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Kennedy Thomson
Kennedy Thomson (4 April 1936 – 22 May 1996) was a Scottish broadcaster and actor, best known for his work at Grampian Television. Born in Glasgow) Thomson, studied drama at Jordanhill College and Glasgow University and gained a diploma from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. In his home city, he worked with the Citizens Theatre, BBC Scotland and Scottish Television before moving to Aberdeen in 1969 to oversee speech training at the city's Aberdeen College, College of Commerce. The following year, Thomson joined Grampian as a continuity announcer and also read regional news bulletins (''North News'', ''North Headlines'', ''Grampian Headlines'') throughout the day. He was also a presenter on various programmes for the station including schools programme ''Mathman'' (as the title character), ''Wonder Weekly'', ''Wings & Things'' and the film magazine series ''The Electric Theatre Show''. Thomson also presented a request show for Gram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ITV (TV Network)
ITV is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network. It was launched in 1955 as Independent Television to provide competition to BBC Television (established in 1936). ITV is the oldest commercial network in the UK. Since the passing of the Broadcasting Act 1990, it has been legally known as Channel 3 to distinguish it from the other analogue channels at the time, BBC1, BBC2 and Channel 4. ITV was for four decades a network of separate companies which provided regional television services and also shared programmes between each other to be shown on the entire network. Each franchise was originally owned by a different company. After several mergers, the fifteen regional franchises are now held by two companies: ITV plc, which runs the ITV1 channel, and STV Group, which runs the STV channel. The ITV network is a separate entity from ITV plc, the company that resulted from the merger of Granada plc and Carlton Communications in 2004. ITV plc holds the Channel 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
