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Thursday, September 22, 2005
ITV 22 Sept 1955 7.15pm Opening night - live on air from The Guildhall7.30pm The Hallé Orchestra perform Cockaigne (In London Town) by Sir Edward Elgar7.45pm Inaugural speeches8.00pm A sparkling Variety Show from ABC's Television Theatre[8.12pm Britain's first TV advert, for Gibbs SR toothpaste] 8.40pm Robert Morley introduces excerpts from The Importance of Being Earnest, (starring Dame Edith Evans and Sir John Gielgud), Baker's Dozen (starring Pamela Brown and Alec Guinness) and Private Lives (starring Kay Hammond and John Clements)9.10pm Professional Boxing - Terrence Murphy v Lew Lazar for the Southern Area Middleweight Championship.10.00pm News and Newsreel10.15pm Gala Night at the Mayfair - Leslie Mitchell introduces some of the guests.10.30pm Star Cabaret with Music by Billy Ternant and his Orchestra.10.50pm Preview - a glimpse of some of the programmes to come on Independent Television during the coming months.11.00pm Epilogue, National Anthem and close-down.(relive opening night h e r e ) ITV 22 Sept 2005 6:00am GMTV - litenews and lifestyle from the banal comfy sofa9:25am Inbred council estate scum shout at one another10:30am Daytime filler, including Fern & Philip, Loose Women and some cheap antiques trading3:30pm CITV (because it's worth making programmes for children young consumers these days)5:00pm Paul O'Grady meets Cilla Black, and the world shudders6:00pm Local News, almost the only nod to ITV's regional past6:30pm Evening News, because bad stuff happens7:00pm Emmerdale - the lesbian vet is on trial again, and the sheep are worried8:00pm The Bill - a live edition of the popular copsoapdrama[8.12pm Britain's five millionth TV advert, for dental whitening surgery] 9:00pm 49 Up - a bit of sheer documentary class, just to prove ITV can still cut it10:30pm News at Ten (thirty)11:00pm Regional programme produced on a shoestring for an audience of twelve11:35pm An American movie for you to fall asleep during1:50am Cheap overnight fillersITV 22 Sept 2055 6:00am A celebration of 100 years of Independent Terrestrial Vision, presented by Sir Ant and Lord Dec6:30am News for subscribers (but 30 minutes of pop-up adverts for the rest of you)7:00am Who wants to be a EuroMillionnaire?7:30am Coronation Street - Ken Barlow's twelfth stag night doesn't quite go according to plan8:00am I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, live from the fifth moon of Saturn (hosted by Brooklyn Beckham and She-droid XQ9)[8.12pm Personal adverts delivered to your hovercouch by hologram] 9:00am 99 Up, in which Tony's great great grandchildren club together to buy him a surprise parachute jump and Lynn looks forward to early retirement10:00am Ads at Ten10:30am Heartbeat - Aidensfield Police tackle another quaint early 21st century shoot-to-kill drugs bust11:00am You've Been Cloned11:30am Wish You Were Here, featuring a cruise to Alpha Centauri and a scuba diving holiday in Birmingham-on-Sea12 noon Programme loop repeats6:00pm Programme loop repeats12 midnight Programme loop repeats
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Wednesday, September 21, 2005
An ITV 50 : Tiswas , Upstairs Downstairs , The South Bank Show , Brideshead Revisited , 7/14/21/28/35/42/49 Up , The Krypton Factor , Metal Mickey , University Challenge , Robin of Sherwood , Sunday Night at the London Palladium , Game For A Laugh , Gus Honeybun , The Saint , Cracker , The Jewel In The Crown , Blockbusters , The New Statesman , Rainbow , Inspector Morse , Thunderbirds , The Prisoner , Sapphire and Steel , Interceptor , Press Gang , Tales of the Unexpected , Mr and Mrs , Emmerdale , Knightmare , 3-2-1 , Rising Damp , Sale of the Century , Take Your Pick , Magpie , Gladiators , Prime Suspect , Crown Court , The Avengers , How , Whicker's World , Spitting Image , The Sweeney , Ready Steady Go , Crossroads , Opportunity Knocks , Bullseye , Whoops Apocalypse , Emergency Ward Ten , Cluedo , World In Action and that soap opera with the killer tram (Did I miss anything?) posted 05:50 :
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ITV 50 (a semi-clickable history) Franchise birth: 1955: Rediffusion (London), ATV (London weekend)1956: Granada (North), ATV (Midlands), ABC (North weekend & Midlands weekend)1957: Scottish (Central Scotland)1958: Southern (South), TWW (S Wales & West)1959: Anglia (E), Tyne Tees (NE), Ulster (N Ireland)1961: Westward (SW), Grampian (N Scotland), Border (S Scotland)1962: Channel (Channel Islands), Teledu Cymru (N Wales)1983: TV-am Franchise changeover: 1968: ABC & Rediffusion → Thames , ATV → London Weekend , Granada (E) → Yorkshire , TWW & Teledu Cymru → HTV 1982: ATV → Central , Southern → TVS , Westward → TSW 1993: Thames → Carlton , TVS → Meridian , TSW → Westcountry , TV-am → GMTV Franchise takeover/merger 1993: Yorkshire merge with Tyne Tees1994: Carlton takeover Central, Granada takeover LWT1996: Carlton takeover Westcountry1997: Granada takeover Yorkshire/Tyne Tees, Scottish takeover Grampian2000: Granada takeover Anglia and Meridian, Carlton takeover HTV2004: Granada merge with Carlton and Border to form ITV plc Franchises today 2005: ITV , Scottish , Ulster , Channel
