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"Goodbye Granadaland" to air Sat 15th June (May 2013)

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Westy2
Andrew posted:
When was the last time ITV in England ran a regional documentary?

Of course it's networked, it's a light doc hosted by Peter Kay apparently.


Well, a few years back the Beeb put out Stand Up For The Midlands/North/South late one Saturday, narrated by Angus Deayton, but I suppose Angus no longer has the pulling power he once had!
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The Nurse
Andrew posted:
When was the last time ITV in England ran a regional documentary?


Aw I still miss Locks & Quays!
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excel99
kernow posted:
I actually seem to remember a regional programme being shown on Yorkshire (I think) quite recently (I think it was last year and shown after News at Ten), related to a news event, but can't remember what it was for though.

11th May 2010 - 25th anniversary of the Bradford City football stadium fire
http://www.tvforum.co.uk/thenewsroom/yorkshire-lincolnshire-11414/page-431
Followed by a 'Northern Skies' repeat

Not sure if it was pre-planned or due to the cancellation of the 6pm regional news - it was the day David Cameron became prime minister so there was breaking news coverage 5-7pm IIRC of the coalition negotiations (then ITV didn't bother to show the actual transition of power in the evening)
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Rijowhi
Brekkie posted:
ITV will be airing a documentary on the 15th June called "Goodbye Granadaland" - even though of course the official message is that ITV are far from saying goodbye to Granadaland!


Interesting name for a documentary, I wonder if the name 'Granada' will be totally gone in the near future... Anyway sounds like this could be something worth watching...this sort of thing would not have happened a few years ago methinks.
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Andrew Founding member
excel99 posted:
kernow posted:
I actually seem to remember a regional programme being shown on Yorkshire (I think) quite recently (I think it was last year and shown after News at Ten), related to a news event, but can't remember what it was for though.

11th May 2010 - 25th anniversary of the Bradford City football stadium fire
http://www.tvforum.co.uk/thenewsroom/yorkshire-lincolnshire-11414/page-431
Followed by a 'Northern Skies' repeat

Not sure if it was pre-planned or due to the cancellation of the 6pm regional news - it was the day David Cameron became prime minister so there was breaking news coverage 5-7pm IIRC of the coalition negotiations (then ITV didn't bother to show the actual transition of power in the evening)


Ah, I remember that now. It was basically what would have been a special edition of Calendar, with lots of pre-planned reports, and no doubt the whole programme dominated to the story.

It was too important to junk and unsuitable to show on another day, so they ran it at 10:35, and had to fill with a repeat afterwards as the network had an hour long show.

Therefore it technically wasn't a regional documentary
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Bvsh Hovse
thegeek posted:
Whataday posted:
IndigoTucker posted:

ITV Anglia are stuck at Anglia House as there is a clause in their tenancy that means they MUST refurbish the complex to its original condition when they leave... which would cost far more than any move to smaller premises.


Really? What an odd clause to still count these days. Surely there would be a way to buy themselves out of that if it meant a long term saving? I'm guessing they've weighed it up and it's not worth their while.
I don't think it's too unusual - I believe the BBC had something similar with Bush House.

Trust me, the landlords did not want BU put back to original condition regardless of what the lease said. It would have then cost them a fortune to rip it all back out to create an office space suitable for 2013.

An arrangement was come to regarding what needed to be stripped out, and a payment in lieu of the rest. AIUI the BBC didn't restore anything in the building, other than 'making good' when things were removed.
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nwtv2003
It's nice to see that ITV didn't dispose of the neon Granada sign....

http://thumbs.tvgenius.net/380x215/340927948.jpg
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Jonny
Rijowhi posted:
Interesting name for a documentary, I wonder if the name 'Granada' will be totally gone in the near future... Anyway sounds like this could be something worth watching...this sort of thing would not have happened a few years ago methinks.

I think it'll stick around as an anachronism for as long as Granada Reports exists. Renaming would be pretty pointless when its only remaining (but very strong) attachment is to the regional news bulletins.
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Identity
trivialmatters posted:
That article suggest they're going to build an IKEA store on the land.

Also even if the museum next door bought the site, what's to stop ITV digging up the street and knocking the facades down before they hand the site over?


They could use the street and show homes for IKEA products? Laughing

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