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line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">First air date</div></th><td class="infobox-data">30 August 1958<span class="noprint">; 66 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1958-08-30</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1.0em;"><a href="/wiki/Motto" title="Motto">Motto</a></th><td class="infobox-data">The Station that serves the South</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1.0em;">TV transmitters</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rowridge_transmitting_station" title="Rowridge transmitting station">Rowridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dover_transmitting_station" title="Dover transmitting station">Dover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hannington_transmitting_station" title="Hannington transmitting station">Hannington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midhurst_transmitting_station" title="Midhurst transmitting station">Midhurst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitehawk_Hill_transmitting_station" title="Whitehawk Hill transmitting station">Whitehawk Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chillerton_Down_transmitting_station" title="Chillerton Down transmitting station">Chillerton Down</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heathfield_transmitting_station" title="Heathfield transmitting station">Heathfield</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1.0em;">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Television_Centre,_Southampton" title="Television Centre, Southampton">Southampton</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1.0em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Broadcast area</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Southern_England" title="Southern England">South</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_East_England" title="South East England">South East England</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1.0em;">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rank_Organisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Rank Organisation">Rank Organisation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Associated_Newspapers" class="mw-redirect" title="Associated Newspapers">Associated Newspapers</a> & <a href="/wiki/D._C._Thomson_%26_Co." class="mw-redirect" title="D. C. Thomson & Co.">D. C. Thomson & Co.</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1.0em;">Dissolved</th><td class="infobox-data">31 December 1981<span class="noprint">; 42 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1981-12-31</span>)</span> (after 23 years, 123 days)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1.0em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Picture format</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/PAL" title="PAL">PAL</a> <a href="/wiki/625_lines" title="625 lines">625 lines</a> via UHF</li> <li>Black and white <a href="/wiki/405_lines" class="mw-redirect" title="405 lines">405 lines</a> via VHF</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1.0em;"><a href="/wiki/Network_affiliate" title="Network affiliate">Affiliation(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1.0em;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1.0em;">Replaced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Television_South" title="Television South">Television South</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Southern Television</b> was the <a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a> broadcasting licence holder for the <a href="/wiki/South_East_England" title="South East England">South and South-East of England</a> from 30 August 1958 to 31 December 1981. The company was launched as <span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span><b>Southern Television Limited</b><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span> and the title 'Southern Television' was consistently used <a href="/wiki/Broadcasting" title="Broadcasting">on-air</a> throughout its life. However, in 1966, during the application process for contracts running from 1968, the company renamed itself 'Southern Independent Television Limited',<sup id="cite_ref-auto_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a title which was used until 1980 when the company reverted to its original corporate name. Southern Television ceased broadcasting on the morning of 1 January 1982 at 12:43am,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after a review during the 1980 franchise round gave the contract to <a href="/wiki/Television_South" title="Television South">Television South</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Launch">Launch</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southern_Television&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Launch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When the <a href="/wiki/Independent_Television_Authority" title="Independent Television Authority">Independent Television Authority</a> (ITA) advertised for applicants to run the south of England station in 1958, Southern Television beat eight other applicants for the contract. Its initial shareholders were <a href="/wiki/Associated_Newspapers" class="mw-redirect" title="Associated Newspapers">Associated Newspapers</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Rank_Organisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Rank Organisation">Rank Organisation</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Fleetway_Publications" title="Fleetway Publications">Amalgamated Press</a>, each holding one third of the company. Associated Newspapers was allowed to remain a shareholder in Southern, only on the condition that it sold its remaining 10% stake in <a href="/wiki/Associated-Rediffusion" title="Associated-Rediffusion">Associated-Rediffusion</a> to avoid owning parts of two ITV companies; the Amalgamated Press dropped out of the consortium before the station went on air. This led to Associated Newspapers and Rank