3= Coronation Street (July 1) 46% 7 Compact (BBC July 11) 42% Script: Stuart Hutchison and Roger Gage. 4= Coronation Street (Nov 19) 51% Studio guests included Angela Rippon, Kenneth MacLeod and Sheila Kennedy. A Westward celebrity is missing. 1.05 Christmas Box - with Noele Gordon 5.00 * Shirley Temple Story Book - Mother Goose Enter the tag you would like to associate with this record and click 'Add tag'. . From 1968 until the end of its franchise, the ITA (later the IBA) gave Westward a target of providing 6.5 hours of new regional programming a week - a target which they always exceeded. Finally a clip from Westward's quiz Treasure Hunt with Kenneth Horne getting into some difficulty reading a viewer's name and address 10.05 The Pickwick Papers - film starring James Hayter Tom Brokaw began his NBC career in 1966 and has since become one of the most well-known figures in broadcast journalism. 3= Coronation Street (May 2) Enter the wild, rough and tumble world of Westward where adventure and untold fortune await you! This record has not been digitised and cannot be downloaded. 8= Half Hour Story 5= Miss Westward 67 (WTV) 38% 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. The full title of the programme was 'Westward News, Farm and Country Edition.' After this a 20 second clip of a viewers' questions type programme. 9.10 No Hiding Place 100,000 Halfpennies We'd like to use additional cookies to remember your settings and understand how you use our services. 9= This is Your Life (BBC) 50% 4 Dixon of Dock Green 49% 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. With Del Cooper, Susan Denny, Clive Gunnell, Kenneth Macleod, David Mudd, John Pett, Michael Reinhold, Roger Shaw and Stuart Hutchison. Westward engineer Peter Rodgers recalled: "From the start, where we could afford it, we bought the best." Local teams competed for The Golden Key. For nine months of the year, Westward broadcast Farming News[27] (later retitled Farm and Country News[28]) on Sunday lunchtimes presented and edited by Peter Forde. A member of the Transdiffusion Broadcasting System, State Funeral of Winston Churchill (1965). 7= Mess Mates (Friday December 23rd 1966, Westward TV only, 6.05-6.30pm) 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. 3= Coronation Street50% (Apr 30) 3= Wagon Train 55% All rights in the Westward and TSW material are held by The Box. I didn't even bother playing. 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]. 3= Burke's Law Virtually no material of this sort survives in the broadcasters archives, and for those reasons, the chances of your programme surviving are approaching zero. 3.00 The Queen 6 Lorna Doone (BBC) 45% 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. 4.10 Christmas Diary with Kenneth Macleod, Frederick Harvey, Burda Cann, Plympton School Choir, and Choirs of Wells 9= Coronation St41% (Aug 21) Initially, they published weekly programme listings in its own programme journal, Look Westward. 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. 7 Tarzan 46% on the Internet. 5.00 Christmas Rendezvous Angela Rippon was the programme's Editor, with Roger Gage being its director. * Local Weather Forecast and Close down This footage is courtesy of South West Film and Television Archive. 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 This strand was made up of half-hour documentaries contributed by each of the ITV regions covering interesting aspects of their respective regions. 6.55 In View - George Target, Julie Felix, Peter Moloney and guest Ted Moult Producer: Roger Gage. 5= The Informer 48% 7= Compact (Feb 20 BBC) 57% This allowed regular daytime programming on weekday afternoons, and weekday morning programming during out-of-school term time. 7= Hawaiian Eye 53% 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. 11.00 Christmas Morning Service from the Church of the Ascension Wembley 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. 11.51 Faith for Life - Rev John Parkinson 1 Coronation Street (July 10) 51% Westward Television Archives - ITV 1963 | Transdiffusion presentation 5 Coronation St 48% (Feb 28) Westward's most successful local quiz was undoubtedly An illustration of a horizontal line over an up pointing arrow. Westward launched the career of many broadcasters who became well known nationally, won numerous awards for its programming, and heavily influenced its successor, TSW . I can reveal that the quest is for none other than a VIP with winking eyes, long ears, and buck teeth. 5 Z Cars (BBC)48 5= No Hiding Place 42% Three further Westward programmes were shown on the complete network, while three others were networked to the 'little network' of regional companies, including the children's series Go! Timeline of TSW - Wikipedia For the first time these are now available on one DVD with the original soundtrack. Westward Television Menu. 5= Frankie and Brucie's Show 47% 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. 5= Zero One (BBC)51 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. 2= Coronation Street (Apr 17th) 2 Coronation Street (Sept 27) 60% (BBC) 43% 10.05 The Blackpool Show - Tony Hancock with Frankie Howerd, The Kaye Sisters, Lenny the Lion, John Junkin and Peter Gordeno Thames Television; Westward Television | The National Archives Music and Lyrics: John Bartlett and Terry Roper. 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. Westward TV area 8.55 News One of the new daytime weekday programmes introduced through the relaxation of broadcast hours was About Britain. 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. A special programme, 20 Years of Westward, was broadcast on 21 December 1981[8] to look back on the company's achievements. There was a regular spot called Help! 5.00 Christmas Rendezvous We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. Indeed, any copy they do have will likely be very expensive to purchase, if thats even possible. 2 Dr Finlay's Casebook (BBC) 51% 6 Ward 10 (Sept 29) 54% The series "examines successful farm management in the West County," introduced by Don Rickard. It ran for many seasons. A Long View a documentary about pioneer tv personality Leslie Mitchell. 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Factual programmes from pre-1993 ITV companies are in many different archives. Search license-ready video and photo content from the NBC News Archives available for purchase and immediate download. Westward was a frequent user of in-vision continuity, with many of the station's personalities becoming well known in the region. 9= Criss Cross Quiz 40% in the 7.55 The Wind Cannot Read - film This had proved popular and led to the new series Walking Westward.[30]. 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. 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. Westward Television started Westward Television was the first holder of the ITV franchise for South West England, commencing broadcasts on April 29, 1961. Again, this is a business-to-business organisation, so charges accordingly. Westward's most successful local quiz was undoubtedly Networked programmes are of course also covered. However in 1965, sixteen of their programmes were sold. They charge business-to-business rates as well. Westward Television Ltd, independent television programme contractors This page summarises records created by this Business The summary includes a brief description of the collection (s). Local programmes are shown, with a brief clip of a beauty contest. They will facilitate your search, but wont search for you. 6.05 News 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. 8= The Mortal Storm (BBC) 36% 29 April - Westward Television starts broadcasting. 8.25 Mainly Millicent - guest star Cleo Laine These included the series Westcountry Fayre (cookery), Freeze! This was clearly to remind viewers of a new modern era as well as a new look. Then Sports Editor David Vine, host of Sports Desk, informs us that the station has covered no less than 48 different sports. 7= The Beverly Hillbillies 51% 7 Laramie (BBC) 47% John Doyle reports 40 years ago. 10.10 Public Eye - Nobody Kills Santa Claus 5= Take Your Pick 53% Westward Television Menu. 3.07 Chipperfield's All Star Christmas Circus - with Arthur Haynes and Richard Hearne Terms and Conditions 2023 The TV Room. This was followed by the full version of TSW's ident. 2.00 Christmas Fare with Cliff and The Sahdows 1 Miss ITV 55% If you provide contact details, we will be in touch about your request within 10 working days. in the Sorry about the quality of the transfer, this is a 1990s copy videoed off the wall while the film was projected. 10= Star Movie (Strange Cargo) 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. . Westward staff returned to work a few days before the end of the ITV national strike of 1979. An illustration of a person's head and chest. 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. 