Westward's most successful local quiz was undoubtedly October 4th 1964, 2.45-3pm. A bill before the Oregon Legislature would use public dollars to set up a new state agency to promote . Channel 9 (Stockland Hill), Channel 12 (Caradon Hill). Thus Westward representatives toured the town advising viewers that by turning their aerials they could receive Westward transmissions. 3 Perry Mason (BBC) 55% 5= Wagon Train TheBluechickens 51K views 10 years ago. 7.30 HMS Paradise - Hail Lieutenant Hathway- and Farewell Close down, Covering the West An illustration of a magnifying glass. 4= Billy Cotton Show (BBC) 6 Ward 10 (Sept 29) 54% 5= Miss Westward 67 (WTV) 38% From 730,000 homes in May 1961, three years later there are 1,100,000 homes, 68% of all homes in the region. 9= Thursday Film: Divided Heart (WTV) 40% Instead, the company concentrated on regional programming. 12.05pm The Nativity (A-R) Originally, there were three presenters Barry Westwood, Reginald Bosanquet and Kenneth MacLeod who rotated on a weekly basis. July 3rd 1966, 2.35-3pm reporter Don Rickard. In 1981 the studios, along with the company, were purchased by TSW; in 1993 the building was sold to a firm of solicitors and converted into offices. 7.00 Treasure Hunt 7= Ordinary People (Westward) 2 Top of the Pops (BBC) 54 An illustration of a person's head and chest. Subscribe now for regular news, updates and priority booking for events, All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated, HO - Records created or inherited by the Home Office, Ministry of Home Security, and related bodies. John Doyle reports 40 years ago. Westward Television Limited | The National Archives Home Discovery HO 245/1032 Start new search Print Discovery help Bookmark You are in The National Archives' catalogue HO - Records. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Producer: Roger Gage. Angela Rippon was the programme's Editor, with Roger Gage being its director. This record has not been digitised and cannot be downloaded. Programmes from before about 1977 are spotty in the broadcasters archives, getting less likely to have been kept the further back in time you go. 11.40 Faith for Life; Close down, 4.38 Westward News Headlines Manufacturing industry is increasing. Titled 'Do Children Understand?' 1.00 News; Christmas Box with Noelle Gordon and Eula Parker, also Frank Ifield, Dorothy Ward To mark the change, Westward's ident was re-shot in colour.[7]. This is an almost complete programme by Westward TV (a UK regional ITV company) from the 1960s. 1= Coronation St (Mon) 48% 2 Take Your Pick 44% The film is missing some minutes at the beginning and the title at the start of the film was added by me afterwards and is not on the original 16mm print. 6.05 Westward Diary; Weather 29 April - Westward Television starts broadcasting. 6 Lorna Doone (BBC) 45% A rather odd Christmas-themed start-up sequence from Westward TV. Then Sports Editor David Vine, host of Sports Desk, informs us that the station has covered no less than 48 different sports. Westward's contributions to the network were very rare at first, mainly consisting of one-off programmes and editions of the Morning Service (later renamed Morning Worship). 2 Compact (May 1 BBC) 51% Westward's most successful local quiz was undoubtedly Bristol Water is urging people to stay safe and not swim in the water at spots like Chew Valley or Cheddar Lake this weekend. 12.15pm Sunday Session- The Anatomy of First Aid, 12.35 Les Trois Coups, 12.55 Interval, 1.20 ABC of Do It Yourself- ends 1.45 Westward Television was the first ITV franchise-holder for the South West of England. Gus was retained by TSW when they took over the franchise. TV's Lost & Found: Television Archives and Museums see our cookie policy. 7 Laramie (BBC) 47% 4= Coronation Street (Nov 19) 51% The news would be read by the duty announcer, so MacLeod's role on the Diary was not as a newsreader but a presenter holding the whole package together. Kenneth MacLeod had to present Westward Diary in what looked to viewers like almost total darkness, as the union permitted only the house lights to be switched on in the studio. Addiction treatment advocates blast proposal to fund new state agency Indeed, any copy they do have will likely be very expensive to purchase, if thats even possible. 5.55 News; A Christmas Message Dr Ramsey . A Westward celebrity is missing. 8 The Rag Trade (BBC) 45% Westward Television (Defunct) Archives - Showreel 3= Coronation Street (July 1) 46% 5 Coronation Street (Nov 22) 48% 1= Variety Parade 48% Broadcasting from the South West of England on the transmitters of the Independent Broadcasting Aurthority. 8= The Mortal Storm (BBC) 36% 2 Coronation Street (July 31) 44% [1] 1962 No events. 22 April - The Huntshaw Cross transmitting station opens, providing better reception across north Devon. 1 Val Doonican Show (BBC) 55% [1] 1962 to 1967. we are informed the area is more than this traditional picture. 3= Steptoe and Son (BBC) 45% 9.05 A Merry Max - Max Bygraves with Kenny Ball 5.00 Gus Honeybun's Birthdays 11.00 Christmas Morning Service from the Church of the Ascension Wembley A line drawing of the Internet Archive headquarters building faade. The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), 6= Coronation Street49 (Dec 24th) Music and Lyrics: John Bartlett and Terry Roper. Looking back: Westward Television reports 40 years ago 9= The Dakotas 41% Its holdings are from 1898 to the present day and its core collections are the Television South West Film and Video Library (which includes all Channel 3 material for the area from 1961 to 1992) and the BBC South West Film Collection (dating from 1961 onward). 