London Weekend Television is an ITV network franchise holder for Greater London and Home Counties over the weekend, broadcast from Friday at 5:15 pm (7:00 pm to 1982) Monday morning at 6:00 am. From 1968 to 1992, when LWT's co-workers were Thames Television, there was a handover on-screen to and from LWT when the time came; From 1993 to 2002, when LWT's co-worker was Carlton Television, transfers occurred invisibly during the commercial break when Carlton and LWT shared studio and transmission facilities.
Like most previous ITV regional franchises, including Carlton, London weekend franchises are now operated by ITV plc. In 2014, the franchise is still licensed separately, but unlike many other franchises, it is no longer distinguished in the air by any means. LWT is now managed with Carlton Television as a single entity (ITV London), and the legal name for LWT is now ITV London (Weekend). London Weekend Television Ltd now (along with most other regional companies owned by ITV plc) is listed in Companies House as a "Dormant company".
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Initial years
Creation
The London Television Consortium (LTC) was created and led by television presenter David Frost, who at that time worked for the ITV station in London on a working day, Rediffusion. The consortium also includes three former BBC staff members: Michael Peacock (BBC1 controller), Frank Muir (assistant BBC comedy chief) and Doreen Stephens (head of children's output). The Rediffusion Program Controller, Cyril Bennett, also joined the consortium along with Clive Irving, theater director of Peter Hall and, for financial support, Arnold Weinstock, managing director of GEC.
Initially Frost considered applying for a new Yorkshire franchise area, but the number of applicants expected to cause a change of plans. The second option is to take the Rediffusion to their contract but despite holding the largest and most lucrative license is felt that the company is too strong to be challenged; just like the employees of the station he felt it would be seen as an act of betrayal. Changes elsewhere in the system (especially the decision to make the Midlands license a seven-day operation) led Frost to believe that the current Midlands Broadway ATV attendees had a significant risk of losing a London weekend contract.
The consortium app promises a wide range of art production and high-eyed dramas. It suits the attention of regulators, the Independent Television Authority (ITA), and seems to address the concerns and criticisms raised in the Pilkington Report. Authority has been feared by criticism of network output, which is seen as a downmarket and LTC plan seen by ITA as a serious contender for quality education programs from the BBC. So sharp ITA that they were quoted at the time said LTC should have a chance, whatever the consequences.
The new company, renamed London Weekend Television, benefited from a bit of expansion in broadcast hours, as they were allocated Friday night from 7:00 pm as well as Saturday and Sunday. LTC plans to buy Superior Teddington Studios from former ABC contractors, but after the ABC merger with Associated Rediffusion to form Thames Television, LTC was forced by ITA to buy Rediffusion sites at Wembley (see The Fountain Studios) and legally required to hire all staff members, labor is slightly larger than LWT wants. Having previously worked weekdays for Rediffusion, transmission staff now have to work on weekends, and as a result, want to pay extra for non-social hours. This led to the threat of industrial action, and with an unsolved dispute, fifteen seconds into their opening night on August 2, 1968, technicians broke down and screens blank. Emergency services are provided by management from the ATV transmission center at Foley Street, London.
Nearly collapsed
After settling the dispute, LWT suffered poor ratings because of the station's night watch schedule including Stravinsky's musical drama, an avant-garde drama from French film director Jean-Luc Godard, a tribute to Belgian singer-songwriter Jacques Brel and Georgia Brown Sings Kurt Weill . As a consequence, viewers abandon their primetime offerings that support the more significant Saturday night spectacle on BBC1. Other ITV stations refused to show LWT production due to poor ratings. ATVs, now Midland franchisees seven days after losing their London contract to LWT, refuse to submit their programs at peak times; elsewhere, a strong sales department on Thames Television that provides London with services Monday through Friday, leveraging the LWT ranking crisis by adopting the strategy of "your neighbors beggar", prompting advertisers to use the Thames for a week by massively discounting their airtime.
The situation emerged during a meeting of the Network Program Committee on September 9, 1968. The NPC was chaired by Lew Grade, managing director of ATV, and he was quoted as saying on this occasion: "I have succeeded in business knowing exactly what I hate," he told them. "And I know I hate David Frost." Frost was present but no one else spoke out against the LWT programming policy. Meanwhile, the £ 6.5 million they initially set for the franchise started to drain faster than their viewers' numbers. Michael Peacock, the architect in David Frost's vision for the future of television, wants to stick to their contractual principles with ITA. The ATV dropped Frost's main Saturday night slot altogether and replaced it with comedian Dave Allen, while Yorkshire and Granada downed the show into the night.
