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Granada Television ITV Granada, formerly known as Granada Television, is the ITV franchisee for the North West of England and Isle of Man. From 1956 to 1968 it broadcast to both the north west and Yorkshire but only on weekdays as ABC Weekend Television was it ...

(now known as

ITV Granada ITV Granada, formerly known as Granada Television, is the ITV franchisee for the North West of England and Isle of Man. From 1956 to 1968 it broadcast to both the north west and Yorkshire but only on weekdays as ABC Weekend Television was it ...

), and of the television interests of its former owner

Granada plc Granada plc (previously called Granada Ltd, Granada Group plc, and Granada Media plc) was a British conglomerate best known as the parent from 1954 to 2004 of the Manchester-based Granada Television. The company merged with Carlton Communica ...

. Granada Television has provided the

ITV ITV or iTV may refer to: ITV *Independent Television (ITV), a British television network, consisting of: ** ITV (TV network), a free-to-air national commercial television network covering the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islan ...

service for North West England since 1968, and previously provided the service for the North of England on weekdays from 1956 to 1968. Granada plc took over the services for London at weekends, Yorkshire, the North East, the South, the East, Cumbria and southern Scotland before merging with

Carlton Communications Carlton was a British media company. It was led by Michael P. Green and listed on the London Stock Exchange from 1983 until 2 February 2004, when it was bought by Granada plc in a corporate takeover to form ITV plc. Carlton shareholders gained ap ...

to form

ITV plc ITV plc is a British media company that holds 13 of the 15 regional television licences that make up the ITV network (Channel 3), the oldest and largest commercial terrestrial television network in the United Kingdom. ITV plc is listed on the ...

1950s

* 1951 **12 October – The

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transmitter is opened in

Northern England Northern England, also known as the North of England, the North Country, or simply the North, is the northern area of England. It broadly corresponds to the former borders of Angle Northumbria, the Anglo-Scandinavian Kingdom of Jorvik, and the ...

, making the

BBC Television Service BBC Television is a service of the BBC. The corporation has operated a public broadcast television service in the United Kingdom, under the terms of a royal charter, since 1927. It produced television programmes from its own studios from 19 ...

available to the region for the first time. * 1954 **The

Independent Television Authority The Independent Television Authority (ITA) was an agency created by the Television Act 1954 to supervise the creation of "Independent Television" (ITV (TV network), ITV), the first commercial television network in the United Kingdom. The ITA exi ...

(ITA) awards Granada the North of England contract for Monday to Friday -

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gets the weekend licence. *1955 **No events. * 1956 **3 May – Granada Television launches, originally just broadcasting in the North West. **3 November – Granada and weekend contractor

, begin transmitting across most of Yorkshire from the newly built

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. * 1957 **No events. * 1958 **13 February – Granada becomes the first British broadcaster to fully cover a

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. Granada's groundbreaking coverage of the

1958 Rochdale by-election The Rochdale by-election of 13 February 1958 was a by-election for the constituency of Rochdale, in Lancashire, England, in the House of Commons. It was called following the death on 16 December 1957 of the sitting Conservative Member of Parliame ...

includes two candidate debates. * 1959 **No events.

1960s

* 1960 **9 December – The

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of the soap opera ''

Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city Salford. Origi ...

'', is aired on ITV. Intended as a 13-week pilot, it continues to this day as the world's longest-running television soap opera. * 1961 ** No events. * 1962 **21 September – The first episode of the quiz show ''

University Challenge ''University Challenge'' is a British television quiz programme which first aired in 1962. ''University Challenge'' aired for 913 episodes on ITV from 21 September 1962 to 31 December 1987, presented by quizmaster Bamber Gascoigne. The BBC ...

'' is broadcast and is one of the very few non-news/current affairs programmes on ITV to be transmitted without a commercial break. * 1963 **7 January – The first edition of Granada's flagship current affairs programme ''

World in Action ''World in Action'' was a British investigative current affairs programme made by Granada Television for ITV from 7 January 1963 until 7 December 1998. Its campaigning journalism frequently had a major impact on events of the day. Its producti ...

'' is broadcast and would run until 1998. * 1964 **24 February – Granada broadcasts after midnight for the first time when it shows coverage of

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's title fight at

Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...