increasing their stakes to 37.5% each, and <a href="/wiki/D._C._Thomson_%26_Co." class="mw-redirect" title="D. C. Thomson & Co.">D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd</a> taking the remaining 25%. </p><p>Southern Television was the ninth ITA franchise to launch, beginning transmissions on 30 August 1958 at 5:30 pm with the first playing of <i>Southern Rhapsody</i>, the station theme which was used to begin each day's transmission until 31 December 1981, written by composer <a href="/wiki/Richard_Addinsell" title="Richard Addinsell">Richard Addinsell</a> and performed by the <a href="/wiki/Bournemouth_Symphony_Orchestra" title="Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra">Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra</a>, with Addinsell himself conducting. The first presenter on air was continuity announcer Meryl O'Keefe (later to become a BBC announcer); her first on-air announcement was followed by an outside broadcast link-up fronted by <a href="/wiki/Julian_Pettifer" title="Julian Pettifer">Julian Pettifer</a> (later a war correspondent) and a regional news bulletin read by Martin Muncaster. </p><p>Other opening night programmes included a <i>Filmed Playhouse</i> drama entitled <i>The Last Reunion</i>, a preview programme called <i>Coming Shortly</i>, an episode of the American crime drama <i><a href="/wiki/Highway_Patrol_(U.S._TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Highway Patrol (U.S. TV series)">Highway Patrol</a></i> and a networked opening night programme entitled <i>Southern Rhapsody</i>, starring <a href="/wiki/Gracie_Fields" title="Gracie Fields">Gracie Fields</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Blair" title="Lionel Blair">Lionel Blair</a> Dancers, televised from the station's studios in a converted cinema in the Northam area of Southampton and the ocean liner <i><a href="/wiki/RMS_Caronia_(1947)" title="RMS Caronia (1947)">Caronia</a></i>, which was berthed in <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Southampton" title="Port of Southampton">Southampton docks</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Programming">Programming</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southern_Television&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Programming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Regular programmes produced by Southern Television included the regional news magazine <i>Day by Day</i>, presented by <a href="/wiki/Cliff_Michelmore" title="Cliff Michelmore">Cliff Michelmore</a>, Christopher Peacock, <a href="/wiki/Barry_Westwood" title="Barry Westwood">Barry Westwood</a>, Peter Clark, and long-serving weather forecaster <a href="/wiki/Trevor_Baker" title="Trevor Baker">Trevor Baker</a>; <i>Out of Town</i>, a countryside programme introduced by <a href="/wiki/Jack_Hargreaves" title="Jack Hargreaves">Jack Hargreaves</a>, who would later join Southern Television's board of directors; <i><a href="/wiki/How_(TV_series)" title="How (TV series)">How</a></i>, a children's science programme also featuring Hargreaves along with <a href="/wiki/Fred_Dinenage" title="Fred Dinenage">Fred Dinenage</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bunty_James" class="mw-redirect" title="Bunty James">Bunty James</a> (later replaced by Marian Davies) and <a href="/wiki/Jon_Miller_(TV_presenter)" title="Jon Miller (TV presenter)">Jon Miller</a>; <i><a href="/wiki/Freewheelers" title="Freewheelers">Freewheelers</a></i>, a children's spy series; <i><a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill:_The_Wilderness_Years" title="Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years">Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Worzel_Gummidge_(TV_series)" title="Worzel Gummidge (TV series)">Worzel Gummidge</a></i>, starring <a href="/wiki/Jon_Pertwee" title="Jon Pertwee">Jon Pertwee</a> as the eponymous walking <a href="/wiki/Scarecrow" title="Scarecrow">scarecrow</a>. Southern Television also produced a programme aimed at the farming community, presented by Mark Jenner, <i>Farm Progress</i> was broadcast at around 10:30 on Sunday mornings. A late-night epilogue was introduced by <a href="/wiki/Roger_Royle" title="Roger Royle">Roger Royle</a>. Alongside 'Trevor the Weather', weather forecasts were also presented by Cyril Ockenden.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Generally, the company produced more networked children's programmes than shows for adults, scoring a particularly strong seller internationally with an adaptation of <a href="/wiki/Enid_Blyton" title="Enid Blyton">Enid Blyton</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Famous_Five_(1970s_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Famous Five (1970s TV series)">The Famous Five</a></i>. Also worth noting was the children's programme <i>The Saturday Banana</i>, hosted by <a href="/wiki/Bill_Oddie" title="Bill Oddie">Bill Oddie</a> (then one of <a href="/wiki/The_Goodies" title="The Goodies">The Goodies</a>) which saw the placing of a 20-foot-high (6.1 m) <a href="/wiki/Fibreglass" class="mw-redirect" title="Fibreglass">fibreglass</a> banana outside the studios, supported by its peeled 'skin'. Southern also produced the children's game show <i><a href="/wiki/Runaround_(UK_game_show)" class="mw-redirect" title="Runaround (UK game show)">Runaround</a></i> which was hosted by <a href="/wiki/Mike_Reid_(actor)" title="Mike Reid (actor)">Mike Reid</a>. </p><p>The broadcaster was known for its enlightened classical music broadcasting, including studio concerts by the local <a href="/wiki/Bournemouth_Symphony_Orchestra" title="Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra">Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra</a> in <i>Music in Camera</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1972, Southern Television broadcast up to two operas from <a href="/wiki/Glyndebourne_Festival_Opera" title="Glyndebourne Festival Opera">Glyndebourne</a> each season, some of which have since been issued on DVD.