First Tuesday or This World is a monthly television documentary strand, shown in the United Kingdom on the ITV network and was produced by Yorkshire Television. The subject matter was mainly social issues and current affairs stories from around the world. It ran from 5 April 1983 to 2 November 1993, with programme being shown on the first Tuesday of the month, hence the title. In 1993, Network First was a part replacement for First Tuesday.
My kind of people is an ITV television show presented by British entertainer Michael Barrymore broadcast in 1995. Barrymore travelled around the country in his customised sports car visiting shopping centres, where amateurs performed on a stage for the programme unrehearsed.
Some acts were simply shown performing together with the audience reaction, whereas others were interviewed by Barrymore or shown inter-dispersed with footage of Barrymore to the side of the stage engaged in foolish behaviour in order to get reactions from the audience. Often, Barrymore would join the act on stage and continue the tomfoolery.
Notably, Susan Boyle performed on the show before she became famous worldwide for her Britain's got talent audition in 2009. Barrymore mocked her as she performed "I don't know how to love him" from Jesus Christ Superstar at the Olympia Mall in East Kilbride, lying on the stage beneath her and pretending to look up her skirt as she performed, attempting to sing with her during the end of the song and the
Adam's Family Tree was a children's television comedy programme that was first broadcast in January 1997 and ran until February 1999. The show was broadcast on CITV, the children's segment of ITV. The show which was filmed in Yorkshire ran for three series and 20 episodes.
The premise of the show was that 12-year-old Adam was able to call upon his ancestors from throughout history to help him solve everyday problems. The title character was played by Anthony Lewis for the first two series, before the role was taken over by Alex Cooke.
The Sitcom Trials is a stage and TV show devised, produced, and presented by Kev F. Sutherland. Beginning in Bristol in 1999, it showcases new sitcoms and comedy items in a head-to-head format. The audience then vote for the one they like best and only see the ending of the winner.
ITV News West Country is a regional news service covering Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire, produced by ITV West Country.
No. 1 Soap Fan was a one-off gameshow hosted by Bradley Walsh for ITV on 29 December 2007. The show consisted of an audience of soap opera fans. The show had four rounds, the fist was naming barmaids from the Rovers Return. The second saw three soap stars com on stage and quiz a contestant about their character. The third round showed some of soaps classic or highest rating moments of all time and then Q&A followed. The winner from each round progressed to the final - the Soapstar Superboard that saw the 3 finalist given 90 seconds to answer 12 questions asked by 12 soapstars.
The show was made by Talent Television Limited and devised by Stuart Shawcross.
The Spooks of Bottle Bay was a children's drama series shown on CiTV between the years of 1993 and 1995 on CITV. The stories behind the show were created by Ian Allen, and the puppets and sets were designed by John Thirtle. Three videos containing a few episodes from the first two series were released in the 1990s, but nothing has been released since then and the show has never been repeated on television.
Daybreak Scotland was the regional news strand for the two ITV regions in northern and central Scotland, provided for the ITV breakfast station ITV Breakfast. The bulletins were produced for Daybreak by Macmillan Media, and were broadcast from studios in Glasgow.
Before 3 December 2007, the regional news opt outs during GMTV were provided by the ITV franchise holders in central and northern Scotland, STV Central and STV North respectively. However in 2007, the contract for providing the regional news was awarded to Macmillan Media.
Macmillian Media also produced Daybreak Northern Ireland news for broadcast in Northern Ireland. Meanwhile, the regional news for the ITV regions in England and Wales and the Channel Islands are produced by the corresponding ITV plc regions. Viewers in southern Scotland receive pan-regional news from the ITV Tyne Tees & Border region.
GMTV Scotland was rebranded as Daybreak Scotland in September 2010, when GMTV was replaced by new breakfast programme, Daybreak. Regional bulletins aire
Gimme 5 was a children's television programme broadcast on Saturday mornings on ITV from 1992 to 1994. The programme was a live two-hour show which included live guests, cartoons, competitions and games. For series 1, it was presented by Jenny Powell, Lewis MacLeod, Matthew Davies, and Nobby the Sheep. For series 2, Paul Leyshon replaced Lewis MacLeod. The programme was produced for three series by Tyne Tees Television from Studio 5, at their City Road studios.
Northern Life was a daily news programme on Tyne Tees Television, which aired from 6 September 1976 to 2 October 1992. The programme was aired at 6pm on weekday evenings, for some years at 6.25pm, and ran for 30, 35 or 60 minutes at various points in its run.
The programme was the successor to Today at Six, and was replaced by Tyne Tees Today in 1992 following the takeover by Yorkshire Television. The programme had a light-hearted approach and was notable for Paul Frost's monologues towards the end of many of the shows.
For much of its run Northern Life had a split-regional news service integrated into the second part of the programme, with the south of the Tyne Tees region served by the Middlesbrough studio anchored by Teesside-based news reporters such as Andy Kluz.
Presenters of the show included Bill Steel, Tom Coyne, Paul Frost, Jane Wyatt, Pam Royle, Eileen McCabe, Stuart McNeil and Sheila Matheson.
24 Hour Quiz is a British game show that was broadcast on ITV in early 2004, presented by Shaun Williamson and Matt Brown and created by Richard Osman for Endemol UK. It was shown from 5pm to 6pm. Several protest groups complained after several nude scenes appeared and a contestant was ejected due to offensive behaviour.
ITV2 provided live streaming from the "quiz pod". The series was axed after one series by ITV due to low ratings.
In October 26, 2012, Richard Osman, writing for The Guardian named 24 Hour Quiz among four of UK TV's worst ever gameshows.
Ask No Questions was a celebrity panel game that was produced by Yorkshire Television and aired on ITV in 1986 and 1987. The programme was co-hosted by John Junkin and Carol Vorderman. The team of six celebrities are given clues and asked to guess the question that relates to them.
Sporting triangles was a quiz programme, devised by Matthew Davies and Robert Lawrence, which tested sports people's knowledge of sport. The programme was produced by Central Television and aired on the ITV network for four series from 7 January 1987 until 13 August 1990. The original host was Nick Owen who hosted series 1 and 2; he was replaced by Andy Craig who hosted the final two series.
Captains included Jimmy Greaves and Emlyn Hughes, who had just finished his role as a captain on the BBC equivalent, A question of sport; despite Hughes' presence, Sporting triangles struggled to match its better-known rival.
Orm and Cheep is a 1980s British children's television series that was aimed at the younger viewers of CITV. It used puppets as the main characters and was narrated by Richard Briers. The show was created by Tony Martin, the puppets created by Mary Edwards. There were a total of 26 episodes, which spanned between the years of 1983–1985, each episode consisting of eleven minutes.
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.
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.
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 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 Thin