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LWT's and was
Despite Barker's success on ITV, LWT's programme controller Stella Richman opted to fire Frost's company Paradine and as Barker was contracted to the company rather than the network, he lost his job, as did Corbett.
LWT's original programming was considered high-brow but by 1972 it was more populist with comedies such as Please Sir!
The studios have also been known as The London Studios since the early 1990s as part of the trading name of LWT's studio operations, and the studio complex was officially rebranded to that name in previous years.
One of LWT's most recognisable idents was that of the ' River '.
This time, the idents were bland and boring compared to LWT's normal fast paced presentational package, and as a result LWT was the only company to drop this look in 2000 and replaced it with the theme of a video wall.
Because it was a weekend station, LWT's output tended to concentrate on more lightweight material than Thames and Carlton, but it did produce a number of successful drama series.
After the video was released, the Spice Girls had their first live TV slot on broadcast on LWT's Surprise Surprise.
The programme was a replacement for Aquarius, LWT's arts series which had been running since 1970.
At one time, Warner Village Cinemas was the sponsor of LWT's weather forecasts
The same month, their first music press interviews appeared in Music Week, Top of the Pops, and Smash Hits, and their first live TV slot was broadcast on LWT's Surprise Surprise.
Their prime time Saturday night television series, the Cannon and Ball Show, was one of LWT's most successful series, with consistently high viewing ratings for twelve years.
By the time Polly James was available again, Pauline Collins had moved to LWT's Upstairs, Downstairs.
For the beginning of the Autumn 1996 series was relocated to LWT's Television Centre ( now The London Studios ) in London, coinciding with a housing relocation for Madeley and Finnigan and to secure even more celebrity guests for the show.
It was reported that both John Birt, LWT's Director of Programmes and the Independent Broadcasting Authority regulatory body had reservations about Norvelle's camp style in a dating show ; the series was eventually re-titled Blind Date and hosted by Cilla Black.
In 1979 a film was made about Beryl Cook for LWT's South Bank Show.
He appeared as Gordon Stewart in two series of LWT's Wish Me Luck between 1988 and 1989, in The Chief as Chief Superintendent Sean McCloud from 1993 to 1994, then in the mid 1990s was the pub owner Barney Meldrum in BBC Scotland's Hamish MacBeth.
It was an appearance on LWT's Blind Date as a contestant that put him in the public eye having been spotted by leading industry Manager at the time Jan Simmonds.

LWT's and ITV's
Phillips has also presented other programmes, including as the celebrity lifestyle show OK! TV, Baby House and Room to Rent, Carlton's entertainment guide Good Stuff, LWT's Friday evening entertainment show Start the Weekend, ITV's Sunday Night and the Rich and Famous series.

LWT's and first
LWT's first studio base were the Wembley studios, former home of Associated-Rediffusion, the previous London Weekday franchise holder.
These studios were not LWT's first choice, as they preferred the Teddington studios, home of ABC, but Thames Television had taken control of these through ABC themselves.
Beadle then went on to become nationally famous as one of the presenters of LWT's Game for a Laugh ( along with Matthew Kelly, Henry Kelly and Sarah Kennedy ), the first show made by ITV to beat the BBC's shows in the Saturday night ratings battle.
The earlier shows were split into two halves: the first at 1am and the second at 4am, with the LWT's Night Network magazine show sandwiched in between.
At the urging of Hill he took a job behind the scenes on LWT's The Big Match – the first ITV football programme to make a real impact on the public.

LWT's and on-screen
LWT's initial on-screen look featured the name London Weekend in white zooming in on a black background accompanied by an electronic jingle.

LWT's and changed
LWT's branding looks changed frequently so as not to appear boring or dull.

LWT's and from
As a result, they were based from a newly opened playout centre located within LWT's studios in London and managed by London News Network, a joint company between Carlton and LWT that provided a seven day news service.
A well-known London landmark, this cemented LWT's role in the life of the people of London, and helped to distinguish it from its rival across the river.
On 20 and 21 July 1969, during the British television Apollo 11 coverage, he presented David Frost's Moon Party for LWT, a ten-hour discussion and entertainment marathon from LWT's Wembley Studios, on the night Neil Armstrong walked on the moon.
On television, she initially worked on cable television programmes for children, before co-presenting LWT's The Six O ' Clock Show from 1986.
After graduating from Christ Church, Oxford in 2000, with a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics ( PPE ), he began his working life answering the phones on the ITN newsdesk, before working as a researcher and then producer on LWT's Jonathan Dimbleby programme, with a brief period in between on BBC1's The Politics Show.

LWT's and London
The interior scenes were recorded at LWT's The London Studios.
This took place in LWT's South Bank studios in London, culminating in an outside performance of The Bucket Of Water Song.
ATV, still smarting at losing their London contract to LWT, refused to schedule any of their shows in peak time ; elsewhere, the powerful sales department at rivals / neighbours Thames took advantage of LWT's ratings disaster by adopting a beggar thy neighbour strategy, encouraging advertisers to use them during the week by heavily discounting airtime.

LWT's and LWT
LWT marked its final day on air with a series of tributes to LWT's past, beginning with an authentic startup routine leading into the ITN Morning News.
Later that day, a recreation of LWT's famous River ident would lead into The South Bank Show, which would be the last programme broadcast under the LWT name.

LWT's and its
LWT's weekday rival, Thames, lost its licence-outbid by Carlton.

LWT's and .
TV presenter and entertainer Gary Wilmot climbed the column in 1989 for LWT's ' Six O ' Clock Show ' to recreate the ' topping out ' ceremony of 1843.
LWT's saviour came in an unlikely form and in unlikely circumstances.
As described by LWT's managing director Greg Dyke, the franchise round, '... became a crapshoot.
From 1993, LWT's low bid made it attractive to others wishing to take it over.
Dyke got a junior position on LWT's local politics programme, in the current affairs department.

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