Westward's small size and the structure of ITV (which, at the time, deliberately made it hard for small and medium-sized ITV companies to contribute to the network) meant it produced comparatively little output for the network. 11.51 Faith for Life - Rev John Parkinson (BBC) 43% 12.30 Gus Honeybun and Yogi Bear 11.20 Towards 2000 - Cities of the Future A line drawing of the Internet Archive headquarters building faade. 10= Emergency- Ward 10 (April 19) ProQuest Historical Newspapers is the definitive newspaper digital archive offering full-text and full-image articles for significant newspapers dating back to the 18th Century. . Director: John Bartlett. 1= Variety Parade 48% 2 Double Your Money 54% 3.10 Indiscreet - film with Cary Grant 3= Take Your Pick 3= Coronation Street (July 1) 46% An illustration of a magnifying glass. 10 Compact (BBC)48, Week ending April 21st 1963 8= Crossroads (Aug 3), Westward TV area TAM ratings w/e 8 Oct 1967 7.30 Emergency Ward 10 3= Zero One (BBC) US President retweets video containing 'white power' chant, Leicester could see local lockdown following rise in coronavirus cases, Biden slams Trump over report Russia paid militants for attacks. 9= Ward 10 (May 11), Week ending 27th November 1966 (Westward) 1.05 Christmas Box - with Noele Gordon They come up against a very unpleasant villain, who in turn is badly hindered by a very mod-type Fairy Queen. Celebrate 60 years of ITV in the south west of England with some Westward TV archives. 10= Sports Desk (Westward Nov 20) 43% Finally a clip from Westward's quiz Treasure Hunt with Kenneth Horne getting into some difficulty reading a viewer's name and address Westward staff returned to work a few days before the end of the ITV national strike of 1979. 2= Coronation Street (Apr 17th) For more details of these cookies and how to disable them, For non-Westward intelligensia, it is none other than, gasp, Gus Honeybun! 4 Coronation St (16 Oct) 51% These include the Library of Congress, the Paley Center for Media, and The UCLA Film & Television Archive. The subscription resources marked with a padlock are available to researchers on-site at the Library of Congress. Donated to the University of Iowa in 2016, Brokaws papers cover both his career and personal life. can be seen on YouTube Westward headhunted her to edit and present its new women's interest programming. An early programme for young people was Spin Along, a regional pop music programme presented by disc-jockey Alan Freeman. Description. 7= Laramie (BBC), Week ending 9 London Palladium Show 51% Westward : Sandlot Games : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Westward by Sandlot Games Publication date 2006 Topics Windows games, Vintage computer games, Strategy games Enter the wild, rough and tumble world of Westward . Initially, Westward had an arrangement with ABC Weekend Television (ABC) to provide its network programming. To the Westward Television Menu, Westward programmes Sold All copyrights belong to the original creators and any advertisements that appear are not added by me. Local teams competed for The Golden Key. But a New Year's Eve is also a time for looking ahead and, as Dr. Samuel Johnson said, 'New things are made familiar and familiar things made new.' The archive, renamed the South West Film and Television Archive (SWFTA) [6] in 2003, holds the entire surviving back catalogue of Westward and TSW programmes, and several tens of thousands of other items (which all have a connection to the south-west of England) donated by members of the general public. 5= Wagon Train Many Westward personalities, such as announcer Sheila Kennedy, also contributed articles to the magazine. The first half concentrated on the regional news, whereas the second half included other items of interest to local viewers. 7= Star Movie (Stalag 17) Established in 1993, it is one of the largest regional film archives in the UK and holds the Westward Television and TSW (Television South West) independent television collections as well as a significant number of donated . Westward launched the career of many broadcasters who became well known nationally, won numerous awards for its programming, and heavily influenced its successor, TSW. For non-Westward intelligensia, it is none other than, gasp, Gus Honeybun! Sorry about the quality of the transfer, this is a 1990s copy videoed off the wall while the film was projected. 