THIS IS THE TELEVAULT from Transdiffusion https://televault.rocks/ The best television and radio archive sites Wed, 24 Sep 2025 17:57:36 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 http://televault.rocks/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/cropped-televault-favicon-32x32.png THIS IS THE TELEVAULT from Transdiffusion https://televault.rocks/ 32 32 Broadcasting House http://televault.rocks/broadcasting-house Wed, 24 Sep 2025 16:56:21 +0000 https://televault.rocks/?p=1392 The opening of the new home of the BBC, Broadcasting House in London

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]]> Testcards http://televault.rocks/a-testcard-a-day Wed, 24 Sep 2025 16:45:49 +0000 http://televault.rocks/?p=51 When there's nothing on television, there's this

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]]> Thorn EMI Videodiscs http://televault.rocks/thorn-emi-videodiscs Wed, 24 Sep 2025 16:37:53 +0000 http://televault.rocks/?p=457 The future is here: Thorn EMI new Videodisc technology - VHD - explained

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]]> 25 years of British broadcasting http://televault.rocks/25-years-of-british-broadcasting Wed, 24 Sep 2025 16:15:25 +0000 https://televault.rocks/?p=1396 The BBC celebrates its silver jubilee in 1947

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]]> TWW/Teledu Cymru archives http://televault.rocks/tww-teledu-cymru-archives Wed, 24 Sep 2025 15:51:13 +0000 http://televault.rocks/?p=1171 Transdiffusion for researchers: source material for Television Wales and West and for Wales (West and North) Television

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]]> The Human Jungle http://televault.rocks/the-human-jungle Wed, 24 Sep 2025 13:48:06 +0000 https://televault.rocks/?p=1386 The press pack for ABC Weekend's innovative series starring Herbert Lom

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]]> Today’s TV magazine cover http://televault.rocks/todays-tv-magazine-cover Wed, 24 Sep 2025 12:26:15 +0000 http://televault.rocks/?p=45 TVTimes, Radio Times, Television Weekly, TVWorld... a different cover from a day in history

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]]> ATV Sunspots http://televault.rocks/atv-sunspots Wed, 24 Sep 2025 11:50:42 +0000 https://televault.rocks/?p=1388 An innovative new way to sell holidays on ATV in the Midlands

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]]> Highlights of 1967 http://televault.rocks/highlights-of-1967 Wed, 24 Sep 2025 11:27:06 +0000 http://televault.rocks/?p=1173 Rediffusion, London picks the best of their programmes from 1967

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]]> Zenith: 1964 – the year everything changed http://televault.rocks/zenith Wed, 24 Sep 2025 11:20:38 +0000 http://televault.rocks/?p=616 Our guide to 1964: the year everything in British culture changed

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]]> Rediffusion printed archives http://televault.rocks/rediffusion-printed-archives Wed, 24 Sep 2025 11:00:21 +0000 http://televault.rocks/?p=750 Printed and written archives from Associated-Rediffusion and Rediffusion London

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]]> This is ABC Weekend http://televault.rocks/abc-at-large Wed, 24 Sep 2025 10:42:41 +0000 http://televault.rocks/?p=110 ABC, your weekend TV in the north and midlands 1956-1968

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]]> ATV Centre http://televault.rocks/atv-centre Wed, 24 Sep 2025 10:24:05 +0000 http://televault.rocks/?p=918 The Birmingham Post celebrates the opening of the new ATV Centre in 1970 with a special pull-out supplement

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]]> Spotify playlist http://televault.rocks/spotify-playlist Wed, 24 Sep 2025 10:22:52 +0000 http://televault.rocks/?p=596 Listen here to a selection of the best broadcasting tunes

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]]> Emergency – Ward 10 http://televault.rocks/emergency-ward-10 Wed, 24 Sep 2025 09:04:16 +0000 https://televault.rocks/?p=1390 Celebrating the 500th episode of the popular ATV soap opera

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]]> Both sides of the camera http://televault.rocks/both-sides-of-the-camera Wed, 24 Sep 2025 07:53:14 +0000 http://televault.rocks/?p=686 Inside ABC Weekend Television in Didsbury, Aston and Teddington in 1960

