box Jury (BBC) Swizzley He had begun his television career as a props man at Associated-Rediffusion, where he first met Kenneth MacLeod. 6= The Monroes (BBC1) 50% Westward Television went on air 29 April 1961 with regional programmes such as Farming Today, Tight Lines and a weekly news programme entitled Westward Diary. Five million visitors arrive annuallly by road and rail. Manufacturing industry is increasing. 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. Script: Stuart Hutchison and Roger Gage. for Westward area Networked programmes are of course also covered. 12.05pm The Nativity (A-R) 9= Thursday Film: Divided Heart (WTV) 40% Ragtime in December 1965 was bought by Ulster, but, significantly also, by Rediffusion, Westward's first ever sale to one of The Big Four. A Long View a documentary about pioneer tv personality Leslie Mitchell. The service made the return journey across the channel once every 24 hours. .. 10.30am Small Time - The Christmas Tree 3= Coronation Street50% (Apr 30) December 13th 1964, 2.45-3pm. 9.05 A Merry Max - Max Bygraves with Kenny Ball
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