ITV50 Anniversary Special Bash

As this topic asks, What and When ? Here are some dates for the diary :

ITV's 50 Greatest Shows (Sat 10th Sept 19:00)
Cat Deeley and Phillip Schofield host a star-studded celebration of 50 fabulous years of ITV, counting down to the programme which viewers have voted the greatest ITV show of all time. Stars like Sir David Jason, Dame Helen Mirren, Robson Green, Michael Parkinson, John Hurt, Ant and Dec, Kermit the Frog, and the casts of Coronation Street, Emmerdale and Cold Feet give the inside stories on all the shows we've come to know and love.

50 Years of World of Sport - Tues 13th Sept (21:45)
Sporting legend Dickie Davies presents a romp through ITV's sports archive with the accent on the humour, mayhem and downright craziness from the World of Sport years. Featuring Big Daddy, Evel Knievel, the lumberjack games, Acapulco cliff diving, plus the greatest ITV sporting moments and contributions from Frank Skinner, Michael Owen, Steve Davis, Eric Bristow, Mick McManus, Nigel Benn and Jason Leonard. Continues after the news.

Ant & Dec's Gameshow Marathon - Saturday 17th Sept (18:10)
Ant & Dec celebrate the best of ITV's gameshows by reviving them in their own innovative style. Tonight, it's the turn of The Price Is Right, in which six members of the celebrity audience play to win money for their charity of choice, while viewers at home get the chance to win the actual prizes the celebrities pick up during the game. Plus tips from the hosts who made the original shows famous.

It'll Be Alright on the Night's 50 Years of ITV - Saturday 17th Sept (21:10)
Denis Norden unearths unseen outtakes from the last five decades, including some dubious special effects in a 1957 Play of the Week, the target of This Is Your Life who would rather not be there, and Arthur Askey flying by the seat of his pants. Plus cockups and catastrophes from Minder, Sale of the Century, Cold Feet, The Kenny Everrett Show, Band of Gold, Summertime Special, Coronation Street, Footballer's Wives, and Life Begins.

ITV50 - Sunday 18th Sept (17:30)
A look at the rise of commercial television in the Yorkshire region over the past half a century. Featuring clips from classic programmes like Rising Damp, The Darling Buds of May and Emmerdale.
(Think this might be a regional slot)

Avenue of the Stars - 50 Years of ITV - Sun 18th Sept (20:00)
Live spectacular marking ITV's 50th birthday and launching the Avenue of the Stars, a London walkway honouring outstanding achievement within the performing arts. Hosted by Chris Tarrant, it features performances by Queen, Charlotte Church, Robin Gibb and Status Quo, and special appearances by Ant and Dec, Miss Piggy, Billy Connolly and the stars of Corrie. Inaugural recipients of the Avenue Star include Lord Olivier and Helen Mirren.

ITV's Best Ever Ads - Tues 20th Sept (20:00)
Phillip Schofield looks back at 50 years of classic ads with a countdown of the 20 greatest commercials ever seen on ITV - from the Smash Martians to the Milky Bar Kid, the Guinness Surfers to the Gold Blend campaign. Actors from the ads and celebrities - including Gary Lineker, Gregor Fisher, Anthony Head and Sharon Maughan, Ulrika Jonsson, Les Dennis, Michael Aspel and Simon Cowell - talk about their own favourite commercials.

What Did ITV Do For Me ? - Tues 20th Sept (21:00)
Sir David Jason, Victoria Wood, Sir Roger Moore, Chris Tarrant and Simon Cowell talk about how they took their first steps to fame and fortune thanks to major breaks on the ITV network.

Thats as far into the future as I can see.

SUNDAY 18 SEPTEMBER

You are Watching Tyne Tees...
5:30pm - 6:30pm : Tyne Tees TV.


As part of ITV's 50th birthday celebrations, Mike Neville, Ant and Dec, Tim Healy, Brendan Foster, Pam Royle and Denise Robertson look back at half a century of TV production in the North East. Landmark shows such as Supergran, Razzmatazz, The One O'Clock Show, Face the Press and Catherine Cookson dramas are remembered and celebrated along with newer shows like Distant Shores and The Dales Diary.

Seems that Tyne Tees is the exception here... all other regions have programme titles of 'ITV50' , 'ITV's 50th' and '50 Years of ITV' (though in fact ITV West are using 'ITV West at 50' as the title of their programme).

Grampian, Scottish and UTV are not showing a special programme. Channel are showing 'ITV50 in the South Channel' .

I'd say they were just generic titles shoved in the schedule at this early stage. I doubt any programme would be called "ITV's 50th"

Just to check, will SMG/UTV be showing all the ITV50 programmes? SMG have played the promos (party etc) complete with the ITV50 logo so I hope so!

What are Central doing?

A day after mine then!

I haven't seen any of the celebrity promos on UTV yet but that's not to say that I haven't just missed them. I have seen the "ITV's 50 Greatest Shows" promo, the "World of Sport Revisited" (is that part of ITV50??)promo and the "Ant & Dec's Gameshow Marathon" promo.

Going slightly OT, but has anyone else got the ITV50 book? Managed to get my hand on a copy today, so far I've read the first 50 odd pages or so and it proves an interesting read. Obviously alot of it is based on The Story of ITV series, but it goes into far more detail about getting the channel set up, the programmes they originally had, and I also had a glimpse at the pages about the Unions and the troubles with them also proves interesting.

Though after searching (couldn't be arsed buying it on-line due to the fact it I would probably miss the delivery meaning I'd have to go to the local Royal Mail depot) I only found it in Borders, not WHSmith or Waterstones.

Plus as well as all that there's those special editions of the ITV Lunchtime News and ITV Evening News, The Shot that Shook the World, plus as just mentioned in the CITV thread, a special ITV50 edition of MOM.

Central's regional ITV50 programme will be hosted by Bob Warman.

Other hosts for the regional documentaries that haven't been mentioned yet:

Anglia: Not sure
Border: Not sure (possibly Derek Batey or Fiona Armstrong?)
Granada: Tony Wilson (who else?)
TWW/HTV Wales: Arfon Haines Davies
TWW/HTV West: Lisa Aziz
Southern/TVS/Meridian: Fred Dinenage and Debbie Thrower (sadly this will also feature N****** K********)
Westward/TSW/Westcountry: Richard Bath (and hopefully Augustus J Honeybun)

Shame Channel aren't doing their own programme, just as long as Oscar Puffin gets a mention on Meridian's show to please the Channel audience.

I wonder who YTV will get to front their documentary, considering that the obvious choice (Richard Whiteley) is sadly no longer with us.

And yes, instead of a programme about regional broadcasting history, UTV are showing You've Been Framed and School Choir of the Year.

There is another The Bill Live special on Thursday 22nd September as part of ITV50 as well.

The Bill
A live special to mark ITV's 50th birthday. Sun Hill is under siege when a distraught father holds the station hostage. PC Dan Casper's attempt at playing the hero goes seriously wrong and he and the real Gabriel are shot. DC Terry Perkins comes into his own and acts as mediator while Acting Superintendent Amanda Prosser flounders. DS Phil Hunter and DC Zain Nadir are sent on a dangerous rescue mission.
Starring: Chris Jarvis, James Barriscale, Bruce Byron, Serena Gordon, Scott Maslen, TJ Ramini
(Stereo, Subtitles)