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. **5 May – ''

'' broadcasts a film called ''

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'' which followed the lives of 14 children aged seven. It continued to track their lives at seven-year intervals and its latest instalment, ''63 Up'', aired in 2019. **Granada is given a three-year extension to its licence. This is later extended by a further year. * 1965 **A new relay station in

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extends Granada's North of England service to the Yorkshire coast. * 1966 **No events. * 1967 **The

announces that the forthcoming ITV licensing round will see the ''North of England'' franchise split between ''North West England'' and the three Ridings of Yorkshire with each license being seven days a week operations. * 1968 **29 July – From this day, Granada only broadcasts to the North West although it now operates seven days a week. **August – A technicians strike forces ITV off the air for several weeks although management manage to launch a temporary

ITV Emergency National Service The ITV Emergency National Service was the management response to the near-complete Independent Television technicians' strike immediately after the 1968 franchise changes took effect.Bowden-Smith, Kif Strike Service'' Vision On, 1 January 2002, ...

with no regional variations. **Granada launches its famous pointed ‘G’ logo, replacing the “From the North” tagline. The new ident is not animated and consists purely of a static caption.TV Live: Granada
/ref> * 1969 **15 November – Granada starts broadcasting in colour.

1970s

* 1970 **No events. * 1971 **2 August – The Pendle Forest transmitter is switched on and becomes the first UHF relay service to be operated by the

. The transmitter covers east Lancashire. * 1972 **28 January – The Saddleworth transmitter begins broadcasting and brings improved reception to people living in the eastern areas of Greater Manchester including Saddleworth, Mossley and Stalybridge. **26 June – The Lancaster transmitter is switched on. **16 October – Following the lifting of restrictions on broadcasting hours, Granada launches an afternoon service. * 1973 **Granada's nightly news programme is relaunched as ''

Granada Reports ITV News ''Granada Reports'' is a British television news service broadcast and produced by ITV Granada. Overview ''Granada Reports'' is produced and broadcast from studios in the Orange Tower at MediaCityUK in Salford Quays. Before this, the ...

''. It had previously went under various titles, including ''Northern Newscast'', ''Scene at Six Thirty'', ''Newsview'' and ''People and Places''. * 1974 **The 1974 franchise round sees no changes in ITV's contractors as it is felt that the huge cost in switching to colour television would have made the companies unable to compete against rivals in a franchise battle. * 1975 **No events. * 1976 **No events. * 1977 **No events. * 1978 **10 April – Granada opens a news base in

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. * 1979 **10 August – The ten week ITV strike forces Granada Television off the air. The strike ends on 24 October.

1980s

* 1980 **28 December – The

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announces the new contractors to commence on 1 January 1982 and Granada is reawarded its licence although its coverage area is to be slightly reduced with several transmitters along its border being transferred to other companies. * 1981 **No events. * 1982 **1 January – Granada loses the right to broadcast to the

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and

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area of

West Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. It is an inland and upland county having eastward-draining valleys while taking in the moors of the Pennines. West Yorkshire came into exi ...

and to the

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area of south Cumbria when the transmitters covering these areas are transferred to

Yorkshire Television ITV Yorkshire, previously known as Yorkshire Television and commonly referred to as just YTV, is the British television service provided by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the Yorkshire franchise area on the ITV (TV network), ITV network. Until 19 ...

and

Border Television ITV Border, previously Border Television and commonly referred to as simply Border, is the Channel 3 service provided by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the England/Scotland border region, covering most of Cumbria, Dumfries and Galloway, the S ...

respectively. * 1983 **1 February – ITV's breakfast television service

TV-am TV-am was a TV company that broadcast the ITV franchise for breakfast television in the United Kingdom from 1 February 1983 until 31 December 1992. The station was the UK's first national operator of a commercial breakfast television franchise ...

launches. Consequently, Granada's broadcast day now begins at 9:25am. **14 February – Granada does not broadcast on that day because of an industrial dispute staged by electricians at their Manchester studios that is sparked by discord when a foreman receives a pay rise without union knowledge. Members of the

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(EETPU) hold a meeting to discuss the situation, scheduling it to coincide with the evening's broadcast of ''

''. As a result, the Monday evening schedule is heavily disrupted while ''Coronation Street'' is scheduled as a one-off omnibus edition along with the week's Wednesday episode later in the week and is also aired on

Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned enterprise, state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a four ...

the following Sunday. * 1984 **No events. * 1985 **3 January – The last day of transmission using the 405-lines system. * 1986 **April – Most of Granada's regional news operations is relocated from

to a computerised news centre at the former Traffic Office building in

Albert Dock Albert Dock may refer to: *Albert Dock, Hull, in Kingston upon Hull, England *Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, a dock and warehouse system in Liverpool, England *Royal Albert Dock, London The Royal Albert Dock is one of three docks in the Royal ...

