Shotgun marriage
ABC's Howard Thomas is told of his company's fate by Lord Hill in 1967
ABC's Howard Thomas is told of his company's fate by Lord Hill in 1967
Keeping ABC and Rediffusion on air whilst planning the new Thames
Thames gets ready, the ratings fall and LWT starts to go to pieces
Thames is here... and ITV falls off air
Thames and ITV begin to settle down... but changes are afoot at the new company's majority shareholder
A shuffle at the top of the ITA and the BBC
A peak inside the lumbering Associated British Picture Corporation
All change at the board of Thames and at the top of the Authority
Thames hits its stride... just as advertising revenues go into free fall in the 1970s
Howard Thomas looks back over 1977 at Thames