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Thames Television was a franchise holder for a region of the British ITV television network serving London and surrounding area on weekdays from 30 July 1968 until the night of 31 December 1992.
Formed as a joint company, it merged the television interests of British Electric Traction (trading as Associated-Rediffusion) owning 49%, and Associated British Picture Corporation, soon taken over by EMI, owning 51%. It was both a broadcaster and a producer of television programmes, making shows both for the local region it covered and for networking nationally across the ITV regions. The British Film Institute describes Thames as having "served the capital and the network with a long-running, broad-based and extensive series of programmes, several of which either continue or are well-remembered today." Thames covered a broad spectrum of commercial public-service television, with a strong mix of drama, current affairs and comedy.
After Thames was acquired by FremantleMedia it was merged with another Fremantle company, Talkback Productions, to form a new independent production company Talkback Thames; consequently Thames ceased to exist as a separate entity. However, on 1 January 2012, the Thames brand was revived and Talkback Thames has now been split into four different labels; Boundless, Retort, Talkback and Thames within the newly created FremantleMedia UK production arm.
The River Thames (i/tɛmz/ TEMZ) is a river that flows through southern England. It is the longest river entirely in England and the second longest in the United Kingdom, after the River Severn. While it is best known for flowing through London, the river also flows alongside other towns and cities, including Oxford, Reading, Henley-on-Thames and Windsor.
The river gives its name to three informal areas: the Thames Valley, a region of England around the river between Oxford and West London; the Thames Gateway; and the greatly overlapping Thames Estuary around the tidal Thames to the east of London and including the waterway itself. Thames Valley Police is a formal body that takes its name from the river, covering three counties.
In an alternative name, derived from its long tidal reach up to Teddington Lock in south west London, the lower reaches of the river are called the Tideway. The section of the river running through Oxford is traditionally called the Isis.
The administrative powers of the Thames Conservancy have been taken on with modifications by the Environment Agency and, in respect of the Tideway part of the river, such powers are split between the agency and the Port of London Authority.
Here are the idents of Thames Television from 1968-1992 to remind you the time if you remember it. I own nothing!
Richard Dunn, Chief Executive of Thames Television bids a fond and heartfelt farewell to Thames television as a broadcaster. Thames TV's final broadcast consisted of a montage of some of the channels best bits. Transmitted across the London Region -- 31/12/1992.
How to send an e mail 1980's style. Electronic message writing down the phone line. First shown on Thames TV's computer programme 'Database' in 1984 07/06/1984 If you would like to license a clip for your production please e mail archive@fremantlemedia.com
Thames Televisions flagship factual programme 'TV -- Eye' heads to Iraq to investigate the impact the Iraq Iran war will have on the global oil industry. First televised on Thames Television in 02/10/1980 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FMarchives
I was converting vhs to dvd and found thames news from 1988 with some old adverts Here they are enjoy Equipment used :- MAC MINI DAEWOO VCR (none of this optical rubbish you kids play with) ELGATO EYETV Captured via RF OUT on the video recorder
If you wish to license any clips from our programmes for your project or production Please email archive@fremantlemedia.com
30th December 1987 - Adverts & continuity from Smokey & The Bandit 3. Interesting juxtaposition here of the very modern Thames trails with the by now ancient looking Granada endcap & Thames skyline ident
NEW. Philip Elsmore is back to bring Thames to a mellow close after a busy day of fun and frolics but not before the Rev Peter Lewis reads an extract of a poem from a poet who went insane...! Personally I prefer Steve Race telling us to imagine we're a bumblebee snuggled next to a beautiful woman, but there we go. As the clock appears, we're serenaded by the dulcet tones of Barry Manilow. ALL COPYRIGHTS ITV THAMES 1982
Thames TV's 1969 documentary on Nottingham's slums, introduced here by Ray Gosling in 1993.
The adverts, trailers, plus the start of News at Ten from 1988, recorded around episodes of LA Law
Britain has always had a difficult relationship with being a member of Europe. In 1985 Thames TV's Debate show ' Daytime' including special guest Kenneth . Britain has always had a difficult relationship with being a member of Europe. In 1985 Thames TV's Debate show ' Daytime' including special guest Kenneth . Britain has always had a difficult relationship with being a member of Europe. In 1985 Thames TV's Debate show ' Daytime' including special guest Kenneth . A cut down version of an interview conducted by Mavis Nicholson with comedy Icon and avid Diarist - Kenneth Williams. In these segments Williams discusses .
Britain has always had a difficult relationship with being a member of Europe. In 1985 Thames TV's Debate show ' Daytime' including special guest Kenneth . Britain has always had a difficult relationship with being a member of Europe. In 1985 Thames TV's Debate show ' Daytime' including special guest Kenneth . Kenneth Williams on daytime tv in 1985 talking about the UK being a member of Europe. A cut down version of an interview conducted by Mavis Nicholson with comedy Icon and avid Diarist - Kenneth Williams. In these segments Williams discusses .
Britain has always had a difficult relationship with being a member of Europe. In 1985 Thames TV's Debate show ' Daytime' including special guest Kenneth . A Talent for Television Follow us on Twitter: Check out our NEW Thames News channel: . A cut down version of an interview conducted by Mavis Nicholson with comedy Icon and avid Diarist - Kenneth Williams. In these segments Williams discusses .
Must be around 1990, filmed at Thames TV Teddington studios
Top 10 Most Dangerous Britain's Got Talent Auditions Samurai swords, giant bear traps and knife-throwing children, all on Britain's Got Talent Don’t try this at home! -------------------------------------------------------- Britain's Got Talent (often shortened to BGT) is a British television talent show reality TV competition which started in June 2007 and originated from the Got Talent franchise. The show is a Thames production (formerly Talkback Thames) distributed by FremantleMedia and is produced in association with Syco TV. The show is broadcast on ITV and its sister show Britain's Got More Talent is broadcast on ITV2. Anyone of any age with some sort of talent can audition for the show. Acts compete against each other in order to gain the audience support while trying to win the...