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by Joe Moran


  Higgins, Alex ‘Hurricane’ 257, 259

  High Noon (film) 304

  Highlands and Islands 131, 167

  Highlands and Islands Film Guild 169

  Hill, Benny 21, 95–6, 155, 301

  Hill, Jimmy 210, 296

  Hill, Mary 106

  Hill Street Blues 342

  Himmelweit, Hilde 90–1

  Hinchcliffe, Philip 207

  Hird, Thora 246

  Hitchens, Christopher 183, 191

  Hitchens, Peter 323

  Hitler, Adolf 39

  HM Prison Lewes, Sussex 278

  Hobley, McDonald 58, 61, 71, 348

  Hobson, Dorothy 242–5, 270, 281

  Hobson, Harold 55

  Hodgkinson, Tom 323

  Hodson, J.L. 91

  Hoggart, Mary 155

  Hoggart, Richard 109, 154–7, 159, 162, 181, 242, 343

  The Uses of Literacy 155

  ‘The Uses of Television’ 155

  Hoggart, Simon 155

  Holloway, Stanley 61

  Holly, Buddy 118, 152

  Holme Moss transmitter, West Yorkshire 63–6, 69, 70, 71, 74, 75, 369

  Holtby, Winifred 324

  Hom, Ken 288

  Home Guard 200

  Home Office 83–4

  homosexuality 213–14, 274

  Hood, Stuart 273

  Hopalong Cassidy 117

  Hope, Bob 190

  Hope-Wallace, Philip 116

  Horizon 229

  Hornby, Nick 298, 299

  Hornsey Central Hospital, north London 37

  Horse Guards Parade 74

  Horse of the Year Show 181

  horse racing 53

  hose-piping 26

  Hoskins, W.G. 287

  Landscapes of England 285–6

  House of Commons 131, 141, 142, 161, 267, 355

  House of Lords 112, 326, 352

  Household Cavalry 36

  Housewives’ Choice (radio programme) 60

  How Do You View? 57

  How We Used To Live 277

  Howard, Sydney 17

  Howarth, Gerald 274

  HTV 216–17, 221, 355

  Huddersfield 113

  Hughes, Gareth 279–80

  Hughes, Robert 329

  Huizinga, Johan: Homo Ludens 270–1

  Hullabaloo 216

  Humphries, Barry 307

  Humphrys, John 94

  Hunt, Jeremy 361–2

  Hunter, Alan 41

  Hunter, Nick 257

  Hurd, Douglas 249, 268

  Hurst, Geoff 297, 298

  Hurt, John 213

  Huxley, Aldous: Brave New World 23–4, 229

  Hyde Park, London 36, 102, 296

  Hyem, Jill 254

  I

  I Remember the Future 369–70

  I Think They Call Him John (film documentary) 8–9

  Idle, Eric 190

  Idler, The 323

  Idler movement 323

  Immigration Act (1971) 201

  Importance of Being Earnest, The (film) 277

  In Kite’s Country 125–6

  In Loving Memory 251

  Incredible Hulk, The 237

  Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) 232, 241, 245, 252, 265, 266, 292