5= Juke Box Jury (BBC) 5= Take Your Pick 53% 8.25 Mainly Millicent - guest star Cleo Laine Westward TV area It's very unlikely ITV would still have access of any of their archive (if they even kept much of an archive til the 80s & it survived the station's closing).Tbh can't imagine a full/major broadcast of a funeral being shown on local telly (as opposed to a national broadcast for somebody like Churchill or a major royal)maybe a small part of the . 1968. Please feel to add more people to the group and. 4 Ironside 49% (BBC) 12.15pm Sunday Session- The Anatomy of First Aid, 12.35 Les Trois Coups, 12.55 Interval, 1.20 ABC of Do It Yourself- ends 1.45 1 Star Movie Dial M for Murder (WTV) 36% in north Devon, where he played. I didn't want to like it and never get to finish the game. we are informed the area is more than this traditional picture. 11.50 Weather ITA 5= Val Doonican Show (BBC) A special programme, 20 Years of Westward, was broadcast on 21 December 1981[8] to look back on the company's achievements. 5.00 Christmas Rendezvous Uploaded by 6.05 Westward Diary; Weather Gus was retained by TSW when they took over the franchise. Another local music programme was Move Over Dad. Westward Television opened at 2.30pm on April 29th 1961, and transmitted for 20 years until the end of 1981 Westward- origins, Look Westward- stills A crisis in 1963 Farm and Country, Original drama(1966/7) Westward Beat(1964) Cider Cellar(1965) Covering the West(1965) The Case of The Missing Celebrity(1966) Quizzes Some Local TAM ratings For the first time these are now available on one DVD with the original soundtrack. Westward Television Menu. 10= Star Movie (Strange Cargo) privacy policy, Need more context? If you still want to try, the website (which is mainly business-to-business and talks and charges accordingly) is here. Following the loss of its franchise, Westward's management decided to sell up quickly, and the company (including its staff, premises and programme library) was purchased by TSW, early in 1981, for 2.38 million. 11.55 * Faith for Life - by the Vicar of St Mary's Penzance 3= Black and White Minstrels (BBC) Westward Television and Television South West (TSW) The largest single collection made up of the news and programme libraries of the ITV broadcasters for the South West region from 1961 to 1992. 9.10 This Week 6.05 News ArchiveGrid includes over 5 million catalog records describing archival materials, bringing together information about historical documents, personal papers, family histories, and more. 9= Dixon of Dock Green (BBC), TAM ratings for Westward TV area w/e Feb 25th 1962 John Doyle reports 40 years ago. 1967 Over 2 million pages have been scanned. 2.10 Royalist and Roundhead - Setting the Scene The monthly show was presented by members of an editorial team that included David Rodgers, who later went on to become a familiar Westward TV staff presenter. Then, thankfully, This later became a spot entitled "What's On", in Friday's edition of Westward Diary. So as we wish you a happy new year from Westward, it's also goodbye and thank you for all your support and kindness over the past 20 years. Buy, sell, and trade a variety of resources while chasing down the nefarious Mad Russian. On Sunday mornings, Westward aired Look and See, a five-minute religious slot for the under-8s broadcast from the continuity studio. Westward Television Menu. 8.00 Dickie Henderson Christmas Show guests Bernard Bresslaw, Hughie Green, Alfred Marks 6.30 Stars in the West - Theatre Royal Drury Lane, with Laurence Harvey Westward also had an arrangement with Associated TeleVision (ATV), to play out any networked Westward programmes onto the ITV network. This strand was made up of half-hour documentaries contributed by each of the ITV regions covering interesting aspects of their respective regions. 7= Dixon of Dock Green (BBC) 12.30 Gus Honeybun and Yogi Bear Where there was once just sagebrush there's now a burgeoning population! 7= Spotlight Westward Whiskey lead distiller Miles Munroe checks barrels in this Oregonian file photo. 6= Double Your Money 50% 4.20 Close-Up - highlights from musicals past and present I can reveal that the quest is for none other than a VIP with winking eyes, long ears, and buck teeth. .. 