10.52 Dial 999 - Extradition 7 Compact (BBC July 11) 42% The ITV Network: Part 10 - Westward TV (Westward Television)Our journey through the ITV Network continues here on the Ident Review Extra! 9.10 No Hiding Place 100,000 Halfpennies So as we say goodbye from Westward in 1981. TSW then began with a short video clip of a champagne bottle being opened, accompanied by the short audio version of the station ident "That's Soul, Write". 8.55 News 9= Cilla (BBC) (BBC) 43% Westward's region was surrounded on three sides by the sea, which was strongly reflected in Westward's output and its company logo, a silver model of the Golden Hind. Shirley Bassey in the Sunday Night at the London Palladium is given 40 seconds. 7 Tarzan 46% [36], Like About Britain, Doing Things was a series of half-hour filmed documentaries contributed by the various ITV regions and broadcast in the early afternoon. 6= The Big Valley 50% 10.10 Rhapsody in Blue film starring Robert Alda 5.35 F Troop - Too Many Cooks Spoil the Troop The Good Old Days, Juke Box Jury, TAM ratings for Westward TV area w/e 7 July 1963 The first original Kerisnel ferry to launch was a freight-only service. The Westward Diary team investigate, aided by Batman and Robin. This was called The Show Without A Title, and was the brainchild of the station's then Programme Controller Terry Fleet. The archive, renamed the South West Film and Television Archive (SWFTA) [6] in 2003, holds the entire surviving back catalogue of Westward and TSW programmes, and several tens of thousands of other items (which all have a connection to the south-west of England) donated by members of the general public. December 13th 1964, 2.45-3pm. You can order records in advance to be ready for you when you visit Kew. Treasure Hunt with host Keith Fordyce, Kenneth Horne in charge for a spell in the mid Sixties. Treasure Hunt with host Keith Fordyce, Kenneth Horne in charge for a spell in the mid Sixties. Westward Television is the company which under agreement with the Independent Television Authority provides the television programmes in South-West England during the whole week. March 7th 1965, 2.45-3pm, with Farmers Weather. 7= Dixon of Dock Green (BBC) What does lockdown lifting look like across the UK? 2= Take Your Pick Westward Television and Television South West (TSW) The largest single collection made up of the news and programme libraries of the ITV broadcasters for the South West region from 1961 to 1992. It held the franchise from 29 April 1961 until 31 December 1981. 5= EW10 (Aug 22) 46% Westward launched the career of many broadcasters who became well known nationally, won numerous awards for its programming, and heavily influenced its successor, TSW. What can you expect when pubs, bars and restaurants reopen? [12] This ident was altered slightly in the late 1960s to update the font to Compacta Bold. 4 Laramie (BBC) 52 12.30 Gus Honeybun and Yogi Bear 9 Bootsie and Snudge 44% An illustration of a horizontal line over an up pointing arrow. 10= Criss Cross Quiz 51% But a New Year's Eve is also a time for looking ahead and, as Dr. Samuel Johnson said, 'New things are made familiar and familiar things made new.' 3= Take Your Pick 5.50 * Christmas Message - by the Bishop of Crediton We'd like to use additional cookies to remember your settings and understand how you use our services. One of the best known programmes was Treasure Hunt, a game show presented by Kenneth Horne and Keith Fordyce, among others, which ran for 14 years and at one stage featured Jethro as the pirate co-host.[15]. 1966 No events. (Friday December 23rd 1966, Westward TV only, 6.05-6.30pm) 1.00 News; Christmas Box with Noelle Gordon and Eula Parker, also Frank Ifield, Dorothy Ward Their website says: Can I have a copy of a BBC programme? 4 London Palladium 52% 3= Black and White Minstrels (BBC) 1961. 2= Coronation Street51 (Apr 15th) 7= Crossroads (3 Oct) 41% 14th February 1965 (Westward) The series "examines successful farm management in the West County," introduced by Don Rickard. Its presenters included Norah Thomas, Jill Mapson, Pat Webber and Ann Davey. 8.55 News Three further Westward programmes were shown on the complete network, while three others were networked to the 'little network' of regional companies, including the children's series Go! This time around, w. Westward TV (Westward Television) - The ITV Network | The - YouTube Westward was one of the first ITV regions to broadcast a late-evening regional news bulletin (Westward Late News).[16]. Close down, 11am The Morning Service - from The Church with the Holy Name Claygate These extra off-peak hours gave smaller ITV companies a chance to provide some networked or part-networked programmes. Gus's behaviour tended to be excellent for Roger Shaw, but for Judi Spiers and Iain Stirling he could be rather unpredictable. From leading . In the early 1970s, A Date With Danton was a stand-alone weekly programme that provided a round-up of local arts and entertainment events.