But a New Year's Eve is also a time for looking ahead and, as Dr. Samuel Johnson said, 'New things are made familiar and familiar things made new.' 4 Take Your Pick 55% Treasure Hunt with host Keith Fordyce, Kenneth Horne in charge for a spell in the mid Sixties. Westward Diary was soon merged with Westward News, to become what was known at the time as a 'regional news magazine', and was broadcast every weekday between 6.00pm and 6:30pm. 1.00 News; Christmas Box with Noelle Gordon and Eula Parker, also Frank Ifield, Dorothy Ward 4 Harpers W1 47% on the Internet. 9= Emergency- Ward 10 (July 5), TAM ratings for Westward TV area w/e 14 July 1963 for the Westward TV area For non-Westward intelligensia, it is none other than, gasp, Gus Honeybun. 10= Kelvin Hall Circus 45%, W/e 3rd March 1968 (Westward) The first half concentrated on the regional news, whereas the second half included other items of interest to local viewers. An illustration of a person's head and chest. 1 Star Movie Dial M for Murder (WTV) 36% 5= All Gas and Gaiters 47% (BBC) [13] The short ident theme was changed around 1978 to a seven-note fanfare. Networked programmes are of course also covered. To mark the change, Westward's ident was re-shot in colour.[7]. 1 Summer Playhouse 46% Westward TV's policy of developing new ideas and new programme formats during 1977 while continuing to build on the popular foundations of its regular West country productions. John Doyle reports 40 years ago. This site is not affiliated with any broadcaster, production company or design/marketing/talent agency. Westward Television Menu Westward Television Menu, A mock West Country accent gives us a travelogue of the region, with pictures depicting rural pursuits. 4.10 Christmas Diary with Kenneth Macleod, Frederick Harvey, Burda Cann, Plympton School Choir, and Choirs of Wells 10= Crossroads 47% (Nov 23), Westward TV area 14th February 1965 (Westward) She also presented on BBC Points West (dates TBC). 3= Coronation St 58% (Wed 10th) What does lockdown lifting look like across the UK? John Doyle reports 40 years ago. 9 The Good Die Young film 5.55 News; A Christmas Message Dr Ramsey After this a 20 second clip of a viewers' questions type programme. 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. 5.00 Christmas Rendezvous Let us know. 9= This is Your Life (BBC) 50% in north Devon, where he played. 1 Take Your Pick 51% Uploaded by I can reveal that the quest is for none other than a VIP with winking eyes, long ears, and buck teeth. HO 245 - Committee on The Future of Broadcasting (1974-1977): Minutes, Evidence and Papers, Subsubseries within HO 245 - Independent Broadcasting Authority: Television Programme Contractors, About our The company now operates up to two sailings per day. You may have to present yourself, having made an appointment, at their premises on the South Bank in London. All copyrights belong to the original creators and any advertisements that appear are not added by me. in the 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. [25] Westward TV had an Agricultural Advisory committee chaired by R. G. Pomeroy[26] to advise the company on its agricultural output. 5= Crossroads (May 14) 2 Double Your Money 61% By the time you reach the 1950s, its safe to assume that the programme in question is lost unless you are very, very lucky. For non-Westward intelligensia, it is none other than, gasp, Gus Honeybun! It took five series before he reached the south coast. 9.55 News; Weather 5 Z Cars (BBC)48 12.05pm The Nativity (A-R) This formed part of a longer ident theme titled An English Overture, used at the start of each day's broadcasts. in the 2 Coronation Street (July 31) 44% Westward engineer Peter Rodgers recalled: "From the start, where we could afford it, we bought the best." These included the series Westcountry Fayre (cookery), Freeze! 11.36 Weather The Derry's Cross studios were designed by the architects Treadgold and Elsey, who had previously designed the TWW Studios at Pontcanna, Cardiff and Arno's Court, Bristol (Howett 1994). Search license-ready video and photo content from the NBC News Archives available for purchase and immediate download. 8 Coronation Street 49% (Nov 21) It was broadcast in 197374 and looked at hobbies. Local teams competed for The Golden Key. Initially, they published weekly programme listings in its own programme journal, Look Westward. Read More Westward TV Schools and Colleges continuity (c. 1976) Westward TV start-up (partial) (22nd December 1978) 23rd January 2021 in Channel Presentation by The Rewind Team. With Del Cooper, Susan Denny, Clive Gunnell, Kenneth Macleod, David Mudd, John Pett, Michael Reinhold, Roger Shaw and Stuart Hutchison. 