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Alexis Zegerman

She played the part of Daliah Sofer in Storm which premiered at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival in 2009, and Gemma in ITV drama U Be Dead.

Andover Estate

Ms Widdecombe spent three days on the Andover Estate off Hornsey Road, Holloway, for ITV's Tonight with Trevor McDonald programme.

Anna Ryder Richardson

She appeared alongside fellow I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! contestant and eventual winner, Christopher Biggins, on a Celebrity Version of the ITV show Who wants to be a Millionaire?, which aired on 1 January 2008, in which Anna and Christopher shared a £50,000 prize for their chosen charities.

Anurognathus

Anurognathus was featured in the fifth episode of the ITV science fiction television series Primeval.

Assumpta Serna

She is known for her roles in I, The Worst of All portraying famous Mexican religious scholar Sor Juana, Nostradamus, The Craft, and Wild Orchid, although she may be most remembered for her role as Peninsular War guerrilla commander Teresa Moreno in the first four of the ITV Richard Sharpe series of films based on the novels of Bernard Cornwell.

Astra 2D

ITV also broadcast all its television channels (including regional variations of ITV1, and STV and UTV) from the Astra 2D satellite.

Goodwood Racecourse

From 1968 to 1970 the course's late summer meeting was shown on ITV, and from the early 2000s some races from the course occasionally appeared on Channel 4, but otherwise the course had been covered exclusively by the BBC for 50 years from 1956 (when it first appeared on television) to 2006.

Groovy Times

The 'King of Early Evening ITV' mentioned in the song is confirmed as Bill Grundy, whose career was ruined after his infamous interview with the Sex Pistols and was indeed presenting early evening television on British terrestrial channel ITV.

How to Be Cool

It was adapted for television in the United Kingdom by Granada Television for ITV, and starred Roger Daltrey and Freddie Jones.

James Hickman

The company made From Bomb to Boom (about the Manchester bomb) for ITV1, Cartoon Kings presented by Sir David Jason (about animators Cosgrove and Hall) for ITV1 and Another Fine Mess for BBC Radio 2, presented by Sir Norman Wisdom (celebrating 80 years of Laurel and Hardy).

James Runcie

From October 2006 to October 2007, Runcie spent a year filming J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life for ITV, as the author was completing the final novel in the Harry Potter cycle, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Jason Croot

Jason also plays alongside Tamzin Outhwaite as a Bulgarian Assassin, Ivano Popov, in series 2 of The Fixer, a drama for ITV by Kudos Productions which was directed by the highly acclaimed Sam Miller.

Jayne Brook

During the late 1980s, she worked for a while in Great Britain, appearing with Tom Conti and John Standing in The Old Boy Network, a single season ITV comedy series about three spies (an ex-MI5 agent, an ex-MI5 traitor who'd been working for the KGB, and an ex-CIA officer) who set up as private investigators after the end of the Cold War.

Jayne Middlemiss

In 2005 she appeared on ITV's Celebrity Love Island and became emotionally involved with footballer Lee Sharpe.

Jeremy Hawk

Hawk appeared on television as straight man to Benny Hill, Arthur Askey, Norman Wisdom and Sid Caesar as well as hosting the ITV programme Criss Cross Quiz and the junior version for children's television from 1957 to 1962.

Judith Chalmers

In the 1980s Chalmers was a regular host of the Miss World contest on ITV, also presenting the associated UK beauty pageants such as Miss United Kingdom and the British Beauty Championships.

Kelly Marie

On 7 May 2005, Marie appeared on the ITV show, Hit Me, Baby, One More Time, singing "Feels Like I'm in Love" and "Oops!... I Did It Again" in hopes of progressing to the final to compete for the major label release of a new single.

Lea Roberts

He then went on to appear on a number of TV shows, including the three-part series That's Entertainment for ITV, whilst increasing his name on the comedy circuit.

Lee Hurst

He also fronted ITV's short-lived revival of the entertainment show Saturday Live, which included comedians such as Alan Parker, Urban Warrior and Harry Hill.

Luddenden

The area including fellow nearby town of Bramham was used for filming external scenes in the 1980s ITV Yorkshire Television situation comedy series In Loving Memory, starring Dame Thora Hird and Christopher Beeny.

Luke Ward-Wilkinson

Ward-Wilkinson also played Evan Trevanion in the ITV drama series Wild at Heart, Ensign Percival Beauclere in the 2008 ITV drama Sharpe's Peril and Thomas McDowell in The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey.

Maddy Darrall

This was the catalyst for Maddy’s career in children’s television and Billy Macqueen gave her a break as researcher on ITV’s children’s show Ghost Train.

Marie Slater

Marie "Maz" Slater (born in Middleton, Greater Manchester in 1972) is a British reality TV star infamous for her role as the 'Miss Nasty' resort manager of Faliraki in ITV show Club Reps.

Marjorie Yates

During this period, she landed the female lead in the Peter Sellers film The Optimists of Nine Elms (often named The Optimists) and starred alongside David Swift in "Couples", a long running, twice weekly day time drama on UK ITV about a marriage guidance counselling service.

Mark Petchey

He works for Sky Sports, ITV and the BBC providing commentary and analysis for ATP Tour tennis.

Matthew Crabb

Crabb has appeared on ITV's This Morning, creating simple carvings for Irish landscape designer and television personality Diarmuid Gavin.

Matthew Graham

In November 2010, Graham announced the production of a new television series co-created with Ashley Pharoah for ITV.

Nick Weir

In 1997, he presented the programme On the ball and presented a daytime quiz show on ITV, called Waffle in 1998, and also teamed up with Lisa Rogers to present the show Grudge match from 1999 to 2000.

Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!

Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt! was a popular ITV situation comedy that ran from 1974 to 1977.

Once Upon a Classic

The episodes consisted of adaptations of such classic literature as "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" and Leatherstocking Tales; some of these adaptations were produced by other broadcasters such as the BBC and ITV in the United Kingdom.

Paul Kingsnorth

In recent years, he has written for or contributed to the Guardian, Independent, Daily Telegraph, Daily Express, Le Monde, New Statesman, Ecologist, New Internationalist, Big Issue, Adbusters, BBC Wildlife, openDemocracy, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 2, BBC Four, ITV and Resonance FM.

Peter Brough

Two years later, Peter was on ITV in Educating Archie, utilising the same team as before, although Marty Feldman took some of the writing credit as well.

Redemption Days

The song serves as the soundtrack to ITV's UEFA Euro 2012 coverage, British Eurosport's 2012 Tour de France coverage, the theme song to BP's advertising campaign for the 2012 Summer Olympics and features on the soundtrack of British film Victim.

Robert Shaw Cameron

He is also an actor, his first television role was in the EastEnders spin off Ricky & Bianca in 2002, before going on to appear in The Bill, The Wild Life, Where The Heart Is, The Basil Brush Show, Shane by Frank Skinner, Holby City, Heartbeat, Keen Eddie and was the voice of the Quizmaster for ITV's 24 Hour Quiz.

Sapphire Films

Amongst their best-known series are The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Adventures of Sir Lancelot, The Buccaners, and The Four Just Men produced for ITC Entertainment and screened on ITV in the UK, as well as being networked in the United States.

Sarah Matravers

Her two-year relationship with fellow Footballers Wives - Extra Time actor Marc Bannerman ended publicly in 2007, when Bannerman appeared on ITV reality show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! and professed his love for fellow contestant Cerys Matthews.

Sound TV

The managing director of the channel was comedian and folk singer Richard Digance, a talent popular on variety shows such as the Sunday evening Live from... (Her Majesty's/the Piccadilly/the Palladium) series (produced by LWT for ITV) and also on Summertime Special, a moderately popular variety showcase of the 1980s.

Spinningfields

Following the decision of ITV to relocate from its Granada Studios site adjacent to Spinningfields, in order to move to the nearby MediaCityUK development, the 13.5 acre plot on Quay Street became available for development.

Stella Gonet

In 2005 Gonet married English actor, Nicholas Farrell (the couple co-starred in an episode of The Roman Mysteries as Queen Berenice of Judea and Emperor Titus, and as Mr. and Mrs. Musgrove in ITV's 2007 production of Jane Austen's Persuasion).

Steve Strange

In February 2012, Strange appeared as a guest on the ITV chat show Loose Women.

Tamzin Malleson

She originally played Alison Dangerfield in Series 3 and 4 of the BBC drama Dangerfield, before going on to play one of the starring roles (Penny Neville) in the Channel 4 comedy, Teachers, for three of the programme's four series, and she starred in one of ITV's Poirot adaptations, "Evil Under The Sun."

Tenball

The game and the ITV/LWT TV series Tenball focused on a tournament of it were created in 1995 by a team consisting of managers Russ Lindsay and Peter Powell, entrepreneur Barry Hearn, and snooker and pool player Steve Davis.

Tessa Wyatt

From 1977 to 1981, Tessa Wyatt played Vicky Nicholls, later Tripp, in the ITV sitcom Robin's Nest, a spin-off the successful sitcom Man About the House.

Zaraah Abrahams

Zaraah Abrahams (born 27 March 1987) is an English actress who is best known for playing Michaela White in the BBC school drama Waterloo Road from 2007–10, Joanne Jackson in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street from 2005–07 and for being a contestant in the third series of the ITV talent show Dancing On Ice and returned as a contestant for the last series in 2014.


see also

Diana Binks

Mainly known for presenting regular late-night coverage of NASCAR and Indy Car racing on Five, and Motorsport UK for the ITV network, she has also worked for other broadcasters including Sky Sports.

Punchlines

Punchlines was a comedy game show series hosted by Lennie Bennett that was produced by LWT and aired on the ITV network from January 3, 1981 until December 22, 1984.

Sporting Triangles

The programme was produced by Central Television and aired on the ITV network for four series from 7 January 1987 until 13 August 1990.

Take the Plunge

Take The Plunge was an early evening game show that was produced by Thames Television and aired on the ITV network for one series in 1989, the programme was hosted by comedy actress Su Pollard.

Tarby's Frame Game

It aired on the ITV network from 24 May 1987 until 29 July 1989 and was hosted by Jimmy Tarbuck.

The Adventures of Rupert Bear

The Adventures of Rupert Bear was a live-action, puppet television series, based on the Mary Tourtel character, Rupert Bear, produced by ATV Network, and aired from 28 October 1969 to 24 August 1977 on the ITV network, with 156 11-minute episodes produced over four series.

The Ghosts of Motley Hall

The Ghosts of Motley Hall is a British children's television series written by Richard Carpenter which was produced and directed by Quentin Lawrence for Granada Television, and broadcast between 1976 and 1978 on the ITV network.

The Sunday Edition

The Sunday Edition was a television programme broadcast on the ITV Network in the United Kingdom focusing on political interview and discussion, produced by London Weekend Television.

The Zodiac Game

The Zodiac Game was a quiz programme devised by Ron Bareham that was produced by Anglia Television and aired on the ITV network from 1984 until 1986 and was hosted by Tom O'Connor.