@ingravegreen In Southern's case, the only problem was its management structure was making the station too vulnerable, and the IBA were unlikely to tolerate this and may view this as unfashionable in the 1980s, otherwise their programming offering was very good. Lady Plowden was right to say that Southern had indeed been "a victim of the system".
You are quite correct. ITV were once proud to be 'local' in contrast to the 'regional' BBC. Nowadays itv is just one boring chunk of, mostly cheaply produced dead end programmes, the BBC would not go near. Of course there are a few excpetions to every rule. itv do have a few good programmes, but the local coverage has all but gone, and with it itv's identity as we knew it. Thank You for your comments.
@GLFVIDEO we must be from the same era couldn't agree more. from the old atv midland region but used to spend school hols with aunt at southend on sea being an overlap area she could get anglia/southern/lwt/thames. you wouldn't notice the difference now
Yes I was born in 1954. You are certainly correct, there is no discernable difference now. ITV is ITV, no need to worry about Regional variations they say.. Shame really, as it was the Regional aspect that really opened the way for them to start broadcasting back in the 1950's, look at ITV now, disgraceful.
@GLFVIDEO not quite that far back! 1963 in fact, but old enough to remember when regional soccer highlights weredropped in 1983 in favour of networked highlights,yet 2 years earlier atv were forced to rebrand as central for (wrongly)not being considered regional enough! the warning signs stretch back to then
@GLFVIDEO by 'era' i guess i was referring to the good old days which we both remember owing to that 'regional feel'. on paper it makes sense to condense everything into one during the current economic climate,so why pay chiles and the irish bird £6m for a programme nobody watches? quality will always suffer.
bbc is effectively more regional nowadays.same thing with saga radio and ILR taken over by smooth and heart and condensed into one operation and no longer regional except for news & travel
@GLFVIDEO On Christmas Day normally, there would not be any regional variations on ITV at all apart from the commercial breaks and the continuity announcers.
The only time when people shouldn't have had to worry was on Christmas Day when there were (apart from continuity announcers, announcements and commercial breaks) no regional variations of programmes on ITV.
He really hated the management team at Southern (allegedly) and could not wait to leave. It is interesting to note that in his autobiography he gave his time at 'Southern Televsiion' a mention - in all of two lines of text... Don't be so hard on the nice people of Swansea!
@ingravegreen In Southern's case, the only problem was its management structure was making the station too vulnerable, and the IBA were unlikely to tolerate this and may view this as unfashionable in the 1980s, otherwise their programming offering was very good. Lady Plowden was right to say that Southern had indeed been "a victim of the system".
cwilliams1976 3 months ago
cliffs still alive and kicking
mrmagicroundcircle 8 months ago
@mrmagicroundcircle
Yes, they surely are.
GLF
GLFVIDEO 8 months ago
@GLFVIDEO there was only one Cliff .Michelmore
mrmagicroundcircle 8 months ago
@mrmagicroundcircle
Are you are saying there was only one in that he was good?, then I understand. Thanks for your comment.
Regards,
GLF
GLFVIDEO 8 months ago
@ingravegreen
You are quite correct. ITV were once proud to be 'local' in contrast to the 'regional' BBC. Nowadays itv is just one boring chunk of, mostly cheaply produced dead end programmes, the BBC would not go near. Of course there are a few excpetions to every rule. itv do have a few good programmes, but the local coverage has all but gone, and with it itv's identity as we knew it. Thank You for your comments.
GLFVIDEO 9 months ago
@GLFVIDEO we must be from the same era couldn't agree more. from the old atv midland region but used to spend school hols with aunt at southend on sea being an overlap area she could get anglia/southern/lwt/thames. you wouldn't notice the difference now
chrissy17169 7 months ago
@chrissy17169
Yes I was born in 1954. You are certainly correct, there is no discernable difference now. ITV is ITV, no need to worry about Regional variations they say.. Shame really, as it was the Regional aspect that really opened the way for them to start broadcasting back in the 1950's, look at ITV now, disgraceful.
GLF
GLFVIDEO 7 months ago
@GLFVIDEO not quite that far back! 1963 in fact, but old enough to remember when regional soccer highlights weredropped in 1983 in favour of networked highlights,yet 2 years earlier atv were forced to rebrand as central for (wrongly)not being considered regional enough! the warning signs stretch back to then
chrissy17169 7 months ago
@chrissy17169
O.K. You are 9 years younger! But you are correct in everything you say. Thanks for your comments.
GLF
GLFVIDEO 7 months ago
@GLFVIDEO by 'era' i guess i was referring to the good old days which we both remember owing to that 'regional feel'. on paper it makes sense to condense everything into one during the current economic climate,so why pay chiles and the irish bird £6m for a programme nobody watches? quality will always suffer.
bbc is effectively more regional nowadays.same thing with saga radio and ILR taken over by smooth and heart and condensed into one operation and no longer regional except for news & travel
chrissy17169 6 months ago
@GLFVIDEO On Christmas Day normally, there would not be any regional variations on ITV at all apart from the commercial breaks and the continuity announcers.
cwilliams1976 3 months ago
The only time when people shouldn't have had to worry was on Christmas Day when there were (apart from continuity announcers, announcements and commercial breaks) no regional variations of programmes on ITV.
cwilliams1976 3 months ago
@GLFVIDEO It is sad how things never last forever.
RetroToledo 3 months ago
@RetroToledo
Yes indeed. But that's life isn't it?
GLF
GLFVIDEO 3 months ago
Cliff Mitchelmore - about as fun and charasmatic as coming from Swansea!
darrowby1972 1 year ago
@darrowby1972
He really hated the management team at Southern (allegedly) and could not wait to leave. It is interesting to note that in his autobiography he gave his time at 'Southern Televsiion' a mention - in all of two lines of text... Don't be so hard on the nice people of Swansea!
GLFVIDEO 1 year ago