In September 1969, Michael Peacock was dismissed by the council while six executives withdrew from LWT support. ITA insists that the LWT franchise proposal must be maintained. As the crisis in LWT deepened, staff members protested outside the ITA office, complaining about changes at the station. The 800-strong petition was submitted to ITA, to request an investigation into the crisis at LWT. ITA began to make emergency plans in case of a corporate collapse, and lawmakers asked questions in Parliament. At the same time, the Thames began to question the seven-day contract on such an event - a bid that was quickly rejected by ITA. In the general public panic that followed, General Electric Company withdrew financial support and sold a 7.5% stake to Rupert Murdoch's News International in November 1970. In December 1970, Murdoch became a part-time executive and injected Ã, Â £ 500,000 new capital, raising his stake into 30% as part of the deal, also insisted on ending Frost and his Paradine Productions, actions taken at once. He continued to increase his holdings even further, by the end of 1971 he had 39.7%.
Rupert Murdoch became managing director in February 1971. When Dr Tom Margerison left the company, he stated "there is no question of personal hostility between Rupert and myself.This is just one of those things: you can not have two people running a ship. " He believes Murdoch will be a non-executive director, but it is clear that he will go further than this.
Murdoch began restructuring LWT, but within weeks five other board members left. ITA is not happy how Murdoch can buy its way into the company, because foreign nationals are legally blocked from owning an ITV contractor. It also demands assurances that the policies and operations of the original LWT program are correct. As a result, ITA, concerned about Murdoch who owns significant television stations and newspaper interests, forced Murdoch from the LWT chairman, and on March 9, 1971 John Freeman, best known for presenting the Face to Face for the BBC, became chairman and chief executive of LWT. He said, "I hope a lot of people think I need to check my head, but I decided to take all the same things." The community must have the desired type of program, which means you have to consider minority interests as well as the majority. " Freeman made it pretty clear that he was expected to have full control in the company without interference from Murdoch.
In early May, Freeman reappointed Cyril Bennett as Program Supervisor, along with many original personnel who helped start the company in 1967.
With this change, LWT became influenced by the same character of the Murdoch newspaper: Over time, the station was regarded as a populist, conservative supporter for the higher and liberal Thames, let alone the ideals such as the BBC2 imagined by Frost.
Share ownership grew, and in 1975 the company won seven BAFTA awards - more than the rest of ITV put together. Although programming has changed from their original remit, LWT still produces performances that are considered more upscale, especially Upper Floor, Lower Floor . Unlike previous offers, it attracts a high audience. LWT continues to showcase art programs, especially Aquarius and its successor The South Bank Show .
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Increase wealth
1970s
LWT increased wealth that helps increase profits, and more money is available for new programs. In 1972, Weekend World was launched; a weekly affairs program broadcasted on a Sunday at noon, presented by journalist Peter Jay. In 1974 Brian Tesler left the Thames to become Deputy Chief Executive for John Freeman. In the fall of 1974, the LWT challenged the BBC with an expenditure of £ 3.75m on what is believed to represent the greatest range of talent and scheduling varying for audiences, including Stanley Baxter, Danny La Rue, a host of other current and other dramas. event affair, which helped drive profits to nearly Ã, Â £ 4 million.
In May 1976, LWT reorganized, to form a new company "LWT (Holdings) Limited" which allowed the company to expand into a number of new ventures, including Hutchinson Publishing. LWT & amp; Chief Executive John Freeman said "an important factor is the deal will provide revenues from a completely different source that partially isolates LWT from the effects of future adverse fluctuations in advertising revenue". In the same month he resigned as Chief Executive and Council appointed Brian Tesler as managing director of the company. Later that year, tragically, Cyril Bennett, Program Director of the company died and Tesler performed both functions until he was able to appoint Michael Grade as Program Director in February 1977. Three decades later the official history of ITV, Independent Television in the UK, was observed "Under the Managing Director Brian Tesler, LWT is to be a success that its founders (almost all who at that time left the company) have fought earnestly. "
In November 1978, News International sold 16% of its LWT ownership, reducing its stake from 39.7% to 25%, believing it would be one of the results of Annan's Report on Broadcasting. LWT also warns shareholders that large spending on the program will continue to reduce the chances of increased profit. News International sold its remaining 25% stake on March 13, 1980, ending LWT connections with Australian tycoons.
