1 February 1979 Thames - ads & LWT menu slide & closedown

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  • @mpwheatley
    @mpwheatley 4 года назад +16

    The Muppet Show and Soap on in one evening, what a treat. I would have stayed tuned to LWT for the evening.

    • @bobrew461
      @bobrew461 4 года назад +3

      Me the whole weekend!
      :-0

  • @mjp8648
    @mjp8648 Год назад +3

    From that schedule really enjoyed Flambards and its accompanying unusual music.

  • @christopherhulse8385
    @christopherhulse8385 3 года назад +5

    Interesting close down, great track by Wings, we had the national anthem and loeki the lion for close down in 79 on Westward TV.

  • @jahno7154
    @jahno7154 3 года назад +5

    BBC never got a look in at weekends in our house LWT was the place to be.

  • @johnking5174
    @johnking5174 3 года назад +5

    3:10 - The 11.10pm London Programme would finish at 12.10am and then LWT would stick in a half hour of music from George Hamilton IV, ending their Friday into Saturday at around 12.45am, not mentioned on the menu line up here.

  • @bobrew461
    @bobrew461 4 года назад +6

    3:05
    That's a fantastic line up of entertainment! Apart from no Professionals at 9pm. But Vegas was a good show in any case. All classic telly.

  • @MediaGrope
    @MediaGrope 4 года назад +16

    I woke up this morning with that song in my head. Then I watch this. How weird is that? Perfectly ended with a medieval scene before you go to bed

    • @Blubatt
      @Blubatt 4 года назад

      Or the IBA made them do it

    • @twitchygiraffe4636
      @twitchygiraffe4636 3 года назад

      It’s always bad news when you have a Wings song in your head!!!!

  • @mickeydodds1
    @mickeydodds1 4 года назад +17

    TV has gone downhill from those days.

    • @bigredsock1
      @bigredsock1 11 месяцев назад +1

      Yet at the time people were always saying there was nothing but rubbish on TV!

  • @MrJaredb92
    @MrJaredb92 6 месяцев назад +2

    3:07 It Says “7.00: The Muppet Show”! I LOVE THIS SHOW!

  • @twold4this
    @twold4this 4 года назад +6

    Great tune from Macca and the boys ("and girl, Reg") tho Bruegal didn't become the drummer in Wings until 1979.
    As Police 5 is advertised that means I am legitimately able to remind everyone that its presenter was Shaw Taylor and, inevitably, I have to tell you he died when he fell off the back of a lorry.

  • @Crazy1Clive
    @Crazy1Clive 3 месяца назад +1

    I know my memory is starting to get frayed after all this time, but I don't recall _Flambards_ being put on that early on a Friday evening.

  • @JasonC1782
    @JasonC1782 4 года назад +11

    What on earth was the point of that final sequence of that painting accompanied by baroque music?

  • @97channel
    @97channel 3 года назад +3

    2:10 I was expecting him to inhale the mixture, I recoiled slightly when he began to drink it. I only associate Vicks with the old pungent VapoRub. Does that stuff really do anything, other than stink?

  • @brucedanton3669
    @brucedanton3669 2 года назад +1

    Thank you!!

  • @djjaseuk
    @djjaseuk 4 года назад +4

    very high brow ending... where did it all go wrong! LOL!

  • @mickeydodds1
    @mickeydodds1 4 года назад +2

    Can you imagine today's itv being so slick, professional yet homely at the same time?

    • @bobrew461
      @bobrew461 4 года назад +4

      ITV is slick and professional, but the programmes it shows now are shite! Vera? This Morning? X Factor. And no LWT anymore.
      :-(

  • @625tvroom
    @625tvroom 4 года назад +2

    Was that the Shake N Vac woman in the Medinite as?

  • @barryls
    @barryls 4 года назад +5

    I’m going out to buy a copy of Singles magazine right now.

    • @twold4this
      @twold4this 4 года назад +4

      I'm still waiting for a reply to my small add
      'Hello, I'm into Disco music and enjoy wearing a flared trouser and large collared shirts. I have a collection of over 50 kipper ties
      My favourite singers are Tavares, Donna Summer and the Bee Gees - have you heard their latest 45? It is number 23 with a bullet in the American Singles chart and I'm sure it will be a big hit over here, particularly after they perform it on Supersonic which I think is a much better pop music show than Top of the Pops! I love Radio 1 - particularly Kid Jensen - I always play it on my car radio when I drive to work.
      My car is a Blue Ford Escort with a sunroof. Perhaps we could go out for a drive on our first date...ha,ha: as you can tell I have a GSOH!
      If you are interested in finding out more about me please send s letter to Singles PO Box 69, Colchester.
      My name? Hey names are for gravestones baby!'

