A new service for London
A nine-year-old turns on Rediffusion in 1968… and gets a surprise
History
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
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
Thames goes colour
A little campaign for a big change
The players
Introducing the companies that made up Thames
The shotgun marriage
Lord Hill's diagnosis creates a new company
Taking shape
Build a better ITV company
Lights, camera, inaction
With all the ups and downs of the protracted negotiations between ABC and Rediffusion, it...
Everybody out!
Off with the show
Who’s the boss?
Takeover talk spoils the party
Weekend world
The competition
Take me to the river
Thames had style and grace, says Andrew Hesford
Strike Out
A personal view of Thames Television's industrial relations
London’s television
A personal view of Thames Television's programming legacy
A Thames Special
A personal account of what made Thames special
Inevitable
A personal view on the demise of Thames
This is Euston
A personal and informative account of Thames at Euston