10.30am Small Time - The Christmas Tree On 28 December 1980, while the ITV network was showing Drake's Venture (Westward Television's two-hour filmed drama to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Sir Francis Drake's circumnavigation of the globe, starring John Thaw), ITN interrupted a commercial break to announce ATV was to undergo major changes and Southern and Westward had not had their licences renewed by the IBA; the south-west franchise was awarded to TSW (Television South West). [31] He had already walked the new Two Moors Walk from Plymouth to Lynmouth and filmed his journey for Westward Diary. Studio 1 was 2,500sqft (230m2), Studio 2 was 400sqft (37m2) and used for news, sport and interview programmes and an announcers' studio was located beside Master control. The Controller of Programmes is at his desk, proud to reveal that no less than seventeen Westward programmes had been sold to other ITV stations in the period from April to Spetember 1964. For non-Westward intelligensia, it is none other than, gasp, Gus Honeybun! The penultimate place to try is the British Film Institute. Ragtime in December 1965 was bought by Ulster, but, significantly also, by Rediffusion, Westward's first ever sale to one of The Big Four. 1966 No events. John Doyle reports 40 years ago. It was broadcast in 197374 and looked at hobbies. Landmark- This was a 1965/ 1966 quiz , with local Women's Institutes competing. 10 University Challenge 44%, Westward TV area TAM ratings w/e 26 Nov 1967 Originally, there were three presenters Barry Westwood, Reginald Bosanquet and Kenneth MacLeod who rotated on a weekly basis. [2] By 17 January, the deal was done. 10.35 Out of Town Enter the wild, rough and tumble world of Westward where adventure and untold fortune await you! 8.55 News July 3rd 1966, 2.35-3pm reporter Don Rickard. [29] Westward also produced an adult education series aimed at farmers called Acres For Profit. The first ident featured an image of a boat on the water, before replacing the image with a stylised ship image in a circle, complete with Westward legend and channel nine and twelve identifiers (representing the Stockland Hill and Caradon Hill transmitters of the time), to a tune of four chimes. 7= Compact (Feb 20 BBC) 57% Let us know. (Friday December 23rd 1966, Westward TV only, 6.05-6.30pm) No events. The company now operates up to two sailings per day. The comedy programme was followed by further continuity, an epilogue, weather and shipping forecast and closedown - all with TSW branding. The South West Film and Television Archive (SWFTA) is the regional film archive for the South West of England. (Friday December 23rd 1966, Westward TV only, 6.05-6.30pm) 2= Take Your Pick 53% 7= Take Your Pick [30] Westward used a selection of Clive's films as part of their contribution to About Britain,[32] and due to its network exposure Walking Westward remains one of Westward Television's best remembered programmes. Westward Television Menu, A mock West Country accent gives us a travelogue of the region, with pictures depicting rural pursuits. 5.50 Thank Your Lucky Stars - Shirley Bassey 7= Candid Camera44 EMI purchased Keith Prowse Music Publishing from Westward in the latter part of 1969. 1.00 News we are informed the area is more than this traditional picture. 3 Treasure Hunt 53% 9.00 News 1965 No events. Hello and welcome to Westward TV and TSW. 7.00 Treasure Hunt Music and Lyrics: John Bartlett and Terry Roper. [14] This was Westward's final ident and remained with the company until the end of the franchise. Since most of Westward's output was for Home consumption, not much of their limited output was sold to other companies. 3= Coronation Street (Mar 25th) [12] This ident was altered slightly in the late 1960s to update the font to Compacta Bold. During the sixties the local South West TV company Westward Television produced a documentary TV programme about each of these artists. 6 London Palladium Show 48% Close down, 11am The Morning Service - from The Church with the Holy Name Claygate 7= Treasure Hunt (Westward) 50% 9= Z Cars (BBC) 49 The series "examines successful farm management in the West County," introduced by Don Rickard. Shaw made the first announcement on TSW: let's say welcome to 1982 from your new television station, Television South West, with the promise of a full-bodied blend of the new and the familiar. Westward TV Startup (Mock) Nigel Cash 3.9K views 1 year ago Crossing the Channel (1972) treffynnon19 754 views 7 months ago Anglia Tv Xmas day 1985. 