. * 1987 **7 September – Following the transfer of

ITV Schools ITV Schools (full name: Independent Television for Schools and Colleges) was the educational television service set up in 1957 by the Independent Television Authority, broadcasting learning programmes for children ages 5 to 18 across ITV-affili ...

to Channel 4, ITV provides a full morning programme schedule, with advertising, for the first time. The new service includes regular five-minute national and regional news bulletins. **31 December – ''

'' is broadcast on ITV for the final time, after being on the air for 25 years. Recent years had seen it aired in off-peak slots and the two London companies had dropped the show in 1983. However, in 1992, a new one-off episode aired on BBC2 as part of a Granada-themed evening which led to a revival in 1994 which is still running to this day. * 1988 **13 February – Granada begins 24-hour broadcasting. **2 September – Granada launches an overnight service called ''Night Time'' to make it easier for the smaller companies to introduce 24-hour broadcasting. The service is networked to Tyne Tees, TSW,

Grampian Grampian ( gd, Roinn a' Mhonaidh) was one of nine former local government regions of Scotland created in 1975 by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and abolished in 1996 by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994. The region to ...

and

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with

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taking the service from 3 October. **3 October – Having been awarded the contract to produce ITV's new flagship daytime programme, '' This Morning'' makes its debut, broadcast live from its studios at Albert Dock in Liverpool. Granada had fought off bids from four other ITV companies to produce the show. * 1989 **5 June – Granada launches a look featuring a translucent pointed G which rotated into place in time to the music against a natural scene. **1 September – ITV introduces its first official logo as part of an attempt to unify the network under one image whilst retaining regional identity. However, Granada refused to adopt it, because the Granada Television logo was incorrectly inserted into the 'V' segment of the logo. The company used a version with its translucent logo shown at the beginning, before continuing with the generic ident and ending with the generic ITV logo.

1990s

* 1990 **2 January – Granada Television's nightly news programme ''

'' is rebranded as ''Granada Tonight'' and the shorter bulletins are rebranded as ''Granada News''. **May – ''

What the Papers Say ''What The Papers Say'' is a British radio and television series. It consists of quotations from headlines and comment pages in the previous week's newspapers, read in a variety of voices and accents by actors. The quotes are linked by a scri ...

'' which has been broadcast on ITV and Channel 4 since 1956, becomes the first Granada commission for the BBC when the show transfers over to them. **25 May – Granada starts broadcasting in NICAM digital stereo. **4 June – Granada Television in the run-up to the 1991 franchise round, relaunches its on-screen branding to a blue stripe descending from the top of the screen, containing the pointed 'G' against a plain white background accompanied by the same music as before. Variations are seen from which the stripe formed from a falling feather or was backlit. * 1991 **16 October – The

Independent Television Commission The Independent Television Commission (ITC) licensed and regulated commercial television services in the United Kingdom (except S4C in Wales) between 1 January 1991 and 28 December 2003. History The creation of ITC, by the Broadcasting Act ...

announces the results of the franchise round. Granada Television is reawarded its licence. A rival bid came from

Mersey Television Lime Pictures, formerly known as Mersey Television, is a British television production company, founded by producer and writer Phil Redmond in the early 1980s. They produce award winning drama, and entertainment shows, for the international mar ...

, a company producing the

soap opera ''

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''. They bid £35 million compared to Granada's £9m, but Granada won as Mersey TV did not meet the 'quality threshold' applied by the Independent Television Commission. * 1992 **''

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'' returns to

, although bulletins continue to be broadcast from the Albert Dock newsroom until 1998. * 1993 **No events. * 1994 **21 September – ''

'' is revived with the BBC commissioning Granada to produce this version. It is presented by

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until 2023 and is still running to this day. * 1995 **4 June – Granada closes its ''Night Time'' service and instead carries the new national overnight service from London. * 1996 **The daytime show '' This Morning'' is moved from

the London Studios The London Studios (also known as The South Bank Studios, The London Television Centre, ITV Tower, Kent House and LWT Tower) in Lambeth, Central London was a television studio complex owned by ITV plc and originally built for London Weekend Te ...

on the grounds that it was difficult to get celebrity guests to travel from London to Liverpool. **1 October –

Granada Sky Broadcasting ITV Digital Channels Limited (formerly known as Granada Sky Broadcasting) is a wholly owned subsidiary of British broadcaster ITV plc. It manages all of the company's television channels with the exception of ITV, which is part of the entir ...

launches. It is a joint venture between Granada and

BSkyB Sky UK Limited is a British broadcaster and telecommunications company that provides television and broadband Internet services, fixed line and mobile telephone services to consumers and businesses in the United Kingdom. It is a subsidiary of ...

