I no longer have the original film which has since made its way to an archive. 9.10 This Week 5= Crossroads (May 14) John Doyle reports 40 years ago. [5] By July 1980, Cadbury was finally removed from the Westward board[6] and over the following six months, he tried to regain control. 10= Rawhide Treasure Hunt with host Keith Fordyce, Kenneth Horne in charge for a spell in the mid Sixties. Westward was one of the first ITV regions to broadcast a late-evening regional news bulletin (Westward Late News).[16]. 2 Sportsview (BBC) 58% Television South West - Audiovisual Identity Database 5 Cinema 51% Treasure Hunt with host Keith Fordyce, Kenneth Horne in charge for a spell in the mid Sixties. 5= Taxi! 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. [1] Cadbury named the company after the golf course at Westward Ho! The Westward Diary team investigate, aided by Batman and Robin. 11.20 Towards 2000 - Cities of the Future Westward was a frequent user of in-vision continuity, with many of the station's personalities becoming well known in the region. This is later extended by a further year. Moving Image Collections | The Box | The Box Plymouth 8.55 News For non-Westward intelligensia, it is none other than, gasp, Gus Honeybun! [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. I have not monetized any of my videos. A Westward celebrity is missing. 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. 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. 5= Double Your Money 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 The Good Die Young film 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) 10= This Is Your life (BBC), TAM ratings for Westward TV area w/e Sept 30th 1962 2= Take Your Pick ITA TV's Lost & Found: Television Archives and Museums 2 Coronation Street (July 31) 44% You will need a reader's ticket to do this. 9.00 News 4 Dixon of Dock Green 49% You may have to present yourself, having made an appointment, at their premises on the South Bank in London. The first original Kerisnel ferry to launch was a freight-only service. Howett, Dicky (Autumn, 1994). Then Sports Editor David Vine, host of Sports Desk, informs us that the station has covered no less than 48 different sports. 3= Coronation Street50% (Apr 30) 5.00 Christmas Rendezvous 1 Miss ITV 55% There is a 40 second clip from Coronation Street, while The Beverley Hillbillies rates 45 seconds. [9] was used as the theme music. 6 Criss Cross Quiz 51% 9= Val Doonican (BBC), W/e 22nd October 1967 (Westward) It held the franchise from 29 April 1961 until 31 December 1981. There were filmed contributions from Alan Freeman, Jan Leeming and David Vine and many clips of Westward programmes were shown. 1= Windfall (BBC) 4= Dixon of Dock Green (BBC) The special programme ended with a message from Peter Cadbury, in which he wished TSW well. The South West Film and Television Archive (SWFTA) is the regional film . 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, 20th cent: corporate and programmming records, About our Channel 9 (Stockland Hill), Channel 12 (Caradon Hill). 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. 4.40 Gus Honeybun's Birthdays Many of the post-1993 ITV companies archives are now held by the ITV Archive in Leeds. Terms and Conditions 2023 The TV Room. 2= Take Your Pick 53% Lord Digby Collection 10.52 Dial 999 - Extradition Virtually no material of this sort survives in the broadcasters archives, and for those reasons, the chances of your programme surviving are approaching zero. 2 Sykes (BBC) 58% we are informed the area is more than this traditional picture. Local programmes are shown, with a brief clip of a beauty contest. 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= Treasure Hunt (Westward) 50% 7.30 Emergency Ward 10 View the catalogue description for. 10.30am Small Time - The Christmas Tree 3= Black and White Minstrels (BBC) Its holdings are from 1898 to the present day and its core collections are the Television South West Film and Video Library (which includes all Channel 3 material for the area from 1961 to 1992) and the BBC South West Film Collection (dating from 1961 onward). Local teams competed for The Golden Key. 1= Summer Spectacular in the Westward Television - Wikipedia This time around, w. 7= Spotlight A rather odd Christmas-themed start-up sequence from Westward TV. Music and Lyrics: John Bartlett and Terry Roper. Five million visitors arrive annuallly by road and rail. 5.25 Ivanhoe - Face to Face This allowed regular daytime programming on weekday afternoons, and weekday morning programming during out-of-school term time. During the sixties the local South West TV company Westward Television produced a documentary TV programme about each of these artists. Westward TV Archives - Rewind [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. 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. [1] 1962 to 1967. . 7= Here's Harry (BBC) 3.00 The Queen Since most of Westward's output was for Home consumption, not much of their limited output was sold to other companies. 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. 