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. - new religious quiz (Southern TV) 8.00 Dickie Henderson Christmas Show guests Bernard Bresslaw, Hughie Green, Alfred Marks This record has not been digitised and cannot be downloaded. The Good Old Days, Juke Box Jury, TAM ratings for Westward TV area w/e 7 July 1963 7.00 Treasure Hunt 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. The ITV Network: Part 10 - Westward TV (Westward Television)Our journey through the ITV Network continues here on the Ident Review Extra! 7= Laramie (BBC), Week ending Music and Lyrics: John Bartlett and Terry Roper. We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. Details of a few of this Sunday afternoon series: 4 Harpers W1 47% [14] This was Westward's final ident and remained with the company until the end of the franchise. 7= Mess Mates The South West Film and Television Archive (SWFTA) is the regional film archive for the South West of England. Its presenters included Norah Thomas, Jill Mapson, Pat Webber and Ann Davey. This page was last edited on 26 April 2023, at 22:12. The Case of The Missing Celebrity 4= Billy Cotton Show (BBC) Where there was once just sagebrush there's now a burgeoning population! What can you expect when pubs, bars and restaurants reopen? 3= Coronation Street (May 2) One of the best known programmes was Treasure Hunt, a game show presented by Kenneth Horne and Keith Fordyce, among others, which ran for 14 years and at one stage featured Jethro as the pirate co-host.[15]. 5= No Hiding Place 53% Instead, the company concentrated on regional programming. The weeknightly Westward Diary had two halves, separated by a commercial break. 1= Coronation St (Mon) 48% By 1969, Westward had more than 100 correspondents across the region, reporting newsworthy local events, and eight film cameramen who would travel the region gathering footage and compiling reports. 5= Val Doonican Show (BBC) . 6.15 Spin Along Santa with Alan Freeman, Joe Brown, The Viscounts, Tommy Bruce, Christine Campbell, host Leslie Hoare July 3rd 1966, 2.35-3pm reporter Don Rickard. 9= The Dakotas 41% This is later extended by a further year. 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. 5= Val Doonican Show 47% (BBC) 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. A 45 second clip of an unidentified puppet show follows. 7.30 HMS Paradise - Hail Lieutenant Hathway- and Farewell Derry's Cross, Plymouth. Westward TV area 2 Double Your Money 55% There is a 40 second clip from Coronation Street, while The Beverley Hillbillies rates 45 seconds. 12.05pm The Nativity (A-R) A Westward celebrity is missing. These included the series Westcountry Fayre (cookery), Freeze! Music and Lyrics: John Bartlett and Terry Roper. 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. Westward engineer Peter Rodgers recalled: "From the start, where we could afford it, we bought the best." 1963 No events. 6.30 * Christmas Cartoon Party 9= Ward 10 (May 11), Week ending 27th November 1966 (Westward) Wyvern at War was purchased by three ITV regions. 2 Top of the Pops (BBC) 54 1 Top Secret 51% 4= Mrs Thursday A service in Plymouth run by the NSPCC, which helps prevents online child sexual abuse, is expanding. ITA Westward had fought off 11 competing bids to win the licence to broadcast to south west England. 3= Coronation Street (July 3) 12.30 Gus Honeybun and Yogi Bear 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! 7= Treasure Hunt (Westward) 50% 7 Tarzan 46% 10= Rawhide 5= EW10 (Aug 22) 46% Westward Television Menu [5] By July 1980, Cadbury was finally removed from the Westward board[6] and over the following six months, he tried to regain control. 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This collection documents mass communications on both the national level and in the state of Wisconsin, and includes a large. Westward Television Menu The Case of The Missing Celebrity 10= BBC: What's My Line, Local teams competed for The Golden Key. 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. 9.10 No Hiding Place 100,000 Halfpennies [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 London Palladium 52% Check coronavirus cases in your area with our interactive map. Westward's contributions to the network were very rare at first, mainly consisting of one-off programmes and editions of the Morning Service (later renamed Morning Worship). 10 University Challenge 44%, Westward TV area TAM ratings w/e 26 Nov 1967 This footage is courtesy of South West Film and Television Archive. You may have to present yourself, having made an appointment, at their premises on the South Bank in London. 1 Coronation St 62% (Mon 8th) In addition to these idents, Westward used a clock contained in a curved box with both analogue and digital displays, alongside the Westward Television stylised ship logo and name. 7= Star Movie (Stalag 17) A brief glimpse at the Westward TV Schools and Colleges ident. A Westward celebrity is missing. 