British Universities Film & Video Council

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This Week

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This Week programmes from 1956 - 1992

This Project provides online access to programme information about This Week, the first ITV current affairs series, which ran from January 1956 to December 1992.

The This Week Project provides a unique database including a listing of almost all This Week editions, with detailed information on each of them. It includes data on programmes made between 1978-1986, when the series was renamed TVEye.

The database gives an in-depth view of the programmes in the series, including information about its personnel; information on its content, on the technology with which it was produced, and on its style. It also includes information about the documentation which supports each programme, with notes on whether it is available to researchers and where it can be found.

This Week was produced for ITV by Associated-Rediffusion (for part of the time just called Rediffusion) from 1956-1968, then by Thames Television from 1968-1992. Together with Panorama [BBC 1953-] and World in Action [Granada for ITV 1963-98], it was a major contributor to UK television current affairs programming. The rich data presented by this Project is a resource for political and social historians as well as media historians. We hope it will stimulate discussion and contribute to future research.

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