TV68

15/03/2026

Happy Mother’s Day to all who celebrate!

Love the jingle on this one...and the shimmy past the blokes in the queue for the bathroom at the end!Recognise the actor at 00:07?"No, my mum's better than ...

09/03/2026

TV-am closing and YTV opening from 40 years ago today!

Published here 40 years later! Samantha Fox and David Bellamy to look forward to on TV-am next week.Ref:XT6/7/00:07

07/03/2026

A lovely set of colour bars during the racing!

Loss of the racing coverage into itv4 control. Notice the channel logo remains over the top of the bars (in the top right-hand corner.) Wondering if 'CHE' o...

01/03/2026

Happy St.David’s Day to all who celebrate!

Ronald Lacey plays Dylan Thomas in 'The Life and Death of a Poet' as part of celebrations for the 25th anniversary of BBC Wales Television.Not sure of exact ...

27/02/2026

https://mediamole.co.uk/broadcasting/thats-tv-reveals-closure-of-dedicated-music-channels/10684/

That's TV reveals that its portfolio of music channels will close down at the end of the month.

24/02/2026

Spot the celebrity in this Churchill commercial from 2008!

From 2008, the famous talking dog obviously has a fondness for sausages...and who else?Followed by a trailer for the Pride of Britain Awards with another sma...

17/02/2026

Egg on his face at the start of Pancake Day 40 years ago! So pleased I recorded this Colin Weston clip…and glad to reshare with you today!

Something's not quite switched correctly for this Granada opening routine, as we briefly get the TVS music and announcer!In the days of TV-am when there was ...

14/02/2026

Central TV opening from 40 years ago today!

Sometimes it takes a bit of detective work to date a clip - from looking at the recordings either side, or consulting old listings on the BBC's Genome. No s...

20/01/2026

Some Central continuity from 40 years ago!

Busman's Holiday promo and some continuity from Gary Terzza.Granada have finally dropped the 'Colour Production' caption from their ident in and out of Coron...

16/01/2026

Fans of Cosgrove Hall animations such as Danger Mouse and Count Duckula can now visit the exhibition at Sale Library:

10/01/2026

Examples of trailers shown on Yorkshire, Granada and Central 40 years ago for the Winter 1986 season. Inter-region politics prevail as Granada decide to use an animation of their own G-symbol instead of the network ITV graphics, and Central go their own way as usual!

Three different set of graphics to promote ITV's Winter schedule 40 years ago! Yorkshire used the network ITV graphics (which I think they may have had a ha...