1965 No events. Contents 1 History 1.1 Franchise loss 1.2 Closure 2 Studios 3 Identity 4 Programming 4.1 Local programming 4.1.1 News and current affairs 4.1.2 Children 4.1.3 Agriculture This footage is courtesy of South. 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. 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. 6 Sportsview (BBC) 51 Some local news film as well as national ITN and TV-am film is held by Getty. A fancy dress Christmas party is interrupted by shattering news. 1 Ward 10 (Sept 26) 61% 7= Crossroads (3 Oct) 41% 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
This formed part of a longer ident theme titled An English Overture, used at the start of each day's broadcasts. 6 Treasure Hunt (Westward) 47% 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. 11.51 Faith for Life - Rev John Parkinson After this a 20 second clip of a viewers' questions type programme. Their website says: Can I have a copy of a BBC programme? For non-Westward intelligensia, it is none other than, gasp, Gus Honeybun! 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). Ironically, Westward Ho! 2 Compact (May 1 BBC) 51% [29] Westward also produced an adult education series aimed at farmers called Acres For Profit. Script: Stuart Hutchison and Roger Gage. To the Westward Television Menu, Westward programmes Sold 7.25 Batman - Rats Like Cheese part 2 with George Sanders You need to sign in to tag. 2 Take Your Pick 44% TheBluechickens 51K views 10 years ago. 9.00 News Help us improve catalogue descriptions by adding tags. 5= Crossroads (May 14) 6= Hawaiian Eye 53% 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. 1= Windfall (BBC) This information will help us make improvements to the website. 5.00 Gus Honeybun's Birthdays Westward Television was the first holder of the ITV franchise for South West England, commencing broadcasts on April 29, 1961. 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 . In 1969, Angela Rippon joined Westward from BBC South West, as a producer of children's and women's programmes; she also produced a monthly show during the summer of 1972 which laid claim to being the first "Open Access" TV show for young people in the UK. Programmes from before about 1977 are spotty in the broadcasters archives, getting less likely to have been kept the further back in time you go. 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. If you provide contact details, we will be in touch about your request within 10 working days. 3= Steptoe and Son (BBC) 45% 4= Sports Desk (Westward) Then Sports Editor David Vine, host of Sports Desk, informs us that the station has covered no less than 48 different sports. 4.40 Gus Honeybun's Birthdays 6.35 Saturday Film - The Cowboy and the Lady This is an almost complete programme by Westward TV (a UK regional ITV company) from the 1960s. 14th February 1965 (Westward) Over 2 million pages have been scanned. 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. The Westward Diary team investigate, aided by Batman and Robin. Let us know. It was broadcast in 197374 and looked at hobbies. It held the franchise from 29 April 1961 until 31 December 1981. 8.00 Ben Casey - August is the Month before Christmas 7= The Beverly Hillbillies 51% 12.00 Weather 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 (July 8) 47% March 7th 1965, 2.45-3pm, with Farmers Weather. 22 April - The Huntshaw Cross transmitting station opens, providing better reception across north Devon. (Friday December 23rd 1966, Westward TV only, 6.05-6.30pm) 5.00 Christmas Rendezvous Westward's region was surrounded on three sides by the sea, which was strongly reflected in Westward's output and its company logo, a silver model of the Golden Hind. 5 Cinema 51% 1 Miss ITV 55% 1 Compact (May 3 BBC) 58% We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. This allowed regular daytime programming on weekday afternoons, and weekday morning programming during out-of-school term time. (On documentary 'Battle over the Atlantic', on Coastal Command), Have you found an error with this catalogue description? This was called The Show Without A Title, and was the brainchild of the station's then Programme Controller Terry Fleet. 5 Hippodrome 55% 10= Treasure Hunt (Westward)43 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. A special programme, 20 Years of Westward, was broadcast on 21 December 1981[8] to look back on the company's achievements. 7= No Hiding Place 44% Westward's programming schedule was always published as a magazine for the public to access. 10 Compact (BBC)48, Week ending April 21st 1963 3= Take Your Pick 61% 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. 