The new look
The Reading Evening Post looks in to what exciting programmes the new Thames Television will be offering us in 1968
Forecast for colour
Colour is coming, and the February 1969 staff magazine asks four department heads what they’re doing to get ready
Shotgun marriage
ABC’s Howard Thomas is told of his company’s fate by Lord Hill in 1967
Unit 6
The launch of the new Thames OB van
People behind programmes: Brian Tesler
From 1972, Brian Tesler, Thames Television’s Director of Programmes, takes us through his company’s achievements and plans
A new service for London
A nine-year-old turns on Rediffusion in 1968… and gets a surprise
Carry On Euston
Gary Rodger takes us on a journey to Thames in 1984 as the management put out an emergency service when the staff go on strike
Shotgun marriage
ABC’s Howard Thomas is told of his company’s fate by Lord Hill in 1967
Who will buy my sweet lavender?
Keeping ABC and Rediffusion on air whilst planning the new Thames
Mountbatten’s ratings
Thames gets ready, the ratings fall and LWT starts to go to pieces
All fall down
Thames is here… and ITV falls off air
Euston – a bird’s eye view
The new Thames Television studios are about to start rising on the Euston Road in February 1969
News at 9.00 – news at 10.00?
Barry Norman in The Times criticises News at Ten in 1971. Thames bites back immediately
Newsletter – 29 January 1971
The goings on inside Thames in January 1971
Newsletter – 22 October 1971
The goings on inside Thames in October 1971
This is Thames
A 1979 promotional leaflet gives us a glimpse inside Thames Television’s plans for the 1980s
Sales talk
General belt tightening at Thames in 1969 doesn’t extend to the Sales Department’s parties
Where they once were: Daphne Shadwell
The life and times of Thames all-rounder Daphne Shadwell, revealed in 1969
Alys Carter and Teddington’s Programme Archives
About the Information Centre at Teddington, the memory file of Thames, in 1969
Where they once were: Brian Tesler
The early life of Brian Tesler, director of programmes at Thames, from September 1969
Close up: Pauline Fay James
Meet information assistant Pauline Fay James in December 1969
Close up: Kevin Morgan – poet
Meet Kevin Morgan, poet and promotion scriptwriter at Thames in September 1969
Close up: Peter Errington
Talk of Thames meets researcher and eye candy Peter Errington in September 1969
Far from routine
A random day at Thames in 1970… planned to the very second
ABC promo for Tommy Cooper from Thames next Tuesday
A promo for a Thames show from ABC’s last Saturday
Thames Television’s inaugural luncheon, Tuesday 30 July 1968
Thames Television’s official launch
Perpetuum Mobile and Salute to Thames
Philip Elsmore wakes Thames for the day in 1968 to the strains of Perpetuum Mobile by Michael Roberts and Salute to Thames by Johnny Hawksworth
Thames Overnight Continuity & Adverts plus ITN World News – 1987
Overnight Thames continuity
Thames – Adverts & Continuity – 1980
In-vision intro into Benny Hill
We’re no bright-eyed super heroes – we’re The Sweeney
The Sweeney returns to Thames in 1978
Live from studio 3
Twice a week, Thames goes live to Teddington’s studio 3 for the show ‘Magpie’
The new look
The Reading Evening Post looks in to what exciting programmes the new Thames Television will be offering us in 1968
Curse of the Mummy
The Thames staff newsletter goes behind the scenes of an episode of ‘Mystery and Imagination’ in September 1969
Making children’s programmes
The IBA’s Television and Radio 1977 goes inside the Thames Television Children’s Department
Designing for television
The IBA’s Television and Radio 1977 looks in-depth at how Thames designs for television
Forecast for colour
Colour is coming, and the February 1969 staff magazine asks four department heads what they’re doing to get ready
Euston – a bird’s eye view
The new Thames Television studios are about to start rising on the Euston Road in February 1969
So You Want to Work in Television…
Thames provides a quick guide to what they can do for trainees wanting to enter television in 1977
End of an era at TVH…
The last staff leave Television House in Kingsway for the new Thames Television House in Euston
First Colour Day at Euston
Thames goes into colour on 17 November 1969
Day Number One at Euston
The staff move in and Thames Television House starts business on 16 November 1969