Reply With QuoteSurvival was one of the best natural history programmes and it was made by Anglia TV.
They also produced "And now from Norwich, it's Sale of the Century". - hosted by Nicolas Parsons.
Here in East Anglia, Anglia Tonight has been celebrating the 50th aniversary of the founding of Anglia TV. They have managed a decent job of it given the fact that like all other ITV franchises it no longer really exists as an independent programme maker.
Would ITV be healthier if it were broken up into smaller regions again, I really
believe that in the first 30 years of ITV, some of the best TV programmes ever made were produced and sold worldwide. We all know what they were and we all have some shelf space taken up with DVD's of them. But since ITV has become just the one company, will you really remember todays output in 30 years time. Would you want to buy a DVD of Murderland or The Bill , I know that I won't be wasting my money any way.
Survival was one of the best natural history programmes and it was made by Anglia TV.
They also produced "And now from Norwich, it's Sale of the Century". - hosted by Nicolas Parsons.
Quite agree Paul...Granada under Sidney Bernstein was the awakening of british television...whatever happened to 'The Showmen'?
And they had a distinctive logo.
And Michael Hunt too ....
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHILAc6G420]YouTube - Sale Of The Century - Opening Titles 1983[/ame]
This might be of interest......
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED5AwQCq6L8]YouTube - Birth of Anglia Television Part 2[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQaTzNpW1fo]YouTube - Birth of Anglia Television Part 1[/ame]
The young lady playing the double bass is fantastic - is she a Norfolk lass ?
Anglia done great EXCEPT for 'Tales Of The Blatenley Ovious' by Roald Dahl, the only good thing about it (apart from the stars) was it was over in half an hour!
Bernard
name='Catweazle67']Anglia done great EXCEPT for 'Tales Of The Blatenley Ovious' by Roald Dahl, the only good thing about it (apart from the stars) was it was over in half an hour!
Bernard
At last! another viewer who didn't rate "Tales Of The Unexpected". Apart from the odd early tale that had been adapted from a genuine Roald Dahl story, I found them rather ordinary and bland. For me, living in Norwich where some of the stories were filmed, the chief interest was spotting the locations where the stories were shot. I can remember one story where there is a shot of Norwich Cathedral, taken from the top of Silver road, further into the scene, the location has changed to somewhere in the fens.
The earlier Anglia series "Orson Welles Great Mysteries" never seems to be repeated on TV. I can only remember the first story " The Monkeys Paw", I can't even remember who was in it. It would be great to see the series again, if only to see how well it has lasted.
There are a lot of Tales Of The Unexpected Episodes i would not be bothered about watching again but there are just over 20 Episodes which were my favourite ones and i would watch them whenever they are repeated, my home town of Aylsham featured in two Episodes - Fat Chance starring John Castle and Skeleton In The Cupboard starring Charles Dance, i also like the following Anglia TV programmes - P.D. James Adam Dalgliesh starring Roy Marsden, The Chief starring Tim Pigott-Smith and Martin Shaw, Bygones, Anglia At War and The Way We Were the last three titles are available at the following site Archive Film Shop (many more Anglia DVDS are also available at this site) i am in the Anglia TV archives somewhere when i visited a factory in Aylsham with my school in the 1970's Anglia TV were present and filmed the visit.
A happy anniversary to Anglia TV, thanks for posting the archive clips of the birth and nice to see my little island at the bottom of that map, but unfortunately Anglia's natural signals didn't reach the deep south of Essex (until Sky, where it's take your pick of the regions)
Used to enjoy Sale of the Century though!
Some pictures from the Tales Of The Unexpected Episode Skeleton In The Cupboard (1987) partly filmed in my Home Town of Aylsham, the first picture features Zoe Wanamaker and Charles Dance, in the second picture featuring Francesca Brill you can see part of Aylsham Market Place in the background.
Very interesting, Billy. That's in East Anglia...Witchfinder General country. Probably a good few witches were hung in your part of the woods in the distant past.
About 20 yards up the road from me is Oxford Street, Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent, where, way back in 1951, Dirk Bogarde and Jon Whiteley were supposed to be staying the night at number 4 in Hunted. The house is still there, although the surrounding area has considerably changed since then. As far as film locations go, I think that Hunted was Stoke-on-Trent's only claim to fame, with scenes shot in Stoke; Burslem and Longton. Then, Dirk, Jon and the film crew left and never came back.
name='EHV_Emmetts']And they had a distinctive logo.
My Dad is one of those who watched Fred Dinenage for the contestant abuse. I love him and Alan Partridge, oh, so much.
What game show?
Wasn't 'Mr and Mrs', Anglia?
'Tales Of The 'Blatenly Ovious'' is great but only for the guest stars (but nothing else) Our 'Joanie' John Collins (Appeared in two), dear dear Johnie John Mills (in two)
,Susan George, Suzi Pen (in two), How many more?
I'm just shocked that it lsastred 110 episodes!
Bernard
Typos there (and a sex change!) it should read 'Joan Collins' instead of John and 'It lasted 110 episodes'
Bernard
name='Catweazle67']What game show?
Moi? Fred hosted a show called Gambit that I should have mentioned by name. It still feels burned into my brain.
CONTEST, with Chris Kelly, another exciting local quiz.......
The very mention of the show Gambit forces me to post these ....
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