10 Discs A Gogo 50%, Westward TV area TAM ratings w/e 16 May 1965 we are informed the area is more than this traditional picture. . 5= Zero One (BBC)51 9= Dixon of Dock Green (BBC), TAM ratings for Westward TV area w/e Feb 25th 1962 7.30 HMS Paradise - Hail Lieutenant Hathway- and Farewell the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection. A fancy dress Christmas party is interrupted by shattering news. The Westward Diary team investigate, aided by Batman and Robin. Over 2 million pages have been scanned. A non-profit initiative dedicated to digitizing collections of classic media periodicals that belong in the public domain for full public access. There is a 40 second clip from Coronation Street, while The Beverley Hillbillies rates 45 seconds. There were filmed contributions from Alan Freeman, Jan Leeming and David Vine and many clips of Westward programmes were shown. see our cookie policy. Westward Television asked Diary reporter Clive Gunnell to walk the new route and film his journey. 4= Sports Desk (Westward) This allowed regular daytime programming on weekday afternoons, and weekday morning programming during out-of-school term time. 7= Candid Camera44 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. The Westward Diary team investigate, aided by Batman and Robin. They charge business-to-business rates as well. (Friday December 23rd 1966, Westward TV only, 6.05-6.30pm) [35] Some of these films were featured in the About Britain strand in 1981. Landmark- This was a 1965/ 1966 quiz , with local Women's Institutes competing. 7 Tarzan 46% The Case of The Missing Celebrity 7= Army Game 50% 2 Highway Patrol 56% The Westward Beat Competition had a panel of judges that included Brian Epstein and Dick Rowe and was won by The Rustiks.[21]. 10.52 Dial 999 - Extradition 5= No Hiding Place 53% 6 Treasure Hunt (Westward) 47% was part of the region that found reception of the television signal most difficult, until the construction of the Huntshaw Cross relay transmitter in 1968. This was bought by TWW, Tyne Tees, Ulster and Grampian. 6.55 In View - George Target, Julie Felix, Peter Moloney and guest Ted Moult The weeknightly Westward Diary had two halves, separated by a commercial break. In 1973 the Countryside Commission opened the South West Coast Peninsula Walk from Minehead in Somerset to Swanage in Dorset via Land's End. Sorry about the quality of the transfer, this is a 1990s copy videoed off the wall while the film was projected. Its presenters included Norah Thomas, Jill Mapson, Pat Webber and Ann Davey. 2= Treasure Hunt 50% The website it directs you to never loads. 11.05 On the Braden Beat 3 Treasure Hunt 53% Local teams competed for The Golden Key. Music and Lyrics: John Bartlett and Terry Roper. 1 Ward 10 (Tues) 59% privacy policy, Need more context? (Friday December 23rd 1966, Westward TV only, 6.05-6.30pm) However in 1965, sixteen of their programmes were sold. Week ending Aug 6th 1967 2.00 Christmas Fare with Cliff and The Sahdows Buy, sell, and trade a variety of resources while chasing down the nefarious Mad Russian. 5= Wagon Train Finally a clip from Westward's quiz Treasure Hunt with Kenneth Horne getting into some difficulty reading a viewer's name and address 5= Val Doonican Show 47% (BBC) 12.00 Weather Westward had fought off 11 competing bids to win the licence to broadcast to south west England. 2= Coronation Street (Apr 17th) 3= Black & White Minstrels (BBC) 4= Film So Evil So Young It developed a reputation for homely presentation and for being more ambitious than Westward but lost in the auction-style 1991 franchise round when it was deemed to have bid too much money for its franchise. Please ensure the tag is appropriate for the record. Another "changing trend" is television viewing, a 50 second clip is shown from a Western, in fact Bonanza, before a graph shows Westward Television's increasing number of viewers. 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. 3= Black and White Minstrels (BBC) Then Sports Editor David Vine, host of Sports Desk, informs us that the station has covered no less than 48 different sports. A member of the Transdiffusion Broadcasting System, State Funeral of Winston Churchill (1965). ITA June 20th 1965, 2.55-3.10pm, with Farmers Weather. 2= Coronation Street51 (Apr 15th) Westward Television started Based at purpose-built studios at Derry's Cross in Plymouth, with a London office (sited at various locations including New Bond Street, Marble Arch and Sloane Square) and a sales office in Bristol. Top BBC: Perry Mason Dec 29th 1962, Search the history of over 806 billion 7= Laramie (BBC), Week ending 27th Aug 1961 A mock West Country accent gives us a travelogue of the region, with pictures depicting rural pursuits. Donated to the University of Iowa in 2016, Brokaws papers cover both his career and personal life. 7 Compact (BBC July 11) 42% [17] A second series began on 24 September 1962 and moved to 7pm.