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Extraordinary People
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Extraordinary People
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Extraordinary People was a television documentary series produced by Granada Television and broadcast on the ITV network in the United Kingdom between 1992 and 1993. Each programme focused on an individual or group of people who excel in their chosen field. The programme ran for two series, with seven episodes in total.Under Offer
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Under Offer
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Under Offer is an ITV game show that aired from 14 April 1998 to 17 June 2001 and ran for 4 series. It is hosted by Yvette Fielding and team captained by Fred Dineage and Toyah Wilcox.Family Pride
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Family Pride
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Family pride was a short lived 1990s British soap opera produced by Central Television which ran for two series in 1991 and 1992. It was written by Mahmood Jamal and Barry Simmer and centred around the lives of three Asian families living in Birmingham. It was produced by Zia Mohyeddin, directed by Henry Foster and Faris Kermani, and first appeared on screen on 30 June 1991. The series was shown in the Midlands region on ITV and nationally on Channel 4. Among the actors to have appeared in the series were Paul Henry, Rula Lenska and Zia Mohyeddin.Nightwatch with Steve Scott
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Nightwatch with Steve Scott was a weekday late-night documentary series on ITV, first broadcast on 8 January 2008. The series was presented by ITV News journalist Steve Scott and was produced by ITV Central. Nightwatch featured various regional ITV programmes focusing on crime and emergency services. The series aired on ITV on various nights, anytime between midnight and 0300. The show was also repeated on ITV-owned digital channel Men & Motors. Nowadays, Nightwatch with Steve Scott is seldom shown on the ITV network but can be seen occasionally on ITV Channel Television. The series is presented from a regional news studio at ITV Central's studios in Gas Street, Birmingham.Freetime
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Freetime
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Freetime was a twice-weekly children's television programme shown on ITV between 1981 and 1985. Produced by Thames Television, it was a magazine format show devoted to hobbies and interests, and was designed to encourage viewers to get out and about rather than staying at home and watching television. It was hosted by the former Magpie presenter Mick Robertson. He was initially joined on set by Trudy Dance, but she was soon replaced by Kim Goody until it was axed by the network in 1985. On 16 September 1988, Thames Television briefly re-launched Freetime, this time fronted by Andi Peters, but the series was cancelled after its fifteenth and final edition on 23 December 1988.The Odd Man
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The Odd Man
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The Odd Man was the first of a trilogy of police series produced in the 1960s by Granada TV, linked by the presence of pompous but increasingly genial police Chief Inspector Charles Rose. It originally dealt with the investigations of theatrical-agent-cum-detective Steve Gardiner, and his encounters with the police in the form of Chief Inspector Gordon and DS Swift. By the second season, Gordon had been replaced by Rose. The characters of Rose and Swift were then given their own series, It's Dark Outside, which ran for two seasons, with Barron being replaced in the second series by Anthony Ainley as DS Hunter. The third and final series in the trilogy, Mr Rose, saw Rose in retirement in Eastbourne, attempting to write his memoirs, but instead being drawn into private detection. The theme tune for this series was by John Snow, and issued on a single as a cover version by Roy Budd and the Tony Hatch Orchestra on the Pye Records label in 1967. A separate cover version was recorded on the album "Time For TV" by BrianWhizziwig
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Whizziwig
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Whizziwig was a science fiction children's programme broadcast on CITV between 1998 and 2000 based on the books by award winning children's author Malorie Blackman.Arrows
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Arrows
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Arrows was a pop television series aimed at the teen market, which aired in 1976 and 1977 in the UK. The show was produced by British TV legend Muriel Young, and ran for two full 14 week series on the ITV network, produced by Granada Television. The Arrows show format was that the band would perform their own songs, and they would introduce the guest artists. There was also a pop dance troupe called Him and Us who were regulars on the series. The Arrows were Alan Merrill, Jake Hooker and Paul Varley. Guests on the Arrows show included such artists as Marc Bolan, The Bay City Rollers, The Drifters, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Peter Noone, Alvin Stardust, Gene Pitney, Slade, Pilot, Billy J. Kramer, The Real Thing, and many more.Toonattik
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Toonattik
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Toonattik was the flagship children's strand of the British breakfast television station, ITV Breakfast, which ran from 5 February 2005 to 9 May 2010. The strand aired on weekend mornings from 7.25am until ITV Breakfast's closedown at 9.25am, featuring a selection of both British and imported cartoons, mainly from brands such as Disney, Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network. Throughout the majority of its run, it was presented by Jamie Rickers and Anna Williamson.The Big Fight Live
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The Big Fight Live
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The Big Fight Live is a British boxing television programme, broadcast by ITV Sport regularly until 1995 and again since 2005.Thames News
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Thames News
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Thames News was the flagship regional news programme of Thames Television, serving the Greater London region and broadcast on weekdays from 12 September 1977 to 31 December 1992. The news service was produced and broadcast from Thames TV's headquarters at Euston Road in north-west London and during its last few years in operation, from district newsrooms in Dartford in Kent, Guildford in Surrey and Watford in Hertfordshire.Bingo Night Live
