Brainwashes whiter
Kif Bowden-Smith is driven slowly mad by musical jingles
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Saturday 12 September 1964 on Southern
In depth into Southern Television's schedule for Saturday 12 September 1964
Friday 11 September 1964 on Southern
In depth into Southern Television's schedule for Friday 11 September 1964
Thursday 10 September 1964 on Southern
In depth into Southern Television's schedule for Thursday 10 September 1964
Wednesday 9 September 1964 on Southern
In depth into Southern Television's schedule for Wednesday 9 September 1964
Tuesday 8 September 1964 on Southern
In depth into Southern Television's schedule for Tuesday 8 September 1964
Monday 7 September 1964 on Southern
In depth into Southern Television's schedule for Monday 7 September 1964
Sunday 6 September 1964 on Southern
In depth into Southern Television's schedule for Sunday 6 September 1964
A week in September 1964 on Southern
An introduction to our analysis of a week on Southern Television
ITN News on 22 March 1964
The 9.25pm main bulletin from ITN on Sunday 22 March 1964 with Huw Thomas giving us the top stories
ATV London on 22 March 1964
Trevor Lucas takes us through an evening of ATV London programming
The Big L Club
The latest news from the Big L Club
1964 and all that
A personal look back at 1964
On the cover of a magazine
A selection of 1964 TVTimes, Radio Times, TVWorld and Look Westward magazine covers
BBC radio in 1964
Inside the BBC's three domestic networks in 1964
Listening and Viewing in the Sixties
The BBC's head of audience research takes us through how many people are watching the BBC and when
Freddie Phillips starts the day
The BBC-1 daily opening music from April 1964
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long-haired Men
An early television appearance for the man who would become David Bowie
Wonderful Radio London
A selection of Big L jingles and presenters
The transmitters and studios of Radio Luxembourg
Take a trip inside the studios of Radio Luxembourg in our special subsite
Radio Caroline clips
Off-air recordings from the fabulous Radio Caroline
K-E-Y-N-S-H-A-M
Horace Batchelor, Department 1, Keynsham, spelt K-E-Y-N-S-H-A-M, Keynsham, Bristol
Radio’s role in 1964
The BBC's Director of Radio looks forward to 1964 on the Home, Light and Third
More than a Tinkling Cymbal
No, BBC-2 is not a failure, says the BBC's Director of Television
Engineering of the new network
The BBC's Director of Engineering describes the issues discovered whilst building the new UHF 625-line BBC-2 network
Strait-jackets are no longer being worn
The BBC's Director of Television looks forward to the coming of BBC-2
More than clean – Domestos clean!
The subtle cues in a simple advert for bleach
Documentaries on ITV in 1964
A look at Independent Television's many documentary series that aired in 1964
National petrol
As free as this. People who go their own way get National. The choice of one motorist in every seven. So go all the way. Go your own way. Get National
Toothpastes are all the same…
...but science says otherwise
Keep Britain Tidy
A little public information film, run during advertisement breaks on ATV Midlands and Granada in the mid-60s, reminding people to Keep Britain Tidy
Spangles mystery flavour contest
New Spangles 5 fruit flavours!
Drinka pinta milka day
Drinka pinka, quencha thirst
New Hotpoint automatic
If you have your own ideas on washing - this is for you
The Saturday night suit by John Collier
From the mid-1960s, your Saturday Night Suit is by John Collier, says Radio Luxembourg
Enjoy a British Railways mini-holiday
A day out by the sea via British Railways
It gets white to the heart of the wash!
A fantastic earworm for Fairy Snow from the 1960s with Craig Douglas and the Mike Sammes Singers. Unusual for having Craig Douglas narrating and breaking out into song
Preparing for ITV-2
Lord Hill's plans for Independent Television's second service