Big D
Can Dallas ever recover from being the place where the president was shot?
Year: 2023
A Cure of Souls
Is the Church of England still fit for purpose?
Mourning Business
The funeral business is changing – and that doesn't mean it's getting any cheaper
Top Goddess
Meet Britain's first supermodel – Jean Shrimpton
Nothing to declare
Inside the dangerous but profitable world of smuggling drugs, watches and butter
The flip side
Granada’s World in Action looks at the victims of the off-shore radio boom: the recording artists who drove it
People and Places collects collectors
People and Places meets members of the public – and some Granada stars – with unusual collections
Chris Langford doesn’t seek stardom
Meet the young singing star of Granada's People and Places
People on the pier
People and Places goes out on the road
Take a doctor’s advice…
Next Friday the People and Places doctor is seen in Evening Surgery, Granada's new series dealing with common illnesses and their treatment. Here he tells what he hopes the programmes will achieve
Grundy by name…
Jean Grundy on her husband Bill
The sailing doctor makes it breezy
The nameless doctor from Granada's People and Places on sailing and being breezy about health matters
Chalk this page up to lightning Larry
Larry, the lightning cartoonist of Granada's People and Places, talks to Brian Finch about his weekly appearances in the programme and provides his own illustrations
Howland v Grundy – c’est la guerre
People and Places goes French
The cat’s whispers
Two of the chief writers of Granada's Bootsie and Snudge programmes on Fridays at 8.55 p.m. are Marty Feldman and Barry Took. The dark secrets of their joint authorship — well, their joint, anyway — are here revealed at last by CALTHROP MINGUS
Private Bone (alias Ted Lune) reveals: how I won t’cup for Bolton
The Army Game welcomes a new member of the troop
He’s Popeye the soldier man
Meet Bernard Bresslaw, one of the stars of Granada's The Army Game
Here’s why those ‘Army’ sets are so realistic
The designers behind Granada's hit situation comedy
If you want a quiet life, be a corporal
That's the view of Major (late Col.) Upshot-Bagley
The Army Game guide to good soldiering
You're in the army now… and it's not good!
Plain speaking
A speech by the chairman of Granada to the Manchester Reform Club in 1962
Miscellaneous
Various tele-snaps of variants and oddities
“Black”
Tele-snaps of Granada from the ‘black’ period of design
“Millstone”
Tele-snaps of Granada from the ‘millstone grit’ period of design
“Lines”
Tele-snaps of Granada from the ‘lines’ period of design
Granada in the North
Tele-snaps from Granada's innovative "In the North" period
“Clapperboard”
Tele-snaps of Granada from the 'clapperboard' period of design
All Our Yesterdays looks back on Bank Holiday 1937
Back in time 25 years to the Blackpool Pleasure Beach
A pilot remembers…
Twenty-five years ago this week Captain Arthur Wilcockson became the first man to pilot a flying-boat across the Atlantic — and pioneer of commercial aeroplane flights. Brian Inglis tells the story on Monday in All Our Yesterdays. Captain Wilcockson retired in 1959, but still retains his interest in flying as consultant to a major airline company
She’s ‘a real live girl’
Carol Burnett makes her first British TV appearance on Granada's The Variety Show
Tubby Stubby
Meet Stubby Kaye, guest star of Granada's The Variety Show
Fran Warren – singer with a sense of fun
Fran Warren sings on Granada's The Variety Show
Date with Dorothy
Dorothy Loudon telephones from New York to talk about Granada's The Variety Show
Rose Marie – on stage from childhood
Making her British debut on Granada's The Variety Show
The Stark truth!
Tea-break in the Granada studio. On the Air technicians are resting. Comedian Graham Stark sneaks back into the studio. "I've always wanted to work behind the scenes while there's nobody around," he says. And that is how On the Air was almost OFF the air…
Cats… Minnie Caldwell loves ’em all
Margot Bryant never saw a cat and didn't smile
It’s a (gay) dog’s life for Mr Robinson
Coronation Street star Patricia Phoenix on her pets
Shocks in the snug at the Rover’s Return
Miss Nugent and Miss Tatlock talk jazz
At last a model Ena – in wax!
