LWT's future productions

From this December, LWT productions will be called Granada Productions.

Not surprising. My guess is that the YTV/Granada slide we saw before Heartbeat was an error. It is about time they changed the Anglia/Meridian stuff as well, everything still has United News and Media on it!!!

The fact that Border and Tyne Tees don't produce anything for the network anymore may be a good thing -- I can see Granada leaving them to their own devices, and just bringing Granada, YTV, LWT and possibly Meridian/Anglia into a collective, with the logo/Granada Production slides at the end of programmes.

I wonder if this move will affect regional productions?

This is what CARLtON* also did to CENTRAL during the mid/late nineties. We all know what happened next.

This is SAD!

And did you hear Barrymore's message at the National TV Awards? He thanked Granada for their support, not LWT!

I can't see Granada renaming the regions. It's just not a very good idea if they want a single ITV1. Everyone in the industry recognises that Carlton made a mistake, although it would be difficult for Carlton to back away. I think this move will affect only national/networked productions.

LWT is Granada...

I believe ITV will go corporate from next year, when the broadcasting laws change.

Not if BMG buys Carlton!

Keep it as LWT I say! Perhaps they could keep it and jazz up the logo a bit (now there's a task for me).

How dare they! LWT is more than Granada will ever be, LWT provides all the entertainment for the ITV Network and now Granada want to hi-jack them because all they produce is Corrie and their ratings are going down! Well, NO! If the Welsh Assembly can stop HTV becoming Carlton then Ken Livingstone and the GLA can stop LWT becoming Granada, we will not be taken over by these upstart Northerners! No offence!

The only programme he's made in the last year was Bob Martin.... a Granada production!

When Cilla Black mentioned her 'saving Saturday night' on Teletext she mentions that she phoned the Chairman of Granada to get BD back on early
- not the chair of LWT or ITV1 but Granada...
See also Night and Day... I think GMG are going to pull production together but let some elements of continuity still split.