After the 1979 ITV strike, LWT was hit hard. During November 1979, the LWT believed that it only lost about £ 200,000 during the dispute. The takeover of travel specialists and tour operators "Page & amp; Moy" and Hutchinson's publishing operations help offset the losses made during the strike. The interim report in April 1980 highlights the profit of LWT reduced by Ã, Â £ 2 million. In November it became clear that LWT's profit remained approximately the same as the previous year, even with the turnover increasing from Ã, Â £ 70.5 million to Ã, £ 80.5 million.
1980s
The 1982 franchise series is the first time LWT has to re-register for its license. The original contract of 1968 should have ended in 1974. In contrast, the new Broadcasting Broadcasting Agency (IBA) had just chosen to renew all franchise contracts until 1981, due to the huge cost to introduce color television. Although it is debatable whether the license will be renewed if the LWT had to re-register in 1973, in 1982, the company was in good health, and easily defeated the weak competition for a second contract - despite losing Bluebell Transmitter hill near Maidstone to the new South Television , known as TVS, as part of a reorganization demanded by the creation of the South and Southeast double zones. However, due to the recession, the company still had to tighten his belt. LWT has developed a reputation in many areas, including coordination of ITV network production and presentation.
In January 1982, John Birt became the new LWT Program Director when Michael Grade went to accept the post of President of the Company at Tandem Productions in the US while Barry Cox became Head of Current Affairs. John Birt's time as Director of the Program brought about a change of direction. He begins to overhaul the schedule, to maximize the number of viewers: his actions to achieve this include moving several niches showing back from peak times and placing Cilla Black under contract. He criticized how ITV companies spend huge amounts of money on local programs and post-DAS dramas, leaving a funding gap for events aired between two periods, which do not help LWT because it only has two and a half franchise-days.
John Birt also began reviewing budgets for all departments to provide the best returns that resulted in the The Stanley Baxter Show canceled. LWT also suspended and saved a number of other productions during the early 1980s, due to costs and frustrations with other ITV company ideas for weekend schedules.
In 1983, Birt published a document with a proposal for an additional Ã, Â £ 50 million to be spent annually on top-time programs: presentations on religion, art and current affairs will be trimmed to free up cash. The argument for doing this is that ITV generates 75% of its money at peak times, but the peak time is filled with a number of weak slots that reduce the maximum amount of revenue, again LWT is in a disadvantage compared to other ITV franchises. holder. He believes that LWT and others must transfer more of their public service broadcasting commitments to the new Channel 4.
LWT finally found a solution in 1985, when an agreement was reached with TVS, who wanted to expand their own output to the ITV network. However, since TVS is not one of the 'Big 5' ITV companies, TVS has no real influence on the Network Programming Committee. Under the control of Greg Dyke as Program Director, TVS began to move away from the original philosophy of the art niche and science programming, and began to produce more entertainment programs. The deal helped LWT to fill its schedule with appropriate programming, produced domestically while not necessarily increasing its budget, while TVS could get more of its programs into the ITV network slot. TVS retains its original philosophy for regional programs and children.
In April 1987, Greg Dyke moved from TVS to LWT again to become Program Director (replacing John Birt) - after initially working at LWT in 1978, before moving to TV-am in 1983 and TVS in 1985. At that time Similarly, LWT began to re-divide the company in an effort to cut costs and reorganize its work practices within the company ahead of the new franchise period.
As part of the cost-cutting review, the idea lags that LWT can become a "commissioning" organization - similar to Channel 4 - with its programming operations being sold to new companies, in an effort to "sharpen its competitiveness". "The NERA consulting firm was brought in to investigate this issue.The plan was discontinued in early 1988, when LWT chairman Christopher Bland, along with Greg Dyke, began streamlining operations: over four years, more than 690 people were made redundant, the entire management layer was canceled and but with that plan there is still a possibility, Dyke can offer a luxurious redundancy payment, eventually getting change through.
Greg Dyke explains: "To completely restructure your business for a profit of less than a year is a good thing, I have no problem with it." Another change is to make production operations a profit center, with studios for rent - and with various uses from Jonathan Ross pointing out to the sales conference. This operation continues to generate millions of dollars a year for ITV.