    • @sarahwestwood9730
      @sarahwestwood9730 4 года назад +1

      Debauchery awaits!

    • @joannegray5138
      @joannegray5138 3 года назад +1

      @@twold4this where have you been all my life? Lol!

  • @johnking5174
    @johnking5174 2 года назад +5

    Take note that the announcer never once mentions the name London Weekend Television or LWT, he just said "I leave you with a look of the programmes you can see tomorrow" and never ever mentioned LWT. As they controlled Fridays for London, their name had to be placed in the menu title.

    • @bigredsock1
      @bigredsock1 11 месяцев назад +1

      They didn't have to put "LWT" at the top of the programme menu. They could have put "ITV", or simply "FRIDAY".

    • @johnking5174
      @johnking5174 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@bigredsock1 They did, as the IBA insisted on station identification of schedules back then. Hence why every region's schedule line up had the regional company's name/logo on it. Thames got round this by simply by not mentioning London Weekend Television. This is not a myth. Both companies hated each other and rarely trusted each other. Going all the way back to 1968 and the troubled launch of London Weekend.

    • @bigredsock1
      @bigredsock1 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@johnking5174 Really? I've seen a number of YT clips from around that time that feature programme menus with no identification of the regional company.

    • @BelfastGav
      @BelfastGav 10 месяцев назад +1

      This Thursday night closedown from Thames - with amusing musical mix-up handled humourously by announcer Peter Marshall - tends to show there was no necessity for the company name (London Weekend Television) to be shown if whenever Thames showered a Friday evening rundown.
      There are other examples, too.
      ruclips.net/video/rKDQ23LicMA/видео.htmlsi=8JYgXsTB-i8fuvTK

    • @BruceDanton-xw6eg
      @BruceDanton-xw6eg 6 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@johnking5174indeed so too there john as I think has been said before. Thames and lwt did not get on alas too. When carlton itv took over in 1993 they did not like them much either
      Odd really but that is how it was then too

  • @johnking5174
    @johnking5174 3 года назад +3

    1979 would not be a great year for ITV. The unions were getting restless, as pay at the ITV companies had not risen much, and with the BBC unions gaining a whopping pay rise in December 1978, the unions called a strike in Aug 1979 at ITV, plunging nearly all of the network off air until Oct 24th 1979.

  • @garyhunt8067
    @garyhunt8067 4 года назад +3

    Phillip Elmore doing the announcements

  • @hgriff10
    @hgriff10 4 года назад +5

    I thought Thames and LWT completely ignored each other and never promoted each others programmes

    • @whatamalike
      @whatamalike 3 года назад

      That's what I heard too. Though I do recall seeing that Thames would produce news services for LWT in the early-mid 80s so maybe hostilities began to thaw by then.

    • @johnking5174
      @johnking5174 3 года назад +1

      @@whatamalike Thames produced the Friday weekend news for LWT from 1982 to 1988 and called it Thames Weekend News. They did not do it out of kindness, LWT paid them £500,000 a year to produce the 15 min Friday bulletin.

    • @johnking5174
      @johnking5174 3 года назад

      @@whatamalike The hostility between Thames and LWT did not end until October 1991. When Thames found out they would lose their franchise from 1993, LWT felt it was the wrong decision, and felt Thames were treated appalling by the ITC. So by December 1991, they decided to call a truce. LWT had won anyway.

    • @whatamalike
      @whatamalike 3 года назад

      @@johnking5174 interesting. But did lwt and carlton not collaborate on their news efforts? That's certainly a step up from their relationship with Thames.

    • @johnking5174
      @johnking5174 3 года назад

      @@whatamalike Yes, LWT got on better with Carlton for one main reason - MONEY. LWT were committed to pay over £7 million a year for their franchise from 1993, Carlton had to pay a whopping £43 million a year, so combining resources was a no brainer, they had to become friends, otherwise both companies could lose a fortune in news costs.

  • @rajnirvan3336
    @rajnirvan3336 4 года назад +5

    Rare Thames promoting LWT programmes

    • @johnking5174
      @johnking5174 4 года назад +1

      Notice how they never ever mentioned the name LWT and never promoted their line up, just simply showed a line up over some music. Thames and LWT hated each other back then.

