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
Zenith: 1964 – the year everything changed
Our guide to 1964: the year everything in British culture changed
AYTEEVEE
Behind the scenes at ATV
Crossroads 3000
Your special souvenir website celebrating the Midlands soap opera
Independent Local Radio
A gallery of sights and sounds from ILR
Independent Local Radio
A gallery of sights and sounds from ILR
Today’s TV magazine cover
TVTimes, Radio Times, Television Weekly, TVWorld… a different cover from a day in history
Testcards
When there’s nothing on television, there’s this
An ident a day
A gallery of television idents
‘Fusion’ covers
The amazing art of Associated-Rediffusion and Rediffusion London’s staff magazine
The Granada archive
A gallery of all things Granada
News title cards
Screencaps and title cards from news programmes around the world
Network USA
Printed advertisements for US television stations from the 1940s, 50s and 60s
ITN
A gallery of all things Independent Television News
Letters from broadcasters
Dear Television… Love, Transdiffusion. And their replies
AYTEEVEE
Behind the scenes at ATV
Crossroads 3000
Your special souvenir website celebrating the Midlands soap opera
The ITV Story
A look back, from 1965, at the events of 1955
ITA Transmitters: 1969
Maps of the VHF coverage of the ITA’s transmitters and the proposed UHF service areas
Highlights of 1967
Rediffusion, London picks the best of their programmes from 1967
ITV in 1959
The Independent Television Authority explains who does what in ITV in 1959
Both sides of the camera
Inside ABC Weekend Television in Didsbury, Aston and Teddington in 1960
ITV-2
The Independent Television Authority’s in-depth plans for ITV-2 in 1971
The ITV 1963 Yearbook
The full ITV 1963 yearbook, with programmes, transmitters and companies explained
ABC at Large
ABC, your weekend TV in the north and midlands 1956-1968
The ITA Audience in 1972
The facts and figures of who was watching ITV in 1972
Who does what in ITV in 1973?
The Independent Broadcasting Authority explains who does what in ITV in this booklet from 1973
Rediffusion, London
Inside Associated-Rediffusion and Rediffusion, London, 1955-1968
Talk of THAMES
In-depth into Thames Television, London’s weekday ITV 1968-1992
Highlights of 1966
Rediffusion, London picks the 12 best of their programmes from 1966
TEMPO: the impact of television on the arts
Angus Wilson looks at how ABC Weekend TV’s ‘Tempo’ has influenced art and artists
ITA Colour
Colour… UHF… 625… Duplication… What the viewer needs to know in 1969
Kenny Everett
The nation’s favourite radio and telly prankster remembered
Marconi Mobile Television
In city, town or country, Marconi Outside Broadcast equipment is the toast of 1954
This is the EBU
Your guide to international broadcasting in Europe in 1962
Thorn EMI Videodiscs
The future is here: Thorn EMI new Videodisc technology – VHD – explained
ABC’s religious training scheme
Inside ABC Television’s 1959 training scheme for religious leaders who want to appear on ITV
The BBC Television story
The BBC celebrates twenty years of television in 1956
Intertel
The International Television Federation of documentary makers, 1960-1968
The Avengers
Steed, Dr Gale, Mrs Peel, Miss King, Purdey and Gambit – the TVTimes remembers The Avengers
Rediffusion ’64
All about the relaunch of Associated-Rediffusion as Rediffusion, London in April 1964
10 years of Rediffusion for schools
Rediffusion looks back at its contribution to educational television
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
Introducing Radio Caroline
The most famous ‘pirate’ radio station introduces itself in 1964
Music in the night
Behind the scenes at Radio Luxembourg in 1965
Broadcasting in the West
From 1949, the BBC looks at how it serves its most diverse radio region – the West of England
Inside Radio Luxembourg
The studios and transmitters of Radio Luxembourg in detail
Harlech’s first year
Accepting the challenge: Harlech rate themselves after a year on air
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
The Border discovered
Facts and figures about the unusual Border Television region
TWW’s unique top floor
Inside TWW’s studios
Rediffusion’s studios
Television House and Wembley
ATV Centre
The Birmingham Post celebrates the opening of the new ATV Centre in 1970 with a special pull-out supplement
Granada TV, Manchester 3
Granada’s TV studios in Manchester, in depth
Alpha Studios, Birmingham
The home of ABC and ATV in the midlands in the 1950s and 60s
Rediffusion printed archives
Printed and written archives from Associated-Rediffusion and Rediffusion London
TWW/Teledu Cymru archives
Transdiffusion for researchers: source material for Television Wales and West and for Wales (West and North) Television
Routine Sheets Database
Our database of daily presentation logs and camera scripts
ILR group
The group for fans of Independent Local Radio from 1973 until today
World TV presentation group
RTF, ARD, NOS, TVE, RAI… the group for discussion of all things international
Anglia TV group
The knight and the flag: discuss Anglia Television here
HTV West group
Love HTV West? Remember the HTV General Service? Did you watch TWW on Channel 10? Have we got a group for you!
Television in Wales group
Did you grow up in and around Wales in the 1960s? This group remembers TWW, Teledu Cymru, HTV Cymru/Wales and BBC Wales
Irish broadcasting group
RTE, TV3, TnaG, UTV, there’s so much to talk about in this group devoted to television in Ireland
Grampian TV group
From the very far north, here’s where you can remember Grampian
Satellite TV group
Memories of the channels and presentation of the channels on the Astra satellite family
BBC News group
Discuss the look of BBC TV News across the years
Adverts group
If you like a lot of chocolate on your biscuit join our group
Rediffusion group
Associated-Rediffusion and Rediffusion, London: the capital’s weekday choice from 1955 to 1968
Transdiffusion’s All Talk group
A place to talk about everything TV and radio related
BBCtv presentation group
Join us to talk about the look and feel of BBCtv presentation across the years
My 1960s group
If you remember it, you weren’t there. We beg to differ
STV group
A group to talk about Scottish Television
ABC Weekend TV group
Your weekend TV in the north and midlands 1956-1968: come remember the masters of ITV
Channel 4 and S4C group
The much-anticipated Fourth UHF Channel(s) are discussed here
Breakfast TV group
Breakfast Time, TV-am, GMTV, RI:SE… all of breakfast television is discussed in this group
ITV regional news group
About Anglia, Northern Life, ATV Today, Three after Six, Thames Today, Westward Diary… the place to remember your regional news programme
BBC radio history group
From 2LO to DAB, from the National Programme to Radio 1Xtra… come talk about BBC radio
Channel TV group
The baby of the class: talk about Channel Television here
Television sport group
The Big Match, World of Sport, Scotsport, Sportsnight, Grandstand… the presentation of sport on TV is discussed here
ITN group
Talking about the on-screen look and personalities of Independent Television News
SoundCloud
Our sound archive… well, about 2% of it (so far)
YouTube
A selection from our video archives
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Transdiffusion on Tumblr
A running log of all of our output, plus archive items of interest
A collection of interesting pictures from across Transdiffusion
Selected images from the Transdiffusion archives
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Spotify playlist
Listen here to a selection of the best broadcasting tunes
Zenith: 1964 – the year everything changed
Our guide to 1964: the year everything in British culture changed
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We grew up in the 1960s… and loved every minute of it!