4 Till Death Us Do Part (BBC) 39% 9.00 News 7= Saturday Show (BBC) 52% 10= BBC: What's My Line, 2 Route 66 49% 4 London Palladium 52% Some local news film as well as national ITN and TV-am film is held by Getty. Many of the other companies' factual output is dispersed or trapped in copyright hell. Westward Television Menu So as we say goodbye from Westward in 1981. TSW then began with a short video clip of a champagne bottle being opened, accompanied by the short audio version of the station ident "That's Soul, Write". They come up against a very unpleasant villain, who in turn is badly hindered by a very mod-type Fairy Queen. 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 Let us know. Networked programmes are of course also covered. 12.01 Faith for Life - Rev Frank Pewtress The Case of The Missing Celebrity Westward Television Archives - ITV 1963 | Transdiffusion presentation 9= Emergency- Ward 10 (July 5), TAM ratings for Westward TV area w/e 14 July 1963 This page was last edited on 26 April 2023, at 22:12. Or, you can request a quotation for a copy to be sent to you. 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! Have you found an error with this catalogue description? [13] The short ident theme was changed around 1978 to a seven-note fanfare. 1= Morecambe and Wise Show 47% David Vine was question master, Players had to build up a jigsaw puzzle of a West Country landmark, Take The Bait - a 1967 quiz with question master Clive Gunnell, aimed at fishing enthusiasts, The Case of The Missing Celebrity Ragtime in December 1965 was bought by Ulster, but, significantly also, by Rediffusion, Westward's first ever sale to one of The Big Four. 8 Mrs Thursday 45% 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. 4= Mrs Thursday I didn't want to like it and never get to finish the game. We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. Then some of the backroom staff are shown in action. [35] Some of these films were featured in the About Britain strand in 1981. 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). (Friday December 23rd 1966, Westward TV only, 6.05-6.30pm) . 7= Compact (Feb 20 BBC) 57% In early January 1969, plans were drawn up for a merger between Westward and the Keith Prowse company, as Peter Cadbury was chairman of both. 8 Double Talk 39% 7= Dixon of Dock Green (BBC) Gus's behaviour tended to be excellent for Roger Shaw, but for Judi Spiers and Iain Stirling he could be rather unpredictable. 4 A Chump at Oxford film (BBC) 50 Division within HO - Commissions and committees (advisory and investigative), conferences and Royal Commissions. Many Westward personalities, such as announcer Sheila Kennedy, also contributed articles to the magazine. It ran for many seasons. 1 Ward 10 (Tues) 59% 4= Magnificent Mountain (TWW) 42% 9 Crossroads 48% (Nov 22) Timeline of Westward Television - EverybodyWiki Bios & Wiki However in 1965, sixteen of their programmes were sold. 2 Double Your Money 55% [12] This ident was altered slightly in the late 1960s to update the font to Compacta Bold. 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. If you still want to try, the website (which is mainly business-to-business and talks and charges accordingly) is here. Then Sports Editor David Vine, host of Sports Desk, informs us that the station has covered no less than 48 different sports. 1.05 Christmas Box - with Noele Gordon Westward TV (Westward Television) - The ITV Network | The - YouTube With Del Cooper, Susan Denny, Clive Gunnell, Kenneth Macleod, David Mudd, John Pett, Michael Reinhold, Roger Shaw and Stuart Hutchison. 2 Double Your Money 54% 5= Coronation Street (Aug 2) Director: John Bartlett. These extra off-peak hours gave smaller ITV companies a chance to provide some networked or part-networked programmes. 7.55 The Wind Cannot Read - film The Westward Diary team investigate, aided by Batman and Robin. Westward launched the career of many broadcasters who became well known nationally, won numerous awards for its programming, and heavily influenced its successor, TSW. 10.35 Out of Town The first edition cost 5d, and featured a special article by Westward board member Daphne du Maurier. Music and Lyrics: John Bartlett and Terry Roper. 1 Star Movie Dial M for Murder (WTV) 36% Landmark- This was a 1965/ 1966 quiz , with local Women's Institutes competing. Treasure Hunt with host Keith Fordyce, Kenneth Horne in charge for a spell in the mid Sixties. 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. Westward had fought off 11 competing bids to win the licence to broadcast to south west England. December 13th 1964, 2.45-3pm. 10= Take Your Pick 45% 10.05 The Pickwick Papers - film starring James Hayter 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. 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. For non-Westward intelligensia, it is none other than, gasp, Gus Honeybun! 5= Wagon Train I can reveal that the quest is for none other than a VIP with winking eyes, long ears, and buck teeth. 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. Timeline of TSW - Wikipedia 10= Star Movie (Strange Cargo) ITV Sports archive is, again, is a business-to-business operation which charges accordingly. Unlike the other ITV stations that lost their franchises in this round, Westward (having been run by successor TSW since August 1981) opted to hand over at midnight on 31 December 1981. 1967 saw Acres for Profit on Sunday afternoons. A 45 second clip of an unidentified puppet show follows. 3 Black and White Minstrels (BBC) 42% 5= All Gas and Gaiters 47% (BBC) 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. Tom Brokaw began his NBC career in 1966 and has since become one of the most well-known figures in broadcast journalism. The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), 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. 