TVS Television

[George 1978]

Re: TVS Television

They were two different companies.

[Jemima]

Re: TVS Television

I knew it was a different company George, but Meridian 'took over' the broadcasting that TVS had done previously, hence why I used the word 'taken over' in that context, didn't realise you would be policing my terminology

[George 1978]

Re: TVS Television

They took over the ITV franchise for the south of England and not the company.

The phrase "taken over" could mean the fact that one company was to own another which was not the case.

[Jemima]

Re: TVS Television

Oh George, this is getting silly now, as I said above I meant they had 'taken over' the broadcasting in the south from TVS, which is totally correct, I did not state they had 'taken over the company'

[George 1978]

Re: TVS Television

Oh George, this is getting silly now, as I said above I meant they had 'taken over' the broadcasting in the south from TVS, which is totally correct, I did not state they had 'taken over the company'

You're right - it is getting silly. It sounded to me as if you said that they had taken over the company.

They took over broadcasting from TVS on 1st January 1993.

I think that we will leave it at that.

[Jemima]

Re: TVS Television

No, I never said that. Phew....glad we've sorted that, I can see i'll have to choose my words VERY CAREFULLY with you around George

[George 1978]

Re: TVS Television

No, I never said that. Phew....glad we've sorted that, I can see i'll have to choose my words VERY CAREFULLY with you around George

Well, I am a person who likes to be as precise as possible.

[Clare]

Re: TVS Television

I remember "Day by Day" and then "Coast to Coast". Not sure whether they were Southern and TVS, or TVS and Meridian. Cliff Michelmore and Mike Debens presented.

[George 1978]

Re: TVS Television

Day By Day was Southern and Cliff Michelmore presented during its final year.

Coast to Coast was TVS and Mike Debens was a presenter in the South East (Maidstone).

And of course, it was succeeded with Meridian Tonight when they had replaced TVS.

[Arran]

Re: TVS Television

If TVS had survived then it would have merged with LWT. The two companies had a friendly relationship in the mid 1980s which is why a significant proportion of networked TVS programmes were shown at weekends.

[Arran]

I cannot believe my eyes. BROADCAST QUALITY programmes from TVS

Somebody has saved the video tapes from the attic in the Maidstone Studios. Rumours were that they were dumped in a skip during refurbishment of the studios in the early 2000s.

What do we have?

Numerous episodes of No. 73 and Motormouth.

The one solitary episode of Get Fresh produced by TVS broadcast on 30 April 1988.

Several episodes of Dramarama.

One episode of C.A.T.S. Eyes.

And much much more.

Also, some programmes from Southern Television including How and one episode of The Saturday Banana.


https://www.youtube.com/@Made-in-Maidstone/videos

[Arran]

The following Dramarama episodes have been uploaded:

Que Sera - Series 2 Episode 4
Rachel and Rosie - Series 2 Episode 12

Easy - Series 3 Episode 1
The Young Persons' Guide to Going Backwards in the World - Series 3 Episode 4
The Universe Downstairs - Series 3 Episode 6
Frog - Series 3 Episode 8

The Come-Uppance of Captain Katt - Series 4 Episode 1
The Last Day at Black Bert's - Series 4 Episode 5
Direct Action - Series 4 Episode 8
Just a Game - Series 4 Episode 10

Snap - Series 5 Episode 2
The Creature Beyond Torches End - Series 5 Episode 5
Living Doll - Series 5 Episode 10

Making Waves - Series 6 Episode 8
Bogeymen - Series 6 Episode 11