. The four-channel service consists of

Granada Plus Plus was a digital channel run by Granada Sky Broadcasting. It was launched on 1 October 1996 under the original name of Granada Plus, and during its availability it underwent successive rebrands as G Plus, G+ and then simply Plus. However, it ...

, showing entertainment programmes from the archives of Granada and its subsidiaries including classic episodes of ''

'',

Granada Good Life Granada Breeze was a lifestyle channel operated by Granada Sky Broadcasting, a joint venture between Granada Television and British Sky Broadcasting. The channel was launched as Granada Good Life on 1 October 1996. Programming It was aimed a ...

, a lifestyle channel split into four segments: Granada Food & Wine, Granada Health & Beauty, Granada TV High Street and Granada Home & Garden, Granada Men & Motors, a channel aimed at men and broadcasts for three hours each night after Granada Plus and

Granada Talk TV Granada Talk (alternatively Granada Talk TV) was a short-lived TV channel owned and operated by ITV Digital Channels Ltd, Granada Sky Broadcasting, a joint venture between BSkyB and Granada Television. It launched on 1 October 1996 with the oth ...

, a daytime-only debate channel. * 1997 **31 January –

Carlton Television Carlton Television (now part of the non-franchised ITV London region) was the ITV franchise holder for London and the surrounding counties from 9.25am every Monday to 5.15pm every Friday. The company is now managed with London Weekend Televi ...

and

British Sky Broadcasting Sky UK Limited is a British broadcaster and telecommunications company that provides television and broadband Internet services, fixed line and mobile telephone services to consumers and businesses in the United Kingdom. It is a subsidiary of ...

(BSkyB), create British Digital Broadcasting (BDB) as a joint venture to operate three

digital terrestrial television Digital terrestrial television (DTTV or DTT, or DTTB with "broadcasting") is a technology for terrestrial television in which land-based (terrestrial) television stations broadcast television content by radio waves to televisions in consumers' ...

(DTT) licences. **26 June – Granada Group plc (now

) acquires Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television plc . **31 August –

closes. **20 December – The ITC awards the sole DTT broadcast licence to British Digital Broadcasting. However, BSkyB had by now been forced by the ITC to pull out of the joint venture on competition grounds, effectively placed Sky's forthcoming digital satellite service in direct competition with the new service, although Sky was still required to provide key channels such as

Sky Movies Sky Cinema is a British subscription film service owned by Sky Group (a division of Comcast). In the United Kingdom, Sky Cinema channels currently broadcast on the Sky satellite and Virgin Media cable platforms, and in addition Sky Cinema ...

and

Sky Sports Sky Sports is a group of British subscription sports channels operated by the satellite pay television company Sky Group (a division of Comcast), and is the dominant subscription television sports brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It ...

to ONdigital. * 1998 **1 May –

is relaunched as a single channel called Granada Breeze in order to improve ratings. **28 July – BDB announces that the DTT service will be called ONdigital. **15 November ***

OnDigital ITV Digital was a British digital terrestrial television broadcaster which launched a pay-TV service on the world's first digital terrestrial television network. Its main shareholders were Carlton Communications plc and Granada plc, owners o ...

launches and the three remaining

channels form part of the service. ***The home-shopping channel Shop! launches, in conjunction with Littlewoods. **7 December – After 35 years on the air, the final edition of Granada's current affairs programme ''

'' is broadcast. It is replaced the following April by ''

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'' which adopts a lighter, UK-orientated human interest-led agenda. * 1999 **8 November – A new, hearts-based on-air look is introduced.

2000s

* 2000 **August – The

Granada Studios Old Granada Studios (known simply as Granada Studios and previously known as The Manchester Studios) is a television studio complex and events venue on Quay Street in Manchester with the facility to broadcast live and recorded television programm ...

are handed over to 3SixtyMedia, a new joint venture between Granada Television and

BBC Manchester BBC Manchester (often known as BBC Salford) is the British Broadcasting Corporation regional headquarters for the North West, the largest BBC region in the UK. BBC Manchester is a department of the BBC North Group division. The BBC considers th ...