1990 and takeover
In 1990, LWT created the second ITV Sales Factory Sales Sales, to handle its own advertising operations and TVS. The Broadcasting Act of 1990 brought a change to the way ITV contracts were awarded. It is no longer a 'beauty contest', but a blind auction, where the winner is the most bidding applicant. LWT threatened not to bid for the franchise again, as opposition to the new franchise bidding process gathered momentum. LWT Chairman Christopher Bland stated: "We have the power of the program into the satellite" - the cost of LWT and Thames Ã, £ 43 million for licensing, but on satellite television will cost only Ã, Â £ 2 million. LWT denied it was trying to blackmail the government, but acknowledged that the threats of some of the biggest contractors who packed their bags might make the government think again.
The controversy led to the introduction of a 'quality threshold' which made it possible that, in exceptional circumstances, bids could be rejected if considered excessive, or that a candidate could be elected against a higher applicant if it felt that the incumbent programming was 'extraordinary'. As LWT's managing director Greg Dyke, franchise round, "becomes a crapshoot, you have to work within the franchise that offers you, from them, whether they will cross the quality threshold and whether they will pass the test." Scottish Television and Central Television both find that no one is bidding them - and both are only bidding on tokens.
It is the 'quality threshold' that saves LWT. Despite the downsizing, and successful combat with unions, LWT knows that if you want to continue to build quality programs, it can not go beyond limits. It must rely on the quality of its programs and make the best offer possible, knowing it can be much smaller than the competitor's offer; strategy was successful, and the LWT won a third contract with an annual bid of £ 7.5 million, against a rival who offered £ 36 million but plans were deemed by the new Independent Television Commission to be unsatisfactory.
LWT's daytime rival, Thames Television, lost its license - was defeated by Carlton. It is said that it can not fall back on its long history of programming. After 24 years of living in the shadows, LWT now lives longer than the station that is the most vicious enemy. LWT has a much better relationship with Carlton, and shares many operations including transmission facilities and studio space, but mainly creates a joint news service, London News Network to provide regional news programs throughout the week.
From 1993, the low bid LWT made it attractive to others who wanted to take over. Initially, Greg Dyke had planned to use LWT as a stepping stone to start acquiring the company to build a unified ITV. On December 6, 1993, North West Granada franchise holder launched a cruel takeover for the company, worth  £ 600 million. The takeover bid appears due to relaxation rules governing the ITV Network. LWT tried to defeat the takeover offer with the talks held with Yorkshire Television and Scottish Television. A week later the war of words had broken out between LWT and Granada, with Granada claiming the YTV-LWT deal was "Something that the desperate people assembled". Gerry Robinson, Chairman of Granada plc, was also surprised that LWT was ahead with an offer for YTV, mainly because it had made £ 10 million in losses that week and already paid most of its revenue to the government. The report also suggested that the LWT offer for the Yorkshire Television would also form an alliance with Anglia that would take over Tyne Tees Television. On New Year's Eve Granada has raised its bid to Ã, £ 658 million.
On January 7, 1994, merger talks between Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television have failed because it has proven impossible to reach agreement on a structure suitable for a new company. A few days earlier, Anglia had resigned from the proposed alliance, making LWT taking over YTV impossible. On February 7, 1994, Granada had increased its takeover bid to Ã, £ 774 million, but the LWT council once again rejected the offer. Chief Executive of Granada, Gerry Robinson, said: "We are clearly disappointed that once it has been proven to accept commercial arguments in favor of scale, the LWT board has not been able to recommend what constitutes a generous offer." Sir Christopher Bland rejected this claim, claiming "Granada's offer is inadequate and still fails to reflect the true value of LWT". On Friday, February 25, 1994, LWT has succumbed to a bid of £ 770 million in Granada for the company. This resulted in Greg Dyke and Sir Christopher Bland leaving LWT.
ITV London
In 2001, Carlton and Granada controlled all franchises in England and Wales, and in 2002 took the decision to unify the games and branding of all companies to become ITV1, with regional references only used in accordance with regional programs. LWT marked his last day in the air with a series of awards for LWT's past, with long-term sustainability announcer Glen Thompsett and Trish Bertram appearing in vision at the LWT play center at London Television Center. When GMTV submitted a franchise on a working day the next morning, the national ITV1 brand was broadcast, with a new team of networking continuity announcers announcing for the first time; former broadcaster Meridian Broadcasting Paul Seed is the first network voice.
The LWT and Carlton Television operations were merged into ITV London, a 7 day service. Unlike other English and Welsh franchises, ITV London does not accept regional staging featuring London names until refresh in 2003; only one of these idens has ever been used at a single intersection of the launch. Despite this rare occurrence, the channel was only known verbally as "ITV1 London" before regional programs only. In February 2004 Granada and Carlton completed their merger into ITV plc, owning eleven of the fifteen ITV regional franchises.