3= Zero One (BBC) 1967 Watch This is Westward online - BFI Player 5.55 News 3 Bertram Mills Circus (BBC) 53% "Television Simply Wonderful". 7= Laramie (BBC) A 1965 18 minute promotional film from Westward Television. 5= Treasure Hunt (Westward) 47% A brief glimpse at the Westward TV Schools and Colleges ident. Kenneth MacLeod was asked to present the new programme permanently. A member of the Transdiffusion Broadcasting System, State Funeral of Winston Churchill (1965). To accommodate this, the length of Friday's edition of Diary was extended to an hour, and it occasionally featured a live studio audience. 9 Bootsie and Snudge 44% 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. Indeed, any copy they do have will likely be very expensive to purchase, if thats even possible. The studios were originally fitted out by Marconi, using top-of-the-range studio equipment. A 45 second clip of an unidentified puppet show follows. 3= Take Your Pick 61% 1 Coronation St 62% (Mon 8th) 3.10 Indiscreet - film with Cary Grant 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. 1.00 News; Christmas Box with Noelle Gordon and Eula Parker, also Frank Ifield, Dorothy Ward You need to sign in to tag. "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. 6 London Palladium Show 48% 3 Treasure Hunt 53% 11.55 News This was followed by the full version of TSW's ident. 3= Steptoe and Son (BBC) 45% Westward had fought off 11 competing bids to win the licence to broadcast to south west England. 10.50 News Headlines A fancy dress Christmas party is interrupted by shattering news. A fancy dress Christmas party is interrupted by shattering news. 10.10 Rhapsody in Blue film starring Robert Alda Hello and welcome to Westward TV and TSW. The comedy programme was followed by further continuity, an epilogue, weather and shipping forecast and closedown - all with TSW branding. Finally, Kaleidoscope hunts for missing footagebut charges for access to its database. 6.05 News Upload. [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. 4 Take Your Pick 55% Local programmes are shown, with a brief clip of a beauty contest. 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. 4= Sports Desk (Westward) 9.40 Cider Cellar - Robin Hunter introduces stars including Billy Burden 10= Crossroads 47% (Nov 23), Westward TV area This is an almost complete programme by Westward TV (a UK regional ITV company) from the 1960s. 9= Z Cars (BBC) 49 No recordings of the end of Westward Television were known to exist until 2012 (the 30th anniversary of the end of Westward), but then a full video recording of the evening, including the segment of STV's wiped Hogmanay show, was recovered by the classic television organisation Kaleidoscope. 9.10 No Hiding Place 100,000 Halfpennies 1= Variety Parade 48% 6= Professional Wrestling 8.00 Ben Casey - August is the Month before Christmas 6 The Saint 46% 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. From leading . 7= Star Movie (Stalag 17) In November 1963[19] The Beatles had to be smuggled into Derry's Cross through a tunnel to record an interview with continuity announcer Stuart Hutchison for the programme, due to the number of fans outside the studios. In 1977 his documentary To Tavistock Goosie Fair[33] won "Most Outstanding Regional Production of 1977". The website it directs you to never loads. Titled 'Do Children Understand?' However in 1965, sixteen of their programmes were sold. Script: Stuart Hutchison and Roger Gage. This strand was made up of half-hour documentaries contributed by each of the ITV regions covering interesting aspects of their respective regions. 5= Take Your Pick 53% 10= Take Your Pick, TAM ratings for Westward TV area w/e Dec 3rd 1961 What can you expect when pubs, bars and restaurants reopen? The Westward Beat Competition had a panel of judges that included Brian Epstein and Dick Rowe and was won by The Rustiks.[21]. The Race : TV NEWS : Search Captions. Borrow Broadcasts : TV Archive 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). All copyrights belong to the original creators and any advertisements that appear are not added by me. Titled 'Do Children Understand?' this film explores the devel. 2= Coronation Street51 (Apr 15th) 11.05 On the Braden Beat Five million visitors arrive annuallly by road and rail. 7= Here and Now Their website says: Can I have a copy of a BBC programme? 3= Coronation St 58% (Wed 10th) Then, thankfully, Westward Television opened at 2.30pm on April 29th 1961, and transmitted for 20 years until the end of 1981 Westward- origins, Look Westward- stills A crisis in 1963 Farm and Country, Original drama(1966/7) Westward Beat(1964) Cider Cellar(1965) Covering the West(1965) The Case of The Missing Celebrity(1966) Quizzes Some Local TAM ratings 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. Former ITV service for South West England, The Westward region when it lost its franchise in 1981. 11.50 Weather [1] 1962 No events. Gus was retained by TSW when they took over the franchise. Script: Stuart Hutchison and Roger Gage. 6 Billy Smart's Circus (BBC)47 Westward Television - Audiovisual Identity Database 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.

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