  Independent Television Authority (ITA) 129, 367

  Indoor League, The 264

  Inman, John 214, 247

  Inner London Education Authority 21

  Insect Play, The (Capek) 47

  Inspector Morse 308

  interludes 93–4, 96, 108

  International Monetary Fund (IMF) 3

  Inventors’ Club 55–6

  Iona 325–26

  ionosphere 30

  IRA (Irish Republican Army) 197

  Iranian Embassy siege 257

  Irish Nationalists 75

  Isaacs, Jeremy 258

  Isle of Barra 203

  Isle of Dogs, London 326

  Isle of Harris 168, 325

  Isle of Lewis 168, 170, 203, 325, 354

  Isle of Man 83–4, 192, 346

  Isle of Man Examiner 84

  Isle of Mull 326

  Isle of Skye 168

  Isle of Wight 85–6, 134, 362

  It Ain’t Half Hot, Mum 201–2

  IT magazine 183

  ITMA (radio comedy series) 54

  ITN 105

  ITN News 245–6, 273

  It’s a Square World 118

  ITV

  arrival of (September 1955) 86, 104–6, 131, 175

  development of 61

  schedules 107–8

  primetime 110

  and Radio Luxembourg 119

  regions 120, 217–20, 239, 268, 348–50

  coverage of the moon landing 182

  ‘colour strike’ 193

  curfew 195

  and Sunday closing 206

  ITV-BBC duopoly 217, 249, 279, 332

  eleven-week strike (1979) 231–2

  expands weekday afternoon programmes 263–4

  new daytime service 266

  cancels some sports 282

  franchise sales 307, 342

  ITV Digital 345

  ITV1 347

  ITV2 375

  J

  J’Accuse … Coronation Street 305

  Jackanory 182

  Jackson, Brian 113

  Jackson, Glenda 210

  James, Clive 236, 237, 238, 259, 281, 296, 342–3

  Visions Before Midnight 237

  James, Eric 113

  James, Oliver 324

  James Caird (boat) 13, 14

  Jane Eyre 102

  Janmohamed, Shelina Zahra 201

  Jarman, Derek 274

  Jefferson, Jolly ‘Dynamite’ 61

  Jeremy Kyle Show, The 347, 359

  Jerry Springer Show, The 322

  Jewel in the Crown 250

  Jewel, Jimmy 64, 227

  Jig Time 127

  Jiminez, Margarita 191

  Jim’ll Fix It Christmas Special 203

  Jodrell Bank radio telescope, Cheshire 148

  John, Elton 223

  Johns, Hugh 298

  Johns, Stratford 159

  Johnson, President Lyndon B. 153, 154

  Johnson, Steven: Everything Bad is Good for You 342

  Johnson, Virginia 23

  Johnston, Johnny 105

  Johnstone, Paul 98

  Joice, Dick 124–5, 129

  Jones, Dylan: When Ziggy Played Guitar 212

  Jones, Jack 107

  Jones, Penry 326

  Jones, Philip 198–9

  Jones, Steve 210

  Jones, Terry 117–18

  Jonson, Ben 200

  Jordan, Paul 98

  Joyce, James: Finnegans Wake 20

  Jubilee (film) 274

  Juke Box Jury 118–19, 207, 227

  Jupiter Moon 291

  Justice, James Robertson 123

  JVC 248

  K

  Kaleidoscope 58

  Kappel, Fred 150, 152

  Karnehm, Jack 258

  Katz, Elihu 373

  Keats, John 49, 237–8

  Keeler, Christine 140

  Keelylang Hill mast, Orkney 205

  Keir Hardie Junior School, Newham, east London 240

  Keith Chegwin’s Star Search 288

  Keller, Hans 296

  Kelly, Barbara 90

  Kennedy, John F. 179

  Kennedy, Ludovic 273–4, 275

  Kenneth Williams Show, The 247

  Kenny Everett Television Show, The 260

  Kenny Everett Video Show 232–3

  Kepler 22b 375

  Keynes, John Maynard 113

  Keys, Nelson 44

  Kilmarnock, Lady Hilly 300, 301

  Kilmarnock, Lord 300

  Kilroy-Silk, Robert 266, 276

  King, Connie 17

  King’s College, London 30

  King’s Theatre, Hammersmith 61

  Kingswood Warren, Surrey 226

  Kin
near, Roy 156

  Kirk O’Shotts transmitter 65, 66, 70, 73, 75, 90, 123, 362, 369

  Kirkwall, Orkney 205

  Kite, Oliver 125–26

  knitting 116–17

  Kojak 247, 301

  KPM All-Stars 265

  Kramer, Billy J. 368

  Krish, John 8–9

  Kubrick, Stanley 184

  Kwango, Johnny 87

  L

  La Traviata 109

  Labour Party 113, 114

  Lacey, Bruce 339

  Lagus, Charles 99

  Laird of Cowcaddens (Jack McLaughlin) 356

  Lake, Ricki 322

  Lanark Grammar School 362

  Lanarkshire TV 362

  Lancashire, Sarah 306

  Lancaster, Burt 195

  Landesman, Cosmo 334