7= Crane 50 A member of the Transdiffusion Broadcasting System, State Funeral of Winston Churchill (1965). The National Broadcasting Company at the Library of Congress, Wisconsin Historical Society Mass Communications History Collection, The Papers of Tom Brokaw: A Life and Career - University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections, ProQuest Historical Newspapers & Periodicals. Then Sports Editor David Vine, host of Sports Desk, informs us that the station has covered no less than 48 different sports. for the Westward TV area One or both of the in-vision announcements had been pre-recorded due to the rapid change of outfits. A fancy dress Christmas party is interrupted by shattering news. From 730,000 homes in May 1961, three years later there are 1,100,000 homes, 68% of all homes in the region. 6.15 Spin Along Santa with Alan Freeman, Joe Brown, The Viscounts, Tommy Bruce, Christine Campbell, host Leslie Hoare For nine months of the year, Westward broadcast Farming News[27] (later retitled Farm and Country News[28]) on Sunday lunchtimes presented and edited by Peter Forde. Westward's most successful local quiz was undoubtedly They included: where adventure and untold fortune await you! 4= Legends of the West 54% 7 Laramie (BBC) 47% 4 Harpers W1 47% 1= Dixon of Dock Green 48% (BBC) 3= Coronation St 58% (Wed 10th) This had proved popular and led to the new series Walking Westward.[30]. The Good Old Days, Juke Box Jury, TAM ratings for Westward TV area w/e 7 July 1963 Westward Television started Wyvern at War was purchased by three ITV regions. 6.35 Saturday Film - The Cowboy and the Lady The flagship programme was Westward Diary, which began as a regional magazine programme broadcast three times a week (Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays) between 6:15pm and 7pm. 9.55 News; Weather A 45 second clip of an unidentified puppet show follows. Westward Television Limited | The National Archives Home Discovery HO 245/1032 Start new search Print Discovery help Bookmark You are in The National Archives' catalogue HO - Records. March 29th 1964, Programmes from before about 1977 are spotty in the broadcasters archives, getting less likely to have been kept the further back in time you go. Read tagging guidelines. 3= Coronation Street (July 3) 7= No Hiding Place 44% With Del Cooper, Susan Denny, Clive Gunnell, Kenneth Macleod, David Mudd, John Pett, Michael Reinhold, Roger Shaw and Stuart Hutchison. The Case of The Missing Celebrity Westward Television's corporate branding focused on the sea, and mainly used a ship emblem for their on-screen look. A rather odd Christmas-themed start-up sequence from Westward TV. From 1968 until the end of its franchise, the ITA (later the IBA) gave Westward a target of providing 6.5 hours of new regional programming a week - a target which they always exceeded. This footage is courtesy of South West Film and Television Archive. Westward programmes Sold 5.35 F Troop - Too Many Cooks Spoil the Troop With Del Cooper, Susan Denny, Clive Gunnell, Kenneth Macleod, David Mudd, John Pett, Michael Reinhold, Roger Shaw and Stuart Hutchison. 3 Family Solicitor 57% This is an almost complete programme by Westward TV (a UK regional ITV company) from the 1960s. Titled 'Do Children Understand?' this film explores the devel. 4= Mrs Thursday In addition to these idents, Westward used a clock contained in a curved box with both analogue and digital displays, alongside the Westward Television stylised ship logo and name. 6 Billy Smart's Circus (BBC)47 Westward also entered two programmes for the American National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences awards: Breakout, the second part of the Wyvern at War programme, and Battle of Trafalgar, Westward's contribution to the Action at Sea series I no longer have the original film which has since made its way to an archive. 29 April - Westward Television starts broadcasting. ABC Weekend's filmed topical archives are held by British Path but that archive also includes decades of newsreel and news film - patience is required when searching. They come up against a very unpleasant villain, who in turn is badly hindered by a very mod-type Fairy Queen. 