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]]> TWW’s unique top floor http://televault.rocks/twws-unique-top-floor Wed, 24 Sep 2025 07:04:36 +0000 http://televault.rocks/?p=66 Inside TWW's studios

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]]> Letters from broadcasters http://televault.rocks/letters-from-broadcasters Wed, 24 Sep 2025 06:50:49 +0000 http://televault.rocks/?p=33 Dear Television... Love, Transdiffusion. And their replies

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]]> This is My 1950s http://televault.rocks/this-is-my-1950s Wed, 24 Sep 2025 05:25:30 +0000 https://televault.rocks/?p=1408 The social history of the 1950s – what we bought, what we watched, who we loved

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]]> This is Channel TV http://televault.rocks/this-is-channel-tv Wed, 24 Sep 2025 04:32:39 +0000 https://televault.rocks/?p=1405 Take a look around the baby of the ITV network – Channel Television

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]]> Who does what in ITV in 1973? http://televault.rocks/who-does-what-in-itv-in-1973 Wed, 24 Sep 2025 04:18:12 +0000 http://televault.rocks/?p=718 The Independent Broadcasting Authority explains who does what in ITV in this booklet from 1973

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]]> Crossroads 3000 http://televault.rocks/crossroads-3000 Wed, 24 Sep 2025 03:22:39 +0000 http://televault.rocks/?p=1167 Your special souvenir website celebrating the Midlands soap opera

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]]> ITN http://televault.rocks/itn-gallery Wed, 24 Sep 2025 03:01:20 +0000 http://televault.rocks/?p=126 A gallery of all things Independent Television News

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]]> The Avengers http://televault.rocks/the-avengers Wed, 24 Sep 2025 01:42:43 +0000 http://televault.rocks/?p=94 Steed, Dr Gale, Mrs Peel, Miss King, Purdey and Gambit - the TVTimes remembers The Avengers

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]]> The ITV 1963 Yearbook http://televault.rocks/the-itv-1963-yearbook Wed, 24 Sep 2025 00:11:46 +0000 http://televault.rocks/?p=12 The full ITV 1963 yearbook, with programmes, transmitters and companies explained

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]]> Teledu yng ngwlad y gȃn http://televault.rocks/television-in-the-land-of-song-teledu-yng-ngwlad-y-g%c8%83n Wed, 24 Sep 2025 00:10:03 +0000 http://televault.rocks/?p=587 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.

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]]> Introducing Radio Caroline http://televault.rocks/introducing-radio-caroline Wed, 24 Sep 2025 00:05:33 +0000 http://televault.rocks/?p=36 The most famous 'pirate' radio station introduces itself in 1964

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]]> Routine Sheets Database http://televault.rocks/routine-sheets-database Tue, 23 Sep 2025 23:52:53 +0000 http://televault.rocks/?p=753 Our database of daily presentation logs and camera scripts

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]]> Intertel http://televault.rocks/intertel Tue, 23 Sep 2025 23:30:06 +0000 http://televault.rocks/?p=1165 The International Television Federation of documentary makers, 1960-1968

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]]> Broadcasting in the West http://televault.rocks/broadcasting-in-the-west Tue, 23 Sep 2025 22:52:56 +0000 http://televault.rocks/?p=696 From 1949, the BBC looks at how it serves its most diverse radio region - the West of England

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]]> ITV-2 http://televault.rocks/itv-2 Tue, 23 Sep 2025 22:47:00 +0000 http://televault.rocks/?p=747 The Independent Television Authority’s in-depth plans for ITV-2 in 1971

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]]> The ITV Story http://televault.rocks/the-itv-story Tue, 23 Sep 2025 22:36:32 +0000 http://televault.rocks/?p=622 A look back, from 1965, at the events of 1955

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]]> ITV in 1959 http://televault.rocks/itv-in-1959 Tue, 23 Sep 2025 22:05:46 +0000 http://televault.rocks/?p=584 The Independent Television Authority explains who does what in ITV in 1959