. **8 December – ''Coronation Street'' airs a live episode to mark 40 years of the soap, featuring guest appearances from

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and Sir

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. * 2001 **July – Granada buys

. **11 July – Granada and Carlton relaunch OnDigital as

ITV Digital ITV Digital was a British digital terrestrial television broadcaster which launched a pay-TV service on the world's first digital terrestrial television network. Its main shareholders were Carlton Communications plc and Granada plc, owners o ...

in an attempt to better compete with Sky. **11 August – ITV's main channel is rebranded ITV1. **28 September – Granada's flagship nightly news programme ''

'' is rebranded to its original title ''Granada Reports''. * 2002 **27 March – ITV Digital goes into administration. **8 April – Shop! closes. **30 April –

Granada Breeze Granada Breeze was a lifestyle channel operated by ITV Digital Channels Ltd, Granada Sky Broadcasting, a joint venture between Granada Television and British Sky Broadcasting. The channel was launched as Granada Good Life on 1 October 1996. Pr ...

closes. **1 May – ITV Digital stops broadcasting. **28 October – On-air regional identities are dropped apart from when introducing regional programmes and Granada is renamed ITV1 Granada. This leads to sweeping cuts in the organisation, including cutting budgets for programmes and a loss of jobs at Granada's Manchester headquarters. * 2003 **No events. * 2004 **2 February –

merges with

to form a single England and Wales ITV company called

. **31 October – The Granada logo is seen at the end of its own programmes for the final time. **1 November ***ITV takes full control of

. ***

closes to make way for

ITV3 ITV3 is a British free-to-air television channel owned by ITV Digital Channels, a division of ITV plc. The channel was first launched on Monday 1 November 2004 at 9pm, replacing Plus (Granada). ITV3 is the sixth-largest UK television channel by ...

. ***All Granada productions are now credited as "Granada Manchester". *2005 **Granada closes its offices in

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and

Chester Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Dee, close to the English–Welsh border. With a population of 79,645 in 2011,"2011 Census results: People and Population Profile: Chester Loca ...

. * 2006 **16 January – The Granada name stops appearing at the end of programmes when the in-house production arm is renamed '

ITV Productions ITV Studios is a British multinational television production and distribution company owned by the British television broadcaster ITV plc. It handles production and distribution of programmes broadcast on the ITV (TV network), ITV network and th ...

'. **July – Granada closes its studios at

. **November – Granada loses its on-air identity when regional programming begins to be voiced as ITV1 or ITV1 Granada over a generic ident. * 2007 **No events. * 2008 **22 May – ''

'' is broadcast on for the final time following a decision by the BBC not to renew the programme. It had been produced by Granada since the station first went on the air in 1956. **December – All non-news local programming ends after

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gives ITV permission to drastically cut back its regional programming. From 2009, the only regional programme is the monthly political discussion show. * 2009 **February – ITV makes major cutbacks to its regional broadcasts in England. '' Granada News'' is unaffected by the changes. **16 July – ITV Granada takes over coverage of the Isle of Man from

ITV Border ITV Border, previously Border Television and commonly referred to as simply Border, is the Channel 3 service provided by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the England/Scotland border region, covering most of Cumbria, Dumfries and Galloway, the S ...

. **2 December – The Granada region completes its

digital switchover The digital television transition, also called the digital switchover (DSO), the analogue switch/sign-off (ASO), the digital migration, or the analogue shutdown, is the process in which older analogue television broadcasting technology is conv ...

2010s

*2010 **1 April –

Men & Motors Men & Motors was a men's lifestyle television channel in the UK. It was the last remaining station operated by the former Granada Sky Broadcasting joint venture, set up by Granada Television (now part of ITV plc) and satellite broadcaster Briti ...

stops broadcasting. **September – The iconic "Granada TV" sign on the roof and entrance of

is removed after a safety check revealed the signs which have been in place since the 1950s were severely corroded and unsafe. **16 December – ITV announces that it will move its North West production facilities from the Granada Studios on Quay Street in central

MediaCityUK MediaCityUK is a mixed-use property development on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal in Salford, Greater Manchester, England. The project was developed by Peel Media; its principal tenants are media organisations and the Quayside MediaCi ...

. *2011 **No events. *2012 **No events. *2013 **24 March – ''

'' is broadcast from

for the first time, signifying the completion of the initial phase of Granada's migration from the Granada Studios in Quay Street. The MediaCity site is home to approximately 750 employees at ITV Granada and ITV Studios. **June – The Granada Studios close.

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