2 Coronation Street (Sept 27) 60% 2 Emergency- Ward 10 Dec 28th 60 10= Criss Cross Quiz 51% 8 The Rag Trade (BBC) 45% 7= Laramie (BBC) (freezing food) and Keep Britain Slim (slimming). Bristol Water is urging people to stay safe and not swim in the water at spots like Chew Valley or Cheddar Lake this weekend. (On documentary 'Battle over the Atlantic', on Coastal Command), Have you found an error with this catalogue description? Its holdings are from 1898 to the present day and its core collections are the Television South West Film and Video Library (which includes all Channel 3 material for the area from 1961 to 1992) and the BBC South West Film Collection (dating from 1961 onward). Westward Television Menu 12.30pm * Christmas Bandstand- with St Denis Silver Band Looking back: Westward Television reports 40 years ago The first original Kerisnel ferry to launch was a freight-only service. Week ending Aug 6th 1967 5= Zero One (BBC) The Derry's Cross studios were designed by the architects Treadgold and Elsey, who had previously designed the TWW Studios at Pontcanna, Cardiff and Arno's Court, Bristol (Howett 1994). 4.45 Small Time - Fireside Story with June Thorburn In the early 1970s, A Date With Danton was a stand-alone weekly programme that provided a round-up of local arts and entertainment events. Script: Stuart Hutchison and Roger Gage. It starred Tamar le Bailly as Maggie[22] and was produced and directed by John King,[23] the father of wildlife photographer and presenter Simon King, who featured as "The Buzzard Boy" in Episode 5.[24]. Other 60s music programmes included Pop And Leslie[20] and The Westward Beat Competition from 1964. No recordings of the end of Westward Television were known to exist until 2012 (the 30th anniversary of the end of Westward), but then a full video recording of the evening, including the segment of STV's wiped Hogmanay show, was recovered by the classic television organisation Kaleidoscope. 10.05 The Pickwick Papers - film starring James Hayter 10 Bootsie and Snudge 53%, Week ending 6th May 1962 Westward Television went on air 29 April 1961 with regional programmes such as Farming Today, Tight Lines and a weekly news programme entitled Westward Diary. Check coronavirus cases in your area with our interactive map. He closed Westward Television with this announcement: Many thanks to our friends at Scottish Television, north of the border. 7= Here's Harry (BBC) 8 Mrs Thursday 45% 3.07 Chipperfield's All Star Christmas Circus - with Arthur Haynes and Richard Hearne She also presented on BBC Points West (dates TBC). 6.55 In View - George Target, Julie Felix, Peter Moloney and guest Ted Moult Many of the post-1993 ITV companies archives are now held by the ITV Archive in Leeds. 2 Double Your Money 55% I can reveal that the quest is for none other than a VIP with winking eyes, long ears, and buck teeth. Three further Westward programmes were shown on the complete network, while three others were networked to the 'little network' of regional companies, including the children's series Go! 5.00 Gus Honeybun's Birthdays 4 Laramie (BBC) 52 A Long View a documentary about pioneer tv personality Leslie Mitchell. 7.30 HMS Paradise - Hail Lieutenant Hathway- and Farewell It ran for many seasons. 3= Coronation Street (May 2) 7= Ward 10 (Nov 23) After this a 20 second clip of a viewers' questions type programme. A number of experts would visit to present regular features: Ted Tuckerman would present a fishing spot called Tight Lines, Jon Miller (the zoologist, and also presenter of Southern Television's How) would present a spot about nature, architect David Young would examine local architecture of interest, and Topline Broadhurst would present regular gardening spots. The Westward Diary team investigate, aided by Batman and Robin. The studios were originally fitted out by Marconi, using top-of-the-range studio equipment. Subscribe now for regular news, updates and priority booking for events, All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated, 20th cent: corporate and programmming records, About our 1= Windfall (BBC) May 2nd 1965, 2.50-3pm. As with most other ITV companies, the station also produced a nightly Epilogue under the title of Faith for Life, produced largely from the continuity studio.

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