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8 unusual facts about Television South


ABC Family Worldwide

1992: IFE acquired TVS Entertainment (a former ITV franchise holder for the South of England) archive for $68.5 million, which included the MTM Enterprises library.

Cannon and Ball

During the 1980s, Greg Dyke, the then Head of Programming at ITV station TVS and later to hold a similar position at LWT expressed a concern that northern comedy shows may not suit southern tastes.

David Quayle

David left B&Q in 1982 and moved on to other companies, working in Television South, City Vision and The Beatrice Royal Contemporary Art and Craft Gallery.

Day To Remember

Day To Remember is a British Christmas television play first transmitted 9.45pm Sunday 21 December 1986 on Channel 4 from Television South Production in association with the Theatre of Comedy Entertainment.

Nigel Pickard

In 1982 Pickard became a senior programme director of the children’s department at the newly formed TVS, where his work included No73.

Richard Digance

After the success of this special he was signed to TVS in Southampton after being a studio warm-up act there for Matthew Kelly and this first series of six programmes screened on Thursday nights.

Roz Hanby

Following her appearances in British Airways commercials she worked as a television presenter for TVS before going into nursing.

The Witches and the Grinnygog

The story was adapted as a six-episode television miniseries produced by Television South in the UK in 1983 and subsequently broadcast in the US, Canada New Zealand and Israel.


Bluebell Hill transmitting station

Between its opening in 1974 and 31 December 1981 the transmitter broadcast ITV London, being switched on 1 January 1982 to carry signals from the new ITV franchise TVS (Television South), until superseded on 1 January 1993 by ITV Meridian for ITV in the south east.

Dorothea Brooking

Her last directing responsibility was the Haunting of Cassie Palmer (1982) for Television South (TVS) which had been commissioned by Anna Home, who was then Head of Children's and Youth Programmes at the station.

Peter Henley

Switching from radio to television, Peter became a reporter for southern ITV franchisee Television South, filing special reports from Saudi Arabia during the Gulf War, and covering the weeks in which Michael Heseltine fought to replace Margaret Thatcher.

Television Centre, Southampton

Television Centre, Southampton was home to the three ITV contractors for the South and South East region: Southern, TVS, and Meridian.


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