The LWT logo continued to appear at the end of its program until October 31, 2004. However, from 1 November, it was replaced by the new endcap of Granada Productions, with the program both credited as "A Granada London Production", or "A Granada Production" instead. On January 16, 2006, all network production produced by ITV plc-owned company was labeled "ITV Productions", which since 2009 has been changing as "ITV Studios".
Studio
As already mentioned, LWT's first studio base is the former Associated-Rediffusion home, the previous London Weekday franchise holder at Wembley (see Fountain Studios). Wembley studios are problematic, because their expensive conversion to color is imminent. Fortunately, LWT only had to use Wembley until their new destination studio opened in 1972.
The new studio, called the South Bank Television Center, included a large tower block called Kent House after the Duchess of Kent that officially opened the complex. Built on a piece of land called King's Reach. The identity of the studio network is still KRS, for King's Reach Studios. The facility is considered at the time of the best color studio in Europe. In 1992, the complex was renamed to the London Television Center. The studios now form the ITV studio operations center plc and are the main production center.
Presentations
The display on the LWT home screen displays the name of London Weekend Television in white with a black background accompanied by an electronic jingle. It was replaced in the following year by an ident that featured a rotating disc on the screen with a gray background (orange color) with a caption in the middle accompanied by a simple acoustic ident theme.
The most recognizable LWT identity - 'River' - was introduced on Friday 18 September 1970, featuring a line consisting of blue, white and red that moves across a black background in the form of 'L' and 'W'; The 'Television' part of the name was dropped. Designed by graphic designer Terry Griffiths, his modified version on September 1, 1978 revived his full name; in the end, the river parts snapped into the stripped LWT logo. Jingle ident, composed by Harry Rabinowitz, also remixed.
The LWT deployed the visionary in January 1983, and on Friday 9 September that year, introduced a new local CGI identity, with the company slogan 'Your Weekend ITV', with an additional identification that appeared in 1984.
On Friday 29 August 1986, a new set of CGIs on display by the Computer Movie Company aired for the first time:
- The incident, where the lines are folded in letter by letter, was seen on the network's production until December 1987.
- Solari, a vertical blind venetian effect visible in London alone.
A separate cel-animated ident for a children's program is also used, accompanied by a different version of the station's ident theme.
On September 1, 1989, LWT adopted the first ITV generic look and maintained it until August 30, 1992, with three stripes featuring their company's ITV segment. The identity of 'Solari' 1986 was returned in 1991/1992 to introduce local programs.
LWT replaced ITV ITV 1989 ITV on September 4, 1992 with a large 3D logo formed from left to remixed version of generic music, with two versions ~ 'flying block' and ~ 'flare. "On August 30, 1996, updated Ident and logo were introduced with six different versions On 12 November 1999, LWT adopted a second generic ITV view, based on the heart theme, video wall.The first version of ident has two problems: the color scheme is basically mainly red, and the soundtrack theme consists of electronic beeps. 11 August 2001 to include the new ITV1 logo, reducing the red color of the color scheme and the remix soundtrack.
In 2001 Carlton and Granada controlled all franchises in England and Wales, and in 2002 took the decision to unify games and branding of all companies to become ITV1, with regional references only used in accordance with regional programs. LWT marks his last day in the air with a series of awards for LWT's past, starting with an authentic startup routine that leads to ITN Morning News. All startup elements are recreated in Macromedia Flash and in 16: 9 aspect ratio, created by Dave Jeffery. Later that day, the famous River LWT ident recreation will lead to The South Bank Show , which will be the last program aired under the LWT name. The event was followed by an ending sign featuring sustainability broadcaster Glen Thompsett and Trish Bertram who appeared 'in vision' to toast at the departing station, and LWT presentation montage for years, assembled by senior ITV presentation producer Gareth Randall.
When GMTV submitted a franchise on the next business day, the national ITV1 brand was broadcast, with a new announcer announcing for the first time; Meridian's former broadcaster, Paul Seed, was the first network voice. The LWT and Carlton Television operations were merged into ITV London, a 7 day service. Unlike other English and Welsh franchises, ITV London does not accept regional staging featuring London names until refresh in 2003; only one of these idens has ever been used at a single intersection of the launch. Despite this rare occurrence, the channel was only known verbally as "ITV1 London" before regional programs only.
