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London Weekend Television (LWT) was the ITV network franchise holder for Greater London and the Home Counties at weekends, broadcasting from Fridays at 5.15 pm (7:00 pm until 1982) to Monday mornings at 6:00 am. From 1968 until 1992, when LWT's weekday counterpart was Thames Television, there was an on-screen handover to and from LWT at each end of the weekend; from 1993 to 2002, when LWT's weekday counterpart was Carlton Television, the transfer occurred invisibly during a commercial break as C
The successful weekend consortium eventually decided on London Weekend Television (LWT). As Thames needed only the central London offices at Television House, Rediffusion's Wembley studios - along with many of its staff - were picked up by LWT. The new company set out to look and sound cool, despite the BBC and Rediffusion influences on its ...
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Nov 28, 2023 · London Weekend Television (LWT) was the ITV network franchise holder for Greater London and the Home Counties at weekends, broadcasting from Fridays at 5.15 pm (700pm until 1982) to Monday mornings at 600am. From 1968 until 1992, when LWT's weekday counterpart was Thames Television, there was an o
Apr 10, 2022 · The ITV Network: Part 21 - London Weekend TelevisionOur journey through the ITV Network continues here on the Ident Review Extra! This time around, we're fin...
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London Weekend Television. Until 1968, the weekend programming for ITV in London was provided by ATV, which held the franchise from Friday evenings through Sunday nights. However, ATV’s output was widely considered insufficiently engaging, a view shared by BBC personality David Frost. In response to a franchise round advertised by the ...
Oct 15, 2020 · Beginnings. The biggest change in ITV’s history came with the franchise renewal process of 1968. As a result, the franchisees for London were two new companies – Thames Television on weekdays and London Weekend Television at weekends. LWT was a pioneering and innovative TV company. Many of the changes it introduced still have an impact ...