  Lang, Cosmo, Archbishop of Canterbury 36

  Langhamer, Claire 117

  Laramie 146, 154, 187

  Larkin, Philip 300, 301

  Laski, Marghanita 92

  Last, Nella 51, 55

  Last of the Summer Wine 248

  Late Night Line-Up 159, 163, 174

  Laughton, Charles 32

  Leadbeater, Charles 314, 319

  Lee, Stewart 233

  Lees-Milne, James 194

  Leicester Square Hall, London 258

  Leigh, Mike: Abigail’s Party 231, 232, 371

  Leishman, Marista 360

  Lejeune, Caroline 58

  Lennon, John 118

  Leonardo da Vinci 165

  Levin, Bernard 237

  Lewis, Jeremy 129

  Lewis, Philip 256

  Lewis, Robert 170

  Lewis-Smith, Victor 340

  Liberace 107

  Life on Earth 230, 337–9, 371

  Lime Grove studios, Shepherd’s Bush, London 68, 98, 117, 138

  Ling, Peter 246

  Listener magazine 20, 21, 44, 47, 73, 173, 180, 181, 237, 241, 273, 281

  Little, Daran 305

  Live Aid concert 286

  Liverpool 62, 94, 363

  Liverpool FC 297

  Lizard peninsula, Cornwall 148, 151

  Llansteffan, Carmarthen Bay 346

  Llewelyn-Bowen, Laurence 316, 317

  Lloyd, Kevin 302–3

  Loach, Ken 166

  Local Government Information Office 160

  Lockerbie disaster (1988) 349

  London 28, 29, 30, 39, 90

  London and North Eastern Railway 29

  London Coliseum: giant television screen (1930) 12, 22–3, 24

  London County Council 115

  London Docklands Development Corporation 326

  London Evening News 25

  London Olympics (1948) 53–4

  London Palladium 252

  London Review of Books 296

  London tube bombings (2005) 344

  London Weekend Television (LWT) 218, 220, 251, 252, 255

  London Women’s Liberation Workshop 191

  London zoo, Regent’s Park, London 33, 98, 339

  London’s Burning 308

  Look North 348

  Lookaround 349–50

  ‘Looking In’ (television revue) 26

  Lord’s Day Observance Society 107

  Loss, Joe 48

  Loughrey, Pat 198

  Love Thy Neighbour 199

  Lovell, Sir Bernard 182

  Lovell, James 180

  Low, David 45

  Lowe, Jez 349

  Lowe, Ted 256–7, 258, 261

  Lowry, L.S. 142, 304

  Lulu 233

  Lunch Box 243

  Lutz, Tom: Crying: A Natural and Cultural History of Tears 293–4

  M

  Macaulay, Thomas Babington, 1st Baron 93

  McCann, Graham 342

  McCartney, Paul 118, 173

  McCooeys, The 85, 197

  McCulloch, Ian 212

  MacDonald, Ramsay 19

  MacDonald Brothers 363

  McEwan, Ian 24

  McFlannels, The 85

  McGivern, Cecil 67

  McGrath, John 205, 224

  McIntyre, Colin 312–13

  Mackay, Fulton 158

  McKay, Helen 31

  McKellar, Kenneth 123

  Mackenzie, Compton 140

  McKibbin, Ross 44, 91

  McLean, Donald 25, 26

  McLuhan, Marshall 186

  The Gutenberg Galaxy 153

  McManus, Alan 262

  Macmillan, Harold 360

  Macnee, Patrick 157

  Madame Tussaud’s 140

  Madeley, Richard 276

  Magical Mystery Tour (film) 173

  Magnet (comic) 67

  Magnolias, Shrewsbury 167

  Magyar Melody (musical) 44

  Maidenhead, Berkshire 93

  Major, The 166–7

  makeover programmes 316–17, 319, 331

  Malcolm, Mary 58

  Mallaigvaig, Mallaig 168

  Man from UNCLE, The 161–62

  Man on the Moon 182

  Manchester 62, 63, 64, 122, 291, 305

  Manchester Grammar School 113

  Manchester Guardian 20, 27, 59, 61, 63, 121, 332, 373

  Manchester University 96, 248

  European Institute for the Media 292

  Mann, Jean 66

  Manwatching 339

  Marble Arch Pavilion, London 40

  Marco Polo satellite 291

  Marconi, Guglielmo 22, 29–30, 148

  Margaret, Princess 136, 353

  Marriage of Figaro, The 301

  Mars-Jones, Adam 281

  Marsden, Dennis 113

  Marshall, Larry 127

  Martin, Kingsley 137

  Martin, Len 206–7

  Martin, Millicent 156

  Marwick, Ernest 132, 133

  Mass Observation 51, 53, 122, 275–6

  Coronation (1953) 77, 78, 79

  survey of prospective television owners 54–5

  Mastermind 229

  Masterpiece Theatre 207

  Masters, Brian 134–5, 140

  Match of the Day 185, 197, 210, 295, 296, 299

  Match of the Seventies 299

