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I wonder what the Thames and Tyne tees shows were ?
SW
Stephen Rhodes and Alison Keenan! Rhodes was Northern Irish, I think, and better known as the voice of Les Dennis-era Family Fortunes.
Of course the launch of This Morning wasn't the launch of morning TV on ITV. The schools programmes moved in 1987 and in 1987-88, the original morning schedules had Santa Barbara at ten, The Time The Place at 10.30, the kids' shows at 11.10 and then odds and sods from 11.30, including a proto-This Morning from Central called Gas Street. But that didn't really work out, not least because loads of parents complained about the kids's shows moving from 12.10 to 11.10, so from October 1988 they moved The Time The Place to ten and the kids' shows back to 12.10, with This Morning filling the gap.
Apologies If this has been asked already but what was the name of the other two (not house hold names) that used to fill in occasionally in the early days - mid 90s. I think they may also have been married, and I remember him being scottish.
Stephen Rhodes and Alison Keenan! Rhodes was Northern Irish, I think, and better known as the voice of Les Dennis-era Family Fortunes.
Of course the launch of This Morning wasn't the launch of morning TV on ITV. The schools programmes moved in 1987 and in 1987-88, the original morning schedules had Santa Barbara at ten, The Time The Place at 10.30, the kids' shows at 11.10 and then odds and sods from 11.30, including a proto-This Morning from Central called Gas Street. But that didn't really work out, not least because loads of parents complained about the kids's shows moving from 12.10 to 11.10, so from October 1988 they moved The Time The Place to ten and the kids' shows back to 12.10, with This Morning filling the gap.
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An of course Chain letters was the first gameshow to fill the 09.25 slot in September 1987
HA
Just guessing here, but since they were also doing the news from Liverpool when it began, presumably they were able to make use of their facilities.
I'm not sure about the exact technical situation but I think it was a near enough full studio back in the day. Unlike the one off today, it was in use five days a week and also, I think Granada Tonight occasionally used it. Chances are that it was sometimes used for other purposes too. Like you say, it's likely any support came from the news centre at the other side of the dock.
I can imagine it was an integrated source within the ITV network, obviously all these facilties long gone, today's operation was a outside broadcast operation just not done to the usual sound standards
harshy
Founding member
How self-sufficient was the Liverpool operation in the early days of This Morning? Did they have VT on site or were things played in from Manchester?
Just guessing here, but since they were also doing the news from Liverpool when it began, presumably they were able to make use of their facilities.
I'm not sure about the exact technical situation but I think it was a near enough full studio back in the day. Unlike the one off today, it was in use five days a week and also, I think Granada Tonight occasionally used it. Chances are that it was sometimes used for other purposes too. Like you say, it's likely any support came from the news centre at the other side of the dock.
I can imagine it was an integrated source within the ITV network, obviously all these facilties long gone, today's operation was a outside broadcast operation just not done to the usual sound standards
RD
Stephen Rhodes and Alison Keenan! Rhodes was Northern Irish, I think, and better known as the voice of Les Dennis-era Family Fortunes.
They can be seen in a clip here... a few months after the show upped sticks to London.
Apologies If this has been asked already but what was the name of the other two (not house hold names) that used to fill in occasionally in the early days - mid 90s. I think they may also have been married, and I remember him being scottish.
Stephen Rhodes and Alison Keenan! Rhodes was Northern Irish, I think, and better known as the voice of Les Dennis-era Family Fortunes.
They can be seen in a clip here... a few months after the show upped sticks to London.
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LL
London Lite
Founding member
1.8m watched the anniversary show on Thursday. The highest rated show for years.
GO
Wow that is good. They normally only average around 1 million.
1.8m watched the anniversary show on Thursday. The highest rated show for years.
Wow that is good. They normally only average around 1 million.
CA
Wow that is good. They normally only average around 1 million.
It's a peak not an average. I wonder did it manage to beat Homes under the hammer for once?
1.8m
watched the anniversary show on Thursday. The highest rated show for years.
Wow that is good. They normally only average around 1 million.
It's a peak not an average. I wonder did it manage to beat Homes under the hammer for once?