[18]. Please feel to add more people to the group and. Titled 'Do Children Understand?' 3.00 The Queen 11.55 * Faith for Life - by the Vicar of St Mary's Penzance The Case of The Missing Celebrity 1 Compact (May 3 BBC) 58% We cannot provide copies of programmes, even if the programmes are already available to view on our websites.. If the programme was after about 1977, you may be in luck but will need to contact the original broadcaster. 6.15 Spin Along Santa with Alan Freeman, Joe Brown, The Viscounts, Tommy Bruce, Christine Campbell, host Leslie Hoare 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. 9= Criss Cross Quiz 40% Close down, 11am The Morning Service - from The Church with the Holy Name Claygate ABC Weekend's filmed topical archives are held by British Path but that archive also includes decades of newsreel and news film - patience is required when searching. 8 Ordinary People (WTV) 43% 1 Miss ITV 55% As part of the 1968 franchise round, the ITA created Independent Television Publications (ITP), and Westward's weekly listings would be obliged to appear solely in the local edition of the national listings magazine TVTimes, which was published by ITP. 1 Take Your Pick 59% 6 Criss Cross Quiz 51% The service made the return journey across the channel once every 24 hours. This collection documents mass communications on both the national level and in the state of Wisconsin, and includes a large. A guide to researching the radio and television broadcasts of the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) in the collections of the Library of Congress. 1= Perry Mason (BBC) 64% 7= Late Summer (ABC) Westward Television Menu 6 London Palladium Show 48% A special programme, 20 Years of Westward, was broadcast on 21 December 1981[8] to look back on the company's achievements. 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 Westward's programming schedule was always published as a magazine for the public to access. 6 Ward 10 (Sept 29) 54% Westward headhunted her to edit and present its new women's interest programming. 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 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. 4= Billy Cotton Show (BBC) Instead, the company concentrated on regional programming. Gus was retained by TSW when they took over the franchise. 9.40 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - You'll Be the Death of Me With Del Cooper, Susan Denny, Clive Gunnell, Kenneth Macleod, David Mudd, John Pett, Michael Reinhold, Roger Shaw and Stuart Hutchison. 8.00 Dickie Henderson Christmas Show guests Bernard Bresslaw, Hughie Green, Alfred Marks 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. can be seen on YouTube The Westward Diary team investigate, aided by Batman and Robin. No events. Check coronavirus cases in your area with our interactive map. A Long View a documentary about pioneer tv personality Leslie Mitchell. 3 Bertram Mills Circus (BBC) 53% 2 Compact (May 1 BBC) 51% 4= Legends of the West 54% Westward TV area 3= Ward 10 (May 14) 43% 7.30 Coronation Street - the men go off on a sports outing, while their wives get dinner ready May 2nd 1965, 2.50-3pm. 1 Double Your Money 59% 5= Zero One (BBC) Then some of the backroom staff are shown in action. . With Del Cooper, Susan Denny, Clive Gunnell, Kenneth Macleod, David Mudd, John Pett, Michael Reinhold, Roger Shaw and Stuart Hutchison. Bristol Water is urging people to stay safe and not swim in the water at spots like Chew Valley or Cheddar Lake this weekend. 7= Saturday Show (BBC) 52% The first original Kerisnel ferry to launch was a freight-only service. privacy policy. 11.00 Christmas Morning Service from the Church of the Ascension Wembley 6.05 News We'd like to use additional cookies to remember your settings and understand how you use our services. The company's first chairman was Peter Cadbury, who had left the board of Tyne Tees Television to set up the company and bid for the south-west franchise, which he won against 11 competing bids. 6.35 Saturday Film - The Cowboy and the Lady 12.01 Faith for Life - Rev Frank Pewtress 1966 No events. 5 Tales of Mystery 53% Clive Gunnell set off from Weston-super-Mare rather than Minehead, and his journey took many series to complete. 4 A Chump at Oxford film (BBC) 50 Indeed, any copy they do have will likely be very expensive to purchase, if thats even possible. 