From ATVLand in Colour (Video 2011)

How ITV's regional station for the midlands created the first purpose-built colour television studios in Europe in 1969, covering the ATV heydays over to the transition to Central Independent Television.

Director:

Peter Raven

Writers:

Lee Bannister, Roddy Buxton,

Stars:

Lee Bannister, Jim Bowen, Barbara Bradbury

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Lee Bannister	...	(voice)
Jim Bowen	...	Himself
Barbara Bradbury	...	Herself
Reg Harcourt	...	Himself
Peter Harris	...	Himself
Diana Mather	...	Herself
Wendy Nelson	...	Herself
Jane Rossington	...	Herself
Debbie Shore	...	Herself
Chris Tarrant	...	Himself
Gary Terzza	...	Himself
Bob Warman	...	Himself
Jo Wheeler	...	Herself
Bob Carolgees	...	Himself
Peter Tomlinson	...	Himself

Storyline

Under Lew Grade, Associated Television - an ITV franchise for the midlands - relocates from its crumbling studios at Aston in Birmingham, over to the city centre having invested millions of pounds in a purpose-built studio complex for colour television - the first of its kind in Europe. Legendary soap opera Crossroads moves over to these studios, and as ATV establishes itself there in the 1970s, new programmes include cult children's show Tiswas and darts game show Bullseye. In the early eighties, the IBA force ATV to restructure as Central, ordering the new company to cover more of the east midlands. Money is spent on new studios in Nottingham, which seems to spell the demise of ATV Centre.

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Plot Keywords:

studios | atv | television | midlands | itv | 

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Taglines:

The history of ATV Centre, Birmingham

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Genres:

Documentary

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Details

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Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 October 2011 (UK)

Filming Locations:

ATV Centre, Broad Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK

Box Office

Budget:

£20,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

ATVLAND.productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

245 min 245 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color (PAL)

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 SD

Did You Know?

Trivia

Chris Tarrant's interview was recorded in one of the dressing rooms for Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, as he was to film a show later that day. The production crew from From ATVLand In Colour were invited into the audience.

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Connections

References Spitting Image (1984)

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