Neville Wanless and closedown on Tyne Tees

[northernanorak]

Emley Moor was the Regional Operations Centre which would have been monitoring and remotely controlling Pontop Pike and Bilsdale.

[Reayism]

On the 15th January 1959 a great institution of north eastern tv was launched. "Tyne Tees Television".Early this year I watched the YouTube videos of the studios getting pulled down by bull dozers and cranes. My heart absolutely sank!!! I could'nt contain my composer as I had to walk away from my computer to bust out crying... I did this for a solid half hour!!! I miss the guys who used to announce our birthdays and regional programmes.

[DAVIDUK2381]

Thats when TV was personal - unlike the faceless crap we have to put up with these days. I mean Tyne Tees and Border news for Christs sake!!

[MrBrownberry]

we could pick up Tyne Tees here in Bradford, agree with sloppy entirely, this is CLASS and STYLE - NOT the blandness of ITV 1 - definitely not in my book, anyway!!

[BuddyFantastic]

Okay, back in the 1980's my regional (now defunct) TV station was Grampian....but when visiting my relatives in Lemington outside of Newcastle, we'd of course, be watching TTTV, I remember Neville Wanless. Brings back a few memories allright.

[SLOPPYTHESLOWORM]

This is how regional ITV ought to be, the wonderful Mr Wanless telling us to drive carefully and hoping we can join Cathy tomorrow. Only a Government as blind to British culture as the present one would have allowed the total decimation of regional ITV. Tyne Tees was a part of the North East regional fabric and well-loved. The station would have been 50 this year. Has that fact EVER been announced on the vile pap that is ITV1? I think not!

[doubledeckers]

Well said and now licence fee payers are having to pay up to £300m to move BBC departments to Salford. Which is partly an attempt to replace the regional ITV broadcasters that were destroyed by greed but also the BBC production centres that existed but were then run down for no good reason (Pebble Mill, BBC Newcastle). In effect the cost of the move to Salford is nothing more than public money being handed to ITV shareholders.

[BuddyFantastic]

agreed Sloppy, and i think having a flesh and blood continuity presenter, as opposed to a "flat straight to the point voice over," gave a more friendlier impression of the regional station(s)

[whitfield1944]

pity you wernt snowed in as well

[whitfield1944]

not one of tyne tees best announcers, his diction was bad, he always sounded as though he was saying this is goodnight from number oneless he wouldnt have lasted five minuites had he been working for the bbc . cathy secker, was just as bad , its, food, not fud,

[perromanchado]

lovely

[ClockworkDonkey]

Fear on Friday?

[crusher19860138]

Plenty of ghosting on the picture,especially the clock-i will miss analogue tv!!!

[doubledeckers]

It depended on how windy it was. My dad was too mean to get a new aerial. In the end I had to pay for one!

[barrieuk]

The answer to the mention of the then IBA transmitter on TTTV is probably because TTTV was at one stage tahen over by YTV and the joint parent company was known as Trident Television. Some time in the 1970s.

[crusher19860138]

I love the way the second sweep hand keeps slipping back when it passes 6-like its about to pack up altogether!!

[discoandrew]

That's what I remember about the Tyne Tees clock too! This is bringing back memories of my 'youth'.

[crusher19860138]

He mentions 'our transmitter' at Emley Moor-Emley is Yorkshire TV not Tyne Tees!

[NameNotaNumber]

The man was wasted, why the hell didn't he pursue a career in horror movies?

I heard from a good source that he was forced to retire after a lighting unit fell on his head while he was doing a radio show. True story, heard it in the bogs in the Cooperage.

[VideoloverFan2008]

You Forgot God Save The Queen!

[BuddyFantastic]

well, at least he reminded folk to make sure they pulled out the socket after they switched off their T.V's. lol

[punkrock16forever]

he was called neville wanless as he only had 1 testicle...

[jwood36]

Was weird i lived in Barnsley but we were able to get a better picture for Tyne Tees than YTV, not complaining though Calendar was shit :-)

[kamilek]

Closedown from Sunday 4th January 1981

(Early hours Monday 5th January 1981)

Clock from 19 minutes pas midnight!!

[doubledeckers]

I didn't know Felling had been bypassed? That's shocking!

[doubledeckers]

You're quite right. We had an ancient TV aerial at the time.

[CaptainSiCo]

1218174 - I think that's what's known as 'ghosting' caused by a poor TV signal!

[e2skin]

Good Morning and welcome to tyne tees, broadcast from the pontop pike and bilsdale transmitters. And now: TV-am with anne diamond and roland rat.

[Noodhoog]

Ah, Uncle Nev... He read out my birthday on the birthday slot when I was 5...

[1218174]

LOL I have this clock set as my screen saver!! Was this the only clock for Tyne Tees? Also was the clock meant to have a sort of reflection. My screen saver doesn't.

[RobinCarmody]

He wasn't known as Neville Hopeless for nothing.

[doubledeckers]

Both Tyne Tees and Yorkshire were part of the same company in the 1970's -- Trident Television. I believe they were forced to become more separate by the IBA. As Tyne Tees covered North Yorkshire too, I guess there was some reason why the Emley Moor transmitter would be mentioned.

[welshguy28]

God! That second hand on the clock is working hard!!

[treffynnon19]

I think he mentioned Emley Moor for a laugh. Back in the day, YTV and Tyne Tees were fierce rivals and it's known that many viewers in the YTV region turned their aerials towards the Bilsdale transmitter to watch the friendly Tyne Tees as opposed to the formal service of Yorkshire TV - not to say anything bad about them of course.

[SPeeG]

Odd that Neville should mention the lads working on Emley Moor, as this was a YTV transmitter!

[25AUG1968]

Grannies Favourite? Ooh er.  Mike S.