7= Take Your Pick 7= Hawaiian Eye 53% 8.00 Dickie Henderson Christmas Show guests Bernard Bresslaw, Hughie Green, Alfred Marks 4 Double Your Money 56% 1967 Thus Westward representatives toured the town advising viewers that by turning their aerials they could receive Westward transmissions. Westward began broadcasting in colour in 1971, initially from the Redruth transmitter, and a few months later colour was extended to the Stockland Hill and Caradon Hill transmitters. One of the new daytime weekday programmes introduced through the relaxation of broadcast hours was About Britain. 7= Double Your Money 45% Many of the other companies' factual output is dispersed or trapped in copyright hell. Script: Stuart Hutchison and Roger Gage. This had proved popular and led to the new series Walking Westward.[30]. 7.00 Double Your Money Listed here are additional resources for conducting research on the National Broadcasting Company. 11.30 Faith for Life - Miss Evelyn Carr of the Royal Sailors' Rest Devonport tells Rev John Ashplant of the work of Aggie Weston (1873-1918) 1= Coronation St (Mon) 48% Let us know. 12.30 Gus Honeybun and Yogi Bear Westward also had an arrangement with Associated TeleVision (ATV), to play out any networked Westward programmes onto the ITV network. 7= Dixon of Dock Green (BBC) 10= Take Your Pick, TAM ratings for Westward TV area w/e Dec 3rd 1961 Director: John Bartlett. It ran for many seasons. 7.00 Treasure Hunt 3= Coronation Street (July 1) 46% A Westward celebrity is missing. A Westward celebrity is missing. 8 The Rag Trade (BBC) 45% 5= Juke Box Jury (BBC) 7= Arthur Haynes Show Script: Stuart Hutchison and Roger Gage. 7= Star Movie (Stalag 17) 3= Take Your Pick 61% where adventure and untold fortune await you! 10 Compact (BBC)48, Week ending April 21st 1963 7= Crane 50 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. 7= Laramie (BBC), Week ending . Broadcasting from the South West of England on the transmitters of the Independent Broadcasting Aurthority. This footage is courtesy of South. If you still want to try, the website (which is mainly business-to-business and talks and charges accordingly) is here. 9= The Dakotas 38% [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. These extra off-peak hours gave smaller ITV companies a chance to provide some networked or part-networked programmes. 3= Lorna Doone (BBC) March 29th 1964, 10 Film: Last Witness (BBC) 50%, TAM ratings for Westward TV area w/e Nov 25th 1962 It's been 40 years since the Brittany Ferries link between Plymouth and Roscoff first began. 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. 5.45 News Then, thankfully, Television South West replaced Westward Television as the holder of the ITV South West England franchise on January 1, 1982, though it had actually taken over Westward five months previously. 6= Professional Boxing (BBC) 7.25 Batman - Rats Like Cheese part 2 with George Sanders 7.30 Emergency Ward 10 Description. 9= Z Cars (BBC) 49 12.15pm Sunday Session- The Anatomy of First Aid, 12.35 Les Trois Coups, 12.55 Interval, 1.20 ABC of Do It Yourself- ends 1.45 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. Westward had fought off 11 competing bids to win the licence to broadcast to south west England. From 730,000 homes in May 1961, three years later there are 1,100,000 homes, 68% of all homes in the region. If you don't have an account please register. Kenneth MacLeod was asked to present the new programme permanently. 3 All Gas and Gaiters (BBC) 50% Other 60s music programmes included Pop And Leslie[20] and The Westward Beat Competition from 1964. Westward was a frequent user of in-vision continuity, with many of the station's personalities becoming well known in the region. 11.51 Faith for Life - Rev John Parkinson We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. 7= Treasure Hunt 51% (Westward) I can reveal that the quest is for none other than a VIP with winking eyes, long ears, and buck teeth. Studio 1 was 2,500sqft (230m2), Studio 2 was 400sqft (37m2) and used for news, sport and interview programmes and an announcers' studio was located beside Master control. A Westward celebrity is missing. 3= The Saint 58% Christmas Day 1962 - Westward TV An illustration of a horizontal line over an up pointing arrow. 6 The Saint 46% Westward Television Menu This was called The Show Without A Title, and was the brainchild of the station's then Programme Controller Terry Fleet. TWW began a long dispute with Westward over this, top right, a medals ceremony, possibly associated with the rescue, bottom left, an idyllic village scene, contrasted with, bottom right, the summer holiday traffic congestion, Westward TV area TAM ratings w/e 7 May 1961 I have not monetized any of my videos. It held the franchise from 29 April 1961 until 31 December 1981. [36], Like About Britain, Doing Things was a series of half-hour filmed documentaries contributed by the various ITV regions and broadcast in the early afternoon. This was followed by the full version of TSW's ident. 