Thames Television was a franchise holder for a region of the British ITVtelevision 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.
Thames Television Ident compilation - 1968 - 000's
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Thames Television ident 1984
Probably one of the most iconic Idents of British regional television. Watched by millions everyday from 1969 until the loss of the franchise in 1992. "This is Thames Television"
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Austin Allegro Estate | Retro Car | Car Review | Drive In | 1975
Tony Bastable puts the Austin Allegro Estate through its paces, on the Thames TV motoring show 'Drive In'
First Shown: 04/09/1975
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Thames Television
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Thames Television Ident
Thames Television Ident
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Thames ident with Kenny Everett - 1979
From the end of "The Didn't Quite Make It In Time for Christmas Video Show", a special edition of "The Kenny Everett Video Show" originally shown on New Year's Day 1979.
This was captured as part of "Vintage Thames", a season of programmes on Channel 4. This episode was transmitted on Sat 8-Jul-1995.
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Thames TV in HD
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Thames Logo History
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Thames Television was a franchise holder for a region of the British ITV television network serving London and surrounding areas from 30 July 1968 until the night of 31 December 1992. Thames Television was acquired by Pearson Television in mid-1993. Pearson Television was itself sold by Pearson plc to the RTL Group in 2000, and rebranded as FremantleMedia in 2001. In 2003, Thames Television was merged with another FremantleMedia subsidiary, Talkback (founded by comedians Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones in 1981) to form Talkback Thames. That subsi...
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Harry H Corbett interview | Thames Television | 1975
7th October 1975
An interview with actor Harry H. Corbett, OBE.
First shown on the 7th October 1975
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Thames Television - Final Transmission - New Years Eve 1992
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.
Probably one of the most iconic Idents of British regional television. Watched by millions everyday from 1969 until the loss of the franchise in 1992. "This is ...
Probably one of the most iconic Idents of British regional television. Watched by millions everyday from 1969 until the loss of the franchise in 1992. "This is Thames Television"
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Probably one of the most iconic Idents of British regional television. Watched by millions everyday from 1969 until the loss of the franchise in 1992. "This is Thames Television"
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Tony Bastable puts the Austin Allegro Estate through its paces, on the Thames TV motoring show 'Drive In'
First Shown: 04/09/1975
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Tony Bastable puts the Austin Allegro Estate through its paces, on the Thames TV motoring show 'Drive In'
First Shown: 04/09/1975
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Quote: VT11312
Tony Bastable puts the Austin Allegro Estate through its paces, on the Thames TV motoring show 'Drive In'
First Shown: 04/09/1975
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Quote: VT11312
From the end of "The Didn't Quite Make It In Time for Christmas Video Show", a special edition of "The Kenny Everett Video Show" originally shown on New Year's ...
From the end of "The Didn't Quite Make It In Time for Christmas Video Show", a special edition of "The Kenny Everett Video Show" originally shown on New Year's Day 1979.
This was captured as part of "Vintage Thames", a season of programmes on Channel 4. This episode was transmitted on Sat 8-Jul-1995.
From the end of "The Didn't Quite Make It In Time for Christmas Video Show", a special edition of "The Kenny Everett Video Show" originally shown on New Year's Day 1979.
This was captured as part of "Vintage Thames", a season of programmes on Channel 4. This episode was transmitted on Sat 8-Jul-1995.
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Thames Television was a franchise holder for a region of the British ITV television network serving London and surrounding areas from 30 July 1968 until the night of 31 December 1992. Thames Television was acquired by Pearson Television in mid-1993. Pearson Television was itself sold by Pearson plc to the RTL Group in 2000, and rebranded as FremantleMedia in 2001. In 2003, Thames Television was merged with another FremantleMedia subsidiary, Talkback (founded by comedians Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones in 1981) to form Talkback Thames. That subsidiary was split into four new production companies at the start of 2012, with the new Thames producing light entertainment programming. Their home video division, Thames Video, was founded in 1978, and later merged with The Video Collection in 1985, reducing the Thames name under a label titled Thames Video Collection, which later reverted back to Thames Video in 1991, which VCI continued to use even after Thames lost their ITV franchisee, and continued to release videos under their name until 1999 when VCI's deal with Pearson Television expired.
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Thames Television was a franchise holder for a region of the British ITV television network serving London and surrounding areas from 30 July 1968 until the night of 31 December 1992. Thames Television was acquired by Pearson Television in mid-1993. Pearson Television was itself sold by Pearson plc to the RTL Group in 2000, and rebranded as FremantleMedia in 2001. In 2003, Thames Television was merged with another FremantleMedia subsidiary, Talkback (founded by comedians Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones in 1981) to form Talkback Thames. That subsidiary was split into four new production companies at the start of 2012, with the new Thames producing light entertainment programming. Their home video division, Thames Video, was founded in 1978, and later merged with The Video Collection in 1985, reducing the Thames name under a label titled Thames Video Collection, which later reverted back to Thames Video in 1991, which VCI continued to use even after Thames lost their ITV franchisee, and continued to release videos under their name until 1999 when VCI's deal with Pearson Television expired.