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Southern Television archive passed to Primetime who were later acquired by Australian company Southern Star, which later sold it to Renown Pictures, which shows some of the content on its own channel <a href="/wiki/Talking_Pictures_TV" title="Talking Pictures TV">Talking Pictures TV</a>, including Southern <a href="/wiki/Together_(1980_TV_series)" title="Together (1980 TV series)">soap opera <i>Together</i></a>;<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> amongst other old film libraries that Renown owns, Euroarts own Southern's music output including its Glyndebourne operas. </p><p>In its last three years on the air Southern showed many foreign-language films in its Friday <i>Late, Late Show</i>, including as many as eight by <a href="/wiki/Rainer_Werner_Fassbinder" title="Rainer Werner Fassbinder">Rainer Werner Fassbinder</a> and others by <a href="/wiki/Werner_Herzog" title="Werner Herzog">Werner Herzog</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andrzej_Wajda" title="Andrzej Wajda">Andrzej Wajda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wim_Wenders" title="Wim Wenders">Wim Wenders</a>, <a href="/wiki/Federico_Fellini" title="Federico Fellini">Federico Fellini</a> and many more.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Studios">Studios</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southern_Television&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Studios"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Southampton">Southampton</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southern_Television&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Southampton"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Television_Centre,_Southampton" title="Television Centre, Southampton">Television Centre, Southampton</a></div> <p>The station's original studios were in a converted cinema, the Plaza, in Northam, <a href="/wiki/Southampton" title="Southampton">Southampton</a>. </p><p>With the advent of colour in 1969, the company moved to purpose-built new studios next door to the existing site, built on land reclaimed from the <a href="/wiki/River_Itchen,_Hampshire" title="River Itchen, Hampshire">River Itchen</a>. </p><p>The studios at Northam were sold on to <a href="/wiki/Television_South" title="Television South">TVS</a> in 1981, and sold again by TVS to <a href="/wiki/ITV_Meridian" title="ITV Meridian">Meridian Broadcasting</a> in 1992. Meridian relocated to a much smaller office building in <a href="/wiki/Whiteley" title="Whiteley">Whiteley</a> in 2004, and the site at Northam was sold to developers. The studio complex was demolished in 2010. Blocks of flats have now been erected on the site. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dover">Dover</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southern_Television&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Dover"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The company also ran production offices and a studio in <a href="/wiki/Dover" title="Dover">Dover</a>, to serve the eastern part of its region. The studio was opened in 1961, after the <a href="/wiki/Independent_Television_Authority" title="Independent Television Authority">ITA</a>'s VHF Dover television transmitter went into operation the year before.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The studio on Russell Street was mainly used for regional news production although some non-news programmes including the long-running rural affairs series <i>Farm Progress</i>, feature series and documentaries such as <i>Elusive Butterflies</i> and <i>Dougalling</i> and the nightly Epilogue (known for years as <i>Guideline</i>) were also produced from Dover. </p><p>During Southern's tenure as the ITV franchise broadcaster, the company strived to produce dedicated opt outs for the east of the region – the first British television service of its kind. Southern's South East news team in Dover produced separate bulletins for the area as an opt-out into the <i>Day by Day</i> programme each weeknight. A dedicated South East bulletin was also broadcast after <i><a href="/wiki/ITV_News_at_Ten" title="ITV News at Ten">News at Ten</a></i>. More well known to South East viewers was <i><a href="/wiki/Scene_South_East" title="Scene South East">Scene South East</a></i>, a weekly magazine programme introduced on 9 October 1964 as <i>Friday on Ten</i> (so named due to its transmission on VHF Channel 10), and which replaced <i>Day by Day</i> on Friday nights. Its popularity led to the introduction of a shorter <i>Scene Midweek</i> programme on Wednesdays from 1977 onwards. Local commercials specific to the region were also broadcast to the Dover transmitter only, via the presentation control area at the Southampton studios. </p><p>Dover-based presenters and reporters included Mike Field, Jeff Thomas, Malcolm Mitchell, <a href="/wiki/Timothy_Brinton" class="mw-redirect" title="Timothy Brinton">Tim Brinton</a>, Simon Theobalds, Arnie Wilson, Jill Cochrane, Derek Williamson, Pat Sloman, David Haigh (editor of <i>Scene South East</i>), Donald Dougall and Mike Fuller. The Dover studio directors were David Pick and Maurice Harper. The floor manager was John Heather and the production assistant was Gillie Slaven. During the transition from Southern TV to TVS, two production secretaries were appointed, Gwenneth Hughes and Denise Hood. </p><p>After Southern lost its franchise to TVS, the studios were used to produce the successor's regional news programmes for the South East — <i><a href="/wiki/Coast_to_Coast_(UK_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Coast to Coast (UK TV series)">Coast to Coast</a></i> and <i>TVS News</i>. Once TVS's studios in Maidstone were opened, the Dover studios were closed in 1983 and demolished a year later. The site is now a car park. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_facilities">Other facilities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southern_Television&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Other facilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Unique in ITV and reflecting the area's maritime history the company converted a <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a> <a href="/wiki/Motor_torpedo_boat" title="Motor torpedo boat">motor torpedo boat</a> into a floating <a href="/wiki/Outside_broadcasting" title="Outside broadcasting">outside broadcasting</a> unit named <a href="/wiki/Southerner_(marine_vessel)" title="Southerner (marine vessel)"><i>Southerner</i></a>. </p><p>There were regional offices in <a href="/wiki/Maidstone" title="Maidstone">Maidstone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dorchester,_Dorset" title="Dorchester, Dorset">Dorchester</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brighton" title="Brighton">Brighton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Reading,_Berkshire" title="Reading, Berkshire">Reading</a>. There were also sales offices at Stag Place, London and Oxford Street, <a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Identity">Identity</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southern_Television&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Identity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Southern Television's logo is sometimes said to be a compass (with the directional station name and the fact that the bottom point on the logo is longest suggesting a compass pointing south in the direction of Southern Television's service area); however, the general consensus is that it is a star, named after the Southern Star and because Southern Television's final transmission showed the logo zooming off into the night sky. For the purposes of this article, the logo will be referred to as a star, to reflect what it is most popularly called. </p><p>Southern Television's first identity featured an art deco style star which zoomed into screen before the bottom point extended downwards with varying tones.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was replaced in the early 1960s with a white rotating star against a black background against a drumroll jingle. This was again altered in the mid-1960s to the familiar star shape against a black background and accompanied by a jingle featuring a cacophony of noises. This shape formed from a circle, with the diagonal lines moving out and joining the circle and the horizontal and vertical lines being drawn last, with the name added last. </p><p>This ident remained with the station until the end of its existence with some modifications; firstly the jingle was altered to nine notes on a guitar a few years later, and then the background was revealed to be blue in 1969 with the introduction of colour (blue was the background colour of the ident as used in black and white; being shot with black background and white star would have given too much contrast and overexposed the camera).<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This ident with blue background colour was maintained after the introduction of colour transmissions because this still provided a good contrast on black and white TV sets. This ident, occasionally supplemented by a subsequent caption stating, 'The Station that serves the South', lasted until the company ceased transmission in 1982. </p><p>In addition to these idents, a clock was used featuring a blue background and Southern legend, and for introducing links between programmes, <a href="/wiki/In-vision_continuity" class="mw-redirect" title="In-vision continuity">in-vision continuity</a> was utilised often. Continuity announcers included: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Nissen" title="Brian Nissen">Brian Nissen</a> (transferred to TVS in 1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Robbie" title="Christopher Robbie">Christopher Robbie</a> (transferred to TVS in 1982)</li> <li>Keith Martin</li> <li>Gill Hewitt</li> <li>Verity Martindill</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1980_franchise_round">1980 franchise round</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southern_Television&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 1980 franchise round"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Tone plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-style ambox-Tone" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/40px-Edit-clear.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/60px-Edit-clear.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/80px-Edit-clear.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section's <b>tone or style may not reflect the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Writing_better_articles#Tone" title="Wikipedia:Writing better articles">encyclopedic tone</a> used on Wikipedia</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> See Wikipedia's <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Writing_better_articles#Tone" title="Wikipedia:Writing better articles">guide to writing better articles</a> for suggestions.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">November 2018</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The 1980 Independent Television franchise round required Southern Television to re-apply to the <a href="/wiki/Independent_Broadcasting_Authority" title="Independent Broadcasting Authority">Independent Broadcasting Authority</a> (IBA) to continue to broadcast to the South and South East of England from 1982. Applications from rival companies were highly competitive. On the 28th December 1980, Southern Television lost its franchise to <a href="/wiki/Television_South" title="Television South">Television South</a> (TVS), a new consortium with fresh ideas and bold plans that were different from Southern Television's proposals. </p><p>Southern's response from the IBA was met with anger and disbelief by its board of directors.