On February 2, 2004, Granada and Carlton completed their merger into ITV plc, holding eleven of the fifteen ITV regional franchises. The LWT logo continues to appear at the end of its program until October 31, 2004. Starting November 1st, the end caption (endcap) is replaced by the endcap of Granada, with the program both credited as "A Granada London Production", or "A Granada Production" instead. Beginning January 16, 2006, all network production produced by any ITV plc company carries the end of "ITV Productions", and then from early 2009 adopted the "ITV Studios" brand.
Program
Program
Other important early performances include We Have How to Make You Laugh (a sketch show starring Frank Muir scheduled to be the first program scheduled to be aired on LWT, but industrial action blacken it early in the first show); fantasy children Catweazle ; and some sitcoms, including the popular No, Honestly, On Bus , Please Sir! , Me and My Girl > and Think Your Language and cult favorites like End of Part One , Whoops Apocalypse and Hot Metal . This channel also creates a cliche-comedy format with Going Crazy at Night , Clive James on Television and a Much laughed at the Game for Laughter which in turn spawned Beadle's About and You're Been Framed! .
Although as a weekend station, LWT tends to concentrate on lighter material than its neighbors, Thames and Carlton, which also produced a number of successful drama series. In This Wall , a prison drama starring Googie Withers. Lillie is based on the real life story of Lillie Langtry, and sees Francesca Annis repeating the role of ATV Edward the Seventh , and The Gentle Touch Starring Jill Gascoine is the first drama series in the UK with a female police detective in the lead role. However, by far the most successful drama stations are Upper Floor, Down Floor , a successful attempt to produce a matching costume drama on a scale for BBC1 The Forsyte Saga .
LWT also does not neglect other responsibilities: it established the long-term political series Sunday afternoon Weekend World and various regional programs including the current award-winning series London Program and the light-hearted magazine show The Six O'Clock Show . It also spearheaded multicultural programming through the work of the London Minority Unit on the premises, which produced Gay Life , the world's first gay television series, and the Twentieth Century Box youth documentary series. The company also became heavily involved in social action with the use of air and off-air campaigns by the London Community Unit (LCU), then relaunched as LWT Action.
The Sports Department at LWT presented a program like World of Sport that went on for 20 years on a Saturday afternoon and billed as ITV's answer to Grandstand BBC1. Other performances include Saint and Greavsie , On the Ball and Big Match (renamed to Match between 1988 and 1992 ). The last two shows were guided over the years by ITV's leading football commentator Brian Moore.
The main programs at LWT include most ITV weekend lineups, including gameshows and comedies such as Friday and Saturday night favorites Play Your Card Rights , The Two of Us , < i> Close to Home , The Piglet File, Second Thought , Faith in the Future , Popstars:/i>, Surprise Surge , Your Bet! , Authorization Moments , Blind Date , Gladiator , Barrymore /i> and Do not Try It at Home , and the long live drama series Agatha Christie's Poirot , Forever Green and London's Burning . Nigel Lythgoe, who won the judges' hatred at ITV pop talent show Popstars and now appears on BBC So You Think You Can Dance , is a former entertainment controller in the company, working as a producer executives at many station-level programs during the 1990s and early 2000s. LWT also has 50% of London News Network Limited, the manufacturer until February 2004 from London Today's news program and London Tonight ; The regional news for London is now produced by ITN and is known as ITV News London . Regional news program
From 1982 to launching the right news service in 1988, LWT also showed Thames Weekend News, produced by Thames Television, on Friday night, until December 1987.
- News Title LWT (1982-1988)
- LWT News (1988-1993)
- London Tonight (1993-2002; continuing in ITV London)
See also
- Carlton Television
- GMTV
- London News Network
- Rutland Weekend Television
- Thames Television
References
Further reading
- Docherty, David, Running the Show: 21st Year London Weekend Television, Boxtree (1990), ISBNÃ, 1-85283-103-0
External links
- ITV London on itv.com
- LWT parade ident, YouTube
- Ultimate LWT (unofficial) Website History of London Weekend Television and downloadable video clips.
- ScreenOnline: London Weekend Television History from the British Film Institute
- LWT on Ark TV
- Original black and white animated LWT logo, mid 1969 (Requires Macromedia Flash version 4 or later).
- Original LWT the new first animated color logo, end of 1969 (Requires Macromedia Flash version 6 or later).
- Older LWT logo "River" original animation of 1971 (Requires Macromedia Flash version 6 or later).
- The original LWT animated start of logo 1978 (Requires Macromedia Flash version 4 or later).
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