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Bingo Night Live
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Bingo Night Live was an interactive television programme featuring a free-to-play bingo game, broadcast in the United Kingdom on ITV & UTV. It aired between 4 June 2008 and 15 November 2008.Suggs in the City
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Suggs in the City
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Suggs in the City is a television chat show made by Reef Television for ITV London. It was shot at The Colony Room in Soho, presented by Suggs and features interviews with celebrities and musical performances. The 8 week run began on Thursday May 29, 2008 at 11.10pm on ITV London. Guests on the first show included former London Mayor Ken Livingstone, who talked to Suggs about the election and his political past and future, band The Delays, Rowland Rivron and Harriet Thorpe. Show 2–5 June - Suggs interviewed Robert Elms and Billy Bragg. Billy also sang both A New England and a new track. Show 3–12 June - Guests included Fast Show co-creator Charlie Higson and Levi Roots. Also joining Suggs were 60s rockers The Zombies. Show 4–19 June - Tim Burgess and Mark Collins of The Charlatans and Mark Dolan appeared on the show alongside Dev Hynes of Lightspeed Champion who sung Galaxy of the Lost. Show 5–26 June - Paul Weller, Howard Marks and Johnny Vegas. Show 6–3 July - Dirty Pretty ThinDaybreak Northern Ireland
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Daybreak Northern Ireland was the regional news strand for Northern Ireland provided for the ITV breakfast station ITV Breakfast. Unlike the ITV plc-owned regions, UTV - the ITV contractor for Northern Ireland - did not provide regional news broadcasts during Daybreak. This was due to a dispute between UTV and GMTV which dates back to 1994 when UTV opted out of the national breakfast contractor in breach of their broadcasting licence to provide live coverage of the breaking news of the Combined Loyalist ceasefire. GMTV Northern Ireland was rebranded as Daybreak Northern Ireland in September 2010, when GMTV was replaced by new breakfast programme, Daybreak. Regional bulletins aired three times each weekday, and included a look at the days main headlines, a travel news update, and a weather forecast.You Don't Know You're Born
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You Don't Know You're Born is a British television documentary series that aired on ITV in 2007. It features celebrities looking into their family tree.Grundy's Wonders
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Grundy's Wonders
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Grundy's Wonders is a Tyne Tees Television architecture programme presented by John Grundy, which began in 2000. On the programme, Grundy explores buildings in north-east England, as well as Cumbria and Yorkshire. Each programme has a particular theme or type of building, and Grundy names his favourite piece of architecture his "Grundy's Wonder", and gives a "Big Boot" to things he dislikes. Grundy presents the programme in an enthusiastic way, while covering many aspects of the northern English region's history; this is also one of few architecture series on television.ITV News at 10.30
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ITV News at 10.30
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The ITV News at 10.30 was the flagship news programme on British television network ITV, airing Monday to Friday at 10:30pm. It was produced by ITN. It was introduced into the ITV schedule as the ITV News at Ten-Thirty on 2 February 2004, following the demise of the ITV Nightly News. There was a twenty-five minute broadcast of British national and international news, with a dedicated business, sports, and a review of the following morning' newspaper front-pages. It was followed by a five minute roundup of news from the ITV regions around the United Kingdom.Hickory House
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Hickory House
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Hickory House is a British television programme aimed at pre-school children. It was produced by Granada Television from 1973 to 1977 and broadcast on weekday lunchtimes. Each programme was usually hosted by a pair of presenters, most often including Alan Rothwell. The setting was a normal house, but in Hickory House household objects were brought to life through puppetry. The puppet characters included Humphrey Cushion, Dusty Mop and the Handle Family. The puppets were created by Barry Smith's Theatre of Puppets. All 129 episodes survive in Granada's archive, although none have yet been released on DVD. The animated opening title sequence of Hickory House began with Granada Television's "G" logo transforming into a house. This innovation was used again in 1978 with the game show 3-2-1, when Yorkshire Television's "Y" logo was worked into an animated title sequence. Curiously, this later programme also featured a character named "Dusty" based on a household item.ITV News at 5:30
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ITV News at 5:30
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ITV News was the early morning news bulletin on the British television network ITV. It was produced by ITN. The 30-minute programme covered British national and international news stories, a brief business update, a look at the mornings newspapers and regular NBC News segments and broadcasts at 5:30am every day. In the event of a major news story, they occasionally went live to the scene or cross to the newsroom. On 12 January 2009, Faye Barker was appointed the main newscaster of the bulletin, Charlene White alternated with Barker for a time.Bill the Minder
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Bill the Minder
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Bill the Minder is a book and television series that tells of the adventures of a 15 year old boy and his cousins Boadicea and Chad. In the process of their adventures they meet many strange people and help solve their unique problems with the use of fantastic machines which Bill is very capable of crafting in a short time. The original book was written and illustrated by W. Heath Robinson and published in 1912. The televised series contains a large number of the fantastic machines that Robinson is famed for. The short series was produced at Bevanfield Films for Central Independent Television and shown on ITV.