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although the IBA gave its standard reason for its decision that the competitor offered greater investment and a better mix of programmes, it was suggested the station's non-local ownership may have swayed the balance against it. Further speculation may have been the company's conservative nature and with a new decade just dawned, the south of England in time would be a radically different area. It was felt that Southern Television's application was more of the same tried and tested formula, over time would not have reflected the possibilities for the area. Another possibility was the incumbent's complacency: its original application was a mere 16 pages long. Tactfully the IBA invited Southern Television to re-submit, this time asking the company to go into more depth with its plans. </p><p>TVS spent months trying to persuade Southern to sell its studios until they relented. TVS was forced to use <a href="/wiki/Portable_building" title="Portable building">portable office buildings</a> (popularly known as Portakabins, a brand name) in Southern's car park as a temporary measure until its day of broadcast on 1st January 1982.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Southern reluctantly agreed to lease its studios to TVS for the production of TVS programmes and sell them back to TVS outright at the end of 1981. </p><p>The handover was tinged with acrimony on behalf of Southern's management, which appeared to take its anger at the decision out on TVS rather than the IBA, who made the actual choice. </p><p>In Southern Television's final productions, <i>Day by Yesterday</i>, <i>And It's Goodbye From Us</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a song was featured, composed and performed by <a href="/wiki/Richard_Stilgoe" title="Richard Stilgoe">Richard Stilgoe</a>, deriding the incoming TVS as "Portakabin TV" and mocking TVS for choosing Maidstone as a production base in the newly enlarged dual region—despite the fact that Southern Television itself had already purchased a site at Vinters Park in Maidstone for a planned studio complex, which it would have built had it retained its franchise. Southern Television sold the land on to TVS at a considerable profit. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Closure_of_Southern_Television">Closure of Southern Television</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southern_Television&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Closure of Southern Television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Southern Television's final programme <i>And It's Goodbye From Us</i> ended at 12:43 am on New Year's Day 1982. The programme closed with a medley of songs sung by <a href="/wiki/Lillian_Watson_(opera_singer)" title="Lillian Watson (opera singer)">Lillian Watson</a> and performed by the <a href="/wiki/Bournemouth_Sinfonietta" title="Bournemouth Sinfonietta">Bournemouth Sinfonietta</a> under conductor <a href="/wiki/Owain_Arwel_Hughes" title="Owain Arwel Hughes">Owain Arwel Hughes</a>. The show's presenter and long-serving continuity announcer <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Robbie" title="Christopher Robbie">Christopher Robbie</a>, signed off from Southern Television with these words: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Goodbye songs from Lillian Watson because ... it's goodbye time. We said at the start that we'd come to celebrate, and I think we have. We've enjoyed remembering, and I'm sure you won't forget. So, with a final farewell smile from those Southern people who've become to many of you, true friends, it's goodbye from us.</p></blockquote> <p>Afterwards, the camera panned to show many of the on-air talent and company executives standing solemnly as their names were displayed on-screen and the "Southern Fantasia" (composed especially for the show by Jonathan Burton, and performed earlier on in the programme) was played in the final two minutes. When the piece came to a climactic end, the lights on the set were gradually turned off, for the last time, fading to the Southern Television Colour Production slide which dissolved into the station's logo, spinning away into an animated starry sky. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Acoustic_guitar" title="Acoustic guitar">acoustic guitar</a> <a href="/wiki/Jingle" title="Jingle">jingle</a> played for what would be the final time with a deep extended echo, and the screen slowly and silently faded to black, remaining that way for close to a minute. There were no closing or shut-down announcements, no suggestions for viewers to switch off their television sets, nor even the customary playing of the national anthem. </p><p>At 12:45 am the transmitters were shut down, putting a permanent end to Southern's broadcasts after 24 years. Exactly 8 hours and 40 minutes later, <a href="/wiki/Television_South" title="Television South">Television South</a> began broadcasting in Southern's former region. </p><p>Southern Television's programme archive was sold to Southern Star Group and then <a href="/wiki/Talking_Pictures_TV" title="Talking Pictures TV">Renown Pictures</a>; the names "Southern Television Ltd", "Southern Independent Television" and "Southern Television", and the star device idents used between 1958 and 1981, all transferred to <i><a href="/wiki/Art_Attack" title="Art Attack">Art Attack</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Finger_Tips" title="Finger Tips">Finger Tips</a></i> producer Nic Ayling in 2004. Southern Television now trades as an independent production company. </p><p>In August 2008, ITV Meridian commemorated the 50th anniversary of Southern Television's first transmission with special reports on <i><a href="/wiki/Thames_Valley_Tonight" title="Thames Valley Tonight">Thames Valley Tonight</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/ITV_News_Meridian" title="ITV News Meridian">Meridian Tonight</a></i> (South and South East editions) alongside a half-hour programme presented by <a href="/wiki/Fred_Dinenage" title="Fred Dinenage">Fred Dinenage</a>. </p><p>In 2022, Renown Pictures/Talking Pictures TV<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> put many of the programmes from their Southern TV archive onto their TPTV Encore<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> streaming service. Programmes uploaded to TPTV Encore include <i>Runaround</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Rogue's Rock</i><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i>Tell Me Another</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southern_Television&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Television_South" title="Television South">Television South</a>, Southern Television's successor.