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20 years ago today...

(December 2012)

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GH
G Honeybun
20 years ago today Thames, TVS, TSW and TV-am stopped broadcasting Sad

Happy new year all
VM
VMPhil
Almost forgot about that. Tomorrow is the 20th anniversary what some people think as the day ITV started to go downhill.
IS
Inspector Sands
and not to forget:

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JV
James Vertigan Founding member
Some former TSW presenters may have passed on... but there's one floppy-eared friend who's still going strong all these years later - here he is in March of this year helping to launch a radio station I'm involved with...
JV
James Vertigan Founding member
Of course, we can't forget... this is particularly poignant this year given the sad death of Mike Morris earlier this year: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WEwyCEQWOQ
ST
stevek2
least the went out party style not like gmtv, about as low key and your kid's pet hamster's funeral
IS
Inspector Sands
least the went out party style not like gmtv, about as low key and your kid's pet hamster's funeral

They were two very different events. TVam -> GMTV was the end of a company, so a much bigger deal for all those involved. TVam was doing very well when it ended, so it was a celebration.

GMTV -> Daybreak was the end of a programme which had seen to have failed. Nothing was closing down and nearly everyone continued on the new programme so there was no fuss

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