    • @rajnirvan3336
      @rajnirvan3336 4 года назад

      @@johnking5174 big time rivals. They should tried to work together as Carlton did with LWT. I noticed during the week if a show promo via Thames was on after 5.15 on Friday or through the weekend they would say this weekend on ITV likewise during the weekend if a show was on weekdays

    • @johnking5174
      @johnking5174 4 года назад +1

      @@rajnirvan3336 It all goes back to 1968, when LWT launched taking over from ATV for the weekend franchise in London. LWT under the appalling leadership of the late David Frost, who had many talents, but one of them (running a TV station) was not a talent of his (remember how appallingly he managed the launch of TV-am in 1983?) - LWT schedule was as boring and dull as BBC 2, providing operas, documentaries and unfunny high brow comedies, and of course three nights of David's own talk show. The ratings bombed, and viewers flocked to BBC 1. Thames Television, who wanted to have the London franchise 7 days a week took the opportunity to offer hugely discounted advertising slots in their weekday schedules, tempting companies and brands to advertise on Thames where millions would be watching, whereas if they wasted their money advertising on LWT hardly anyone would be watching. That is where the rot set in their relationship. What you think?

    • @rajnirvan3336
      @rajnirvan3336 4 года назад +2

      @@johnking5174 Sounds interesting. Basically I loved both Thames and LWT for what they offered

    • @johnking5174
      @johnking5174 4 года назад +2

      @@rajnirvan3336 I have been speaking online to some people who worked at both. Thames Television were fierce campaigners to get the limits on broadcasting hours imposed on them by the government removed. It finally happened in 1972, Thames Television team were really a force behind it.

  • @markgenner1747
    @markgenner1747 2 года назад +2

    Thursday 1st February 1979

  • @nationalandstateanthemscha1232
    @nationalandstateanthemscha1232 4 года назад +1

    What is the song played during the medieval segment?

    • @jahno7154
      @jahno7154 3 года назад

      With a little luck. Paul McCartney and Wings

    • @LogoMan7777
      @LogoMan7777 2 года назад

      @@jahno7154 No, that was during the lineup.

  • @ttrjw
    @ttrjw 3 года назад +2

    Odd that Thames would have a menu for LWT.?

    • @keithmartin2334
      @keithmartin2334 3 года назад +1

      Ah Robert - When ABC Television ruled the weekends in The North and The Midlands there was a problem with 'Granada from the North' who looked after the weekdays only:). Granada never acknowledged that ABC filled the weekends with fantastic programmes - including the first chat show on British Television - 'Live from London its The Eamonn Andrews Show' I could list many others but .... Later, tv history repeated itself. It appears there was a similar 'problem' between Thames and LWT. Each contractor did an ABC/GRA and gave the other 30 seconds to sell their shows!. Job done! ps I had worked for Granada Sales earlier and later as an in-vision announcer with ABC - but no one really cares about yet another fact!.

    • @LogoMan7777
      @LogoMan7777 2 года назад

      @@keithmartin2334 You went all over the place, didn't you? ATV, Yorkshire, Anglia, Southern, TVS, LWT and even the BBC.

  • @martinwalsh3228
    @martinwalsh3228 4 года назад +2

    Adverts up to 2:28 news follows.

  • @KEITHMU
    @KEITHMU 4 года назад +4

    Thames promoting LWTs Friday Line-Up? Seems the supposed animosity between the two companies had thawed by 1979.

    • @rayoliver1277
      @rayoliver1277 4 года назад +2

      @treffynnon19 I don't remember Thames ever promoting LWT schedule's and LWT certainly never mentioned Thames. The only time I remember an overlap was if a networked series started on Sunday and continued on the Monday. I also find it strange that the programme rundown preceded the Epilogue.

    • @johnking5174
      @johnking5174 4 года назад +1

      Notice how they never ever mentioned the name LWT and never promoted their line up, just simply showed a line up over some music. Thames and LWT hated each other back then.

    • @bobrew461
      @bobrew461 4 года назад

      @@johnking5174 How petty minded they were. :-0

    • @rtc9063
      @rtc9063 3 года назад +1

      @@johnking5174 I can't recall if Thames & LWT had a joint news programme planned as LWT had with Carlton. It was absolute pathetic the way the two companies carried on. It's not as if there was an ITV 1 and ITV 2 and they were up against each other. All history now.

    • @johnking5174
      @johnking5174 3 года назад

      @@rtc9063 The broadcasting authority time and time again asked for them to it, but they refused saying it was "impracticable".

  • @stephensimpson4022
    @stephensimpson4022 4 года назад +3

    That medieval thing was a bit random!

  • @danielwoodhouse5531
    @danielwoodhouse5531 Год назад

    So Thames did publicise LWT?

  • @luisreyes1963
    @luisreyes1963 7 месяцев назад

    So what we call NyQuil in the USA, they call it Medinite. 🧴