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Meridian" title="ITV Meridian">ITV Meridian</a>, the current incumbent of the South franchise.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV (TV network)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_ITV" title="History of ITV">History of ITV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hannington_transmitting_station" title="Hannington transmitting station">Hannington transmitting station</a>, the site of a famous <a href="/wiki/Southern_Television_broadcast_interruption" title="Southern Television broadcast interruption">Southern Television broadcast interruption</a> by person or persons unknown in 1977.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Southern_Television" title="Timeline of Southern Television">Timeline of Southern Television</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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Television">Alpha Television</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Communications" title="Carlton Communications">Carlton Communications plc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Granada_plc" title="Granada plc">Granada plc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITC_Entertainment" title="ITC Entertainment">ITC Entertainment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Studios_Home_Entertainment#2_Entertain/BBC_Studios_Home_Entertainment" title="BBC Studios Home Entertainment">Video Collection International</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Studios#Distribution" title="ITV Studios">Pickwick Video Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Rank_Organisation" title="The Rank Organisation">The Rank Organisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Film_Distributors" title="General Film Distributors">General Film Distributors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pearl_%26_Dean_Ireland" title="Pearl & Dean Ireland">Carlton Screen Advertising</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Digital" title="ITV Digital">ITV Digital Ltd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trident_Television" title="Trident Television">Trident Television</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/News_Broadcasting" title="News Broadcasting">UTV Media plc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yorkshire-Tyne_Tees_Television" title="Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television">Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #D0E0E0;;width:1%">Divisions,<br />brands and<br />services</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em;line-height:100%; background: #DCE8E8">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:100%; background: #E8F0F0"><a href="/wiki/ITV_Studios" title="ITV Studios">ITV Studios</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Studios_Australia" title="ITV Studios Australia">ITV Studios Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12_Yard" title="12 Yard">12 Yard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Talk_Productions" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Talk Productions">Big Talk Productions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cattleya_(production_company)" title="Cattleya (production company)">Cattleya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartswood_Films" title="Hartswood Films">Hartswood Films</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mammoth_Screen" title="Mammoth Screen">Mammoth Screen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Multistory_Media" title="Multistory Media">Multistory Media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxford_Scientific_Films" title="Oxford Scientific Films">Oxford Scientific Films</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potato_(production_company)" title="Potato (production company)">Potato</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/So_Television" title="So Television">So Television</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twofour" title="Twofour">Twofour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Productions" title="World Productions">World Productions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:100%; background: #E8F0F0">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CITV" title="CITV">CITV</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LittleBe" title="LittleBe">LittleBe</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Daytime" title="ITV Daytime">ITV Daytime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Food" title="ITV Food">ITV Food</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_News" title="ITV News">ITV News</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ITN" title="ITN">ITN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Weather" title="ITV Weather">ITV Weather</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Sport" title="ITV Sport">ITV Sport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITVX" title="ITVX">ITVX</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Itv.com" title="Itv.com">itv.com</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BritBox" title="BritBox">BritBox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STV_Player" title="STV Player">STV Player</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STV_Studios" title="STV Studios">STV Studios</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em;line-height:100%; background: #DCE8E8">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Friends_Reunited" title="Friends Reunited">Friends Reunited</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Day" title="ITV Day">ITV Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Digital" title="ITV Digital">ITV