2 Coronation Street (May 10) 47% Treasure Hunt with host Keith Fordyce, Kenneth Horne in charge for a spell in the mid Sixties. 4= Legends of the West 54% 7= Crane 50 9 London Palladium Show 51% 1.00 News; Christmas Box with Noelle Gordon and Eula Parker, also Frank Ifield, Dorothy Ward * Local Weather Forecast and Close down Five million visitors arrive annuallly by road and rail. 12.30pm * Christmas Bandstand- with St Denis Silver Band 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. Originally, there were three presenters Barry Westwood, Reginald Bosanquet and Kenneth MacLeod who rotated on a weekly basis. 10= Emergency- Ward 10 (April 19) 6= Professional Boxing (BBC) June 20th 1965, 2.55-3.10pm, with Farmers Weather. 7= Sportsview (BBC) John Doyle reports 40 years ago. 1 Take Your Pick 51% And you need to expect to find that broadcaster unwilling to help you search and, if they do find the clip in question, not able to provide you a copy for free. 11.00 Christmas Morning Service from the Church of the Ascension Wembley 10.10 Rhapsody in Blue film starring Robert Alda Taunton was at the forefront of a 1962 clash with TWW. 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. Westward was one of the first ITV regions to broadcast a late-evening regional news bulletin (Westward Late News).[16]. 10.30am Small Time - The Christmas Tree They come up against a very unpleasant villain, who in turn is badly hindered by a very mod-type Fairy Queen. They come up against a very unpleasant villain, who in turn is badly hindered by a very mod-type Fairy Queen. 5.55 News; A Christmas Message Dr Ramsey 3 Coronation St 48% (Aug 23) Parts of the recording were featured at a Kaleidoscope event[10] and at that year's Missing Believed Wiped at the British Film Institute. They come up against a very unpleasant villain, who in turn is badly hindered by a very mod-type Fairy Queen. 1.05 Christmas Box - with Noele Gordon The South West Film and Television Archive (SWFTA) is the regional film . The Westward Diary team investigate, aided by Batman and Robin. 1 Val Doonican Show (BBC) 55% The first edition was broadcast on Tuesday 12 September 1961 at 6:15pm, in place of Westward Diary. The Westward Diary team investigate, aided by Batman and Robin. As Channel Television took its network feed from Stockland Hill, this obliged Channel to affiliate to ABC. I can reveal that the quest is for none other than a VIP with winking eyes, long ears, and buck teeth. 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]. the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection. 11.55 * Faith for Life - by the Vicar of St Mary's Penzance Uploaded by Landmark- This was a 1965/ 1966 quiz , with local Women's Institutes competing. Landmark- This was a 1965/ 1966 quiz , with local Women's Institutes competing. Week ending Aug 6th 1967 Southern and TVS, TWW and Teledu Cymru, and Rediffusion material are all hard to reach for various reason. The penultimate place to try is the British Film Institute. The National Broadcasting Company at the Library of Congress, Wisconsin Historical Society Mass Communications History Collection, The Papers of Tom Brokaw: A Life and Career - University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections, ProQuest Historical Newspapers & Periodicals. 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'. The comedy programme was followed by further continuity, an epilogue, weather and shipping forecast and closedown - all with TSW branding. Celebrate 60 years of ITV in the south west of England with some Westward TV archives. You will need a reader's ticket to do this. ArchiveGrid includes over 5 million catalog records describing archival materials, bringing together information about historical documents, personal papers, family histories, and more. in north Devon, where he played. She edited a new programme for women . 7= Here and Now Script: Stuart Hutchison and Roger Gage. 1.00 News; Christmas Box with Noelle Gordon and Eula Parker, also Frank Ifield, Dorothy Ward This is an almost complete programme by Westward TV (a UK regional ITV company) from the 1960s. 8 Mrs Thursday 45% 3.07 Chipperfield's All Star Christmas Circus - with Arthur Haynes and Richard Hearne It was presented by Roger Shaw, and recorded in front of a studio audience. 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. 9 Steptoe and Son (BBC) 44% in the We'd like to use additional cookies to remember your settings and understand how you use our services. Read tagging guidelines. 6 Ward 10 (Sept 29) 54% 7= Laramie (BBC), Week ending 27th Aug 1961 A bill before the Oregon Legislature would use public dollars to set up a new state agency to promote . 10= Sports Desk 47% (Nov 21) [30], Clive was a Londoner. .. 