  Materials for the Engineer 161

  Matheson, Hilda 47

  Matthews, Cerys 356

  Matthews, Stanley 76

  Maverick 146

  Maxin, Ernest 227

  Maxwell, Betty 100

  Maxwell, Robert 100

  Maze prison 261

  Me and My Girl (musical) 45

  Meades, Jonathan 369–70

  Medhurst, Andy 316, 319

  Meek, Eric 152

  Meek, Joe 151–2, 154

  Meerkats United 279

  Meeting Point 176

  Meldrum transmitter, Aberdeenshire 131, 132

  Melly, George 185–6, 281

  Melody Maker 190

  Mendlesham mast, Suffolk 128, 134

  Merlin satellite dish 286

  Metropole Cinema, near Victoria Station, London 23

  Michelangelo 110

  Michelmore, Cliff 135, 203

  Mickey’s Gala Premiere 48

  Middleton, Mr 44, 47

  Middleton, Noëlle 98

  ‘Mike Neville Said It (So It Must Be True)’ (song) 349

  Mike Yarwood Christmas Special 223

  Miles, Barry 162

  Miles, Michael 105, 128, 153

  Miles, Sarah 57

  Millennium Bug 347

  Miller, Joan 34, 46

  Miller, Jonathan 163, 165

  Miller, Karl 180, 237, 293, 296

  Milligan, Spike 209, 255–6

  Million Dollar Duck (film) 203

  Mills, Annette 65

  Mills, Ivor 7

  Milne, Alasdair 236

  Milne, Sir David 168

  Milton Keynes Channel 40 216

  Milton Keynes Development Corporation 216

  Minder 28

  miners’ dispute (1973) 194

  Mirfin, Beryl Kathleen 1
00–1

  ‘Miss Adrienne’ 126

  Miss World contest 190–1, 233, 275, 301

  Mitchell, Leslie 31, 32, 34, 46, 104, 374

  Mitchell-Hedges, F.A. 17

  Monkees, The 203

  Monolulu, Ras Prince (Peter McKay) 34

  Monro, Matt 1

  Monseigneur News Theatre, Leicester Square, London 40

  Montreal Olympics (1976) 203

  Monty Python 190, 191, 225

  Monty Python’s Flying Circus 189–90, 192, 200

  moon landings 180, 182–7, 286

  Moore, Dudley 224

  Moore, John 82

  Moore, Patrick 181–2, 183

  Moral Rearmament 159

  More, Kenneth 52

  Morecambe, Eric 222, 224, 227, 228

  Morecambe and Wise 86

  Morecambe and Wise 187, 222–4, 227–8, 342

  Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show, The 221–3, 227–8

  Morgan, Edwin: ‘Unscrambling the waves at Goonhilly’ 151

  Morgan, Patti 99

  Morgan, Piers 363

  Morley, Robert 92

  Morley, Royston 42

  Morning Magazine 106

  Morris, Desmond 210, 339–40

  The Naked Ape 339

  Morrissey, Steven 304–5

  Mortimer, John 224

  Morton, Thomas: Speed the Plough 156

  Mosley, Leonard 64–5

  Mosquito Coast, The (film) 281

  Mossman, James 135

  Moult, Ted 233

  Mount, Ferdinand 338

  Mountjoy, Doug 258

  Moynihan, John 75, 76, 294, 296

  Mr and Mrs 264

  Mr Pastry 227

  Mr Popcorn’s Band 265

  Mrs Dale’s Diary 84

  Muffin the Mule 65

  Muggeridge, Malcolm 7, 174

  Mullan, Bob 272, 337

  Mullin, Chris 344

  Mulvey, Laura 191

  Munich Agreement (1938) 39

  Muppet Show, The 355

  Murdoch, Rupert 288, 289, 290

  Murray, Isobel 229

  Murray, Dr Margaret 97

  Murray, Pete 118

  Muswell Hill, London 28, 45, 59, 71

  My Breasts Are Too Big 341

  Mynott, Jeremy 119

  N

  Nagasaki, Kendo (Peter Thornley) 4

  Nairn, Ian 119

  Nairn, Tom 357

  Naked Civil Servant, The 213

  Naked Jungle 333

  NASA 375

  national anthem 195, 268

  National Association for Freedom 202

  National Cat Club Show 33

  National Front 201

  National Grid 145, 146, 195, 250, 330

  National Media Museum (formerly National Museum of Photography, Film and Television), Bradford 26, 52

  National Theatre, London 6

  National Union of Agricultural Workers 178

  National Viewers’ and Listeners’ Association 6, 160

  Nationwide 3, 242

  NBC 130

  Neagle, Anna 138

  Neighbours 276–7, 278, 280, 281, 307, 321–2, 361

  Neil, Andrew 365

  Net Book Agreement 314

  Netherbutton mast, Orkney 134

  Network 279

  Neville, Mike 348–9

  New Labour 308, 314, 344, 350, 360

  New Musical Express 320

  New Order 297

  New Romantic look 213

 

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