Knowle West TV

Knowle West TV was a pioneering community television project first broadcast in Bristol, UK.

It was one of the strands of programming made for Bristol Channel, a community cable TV initiative set up by Rediffusion, at the time the UK’s largest cable company.  Bristol Channel reached 23,000 homes via Rediffusion’s cable network and it broadcast 21 hours of Knowle West TV between December 1973 and March 1975. 

From discussions about the women's liberation movement and the 1974 General Election to music from local bands and street interviews, the films provide a fascinating and witty insight into life in Bristol and its Knowle West community.

In 2014 the footage was digitized and it has been brought back to our screens through a collaboration between Knowle West Media Centre (KWMC), Bristol Record Office, University of Bristol and the Know Your Bristol project. For more details visit www.kwmc.org.uk/kwtv and www.knowyourbristol.org/