Granada made a hostile bid for LWT in 1994 but LWT believed Granada had little to offer despite having three times the market capitalisation ; Granada, however, completed the take-over in 1994.

She had been the presenter of a regional Saturday morning show in London called Saturday Scene, produced by LWT.

The Teddington studios were highly desirable, as they had participated in colour experiments and were already partially converted, and as such were sought after by both Thames and LWT.

A discreet but effective ultimatum was given: Murdoch had to sell up, or LWT would have its licence revoked.

Other network companies had between five and seven days of transmission, whereas LWT had two days and Friday evenings ( even these were not particularly attractive to advertisers, as shops were closed on a Sunday and people returned to work on a Monday ).

Thames had massive and wealthy shareholders ( unlike the independent LWT ), a far longer pedigree, bigger facilities, and made the most programmes.

The 1982 franchise round was the first time LWT had to re-apply for its licence.

It is debatable whether the licence would have been renewed if LWT had had to re-apply in 1973.

LWT executives were receptive to this and began to streamline operations: by the end of the decade, the number of employees had fallen from 1200 to around 700.

It had to rely on the quality of its programmes and submit the best offer it could, knowing it could be far less than a rival bid ; the strategy worked, and LWT won a third contract with an annual bid of £ 7. 5m, against a rival who bid £ 36m but whose plans were deemed not good enough.

LWT even had a stake in Sunrise Television, who outbid TV-am.

LWT had a far better relationship with Carlton, and shared many operations including playout and studio space, but most notably creating a joint news service, London News Network.

The Wembley studios themselves were problamatic to begin with to LWT ; the studios would need costly conversions to colour in the next few years, the workforce was slightly larger than LWT had wanted but had to employ all of the staff, and the workers who had previously worked Weekdays under Rediffusion were now working Weekends under LWT, and so wanted extra pay to cover the inconvenience.

The show was originally created in the United Kingdom by the Manchester-based Granada Television and developed by its London subsidiary LWT for ITV.

For the remainder of the 1960s he was a jobbing actor appearing in such TV series as Dr. Syn: the Scarecrow, Emergency Ward 10, Redcap, Danger Man, No Hiding Place, Dixon of Dock Green, Strange Report and many more, until in 1971 he was offered the major role of Dr. Lawrence Bingham in LWT sitcoms Doctor at Large and later Doctor in Charge both continuations of the sitcom Doctor in the House which began in 1969.

Richard Davies ( born 25 January 1926 ) is a Welsh actor whose film and TV work covers many years but is probably best known for his performance as the exasperated schoolmaster Mr Price in the LWT popular situation comedy Please Sir !.

GamesMaster began when Jane Hewland, formerly of LWT, who had set up her own production company Hewland International, took an interest in her son's love of video games.

He credits the 1988 LWT production with greatly reviving interest in the novel.

It was presented by Michael Barrymore, and was a production of LWT.

A still image of " LWT-An LWT production " and Roman numerals ( MCMXC ) are shown.

The episodes conclude with a single sketch followed by the text " An LWT production for ITV " and the year in Roman numerals ( MCMXCI ).

The programme was followed by a final sign-off sequence featuring continuity announcers Glen Thompsett and Trish Bertram appearing ' in-vision ' to toast the departing station, and a celebratory montage of LWT presentation across the years, assembled by senior ITV presentation producer Gareth Randall.

In 1986, computer graphics were used for the first time in presentation as LWT changed their ident.

Most notable was the LWT show An Audience With Alf Garnett-which allowed Garnett to return to his racialist attitude.

* For the Record: Paul Raymond ( 1969 ), the British stripclub owner Paul Raymond told his own story, on LWT.

In 1986, he was a regular in the LWT sitcom The Two of Us, and guested in an episode of Super Gran in May 1987, which was the last role he filmed.

Years later, LWT approached Jason hoping to revive Lucky Feller but Jason, conscious that he was being over-exposed, refused to let it be shown again.

The Smiths were the subject of a South Bank Show documentary produced by LWT and broadcast by ITV on 18 October 1987, four months after their break-up and three weeks after the release of Strangeways.

His final TV appearance was on the LWT series Surprise, Surprise hosted by Cilla Black, when he sang a comical rendition of " I Got You Babe " with a woman from the audience who wanted to fulfil a wish to sing with him.

Nearby Kilmington was used as a location for the 1998 LWT adaptation of Tess of the d ' Urbervilles.

This can be seen in his television plays for LWT in the late 1970s and the BBC in the early 1980s and in the 1987 Talking Heads series of monologues for television which were later performed at the Comedy Theatre in London in 1992.

Northern Exposure < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s frequent use of fantasy sequences was " one of the key influences " in the creation of the show, and Pegg and Stevenson pitched the show to LWT as " a cross between The Simpsons, The X-Files and Northern Exposure.

Moving into television, Brett was responsible for producing End of Part One and the television revival of The Glums for LWT.

It was originally made by LWT and is now made by ITV Studios.

Screened on LWT in Christmas 1984, just seven months after Morecambes death.

The ' Big 5 ' ITV franchises, Thames, LWT, Central, Granada, and Yorkshire Television were expected to take over the ten smaller franchises.

This added complexity did little to halt declining viewer figures, and after ITV regions started to drop the programme altogether ( the final season was not screened at all by LWT ) it was taken off the air in 1987.

Bolan made regular appearances on the LWT pop show Supersonic, directed by his old friend Mike Mansfield and released a succession of singles, but he never regained the success of his glory days of the early 1970s.

Sid James appeared as Turpin in the 1974 Carry On film, Carry On Dick, and LWT cast Richard O ' Sullivan as Turpin in their eponymous series, Dick Turpin.

With the merger of Carlton and Granada, Carlton Television and LWT are now run as a single entity ( ITV London ), with a single management team appointed to both companies.

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.

These studios were used by LWT until 1970, when they moved into the London Television Centre, and have since been in independent ownership under the name of Fountain Studios.

London Weekend Television ( LWT ) ( now part of ITV London ) was the name of the ITV network franchise holder for Greater London and the Home Counties at weekends, broadcasting from Fridays at 5: 15pm ( prior to 1982 at 7: 00pm ) to Monday mornings at 6: 00am.

In its original guise LWT ran from July 1968 until October 2002 when it became part of ITV London.