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]]> Back in time for TV http://televault.rocks/back-in-time-for-tv Tue, 23 Sep 2025 21:37:20 +0000 https://televault.rocks/?p=1384 HE Cooper takes her time machine back across 4 decades of British television

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]]> Rediffusion ’64 http://televault.rocks/rediffusion-64 Tue, 23 Sep 2025 21:36:44 +0000 http://televault.rocks/?p=474 All about the relaunch of Associated-Rediffusion as Rediffusion, London in April 1964

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]]> This is the EBU http://televault.rocks/this-is-the-ebu Tue, 23 Sep 2025 21:19:59 +0000 http://televault.rocks/?p=1169 Your guide to international broadcasting in Europe in 1962

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]]> TEMPO: the impact of television on the arts http://televault.rocks/tempo-the-impact-of-television-on-the-arts Tue, 23 Sep 2025 19:34:57 +0000 http://televault.rocks/?p=706 Angus Wilson looks at how ABC Weekend TV's 'Tempo' has influenced art and artists

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]]> Southern Success http://televault.rocks/southern-success Tue, 23 Sep 2025 18:17:20 +0000 http://televault.rocks/?p=590 Southern Television is about to expand into the south-east and explains to viewers and advertisers who they are and what they do

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]]> The BBC Television story http://televault.rocks/the-bbc-television-story Tue, 23 Sep 2025 17:25:16 +0000 http://televault.rocks/?p=1163 The BBC celebrates twenty years of television in 1956

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]]> Highlights of 1966 http://televault.rocks/highlights-of-1966 Tue, 23 Sep 2025 16:04:03 +0000 http://televault.rocks/?p=916 Rediffusion, London picks the 12 best of their programmes from 1966

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]]> This is Alpha http://televault.rocks/alpha-studios-birmingham Tue, 23 Sep 2025 16:02:08 +0000 http://televault.rocks/?p=149 The home of ABC and ATV in the midlands in the 1950s and 60s

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]]> Marconi Mobile Television http://televault.rocks/marconi-mobile-television Tue, 23 Sep 2025 14:22:37 +0000 http://televault.rocks/?p=699 In city, town or country, Marconi Outside Broadcast equipment is the toast of 1954

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]]> transdiffusion.org http://televault.rocks/transdiffusion-org Tue, 23 Sep 2025 13:49:07 +0000 http://televault.rocks/?p=69 Our main website, packed to the gills with over 3,000 articles about every aspect of broadcasting history

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]]> Bluesky http://televault.rocks/bluesky Tue, 23 Sep 2025 13:33:27 +0000 https://televault.rocks/?p=1437 Find us on Bluesky

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]]> The Valiant Man http://televault.rocks/the-valiant-man Tue, 23 Sep 2025 12:33:54 +0000 https://televault.rocks/?p=1398 Rediffusion looks at both the technical and ceremonial as the nation holds Winston Churchill's funeral

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]]> Granada TV, Manchester 3 http://televault.rocks/granada-tv-manchester-3 Tue, 23 Sep 2025 12:26:39 +0000 http://televault.rocks/?p=114 Granada's TV studios in Manchester, in depth

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]]> Other archives http://televault.rocks/non-broadcasting-archives Tue, 23 Sep 2025 11:57:18 +0000 http://televault.rocks/?p=72 Broadcasting not your thing? Visit Retropia, Transdiffusion's huge archive of social history

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]]> ITA Transmitters: 1969 http://televault.rocks/ita-transmitters-1969 Tue, 23 Sep 2025 11:27:11 +0000 http://televault.rocks/?p=27 Maps of the VHF coverage of the ITA's transmitters and the proposed UHF service areas

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]]> ABC’s religious training scheme http://televault.rocks/abcs-religious-training-scheme Tue, 23 Sep 2025 10:44:23 +0000 http://televault.rocks/?p=693 Inside ABC Television's 1959 training scheme for religious leaders who want to appear on ITV

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]]> News title cards http://televault.rocks/news-title-of-the-day Tue, 23 Sep 2025 10:33:52 +0000 http://televault.rocks/?p=106 Screencaps and title cards from news programmes around the world

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