On the DVD commentary for ITV's Robin of Sherwood television series, which ran from 1983 to 1986, writer and creator Richard Carpenter explains that the stunt co-ordinator, Terry Walsh from the Robin of Sherwood series, was hired on to do stunt work for Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.

This installment breaks with the long tradition of commentary from Match of the Days John Motson and ( more recently ) Ally McCoist, who are replaced by ITV's Clive Tyldesley and former Sky Sports pundit Andy Gray, who had already worked in the series as guest commentator.

Their regular football commentator ( and ITV's tennis man ) Gerry Williams was indisposed and on 28 December 1974 Tyler made his commentary debut at The Dell describing a Second Division clash between Southampton and Sheffield Wednesday.

In December 2004 Joe Pasquale, winner of the fourth series of ITV's I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here !, became well known for his frequent use of the term " Jacobs ", for Jacob's Crackers, a rhyming slang term for knackers i. e. testicles.

They went on to win £ 30, 000 for charity in ITV's gameshow Mr. and Mrs.

The Queen Vic ( short for the Queen Victoria ) is the pub in EastEnders, the major soap on BBC One, while The Bull in the Radio 4 soap opera The Archers and the Woolpack in ITV's Emmerdale are also important meeting points.

x " In an interview on ITV's This Morning Spearritt stated that her and her former bandmates are just " too busy " for a reunion.

He played Nell's grandfather in ITV's Christmas 2007 adaptation of The Old Curiosity Shop, and returned to the stage to play Malvolio in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night ( 2009 ) for the Donmar Warehouse at Wyndham's Theatre in London.

In more recent years, Gibb has participated in a variety of activities, such as appearing as a mentor in season six of American Idol, writing the song " Drown on the River " for the soundtrack of the film Deal, and writing the theme music for ITV's Grease Is the Word.

He has performed in many audio plays, starring in the Doctor Who " Unbound " play Sympathy for the Devil ( 2003 ) as an alternative version of the Doctor, and in a series of plays based on ITV's Sapphire & Steel as Steel, both for Big Finish Productions.

Because the maximum fine which Ofcom can levy is calculated as a percentage of the offending broadcaster's advertising revenue, Channel TV is designated as responsible for compliance for about 40 % of ITV's shows.

Tiswas returned to the screens in November 1979 for its sixth series, as part of ITV's comeback ; this was directly referenced in the first edition of the new series, when the " Welcome Home To ITV " jingle was played to usher the programme in and out of the advert breaks, albeit replacing the vocals by the Mike Sammes Singers with a group of deliberately out-of-tune children.

At the end of 1981, a restructure of ITV's broadcast franchises saw ATV win back the franchise for the Midlands on condition of changes in management, regional output and branding.

With a Royal Variety performance at St. James Palace, London for the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall and an appearance on ITV's This Morning, they completed 2006.

ITV's plans for a new series were scrapped in 2006 after a dispute over Ant & Dec puppets.

In addition, the studios required far more upgrading for colour production as Teddington had been a test centre for ITV's colour research and was well advanced in the conversion to colour production.

The Sports Department at LWT featured programmes such as World of Sport which ran for 20 years on a Saturday Afternoon and was billed as ITV's answer to Grandstand.

The latter two shows were hosted for many years by ITV's main football commentator Brian Moore.

Brian Park, famous for his overhaul of ITV's Coronation Street, which included the controversial writing-out of several long standing characters including Derek Wilton, was appointed as Family Affairs new producer and was tasked with remodelling the series.

Fearne Cotton, who was the current presenter was unavailable to co-host for the final edition due to her filming of ITV's Love Island in Fiji but kicked off the show with a quick introduction recorded on location, saying " It's still number one, it's Top of the Pops ".

* The castle and its tunnels served as locations in 2009 for the episode The Clocks in ITV's Agatha Christie's Poirot series with David Suchet.

On 6 June 2010, he played in a charity soccer match for The Rest of The World team versus England on ITV's Soccer Aid 2010, coming on as a substitute in the second half.

