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This is Granada

THIS IS GRANADA from Transdiffusion

From the North, this is Granada TV Network, weekdays across the North 1956-1968

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THIS IS GRANADA from Transdiffusion

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  • 1959 General Election

Election Marathon: an introduction

Granada TV Network 25 July 2023

A report on Granada's pioneering coverage of the 1959 General Election

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  • 1959 General Election

Election Marathon: background to an idea

Granada TV Network 24 July 2023

How elections were covered before Granada

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  • 1959 General Election

Election Marathon: the idea mooted

Granada TV Network 23 July 2023

The legal issues in the way of Granada's plans

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  • 1959 General Election

Election Marathon: organising Election Marathon

Granada TV Network 22 July 2023

Getting ready to get going

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  • 1959 General Election

Election Marathon: Marathon goes on the air

Granada TV Network 21 July 2023

The first broadcasts

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  • 1959 General Election

Election Marathon: how many viewed

Granada TV Network 19 July 2023

The audience ratings

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  • Features
    • Year One
    • 1959 General Election
  • People
  • Identity
  • Programmes
    • Drama
      • Coronation Street
      • Family Solicitor
      • Knight Errant
    • Entertainment
      • Music
      • The Army Game
        • Bootsie and Snudge
      • The Variety Show
      • Chelsea at Nine
    • Factual
      • Dewch i Mewn
      • People and Places
      • Scene at 6.30
      • All Our Yesterdays
      • Natural history
      • World in Action
    • Quiz shows
    • Children
  • Studios and History
    • Quay Street (1966)

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