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London Weekend Television ( LWT) (now part of the non-franchised ITV London region) was the ITV network franchise holder for Greater London and the Home Counties at weekends, broadcasting from Fridays at 5.15 pm (7:00 pm from 1968 until 1982) to Monday mornings at 6:00. [1] From 1968 until 1992, when LWT's weekday counterpart was Thames ...
Operating under the name London Weekend Television (LWT), the company began broadcasting in 1968, initially from Associated Rediffusion’s former Wembley studios. In 1972, LWT moved to custom-built facilities on London’s South Bank, which were later renamed The London Studios in 1992. Regrettably, the iconic LWT building has been slated for ...
Being the only region on the network to retain a separate weekday and weekend franchise in the 1968 franchise renewals, the weekend franchise went to London Weekend Television, a consortium led by David Frost. After a bumpy few years early on, LWT, as it was commonly abbreviated, became responsible for some of the biggest entertainment shows on ...
8 January – London Tonight is broadcast on LWT for the first time. It is the name of the new regional news bulletins produced by London News Network, the new seven days a week news service jointly owned by LWT and new contractor Carlton Television. 1994. 25 February – LWT is bought by Granada Television for £770 million. This resulted in ...
Wembley (LWT) In 1968, London Weekend Television was the new company in town. ATV had been thought to be going a bit down-market by the ITA, and LWT were seen as being likely to be more highbrow and produce better quality programmes. Fancy that. Surprisingly to many people, particularly themselves, Rediffusion (they had dropped the ...
London Weekend Television (LWT) was the ITV network franchise holder for Greater London and the Home Counties at weekends, broadcasting from Fridays at 5.15pm (prior to 1982 at 7pm) to Monday mornings at 6am. From 1968 until 1992, when LWT's weekday neighbour was Thames Television, there was an on-screen handover to and from LWT at each end of the weekend; from 1993 to 2002, when LWT's weekday ...
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London Weekend Television (LWT) went on air in 1968, originally broadcasting from the former studios of Associated Rediffusion in Wembley. In 1972, the company relocated to purpose-built facilities on the South Bank, which were later renamed The London Studios in 1992.
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