Digital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Local" title="ITV Local">ITV Local</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Play" title="ITV Play">ITV Play</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Schools" title="ITV Schools">ITV Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.tv" title="U.tv">u.tv</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #D0E0E0;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_ITV_regions" title="List of ITV regions">ITV<br /><i>(network)</i><br />franchises<br />and<br />regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em;line-height:100%; background: #DCE8E8">National<br />franchises</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:100%; background: #E8F0F0">Breakfast</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/TV-am" title="TV-am">TV-am</a> (1983–1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/GMTV" title="GMTV">GMTV</a> (1993–2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Breakfast" title="ITV Breakfast">ITV Breakfast</a> (2010–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:100%; background: #E8F0F0">Teletext</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ORACLE_(teletext)" title="ORACLE (teletext)">ORACLE</a> (1974–1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teletext_Ltd." title="Teletext Ltd.">Teletext Ltd.</a> (1993–2010)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em;line-height:100%; background: #DCE8E8">Current<br />regional<br />franchises</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:100%; background: #E8F0F0">ITV plc</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Anglia" title="ITV Anglia">Anglia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Border" title="ITV Border">Border</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Central" title="ITV Central">Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Channel_Television" title="ITV Channel Television">Channel TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Cymru_Wales" title="ITV Cymru Wales">Cymru Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Granada" title="ITV Granada">Granada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_London" title="ITV London">London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Meridian" title="ITV Meridian">Meridian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Tyne_Tees" title="ITV Tyne Tees">Tyne Tees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UTV_(TV_channel)" title="UTV (TV channel)">UTV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_West_Country" title="ITV West Country">West Country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Yorkshire" title="ITV Yorkshire">Yorkshire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:100%; background: #E8F0F0">STV Group</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Television" title="Scottish Television">STV Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grampian_Television" title="Grampian Television">STV North</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em;line-height:100%; background: #DCE8E8">Former<br />regional<br />franchises</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:100%; background: #E8F0F0">"Big 4 / 5"</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ABC_Weekend_TV" title="ABC Weekend TV">ABC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Associated_Television" title="Associated Television">ATV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Central" title="ITV Central">Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Granada" title="ITV Granada">Granada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Weekend_Television" title="London Weekend Television">LWT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Associated-Rediffusion" title="Associated-Rediffusion">Rediffusion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thames_Television" title="Thames Television">Thames</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Yorkshire" title="ITV Yorkshire">Yorkshire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:100%; background: #E8F0F0">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Television" title="Carlton Television">Carlton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Wales_%26_West" title="ITV Wales & West">HTV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Television_Service_for_Wales_and_the_West" title="Independent Television Service for Wales and the West">ITSWW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Westcountry" title="ITV Westcountry">ITV Westcountry</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Southern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Television_South_West" title="Television South West">TSW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Television_South" title="Television South">TVS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Television_Wales_and_the_West" title="Television Wales and the West">TWW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westward_Television" title="Westward Television">Westward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wales_West_and_North_Television" title="Wales West and North Television">WWN/Teledu Cymru</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em;line-height:100%; background: #DCE8E8">Unsuccessful<br />franchise bids</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CPV-TV" title="CPV-TV">CPV-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kemsley-Winnick_Television" title="Kemsley-Winnick Television">Kemsley-Winnick Television</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lime_Pictures#North_West_Television_franchise_bid" title="Lime Pictures">North West Television</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em;line-height:100%; background: #DCE8E8">Non-franchise<br />regions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Thames_Valley" title="ITV Thames Valley">ITV Thames Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Tyne_Tees_%26_Border" title="ITV Tyne Tees & Border">ITV Tyne Tees & Border</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #D0E0E0;;width:1%">Timelines</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em;line-height:100%; background: #DCE8E8">Franchises<br />and regions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_ABC_Weekend_TV" title="Timeline of ABC Weekend TV">ABC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Anglia_Television" title="Timeline of Anglia Television">Anglia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_ATV" title="Timeline of ATV">ATV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Border_Television" title="Timeline of Border Television">Border</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Carlton_Television" title="Timeline of Carlton Television">Carlton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Central_Independent_Television" title="Timeline of Central Independent Television">Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Channel_Television" title="Timeline of Channel Television">Channel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Grampian_Television" title="Timeline of Grampian Television">Grampian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Granada_Television" title="Timeline of Granada Television">Granada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_HTV_West" title="Timeline of HTV West">HTV West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_ITV_in_Wales" title="Timeline of ITV in Wales">ITV in Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_London_Weekend_Television" title="Timeline of London Weekend Television">LWT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Meridian_Broadcasting" title="Timeline of Meridian Broadcasting">Meridian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Scottish_Television" title="Timeline of Scottish Television">Scottish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Southern_Television" title="Timeline of Southern Television">Southern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Thames_Television" title="Timeline of Thames Television">Thames & Associated-Rediffusion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_TSW" title="Timeline of TSW">TSW & Westward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_TV-am" title="Timeline of TV-am">TV-am</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_TVS" title="Timeline of TVS">TVS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Tyne_Tees_Television" title="Timeline of Tyne Tees Television">Tyne Tees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Ulster_Television" title="Timeline of Ulster Television">UTV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Westcountry_Television" title="Timeline of Westcountry Television">Westcountry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Yorkshire_Television" title="Timeline of Yorkshire Television">Yorkshire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em;line-height:100%; background: #DCE8E8">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_ITV" title="Timeline of ITV">ITV <i>(network)</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_children%27s_television_on_ITV" title="Timeline of children's television on ITV">ITV children's TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_ITV_Digital_Channels" title="Timeline of ITV Digital Channels">ITV Digital Channels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_ITV_News" title="Timeline of ITV News">ITV News</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_ITN" title="Timeline of ITN">ITN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_regional_news_on_ITV" title="Timeline of regional news on ITV">Regional news</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_ITV_Sport" title="Timeline of ITV Sport">ITV Sport</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #D0E0E0;;width:1%">Regulators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Television_Authority" title="Independent Television Authority">ITA</a> (1954–72)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Broadcasting_Authority" title="Independent Broadcasting Authority">IBA</a> (1972–90)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Television_Commission" title="Independent Television Commission">ITC</a> (1991–2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ofcom" title="Ofcom">Ofcom</a> (2003–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #D0E0E0;;width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Freely" title="Freely">Freely</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freesat" title="Freesat">Freesat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freeview_(UK)" title="Freeview (UK)">Freeview</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_ITV" title="History of ITV">History of ITV <i>(network)</i></a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_ITV_television_idents" title="History of ITV television idents">Idents</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Emergency_National_Service" title="ITV Emergency National Service">ITV Emergency National Service (1968)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Telethon" title="ITV Telethon">ITV Telethon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Night_Network" title="Night Network">Night Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Nightscreen" title="ITV Nightscreen">ITV Nightscreen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ITV_journalists_and_newsreaders" title="List of ITV journalists and newsreaders">Journalists and newsreaders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_television_programmes_broadcast_by_ITV" title="List of television programmes broadcast by ITV">Programmes</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_television_programmes_broadcast_by_ITV2" title="List of television programmes broadcast by ITV2">ITV2</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Television_House" title="Television House">Television House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_Independent_Broadcasting" title="United Kingdom Independent 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