London Weekend TelevisionLondon Weekend Television (LWT; now part of the non-franchised ITV London region) was the ITV network franchise holder for Greater London and the home counties at weekends, broadcasting from Fridays at 5:15 pm (7:00 pm from 1968 until 1982) to Monday mornings at 6:00.
Independent Television AuthorityThe Independent Television Authority (ITA) was an agency created by the Television Act 1954 (2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 55) to supervise the creation of "Independent Television" (ITV), the first commercial television network in the United Kingdom. The ITA existed from 1954 until 1972.
ITV (TV network)TV network in the United KingdomTelevision channelITV is a British free-to-air public broadcasttelevision network. It is branded as ITV1 in most of the UK except for central and northern Scotland, where it is branded as STV. 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.
ABC Weekend TVABC Television Limited, popularly known as ABC Weekend TV, was a British broadcaster which provided the weekend service in the Midlands and Northern England regions of the Independent Television (ITV) network from 1956 to 1968. It was one of the "Big Four" companies that between them produced the majority of ITV networked programmes during this period.
ITV CentralITV Central, previously known as Central Independent Television, Central ITV, Carlton Central, ITV1 for Central England and commonly referred to as simply Central, is the Independent Television franchisee in the English Midlands. It was created following the restructuring of ATV, and it officially began broadcasting on 1 January 1982. The service is owned and operated by ITV plc under the licensee of ITV Broadcasting Limited.
History of ITVThe history of ITV, the United Kingdom and Crown Dependencies "Independent Television" commercial network, goes back to 1955. Independent Television began as a network of independently owned regional companies that were both broadcasters and programme makers, beginning with four companies operating six stations in three large regions in 1955–1956, and gradually expanding to 17 stations in 14 regions by 1962.
Alpha TowerAlpha Tower is a Grade II listed office skyscraper in Birmingham, England. It was designed by the Birmingham-born architect George Marsh of Richard Seifert & Partners as the headquarters of the commercial television company ATV (Associated Television) and part of the company's production studio complex known as ATV Centre, an adjacent shorter tower was planned but was never built. ATV closed in 1982, after which the building became offices.
CBSAmerican broadcast television and radio networkTelevision channelCBS BuildingCBS Broadcasting Inc. (CBS, an abbreviation of its original name, the Columbia Broadcasting System) is an Americancommercial broadcasttelevision network and the flagship property of the CBS Entertainment Group division of Skydance Corporation. It is one of Skydance's three flagship subsidiaries, along with Paramount Pictures and MTV.
HertfordshireCounty of EnglandNon-metropolitan and ceremonial county in EnglandHertfordshire ( , ; often abbreviated Herts) is a ceremonial county in the East of England. It borders Bedfordshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Essex to the east, Greater London to the south and Buckinghamshire to the west. The largest settlement is Watford. The county has an area of 634 square miles (1,640 km) and had an estimated population of 1,236,191 in 2024.
LondonLondon is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of 9.14 million people in 2025. Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 15.4 million. London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the head of a 50-mile (80 km) tidal estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for nearly 2,000 years.
MidlandsThe Midlands is the central part of England; it lies to the south of Northern England, to the north of Southern England, to the east of Wales and to the west of the North Sea. The Midlands comprises the ceremonial counties of Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Worcestershire.
BBC Elstree CentreThe BBC Elstree Centre, sometimes referred to as the BBC Elstree Studios, is a television production facility, currently owned by AXA. The complex is located between Eldon Avenue and Clarendon Road in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England. This site was the first of several such complexes colloquially referred to as Elstree Studios located in the area.
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