6= Double Your Money 50% He had begun his television career as a props man at Associated-Rediffusion, where he first met Kenneth MacLeod. NBC is now the flagship property of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast that operates news and entertainment television networks, a major film studio, several theme parks, and a host of other businesses. 6= Lawman Westward's small size and the structure of ITV (which, at the time, deliberately made it hard for small and medium-sized ITV companies to contribute to the network) meant it produced comparatively little output for the network. 5= Double Your Money 5.35 F Troop - Too Many Cooks Spoil the Troop A brief glimpse at the Westward TV Schools and Colleges ident. Many of the post-1993 ITV companies archives are now held by the ITV Archive in Leeds. In 1977 his documentary To Tavistock Goosie Fair[33] won "Most Outstanding Regional Production of 1977". 8.55 News 3 Perry Mason (BBC) 55% 5.15 The Forest Rangers - The Bird Watchers and Laramie (39%), TAM ratings for Westward TV area w/e Oct 1st 1961 Script: Stuart Hutchison and Roger Gage. 9.00 News What can you expect when pubs, bars and restaurants reopen? 4= Mrs Thursday A Westward celebrity is missing. 2 Sportsview (BBC) 58% It's very unlikely ITV would still have access of any of their archive (if they even kept much of an archive til the 80s & it survived the station's closing).Tbh can't imagine a full/major broadcast of a funeral being shown on local telly (as opposed to a national broadcast for somebody like Churchill or a major royal)maybe a small part of the . 8 London Palladium Show 51% 6 Lorna Doone (BBC) 45% 12.50 World of Sport 2.00 Christmas Fare with Cliff and The Sahdows We'd like to use additional cookies to remember your settings and understand how you use our services. 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. (BBC) 43% 2.40 Farm '66 -Materials with Alfred Luke (Border TV) 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'. 5.05 Weaver's Green Check out the "Our History" section of NBCUniversal's website for a great overview of the early days of the radio, television, and film industries, and NBC's role in that history. Treasure Hunt with host Keith Fordyce, Kenneth Horne in charge for a spell in the mid Sixties. [37] Westward Television contributed Beachcombing, a film presented and directed by Clive Gunnell, to this series.[32]. Virtually no material of this sort survives in the broadcasters archives, and for those reasons, the chances of your programme surviving are approaching zero. In the early 1970s, A Date With Danton was a stand-alone weekly programme that provided a round-up of local arts and entertainment events. A service in Plymouth run by the NSPCC, which helps prevents online child sexual abuse, is expanding. 2 Coronation Street (July 8) 47% 7 Laramie (BBC) 47% Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). 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. 5 Coronation St 48% (Feb 28) A year later, in 1973, another series aimed at young people called Young Eyes took to the Westward TV airwaves; this was co-presented by Andy Price and the actress Lesley Manville. 7= Spotlight 9= Cilla (BBC) [30] Westward used a selection of Clive's films as part of their contribution to About Britain,[32] and due to its network exposure Walking Westward remains one of Westward Television's best remembered programmes. Agriculture was an important industry in South West England during Westward Television's franchise. 3= Wagon Train 55% 5= World In Action 9.40 Cider Cellar - Robin Hunter introduces stars including Billy Burden During Westward's tenure, Derry's Cross had three studios. If you provide contact details, we will be in touch about your request within 10 working days. 3= Burke's Law Thames Television; Westward Television | The National Archives Print Discovery help You are in 117 - Royal Society CSAC 63.1.79/J.1 - J.158 - SECTION J CORRESPONDENCE CSAC. 6.30 * Christmas Cartoon Party 5= Coronation Street (Aug 2) I didn't even bother playing. 7= Here and Now 9= Coronation St 44% (Feb 26) 7= Burke's Law I no longer have the original film which has since made its way to an archive. On 19 January 1972, there was a relaxation on the restrictions of broadcast hours that had been set by the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications.