Westward Television information

Westward Television was the first ITV franchise-holder for the South West of England. It held the franchise from 29 April 1961 until 31 December 1981...

December 1981 at 12 midnight for a 10-year period, succeeding incumbent Westward Television, which had served the area since 1961. TSW promised greater investment...

north-west England Westward (series), a series of games video created by Sandlot Games Westward Islet of Ducie Island Westward Television, a former ITV franchise...

2014. David Bobin – sports presenter and reporter for Westward Television, TVS and Meridian Television. He was also a main anchor on TVS's Coast To Coast...

Gus Honeybun was the station mascot for Westward Television, and later Television South West, from 1961 to December 1992. A puppet rabbit, and star of...

of the history of the British broadcaster Television South West (TSW) and its predecessor Westward Television. Between them, they provided the ITV service...

holder Westward Television allowing a greater share of programming between the two franchise holders. Channel finally converted to colour television on Monday...

Television broadcasts in the United Kingdom began in 1932, however, regular broadcasts would only begin four years later. Television began as a public...

6.00 am on 23 May (except for London Weekend Television, Tyne Tees Television, and Westward Television, where ACTT members ignored the strike). At 6...

sports editor of the Western Morning News in Plymouth. He joined Westward Television in 1961, though he worked for the BBC for the majority of his broadcasting...

The archives of Westward Television and Television South West are now held in trust for the public as the South West Film and Television Archive, whilst...

Theatre Arts. Holloway began her television career as a continuity announcer and newsreader at Westward Television[citation needed] at Plymouth in January...

and newsreader for Westward Television from the late 1970s until 1981. A year later, she joined the announcing staff of TVS (Television South) for around...

(TSW), which ended up taking over Westward Television on 11 August 1981, but continued to use the Westward Television name until 1 January 1982. The new...

and television presenter. Initially training to be an actress at the Rose Bruford College, Spiers began her broadcasting career at Westward Television in...

companies, Ulster Television and Westward Television carried the programme most weeks. Granada Television and Yorkshire Television begin producing weekly...

and later, BBC local radio and Westward Television as an editor. In 1966, when she was 21, Rippon began her television career at BBC South West in Plymouth...

would connect with another ITV station, initially Westward Television. 1962 1 September – Channel Television begins broadcasting. 1963 3 March – Channel launches...

dates onward: Westward Television from episode 40 on 1 May 1961, Border Television from episode 76 on 4 September 1961, Grampian Television from episode...

journalist reporting on tennis and rugby union. He began his television career at Westward Television in the 1960s, and then as an ATV sports reporter for their...

for Westward Television, the then-incumbent ITV regional company, as a continuity announcer and newsreader on the weeknightly local bulletin Westward Diary...

presented Songs of Praise. Fern Britton – originally worked for Westward Television, before joining the BBC in the early 1980s as a newsreader on News...

1970s as a continuity announcer and newsreader for Westward Television in Plymouth. While at Westward, she made an attempt at a singing career under the...

Again (Westward Television, 1974) The Professionals: Weekend in the Country (TV Series), (1980) The Thirteenth Day of Christmas (Granada Television, 1985)...

was awarded to Ulster Television (UTV), from four applications. The South West England franchise was awarded to Westward Television, from fifteen applications...

Frankenstein film for the first time, starring Boris Karloff 22 May – Westward Television starts broadcasting in colour from the Redruth transmitting station...

Oscar-winning cinematographer Peter Cadbury (1918–2006) founder of Westward Television Peter Shore (1924–2001), Labour MP and cabinet minister Bob Grigg...