10.30am Small Time - The Christmas Tree Westward Television Menu, A mock West Country accent gives us a travelogue of the region, with pictures depicting rural pursuits. A 1965 18 minute promotional film from Westward Television. These 'affiliate' arrangements lasted until they were abolished in the 1964 franchise round. 9= Z Cars (BBC) 49 During Westward's tenure, Derry's Cross had three studios. However in 1965, sixteen of their programmes were sold. 6 Lorna Doone (BBC) 45% A 45 second clip of an unidentified puppet show follows. If you don't have an account please register. The first edition cost 5d, and featured a special article by Westward board member Daphne du Maurier. 8= Half Hour Story (Friday December 23rd 1966, Westward TV only, 6.05-6.30pm) 5= Frankie and Brucie's Show 47% 9.05 A Merry Max - Max Bygraves with Kenny Ball Division within HO - Commissions and committees (advisory and investigative), conferences and Royal Commissions. For non-Westward intelligensia, it is none other than, gasp, Gus Honeybun! He closed Westward Television with this announcement: Many thanks to our friends at Scottish Television, north of the border. 8 Double Talk 39% Agriculture was an important industry in South West England during Westward Television's franchise. 7.30 Emergency Ward 10 Angela Rippon was the programme's Editor, with Roger Gage being its director. 5.55 News; A Christmas Message Dr Ramsey Since most of Westward's output was for Home consumption, not much of their limited output was sold to other companies. 7= Peyton Place 51% (Wed 10th) 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. There were filmed contributions from Alan Freeman, Jan Leeming and David Vine and many clips of Westward programmes were shown. A number of experts would visit to present regular features: Ted Tuckerman would present a fishing spot called Tight Lines, Jon Miller (the zoologist, and also presenter of Southern Television's How) would present a spot about nature, architect David Young would examine local architecture of interest, and Topline Broadhurst would present regular gardening spots. Westward also had an arrangement with Associated TeleVision (ATV), to play out any networked Westward programmes onto the ITV network. 11.50 Weather 7= Laramie (BBC) December 13th 1964, 2.45-3pm. There was a regular spot called Help! 5.45 News Westward Television Menu. 6= Lawman Many Westward personalities, such as announcer Sheila Kennedy, also contributed articles to the magazine. A fancy dress Christmas party is interrupted by shattering news. 2.00 Christmas Fare with Cliff and The Sahdows Landmark- This was a 1965/ 1966 quiz , with local Women's Institutes competing. 8 London Palladium Show 51% 10= Crossroads 47% (Nov 23), Westward TV area Westward had fought off 11 competing bids to win the licence to broadcast to south west England. 2= Take Your Pick 53% 10= This Is Your life (BBC), TAM ratings for Westward TV area w/e Sept 30th 1962 1967 saw Acres for Profit on Sunday afternoons. 9.40 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - You'll Be the Death of Me 7 Maverick 45% 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= All Gas and Gaiters 47% (BBC) Treasure Hunt with host Keith Fordyce, Kenneth Horne in charge for a spell in the mid Sixties. 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. Enter the wild, rough and tumble world of Westward where adventure and untold fortune await you! 5= Coronation Street (May 12) October 4th 1964, 2.45-3pm. This was clearly to remind viewers of a new modern era as well as a new look. In 2010 the buildings were demolished to make way for a new retail development. 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. 2 Highway Patrol 56% This strand was made up of half-hour documentaries contributed by each of the ITV regions covering interesting aspects of their respective regions. March 29th 1964, 10= Panorama (BBC) 11.05 African Patrol - Killer from the Forest 10= Sports Desk (Westward Nov 20) 43% 4 A Chump at Oxford film (BBC) 50 3= Wagon Train 55% 7= Dixon of Dock Green (BBC) Westward Television was the first ITV franchise-holder for the South West of England. Initially, they published weekly programme listings in its own programme journal, Look Westward. 11.55 News The first original Kerisnel ferry to launch was a freight-only service. 9.55 News; Weather 9= Val Doonican (BBC), W/e 22nd October 1967 (Westward) 2 Route 66 49% 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. This site is not affiliated with any broadcaster, production company or design/marketing/talent agency. On Sunday mornings, Westward aired Look and See, a five-minute religious slot for the under-8s broadcast from the continuity studio. This was bought by TWW, Tyne Tees, Ulster and Grampian. 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).
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