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LWT at 40th

2nd August (July 2008)

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A former member
will anything happen for its birthday or has that ship sailed?
BH
BillyH Founding member
Yep, there's one in September a couple of days after '53 Years of ATV' and 'Happy Birthday Bob Monkhouse'.

Or short answer, probably not.
MA
Malpass
There was one for YTV at 40. So probably yes.
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A former member
BillyH posted:
Yep, there's one in September a couple of days after '53 Years of ATV' and 'Happy Birthday Bob Monkhouse'.

Or short answer, probably not.


EH? Its birthday is This Sunday as it started on 2 August 1968
DB
dbl
623058 posted:
BillyH posted:
Yep, there's one in September a couple of days after '53 Years of ATV' and 'Happy Birthday Bob Monkhouse'.

Or short answer, probably not.


EH? Its birthday is This Sunday as it started on 2 August 1968

He was trying to be witty.....
BH
BillyH Founding member
And failing Razz

Nah I don't think there will be one given that it pretty much ended in 2002. Their 21st and 30th anniversaries were covered in huge style though, still remember loving the 30 Years ident as a kid with its CGI tour de force!
BR
Barney Rubble
BillyH posted:
And failing Razz

Nah I don't think there will be one given that it pretty much ended in 2002. Their 21st and 30th anniversaries were covered in huge style though, still remember loving the 30 Years ident as a kid with its CGI tour de force!


STV failed to mark 40 years of Grampian.........ironic as Grampian was still being used as the station name then......but I would have put money on it beieng ignored!!
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A former member
We have been told something will happen for its 50th
AN
Andrew Founding member
I suppose there is a slight chance that there may be a mention on London Tonight on Friday

But considering LWT hasn't provided it's own news programme since 1992, and hardly none (or indeed none) of the presenters or production team ever actually worked for LWT, there's no historical moments to pick up on

LWT was most famous for it's weekend networked entertainment which were comprehensively covered as part of ITV50
BR
Barney Rubble
623058 posted:
We have been told something will happen for its 50th


Get a grip!!!
IS
Inspector Sands
Andrew posted:

But considering LWT hasn't provided it's own news programme since 1992, and hardly none (or indeed none) of the presenters or production team ever actually worked for LWT, there's no historical moments to pick up on


Apart from the short bulletins read by continuity announcers LWT never produced its own news. Before London News Network there was LWT news which was made by an independent production company and before that Thames provided the 6:00 news on a Friday.

The archive of LNN (and presumably what they held from LWT News) is now held and sold by ITN Source
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A former member
so where is Thames news?

also didn't LWT have the 6 o'clock show on Fridays from 1982?

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