My next logo history will be on Tyne Tees.
7th October 1975
An interview with actor Harry H. Corbett, OBE.
First shown on the 7th October 1975
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7th October 1975
An interview with actor Harry H. Corbett, OBE.
First shown on the 7th October 1975
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Quote: VT12090
7th October 1975
An interview with actor Harry H. Corbett, OBE.
First shown on the 7th October 1975
If you are interested in licensing a clip from this video please e mail:
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Quote: VT12090
Richard Dunn, Chief Executive of Thames Television bids a fond and heartfelt farewell to Thames television as a broadcaster. Thames TV's final broadcast consist...
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.
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.
Probably one of the most iconic Idents of British regional television. Watched by millions everyday from 1969 until the loss of the franchise in 1992. "This is Thames Television"
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Tony Bastable puts the Austin Allegro Estate through its paces, on the Thames TV motoring show 'Drive In'
First Shown: 04/09/1975
If you would like to license a clip from this video please e mail:
[email protected]
Quote: VT11312
From the end of "The Didn't Quite Make It In Time for Christmas Video Show", a special edition of "The Kenny Everett Video Show" originally shown on New Year's Day 1979.
This was captured as part of "Vintage Thames", a season of programmes on Channel 4. This episode was transmitted on Sat 8-Jul-1995.
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Thames Television was a franchise holder for a region of the British ITV television network serving London and surrounding areas from 30 July 1968 until the night of 31 December 1992. Thames Television was acquired by Pearson Television in mid-1993. Pearson Television was itself sold by Pearson plc to the RTL Group in 2000, and rebranded as FremantleMedia in 2001. In 2003, Thames Television was merged with another FremantleMedia subsidiary, Talkback (founded by comedians Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones in 1981) to form Talkback Thames. That subsidiary was split into four new production companies at the start of 2012, with the new Thames producing light entertainment programming. Their home video division, Thames Video, was founded in 1978, and later merged with The Video Collection in 1985, reducing the Thames name under a label titled Thames Video Collection, which later reverted back to Thames Video in 1991, which VCI continued to use even after Thames lost their ITV franchisee, and continued to release videos under their name until 1999 when VCI's deal with Pearson Television expired.
My next logo history will be on Tyne Tees.
7th October 1975
An interview with actor Harry H. Corbett, OBE.
First shown on the 7th October 1975
If you are interested in licensing a clip from this video please e mail:
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Quote: VT12090
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.
Thames Television was a franchise holder for a region of the British ITVtelevision 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.
So, what’s it like getting shot?. Not necessarily the question you would ask someone who may have just alighted from a Clapham bus service ... 'It hurts ... I never found out why ... In the late 1970s a revolutionary new television series was produced by Thames ... .
Dannii Minogue broke down in tears on the panel (Picture. Ken McKay/Shutterstock) ... My job was to do my job ... Dannii’s attitude to television changed (Picture. Ken McKay/TalkbackThames/Shutterstock) ... Dannii Minogue ... Ken McKay/Talkback Thames/Shutterstock).
BBC Director-General Tim Davie has paid tribute to him as 'one of the best TV executives from a golden era in television' ... He was also a former chairman of breakfast franchise consortium Daybreak TV and was a board member of ThamesTelevision.
Thames TV managing director Charlie Irwin hailed her 'unparalleled contributions to the world of television and broadcasting', as well as her 'wit, charm and genuine passion for popular entertainment and the people that make it, on and off camera.'.
There is a coin toss before the race, to determine which team gets to pick their station ... Approximately 250,000 people will line the banks of the Thames to watch the race with many more following on television.What date is the 2024 Boat Race? ... Coach ... .
Yasmina Zaytoun from Lebanon (left) bagged second place ... But this was not enough for the BBC to keep broadcasting the event, ditching it in 1984, after which it was moved to various channels including ITV, ThamesTelevision, Sky One, and Channel 5 ... .
But this was not enough for the BBC to keep broadcasting the event, ditching it in 1984, after which it was moved to various channels including ITV, ThamesTelevision, Sky One, and Channel 5.
The singer's relationship with charismatic Chiefs star Kelce has captivated the NFL and popular culture this season, bringing legions of new female fans to the sport and sending television ratings rocketing.
"Anne was only sick for about six months ... But that story never gets better; it just gets sad ... Just saying." ... Later she moved to the UK, living in London for ten years, working with ThamesTelevision and the BBC, before relocating back to Dublin and RTÉ.
Georgina Hale passed away last week aged 80 ... Georgina also succeeded Elizabeth Estensen in the eponymous role of T-Bag, the villainous, tea-drinking sorceress in a succession of children's adventure shows made by ThamesTelevision ... .
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