10 University Challenge 44%, Westward TV area TAM ratings w/e 26 Nov 1967 Lost Funeral Aired on Westward TV, Plymouth, UK (1963) Westward Whiskey lead distiller Miles Munroe checks barrels in this Oregonian file photo. Treasure Hunt with host Keith Fordyce, Kenneth Horne in charge for a spell in the mid Sixties. Producer: Roger Gage. 8.00 * Hawaiian Eye - I Wed Three Wives 3.00 The Queen; Chipperfield's Circus 7.00 Treasure Hunt 5= Wagon Train A 45 second clip of an unidentified puppet show follows. From 730,000 homes in May 1961, three years later there are 1,100,000 homes, 68% of all homes in the region. 3 Family Solicitor 57% 12.00 Weather 7= Dixon of Dock Green (BBC) EMI purchased Keith Prowse Music Publishing from Westward in the latter part of 1969. 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). 9= Ward 10 (May 11), Week ending 27th November 1966 (Westward) If you are unable to visit the Library, you may be able to access these resources through your local public or academic library. 10= Rawhide The Controller of Programmes is at his desk, proud to reveal that no less than seventeen Westward programmes had been sold to other ITV stations in the period from April to Spetember 1964. Timeline of Westward Television - EverybodyWiki Bios & Wiki Southern and TVS, TWW and Teledu Cymru, and Rediffusion material are all hard to reach for various reason. 9= Val Doonican (BBC), W/e 22nd October 1967 (Westward) I no longer have the original film which has since made its way to an archive. Originally, there were three presenters Barry Westwood, Reginald Bosanquet and Kenneth MacLeod who rotated on a weekly basis. 11.55 * Faith for Life - by the Vicar of St Mary's Penzance 1 Take Your Pick 62% 2.10 Royalist and Roundhead - Setting the Scene For non-Westward intelligensia, it is none other than, gasp, Gus Honeybun! 1 Take Your Pick 57% 7.25 Batman - Rats Like Cheese part 2 with George Sanders 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). [14] This was Westward's final ident and remained with the company until the end of the franchise. Control the destiny of the West as you build thriving towns in a far-away frontier. A Westward celebrity is missing. This formed part of a longer ident theme titled An English Overture, used at the start of each day's broadcasts. [1] 1962 to 1967. Hello and welcome to Westward TV and TSW. 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. 2.00 Christmas Fare with Cliff and The Sahdows Five million visitors arrive annuallly by road and rail. An early programme for young people was Spin Along, a regional pop music programme presented by disc-jockey Alan Freeman. For more details of these cookies and how to disable them, 5= Val Doonican Show 47% (BBC) 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. 1= Dixon of Dock Green 48% (BBC) A Westward celebrity is missing. 2 Double Your Money 61% 4= Mrs Thursday 3= Zero One (BBC) 3= Coronation Street (July 3) Titled 'Do Children Understand?' Director: John Bartlett. 10= Take Your Pick 45% We'd like to use additional cookies to remember your settings and understand how you use our services. No events. The first half concentrated on the regional news, whereas the second half included other items of interest to local viewers. 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 Script: Stuart Hutchison and Roger Gage. PDF ITV PROGRAMME COMPANIES Westward Television 1 Double Your Money 54% The website it directs you to never loads. 11.05 On the Braden Beat Manufacturing industry is increasing. on April 29th 1961, transmitting on Interview with the Beatles. Stuart Hutchison - Beatles Archive 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. We cannot provide copies of programmes, even if the programmes are already available to view on our websites.. They come up against a very unpleasant villain, who in turn is badly hindered by a very mod-type Fairy Queen. 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. Dec 29th 1962, Close down, 11am The Morning Service - from The Church with the Holy Name Claygate During Westward's tenure, Derry's Cross had three studios. Derry's Cross, Plymouth. After a difficult start, Westward Television provided a popular, distinctive and highly regarded service to its region, until public boardroom squabbles led to its franchise not being renewed by the IBA. ITA 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. Then Sports Editor David Vine, host of Sports Desk, informs us that the station has covered no less than 48 different sports.