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Channel Television during the 1979 ITV Strike

How did it continue broadcasting? (June 2019)

This site closed in March 2021 and is now a read-only archive
NL
Ne1L C
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dish
WW
WW Update
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dish


A cute movie worth checking out.

Here's a trailer:

VM
VMPhil
Riaz posted:

It was allegedly wiped by LWT because NASA possessed higher resolution footage for future use.

Well, that's not quite true:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11_missing_tapes
RI
Riaz
Maybe its with the TVS Archive!


This is hazy information althought it came from a knowledgeable source...

Southern Television had a copy of the ITV moon landing on 2 inch in their archive. It was not handed to TVS so if it survives today it will probably be with the rest of the Southern archive.
NL
Ne1L C
AIUI ITV's coverage was presented by David Frost. It had a sketch by Eric Sykes and a phone in which included a question about whether moon dust could grow bigger vegetables!.
BL
bluecortina
AIUI ITV's coverage was presented by David Frost. It had a sketch by Eric Sykes and a phone in which included a question about whether moon dust could grow bigger vegetables!.



Funnily enough I was perusing a copy of the programme’s running order only the other day.
BR
Brekkie
Unless you're suggesting Channel should have sent someone to the moon to fill a bit of airtime we seem to have gone a bit off topic here. Very Happy
NL
Ne1L C
Doesn't matter about going off topic. Its been great to read differing views and background info.
NL
Ne1L C
Speaking of going off topic:
https://www.itv.com/news/channel/2019-07-18/bid-to-launch-local-digital-radio-in-the-channel-islands/
NL
Ne1L C
Self bump: Thanks to nwtw2003:

@ITVonStrike on twitter has a whole range of clippings from the strike.
JK
JKDerry
Self bump: Thanks to nwtw2003:

@ITVonStrike on twitter has a whole range of clippings from the strike.

Can you give us the link
NL
Ne1L C
Self bump: Thanks to nwtw2003:

@ITVonStrike on twitter has a whole range of clippings from the strike.

Can you give us the link



Sure:
https://twitter.com/ITVonstrike

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