However, ITV's negotiating stance and poor quality match coverage proved unpopular with the clubs.

The match finished 2 – 1 to England and Upson picked up ITV's man of the match award.

He was a contestant on ITV's Soapstar Superstar in January 2006, and played in the Rest of the World team versus England in the Soccer Aid match in 2006.

( 1985 ), about the songs and poems of the UK miners ' strike, was commissioned by ITV's The South Bank Show, but also banned.

In September 2006, he was voted by the general public as number 1 in ITV's poll of TV's Greatest Stars.

The studios are operated by 3SixtyMedia, ITV's joint-venture company with BBC Resources at BBC Manchester.

Channel TV being ITV's smallest franchise, it has by far the lowest income, and thus potential exposure to the regulator's fines is minimised.

Between 1986 and 1991, ITV's summer Saturday morning children's programming would take the form of a travelling roadshow, which again would be produced by the local ITV franchise of the visited area in partnership with a ' home region ' ( in this case Tyne Tees ).

It was fronted by Isla St Clair, folksinger and former co-host of The Generation Game on BBC TV and Tommy Boyd, former co-presenter of ITV's Magpie.

Neither did it neglect other responsibilities: it established the long-running Sunday lunchtime political series Weekend World and ITV's most famous arts programmes Aquarius, and its replacement The South Bank Show ( cancelled by ITV after 30 years ).

Green grew frustrated by the lack of ITV's action to remove Yates when he requested and ( ironically ) leaked to Botham the stories of Yates's affair with the young actress Anita Kay, whose story, published in News of the World, destroyed Yates's career.

On Radio 4, the pips broadcast every hour, except when they are replaced at the start of the 6pm and midnight news bulletins ( and the start of the Westminster Hour on Sundays at 10pm ) by the Westminster chimes from the Clock Tower at the Palace of Westminster, with the hour chimes of Big Ben, sometimes called the " bongs " ( though these are more associated in the popular mind with ITV's News at Ten ).

The site is now home to continuity for ITV's northern transmission areas ( although this is now managed, along with its southern counterpart, by Technicolor Network Services ) and a number of independent producers.

Following his report, Pilkington prompted the government to impose a levy on ITV's revenue, the effects of which were heightened by a recession in 1970 when revenue had declined by 12 percent in real terms.

Together, the now-merged companies were committed to paying about £ 80 million a year to the government for the right to broadcast, a substantial amount compared to the £ 2, 000 bid by Central, ITV's largest station.

The then Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, was said to be outraged by the documentary and was increasingly concerned about ITV's ' monopoly ' in independent broadcasting.

At the changeover, the IBA had decided to change the area covered from the south to include the south east and included the Bluebell Hill transmitter, associated relays and the main relay at Tunbridge Wells which previously were covered by ITV's London contractors.

The shopping centre was opened by Patricia Phoenix, who played Elsie Tanner in ITV's Coronation Street.

Then, after a stint in ITV's I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here saw him attain new-found popularity, Fashanu left the club, which by now was in a perilous financial state.

Both attracted much larger audiences and by series 3, the show had become a major hit, and at its peak was often cited as the jewel in ITV's Drama crown.

Indeed, Only Fools and Horses creator / writer John Sullivan claimed that one of the ways he persuaded the BBC to commission the series was by pointing to the success of ITV's Minder, which had begun the previous year.

At the British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards show in January 2010 Lord Melvyn Bragg said he was baffled by ITV's decision to axe The South Bank Show after 30 years on air.

Derek Batey Border TV's Assistant Controller of Programmes became the frontman for one of ITV's most popular daytime quiz shows of the 1970s and early 1980s, Mr. and Mrs. ( A separate version of Mr. and Mrs. was also produced by HTV at the same time.

Another programme that also came with the relaunch was Sky By Day, Sky TV's variation on ITV's more popular This Morning, hosted by ex-Radio One DJ Tony Blackburn ( who had moved to commercial radio by then ) and ex-Magpie presenter Jenny Hanley.