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ITV 70: Around the Regions

S1 E52025

Anglia Television Launch in 1959

Episode Synopsis

It was a Tuesday teatime in October 1959 when Anglia Television was born, giving viewers in the East a choice in their regional news for the first time. Its symbol - the Anglia knight astride his horse - is still fondly remembered today.

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Bristol Bus Boycott in 1963

Episode 3

Goonhilly's First Transatlantic Broadcast

Episode 4

Anglia Television Launch in 1959

Episode 5

ITV's Birth in the Midlands

Episode 6

The Launch of Commercial Television in Wales

Episode 7

Yorkshire's Archive Treasure Trove

Episode 8

Viewers in the South of England Reminisce About ITV's Launch

Episode 9

The Belfast Shipyards in the Swinging '60s

Episode 10

Iconic ITV Studios Torn Down

Episode 11

Tyne Tees TV Launch in 1959

Episode 12

A Glimpse into LS Lowry's Life in the 1960s

Episode 13

Channel TV Launch in 1962

Episode 14

1965 Jersey Plane Crash

Episode 15

The SS Great Britain Returns to Bristol

Episode 16

Expelled Ugandan Asians Arrive in Devon

Episode 17

Central’s Look Back at News in the East Midlands 65-74

Episode 18

Central’s Look Back at News in the West Midlands 65-74

Episode 19

How Anglia TV Grew Through the Swinging Sixties

Episode 20

New Prince of Wales Aired to Millions in Colour

Episode 21

Lady Mary Peters on a Golden Moment

Episode 22

The ITV Shows Shot in the South East

Episode 23

The ITV Shows Shot in the South

Episode 24

Technicolour Tales: How Anglia Made the Switch from Black and White

Episode 25

It Was Supposed to be the UK's Answer to Jaws

Episode 26

Greenham Common Peace Protesters

Episode 27

The Rise and Fall of the Delorean Car

Episode 28

The Birth of Tiswas

Episode 29

Miners' Strike at 40

Episode 30

When Ipswich Town Ruled Europe

Episode 31

Nelson Mandela's Make Poverty History Speech

Episode 32

Leave the Fighting to McGuigan

Episode 33

Life in the South in the 1950s

Episode 34

When Kids TV Ruled the Airwaves

Episode 35

A Shopper's Paradise

Episode 36

A TV Trailblazer in the Eighties

Episode 37

Central’s Look Back at News in the East Midlands 85-94

Episode 38

Michael Heseltine on his Liverpool Legacy

Episode 39

Central’s Look Back at News in the East Midlands 95-04

Episode 40

Birmingham Hosts the G8 Summit

Episode 41

TV's Toughest Quiz - Did You Have the Krypton Factor?

Episode 42

When Anglia News Split into Two Regions

Episode 43

The Football Homecoming

Episode 44

Concorde's Triumphant Return to Bristol

Episode 45

Cornwall's Eden Project Opens

Episode 46

History-Making Election for Wales' National Assembly

Episode 47

The TV Village Experiment that Predicted Changing Viewing Habits

Episode 48

A 1990s Soap and a Game Show Filmed in Jersey

Episode 49

How Norwich Became One of the World's Daytime TV Capitals

Episode 50

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