Newsletter – 29 January 1971
The goings on inside Thames in January 1971
Year: 2018
Far from routine
A random day at Thames in 1970... planned to the very second
Newsletter – 22 October 1971
The goings on inside Thames in October 1971
Curse of the Mummy
The Thames staff newsletter goes behind the scenes of an episode of 'Mystery and Imagination' in September 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
This is Thames
A 1979 promotional leaflet gives us a glimpse inside Thames Television's plans for the 1980s
Making children’s programmes
The IBA's Television and Radio 1977 goes inside the Thames Television Children's Department
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
Designing for television
The IBA's Television and Radio 1977 looks in-depth at how Thames designs for television
Sales talk
General belt tightening at Thames in 1969 doesn't extend to the Sales Department's parties
Now that the Buffalo’s gone
Production Assistant Liz Neeson describes some of the experiences of the 'Report' team whilst filming on location for 'Now That The Buffalo's Gone' in 1969
Where they once were: Daphne Shadwell
The life and times of Thames all-rounder Daphne Shadwell, revealed in 1969
“Somewhere, Someone – This Is Your Life”
The Thames magazine 'Talk of Thames' goes behind the scenes of the relaunched series in 1969
Miss Thames 1970
The hunt is on for Thames Television's prettiest female member of staff in 1969
Alys Carter and Teddington’s Programme Archives
About the Information Centre at Teddington, the memory file of Thames, in 1969
TVTimes covers
Thames on the cover of a magazine...
A gallery of Thames gems
Top Thames drama, comedy, factual and entertainment programmes
Thames Overnight Continuity & Adverts plus ITN World News – 1987
Overnight Thames continuity
Thames – Adverts & Continuity – 1980
In-vision intro into Benny Hill
Thames Continuity & Adverts plus Home Cookery Club – 1988
LA Law and Telethon '88 are amongst the promos on Thames today
Thames News – 9th July 1980
Thames News reporting on the Holborn Tube crash
Thames Closedown 1987
One of the last nightly closedowns from Thames
Thames Lunchtime Continuity Compilation – 1990
From September/October 1990, some Thames continuity and adverts around the lunchtime children's programmes
Thames Today on 22 September 1975
A bad-tempered argument on 'Today' about the history - and future - of ITV in 1975
Next on Rediffusion: Thames
A promo for what's coming up on Thames, put out by Rediffusion in its last few days
Thames News headlines at 0925 in 1986
TV-am hands over to Thames News in 1986
Thames-LWT handover on 5 November 1982
Have a great London weekend, says Thames
Thames starts the day on Wednesday 8 September 1982
Perpetuum Mobile and Salute to Thames help wake London's ITV
1980s continuity medley
A video compilation of Thames continuity from the mid-1980s
Where they once were: Brian Tesler
The early life of Brian Tesler, director of programmes at Thames, from September 1969
A ‘Today’ in the life of an Izzard
A wry look at how 'Today' gets to air in December 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
The Girls of Viewer Correspondence Go Out and About Euston
The Thames viewer correspondence department pay a visit to the new neighbours in September 1969
The Likely Lads
The Thames house football team in September 1969
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
Consolidations
Thames and ITV begin to settle down... but changes are afoot at the new company's majority shareholder
Over the Hill
A shuffle at the top of the ITA and the BBC
Inside ABPC
A peak inside the lumbering Associated British Picture Corporation
Exits and entrances
All change at the board of Thames and at the top of the Authority
Settling down
Thames hits its stride... just as advertising revenues go into free fall in the 1970s