Madame Tussaud's makes a model of Violet Carson
Doris Rogers is a versatile ‘mum’
Driving is a passion for Doris Rogers, guest star of this week's Family Solicitor episode
Praise from a peer
A member of the Law Society praises Granada's series Family Solicitor
When Mary played to an empty house…
An interview with Mary Kenton, who plays Ann Harvey in 'Family Solicitor'
SUT MAE Tommy Eyton Jones?
Meet the man behind the sport in Welsh and its famous catchphrase
Lucifer throws a light on TV electioneering
Inside the computer that can predict the outcome of the general election
Courage in the clouds
All Our Yesterdays looks back 25 years to a flight from Liverpool to New York
The tragedy that struck 1,000 ft down
All Our Yesterdays looks back 25 years to a mining disaster
Ida’s ideal home
– and that's where she is this week
Water baby hostess with the mostest
Simply messing about in boats
They’re real pardners at Melody Ranch
Granada's Canadian country and western show
A Humph’s eye view
The people who come to dance on Humphrey Lyttleton's jazz show
Oh, for the days of the knights!
Kay Callard on the men in her life
Election Marathon: an introduction
A report on Granada's pioneering coverage of the 1959 General Election
To Coronation Street – via an oasis
The army life of Bill Roache, Coronation Street's Ken Barlow
Turning the corner to Coronation Street
Patricia Phoenix, straight-talking Elsie Tanner of Granada's Coronation Street, writes about the toughest days of her life — the long years of provincial tours and repertory
Get well Ena!
The viewers are having trouble telling fact from fiction
Coronation Street’s MP speaks up
Frank Allaun MP attacks those who have criticised Coronation Street, the twice-weekly serial. Meanwhile, the cast of Coronation Street visit Archie Street, in Mr Allaun's East Salford constituency, which was the model on which the TV serial is based
Election Marathon: background to an idea
How elections were covered before Granada
Canada comes to Chelsea
Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster are the stars this week
Chelsea top-line
A host of stars grace the Chelsea Palace Theatre
Election Marathon: the idea mooted
The legal issues in the way of Granada's plans
The Sagan Ballet Sizzles at Nine!
There's more than just variety on Granada's Chelsea at Nine
Mess Mates – a cargo of comics
Granada's new companion series to The Army Game
Knight Errant – 1959 model
Helping people in trouble: that's the job of the Knight Errant gang
The Silent Shadows
Chinese, Indians, Africans… they all join the silent shadows
What is the secret of Biggles?
The creator of Biggles writes about this famous character who, played by Nevil Whiting, begins a new Granada adventure series on Friday
Election Marathon: the verdict
It's all over bar the shouting
Election Marathon: what they talked about
The candidates in their own words
Off parade – at the Hartnell home
Once a comedian, William Hartnell is now typecast forever as an army sergeant major
ITV joins the army
A new fortnightly sitcom starts on Granada
The Wisdom of David
– when it comes to antiques
Alan Young makes a ‘Personal Appearance’
Granada's new sketch comedy and music show
It’s ‘The Organisation’ that does it
At least where whimsical weirdness is concerned!
British TV through Moscow eyes
George Ivanov, director of the Moscow Television Studios, who has been visiting the Granada studios in Manchester
Modern music from bardic ballads
Providing the music for Dewch i Mewn and more is Derek Hilton
Going places, meeting people
A trip out with Dewch i Mewn producer Rhydwen Williams
The street where they live
Tony Warren on how he got his inspiration for his new 13-part serial
Living up to Biggles
Meet Nevil Whiting, who plays Biggles in the Granada TV series
An introduction to Granada
The story of the first year of Granada TV Network begins with an introduction to ITV
The Granada Theatres
A look at where the station came from
A TV service is born
Our series on the first year of Granada continues with a look at the birth of the station
The building of the Manchester TV centre
Our series about the first year of Granada looks at constructing the Quay Street studios
The Big Night
Our series looking at the first year of Granada sees opening night upon us
Granada and the Drama
Our series on the first year of Granada sees Tony Richardson discussing Granada's contribution to drama
Television and visual journalism
Our series on the first year of Granada features Randolph Churchill discussing Granada's journalism
Reporting by television
Our series on the first year of Granada looks at local news for the North
The lighter side
Our series on the first year of Granada reviews their light entertainment output