2 evenings of British TV shown on foreign channels in 1966
Mar 4, 2018 10:26:57 GMT
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Post by markdixon on Mar 4, 2018 10:26:57 GMT
Recently, I was trawling through some newspapers from the 1960s, and I found a couple of articles about two separate occasions when a foreign TV channel broadcast an entire evening of programmes supplied by an ITV company.
The first article is from the Coventry Evening Telegraph, 05 October 1966
Germans to see Coronation St:
German television viewers will see Granada’s “Coronation Street” on Saturday. Granada are supplying a complete evening of British ITV to a Hamburg station that evening. The programmes include “Coronation Street”, “University Challenge”, “Cinema”, “Scene” and the news. This will be the first time that British TV programmes have been shown this way in Germany, say Granada.
I know that all episodes of “Coronation Street” still exist, but it’s likely that the other programmes shown that night are missing.
The second item is from The Stage, 20 October 1966
Swedes to have an evening of Tyne Tees
On Wednesday November 2, Radio Sweden is devoting an entire evening to Tyne Tees programmes. These are the programmes the Swedes will see beginning at 6.30.
“Gangway”. A special Swedish edition of Tyne Tees’s weekly programme for children.
“Swedish National News”. A discussion between Tyne Tees announcer Liz Fox and her Swedish opposite number live in Sweden.
“A Turn-Up for Tony”. Tyne Tees’s programme without words which was the official independent television entry in the Hors Concours section of the Montreux Golden Rose Festival.
“Big Deal in Gothenberg”. Tyne Tees’s documentary on Swedish shipbuilding which was networked in the UK on September 7.
“Tournament”. A general knowledge quiz between Uppsala and Newcastle universities chaired by Ludovic Kennedy.
“The Other Sweden”, Tyne Tees’s light-hearted look at the Swedish way of life.
“Swedish National News”.
The last programme of the evening will be a drama programme still to be decided.
This cultural exchange between Tyne Tees and Sveriges Television was part of the “North-East Meets Sweden” festival sponsored by the North-East Development Council and the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation.
“A Turn-Up for Tony” and “Big Deal in Gothenburg” still exist, but the rest of the programmes are missing. I seem to remember that very little survives of Tyne Tees programmes from the Sixties, apart from film inserts from documentaries and the news.
Many European broadcasters looked after their archives better than their British counterparts during this era. Does any of this missing British material still exist overseas?
The first article is from the Coventry Evening Telegraph, 05 October 1966
Germans to see Coronation St:
German television viewers will see Granada’s “Coronation Street” on Saturday. Granada are supplying a complete evening of British ITV to a Hamburg station that evening. The programmes include “Coronation Street”, “University Challenge”, “Cinema”, “Scene” and the news. This will be the first time that British TV programmes have been shown this way in Germany, say Granada.
I know that all episodes of “Coronation Street” still exist, but it’s likely that the other programmes shown that night are missing.
The second item is from The Stage, 20 October 1966
Swedes to have an evening of Tyne Tees
On Wednesday November 2, Radio Sweden is devoting an entire evening to Tyne Tees programmes. These are the programmes the Swedes will see beginning at 6.30.
“Gangway”. A special Swedish edition of Tyne Tees’s weekly programme for children.
“Swedish National News”. A discussion between Tyne Tees announcer Liz Fox and her Swedish opposite number live in Sweden.
“A Turn-Up for Tony”. Tyne Tees’s programme without words which was the official independent television entry in the Hors Concours section of the Montreux Golden Rose Festival.
“Big Deal in Gothenberg”. Tyne Tees’s documentary on Swedish shipbuilding which was networked in the UK on September 7.
“Tournament”. A general knowledge quiz between Uppsala and Newcastle universities chaired by Ludovic Kennedy.
“The Other Sweden”, Tyne Tees’s light-hearted look at the Swedish way of life.
“Swedish National News”.
The last programme of the evening will be a drama programme still to be decided.
This cultural exchange between Tyne Tees and Sveriges Television was part of the “North-East Meets Sweden” festival sponsored by the North-East Development Council and the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation.
“A Turn-Up for Tony” and “Big Deal in Gothenburg” still exist, but the rest of the programmes are missing. I seem to remember that very little survives of Tyne Tees programmes from the Sixties, apart from film inserts from documentaries and the news.
Many European broadcasters looked after their archives better than their British counterparts during this era. Does any of this missing British material still exist overseas?
