This allowed regular daytime programming on weekday afternoons, and weekday morning programming during out-of-school term time. 5.00 Christmas Rendezvous Agriculture was an important industry in South West England during Westward Television's franchise. 2 Highway Patrol 56% Details of a few of this Sunday afternoon series: Another "changing trend" is television viewing, a 50 second clip is shown from a Western, in fact Bonanza, before a graph shows Westward Television's increasing number of viewers. can be seen on YouTube 5= Frankie and Brucie's Show 47% 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= Dixon of Dock Green 48% (BBC) 1 Miss ITV 55% 3= Coronation Street50% (Apr 30) Westward Television Menu, A mock West Country accent gives us a travelogue of the region, with pictures depicting rural pursuits. They come up against a very unpleasant villain, who in turn is badly hindered by a very mod-type Fairy Queen. He closed Westward Television with this announcement: Many thanks to our friends at Scottish Television, north of the border. 6 Billy Smart's Circus (BBC)47 An illustration of a magnifying glass. Television South West - Audiovisual Identity Database 10.30am Small Time - The Christmas Tree They come up against a very unpleasant villain, who in turn is badly hindered by a very mod-type Fairy Queen. 3= Coronation St 58% (Wed 10th) Treasure Hunt with host Keith Fordyce, Kenneth Horne in charge for a spell in the mid Sixties. The creative industries across Bristol and Bath have received 46 million to create 'new experiences and boost productivity.'. Fifteen-minute sections of Clive Gunnell's walk along the Cornish coast were broadcast by the US Public Broadcasting Service as curtain raisers to the BBC's original version of Poldark in PBS's Masterpiece Theatre series. March 7th 1965, 2.45-3pm, with Farmers Weather. She edited a new programme for women . The regional news was contained in a separate ten-minute Westward News bulletin, broadcast every weekday at 6.05pm, and subsequently supplemented by afternoon and late-night bulletins. 7.30 Emergency Ward 10 The company's first chairman was Peter Cadbury, who had left the board of Tyne Tees Television to set up the company and bid for the south-west franchise, which he won against 11 competing bids. 6= The Big Valley 50% Ironically, Westward Ho! The South West Film and Television Archive (SWFTA) is the regional film . 10.05 The Blackpool Show - Tony Hancock with Frankie Howerd, The Kaye Sisters, Lenny the Lion, John Junkin and Peter Gordeno 1 Summer Playhouse 46% Music and Lyrics: John Bartlett and Terry Roper. Wyvern at War was purchased by three ITV regions. 5.00 * Shirley Temple Story Book - Mother Goose Check coronavirus cases in your area with our interactive map. 11.30 Faith for Life - Miss Evelyn Carr of the Royal Sailors' Rest Devonport tells Rev John Ashplant of the work of Aggie Weston (1873-1918) Landmark- This was a 1965/ 1966 quiz , with local Women's Institutes competing. 7 Tarzan 46% 9 Crossroads 48% (Nov 22) 1= Summer Spectacular 4 Harpers W1 47% Westward TV (Westward Television) - The ITV Network | The - YouTube However, when the screen finally faded to black at approximately 12:40am on 1 January 1982, Shaw made a final out-of-vision courtesy announcement and managed to mention the now-defunct Westward one last time, saying 'from all the staff here at Westward - good night'. A 1965 18 minute promotional film from Westward Television. 29 April - Westward Television starts broadcasting. Many viewers wrote to Westward in support of the villagers' stance, oblivious to the date the film was broadcast. 7.30 Coronation Street - the men go off on a sports outing, while their wives get dinner ready for Westward area Gus was retained by TSW when they took over the franchise. 9= Emergency- Ward 10 (July 5), TAM ratings for Westward TV area w/e 14 July 1963 6.55 In View - George Target, Julie Felix, Peter Moloney and guest Ted Moult Treasure Hunt with host Keith Fordyce, Kenneth Horne in charge for a spell in the mid Sixties. 9= Garrison's Gorillas. The project is supported by owners of materials who loan them for scanning, and donors who contribute funds to cover the cost of scanning. This was bought by TWW, Tyne Tees, Ulster and Grampian. Other 60s music programmes included Pop And Leslie[20] and The Westward Beat Competition from 1964. October 4th 1964, 2.45-3pm. 5= Coronation Street (Feb 19) 58% 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. [2] By 17 January, the deal was done. 2 Take Your Pick 44% 1965 No events. 