Has anyone bought the official book 'ITV: The People's Channel'? I know someone briefly mentioned it in the other thread but it got lost among other items.
I don't know where they are selling it but it wasn't available in neither WHSmith or Waterstones today.
Also, has anyone had a look at that ITV Cultures one, you know the one that airbrushes Tyne Tees out of ITV history?
There's also those 2 TV Themes CDs out soon as well.
Well I got the ITV People's Channel book in Ottakar the other week. It's ok but if you already have the Independent Television in Britain volumes then I would probably not recommend it but the pictures look nice!
I haven't seen the other book yet anywhere. Apparently theres a hardback version at £60 where as the paper back is under £20.
Well ITV: The People's Channel is £12.59 at Amazon
If you buy it with ITV Cultures there is a discount, but it apparantly takes 4 to 6 weeks to get hold of that one, so I think I'll pass on that and just get the main one!
Has anyone bought the official book 'ITV: The People's Channel'? I know someone briefly mentioned it in the other thread but it got lost among other items.
I don't know where they are selling it but it wasn't available in neither WHSmith or Waterstones today.
Yup that was me, I spent ages looking in WHSmiths and Waterstones (checked a few of them aswell) and couldn't find it, I eventually bought a copy from Borders (at The Trafford Centre) last week, who had several copies in stock. I would have bought it off the Internet, but books usually come buy couriers such as Parcel Force rather than the main Royal Mail post, meaning there would be a chance I would miss the delivery which would have meant that I'd have to go to the other side of town to pick it up from the depot.
Anyway, The People's Channel is mainly an extension from The Story of ITV series, but it goes into far more detail about the set up of the channel, the many programmes and more about the business side.
Apparently the two CDs will be:
ITV 50 The Album
, released 19 September, and
ITV 50 Cult Themes
, released 3 October. Amazon also mentions a DVD due for release on 17 October
50 Years of ITV
but offers no info on its content.
I believe it's going to be the People's Channel documentary for the DVD as the HMV Website as it under 50 years of ITV Boxset by Melvyn Bragg but out next week for £29.99 ?
...where as
Play.com states it as a 8 disc box set. No mention of Mr Bragg but states "In celebration of 50 years of ITV this fantastic box set includes some of the most memorable episodes from A Touch Of Frost, Inspector Morse, Prime Suspect, Poirot, Cracker, Sharpe, Sherlock Holmes & Kavanagh QC."
Looks like Virgin have confirmed Play but on this occasion, there is cover art shown which ties in with the ITV50 Firework presentation as seen on the recent idents.
Well these are the tracks on the ITV50 Album, anyone know which versions of the ITN music, "ITN News Non Stop" and "Sound And Vision (ITN March)" are ? :
Disc 1
1. Coronation Street
2. Crossroads
3. Emmerdale
4. Soundtrack – Perfick
5. Inspector Morse
6. Jack Frost Closing Titles
7. The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
8. Taggart - No Mean City (Full Version)
9. The Bill (Overkill)
10. Jericho
11. Heartbeat
12. Minder
13. Blue Watch (Long Version)
14. Sharp - The Overture/Prelude
15. Geoffrey Burgon - Brideshead Theme
16. Jeeves and Wooster
17. Miss Marple
18. Upstairs Downstairs
19. Adventures Of Black Beauty
20. Hadleigh
21. Mister And Mrs
22. New Faces
23. Strike It Lucky
24. Play Your Cards Right
25. Blind Date
Disc 2
1. On The Buses
2. Man About the House
3. Please Sir
4. Doctor In The House
5. And Mother Makes Three
6. Harry Worth Comedy Hour
7. The Big Match
8. World Of Sport
9. It's The David Frost Theme
10. World At War
11. This Is Your Life
12. ITN News Non Stop
13. Sunday Night London Palladium
14. Emergency Ward (10)
15. Sound And Vision (ITN March)
16. Sir Francis Drake
17. Van Der Valk
18. Bouquet Of Barbed Wire
19. Tales Of The Unexpected
20. The Power Game
21. Naked City
22. Untouchables
23. Route
24. Roll along Wagon Train
25. Bonanza
I'm a bit confused by the description "Sound and Vision (ITN March)", as I know Sound and Vision as the ATV March, composed by Eric Coates, used for openings.
I've got an mp3 copy, off the original 78 disc, complete with the London weekend (note - small w) opening announcement.
Requests, on the back of a five pound note, to the usual address!
Have already asked this in the Corrie thread, but looks like no-one knows there...
Any idea anyone if the Coronation Street theme on the ITV50 Album is the original one, as used on the programme... or the slightly dodgy orchestral cover version which usually pops up on themes CDs?
The ITV 50 Album is great had some fun with it on air this week. I've got another 10 copies on my desk at work - the powers that be are doing anything and everything to promote the birthday so I reckon quite a few local stations will be giving away these albums over the next few weeks.
Met the ex-boss of Thames yesterday who now lives in Stratford Upon Avon - he came in for an interview as we did a short piece on ITV's Celebrations - got my anorak on as you can imagine
