Broadcasting House
The opening of the new home of the BBC, Broadcasting House in London
Testcards
When there's nothing on television, there's this
Thorn EMI Videodiscs
The future is here: Thorn EMI new Videodisc technology - VHD - explained
25 years of British broadcasting
The BBC celebrates its silver jubilee in 1947
TWW/Teledu Cymru archives
Transdiffusion for researchers: source material for Television Wales and West and for Wales (West and North) Television
Testcards
When there's nothing on television, there's this
‘Fusion’ covers
The amazing art of Associated-Rediffusion and Rediffusion London's staff magazine
Today’s TV magazine cover
TVTimes, Radio Times, Television Weekly, TVWorld... a different cover from a day in history
Letters from broadcasters
Dear Television... Love, Transdiffusion. And their replies
ITN
A gallery of all things Independent Television News
News title cards
Screencaps and title cards from news programmes around the world
ATV Sunspots
An innovative new way to sell holidays on ATV in the Midlands
This is ABC Weekend
ABC, your weekend TV in the north and midlands 1956-1968
This is Channel TV
Take a look around the baby of the ITV network – Channel Television
Who does what in ITV in 1973?
The Independent Broadcasting Authority explains who does what in ITV in this booklet from 1973
The ITV 1963 Yearbook
The full ITV 1963 yearbook, with programmes, transmitters and companies explained
ITV-2
The Independent Television Authority’s in-depth plans for ITV-2 in 1971
Thorn EMI Videodiscs
The future is here: Thorn EMI new Videodisc technology - VHD - explained
Intertel
The International Television Federation of documentary makers, 1960-1968
Rediffusion ’64
All about the relaunch of Associated-Rediffusion as Rediffusion, London in April 1964
This is the EBU
Your guide to international broadcasting in Europe in 1962
Marconi Mobile Television
In city, town or country, Marconi Outside Broadcast equipment is the toast of 1954
ABC’s religious training scheme
Inside ABC Television's 1959 training scheme for religious leaders who want to appear on ITV
Introducing Radio Caroline
The most famous 'pirate' radio station introduces itself in 1964
Inside Radio Luxembourg
The studios and transmitters of Radio Luxembourg in detail
Music in the night
Behind the scenes at Radio Luxembourg in 1965
Teledu yng ngwlad y gȃn
TWW celebrates its contribution to Welsh culture in this bilingual website. Mae TWW yn dathlu ei gyfraniad i ddiwylliant Cymru yn y wefan ddwyieithog hon.
Southern Success
Southern Television is about to expand into the south-east and explains to viewers and advertisers who they are and what they do
Harlech’s first year
Accepting the challenge: Harlech rate themselves after a year on air
The Border discovered
Facts and figures about the unusual Border Television region
ATV Centre
The Birmingham Post celebrates the opening of the new ATV Centre in 1970 with a special pull-out supplement
TWW’s unique top floor
Inside TWW's studios
This is Alpha
The home of ABC and ATV in the midlands in the 1950s and 60s
Granada TV, Manchester 3
Granada's TV studios in Manchester, in depth
Rediffusion’s studios
Television House and Wembley
Broadcasting House
The opening of the new home of the BBC, Broadcasting House in London
25 years of British broadcasting
The BBC celebrates its silver jubilee in 1947
Broadcasting in the West
From 1949, the BBC looks at how it serves its most diverse radio region - the West of England
The BBC Television story
The BBC celebrates twenty years of television in 1956
Hints on receiving BBC radio in 1951
BBC Engineering tells you how to get the best from your radio when you listen to the Home Service, the Light Programme and the Third Programme
Richard Dimbleby – Broadcaster
The voice of the BBC, Richard Dimbleby, in his own words and in the words of his friends and colleagues
TWW/Teledu Cymru archives
Transdiffusion for researchers: source material for Television Wales and West and for Wales (West and North) Television
Rediffusion printed archives
Printed and written archives from Associated-Rediffusion and Rediffusion London
Routine Sheets Database
Our database of daily presentation logs and camera scripts
Spotify playlist
Listen here to a selection of the best broadcasting tunes
Bluesky
Find us on Bluesky
Selected images from the Transdiffusion archives
Mastodon
Join the fediverse and follow Transdiffusion
Transdiffusion on Tumblr
A running log of all of our output, plus archive items of interest
A collection of interesting pictures from across Transdiffusion
Zenith: 1964 – the year everything changed
Our guide to 1964: the year everything in British culture changed
This is My 1950s
The social history of the 1950s – what we bought, what we watched, who we loved
transdiffusion.org
Our main website, packed to the gills with over 3,000 articles about every aspect of broadcasting history
Other archives
Broadcasting not your thing? Visit Retropia, Transdiffusion's huge archive of social history
This is My 1960s
We grew up in the 1960s... and loved every minute of it!