11.50 Weather Initially, Westward had an arrangement with ABC Weekend Television (ABC) to provide its network programming. A rather odd Christmas-themed start-up sequence from Westward TV. Westward Television asked Diary reporter Clive Gunnell to walk the new route and film his journey. 5.00 Junior Criss Cross Quiz 7 Compact (BBC July 11) 42% Sorry about the quality of the transfer, this is a 1990s copy videoed off the wall while the film was projected. A special programme, 20 Years of Westward, was broadcast on 21 December 1981[8] to look back on the company's achievements. 5.15 The Forest Rangers - The Bird Watchers Producer: Roger Gage. An illustration of a magnifying glass. the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection. [11] This was replaced in the mid-1960s by a model of the Golden Hind, shot against a black background with a simple Westward caption beneath accompanied by the Holly and the Ivy tune on brass instruments. NBC is now the flagship property of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast that operates news and entertainment television networks, a major film studio, several theme parks, and a host of other businesses. ArchiveGrid includes over 5 million catalog records describing archival materials, bringing together information about historical documents, personal papers, family histories, and more. 29 April - Westward Television starts broadcasting. Then, thankfully, 9= The Dakotas 38% 9= Z Cars (BBC) 49 9= Coronation St 44% (Feb 26) 1= Tarzan 48% Script: Stuart Hutchison and Roger Gage. Local teams competed for The Golden Key. It was presented by Roger Shaw, and recorded in front of a studio audience. 8.25 Mainly Millicent - guest star Cleo Laine 9.10 No Hiding Place 100,000 Halfpennies 7= Sportsview (BBC) 5= Coronation Street (May 12) 7.30 HMS Paradise - Hail Lieutenant Hathway- and Farewell 10.50 News Headlines 5= Zero One (BBC)51 Let us know. The National Broadcasting Company at the Library of Congress and Laramie (39%), TAM ratings for Westward TV area w/e Oct 1st 1961 The special programme ended with a message from Peter Cadbury, in which he wished TSW well. 4.10 Christmas Diary with Kenneth Macleod, Frederick Harvey, Burda Cann, Plympton School Choir, and Choirs of Wells This information will help us make improvements to the website. 9= Criss Cross Quiz 40% Local teams competed for The Golden Key. Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). 6.15 Tingha and Tucker - Noah 10= Panorama (BBC) An illustration of a person's head and chest. Music and Lyrics: John Bartlett and Terry Roper. To the Westward Television Menu, Westward programmes Sold Ragtime in December 1965 was bought by Ulster, but, significantly also, by Rediffusion, Westward's first ever sale to one of The Big Four. We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. During Westward's tenure, Derry's Cross had three studios. Five million visitors arrive annuallly by road and rail. 9 Steptoe and Son (BBC) 44% Please ensure the tag is appropriate for the record. The news would be read by the duty announcer, so MacLeod's role on the Diary was not as a newsreader but a presenter holding the whole package together. Westward had fought off 11 competing bids to win the licence to broadcast to south west England. 6.05 News They included: Titled 'Do Children Understand?' this film explores the devel. If you provide contact details, we will be in touch about your request within 10 working days. we are informed the area is more than this traditional picture. Since most of Westward's output was for Home consumption, not much of their limited output was sold to other companies. Westward also had an arrangement with Associated TeleVision (ATV), to play out any networked Westward programmes onto the ITV network. If you don't have an account please register. 7= Tarzan 46% where adventure and untold fortune await you! Christmas Day 1962 - Westward TV Have you found an error with this catalogue description? 2= Coronation Street51 (Apr 15th) for the Westward TV area 10 University Challenge 44%, Westward TV area TAM ratings w/e 26 Nov 1967 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. Bristol Water is urging people to stay safe and not swim in the water at spots like Chew Valley or Cheddar Lake this weekend. Studio guests included Angela Rippon, Kenneth MacLeod and Sheila Kennedy.