The start of the series of mergers that saw Granada and Carlton buy up the regional franchises before Granada took over Carlton and renamed itself ITV

@SuperTed19021

7 ай бұрын

😥 PS: ITV *should have* stopped calling themselves "ITV" at around this point also.

If there was a choice of between being owned by Granada or owned by Carlton, London Weekend Television got the better company. Carlton were brutal bastards when they took over other ITV regions. Granada was a bit more fair (at first) and even handed.

@rajnirvan3336

2 жыл бұрын

Carlton wiped away regional identities eg Central being 1 of them

LWT's plan to head off Granada's hostile takeover, was to merge with YTV. Ownership rules in place at the time meant that YTV would have to sell off Tyne Tees to facilitate this, and the idea was to have Anglia take TTTV (Anglia having their own takeover issues at that time). Anglia took one look at the parlous state of TTTV and decided it was a bargepole job, and the rest is history.

Hated it when Granada took over LWT. But on the other hand at least Granada kept identities unlike Carlton

@robertcomer2767

2 жыл бұрын

They did but in 2001 they dumped the end caps in favour of crap like 'A Granada London' Production instead of LWT.

@rajnirvan3336

2 жыл бұрын

@@robertcomer2767 that was around 2002 if I remember

@robertcomer2767

2 жыл бұрын

@@rajnirvan3336 It only happened for a short period before it all became ITV1.

@rajnirvan3336

2 жыл бұрын

@@robertcomer2767 that I remember

@fusionsuper34

2 жыл бұрын

@@rajnirvan3336 The Granada endcaps came in November 2001 if I'm not wrong.

The loyalty of those two. As soon as Granada took over they were out the door with their hefty bank balance.

then don't kill lwt off then run lwt very well and don't do a bad job keeping lwt going we dont see Granada every come up

And it was all downhill from then on 😭

Thanks for this brilliant upload

Sad, very sad.

Typical empire building by Granada along with Carlton, or should be, Crapton