IN-VISION CONTINUITY
Ian Stirling1983 The ever-popular Ian Stirling introduces Joe 90, complete with the full TSW ident.
Jilly Carter1983 Jilly Carter joined TSW as an announcer in the early 80s; this is her in action. Features short TSW ident.
Jennifer Gavin1984 A long line of charming Jennifers graced the announcer's hot seat at TSW, but Jennifer Gavin was perhaps the longest serving. She left TSW around 1988 and has not been heard of since. The other Jennifer, Ms Clulow, defected to TVS.
Judi Spiers1985 Perhaps the best-loved TSW personality was Judi Spiers, the South West's resident funnygirl. However, she's fairly straight here as she introduces lunchtime pre-school programmes.
Roger Shaw1985 Roger Shaw was chief announcer on both Westward and TSW. Here he introduces The Price Is Right, with his customary warm manner.
Jeremy Curry1986 You might not remember the face but you'll certainly recognise the voice of Jeremy Curry. He started as a letter reader on TSW's weekly feedback show "Televiews", then moved into the announcer's chair for a time. Jeremy continued as the voice of TSW and Westcountry trails until the mid-1990s. He has now moved to BBC South West.
Ian gets beamed up!1987 At first glance you might think Ian has been put on air by mistake, and that the technicians are looking for the right colour background. Yes, it certainly looks that way. Then suddenly, Ian finds himself beamed up in a flah of white light, as if he is being abducted by aliens!
Which is just as well, because what you're seeing is TSW's intro to the television premiere of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" in summer 1987. Ian lived to tell the tale and was back in the hot seat after the film.
Roger ShawChristmas 1987
Two clips of Roger on TSW's 1987 IVC set; he first introduces the network television premiere of "Ghostbusters", then he briefs us on the weather to expect before going into Dame Edna's festive special.
David Fitzgerald1988 David Fitzgerald joined TSW around 1986 and soon became established as one of the station's most familiar faces. Here he is in 1988 - the continuity studio would soon become more interesting visually.
Ruth Langsford25.12.1988 It may have been Christmas Day, but business as usual for Ruth Langsford on a suitably-decorated set. The sofa was now a permanent fixture - would it have survived past 1992?
Roger Shaw1989 The Christmas tree is gone so we can now see what the continuity studio looks like in its hybrid stage. At the time, many ITV regions were abandoning in-vision continuity, but for TSW there was simply no other way of doing things and in fact a second IVC set was brought into service for daytime. Meanwhile, this would have been one of Roger's final appearances as he retired by the end of the year.
Mark Seaman1989 Mark Seaman was among the many guest announcers who passed through TSW from time to time. But just what is he up to here? Watch the clip and all will make sense... Note the new daytime continuity set, introduced to tie in with the "Four Seasons" identity.
Ruth Langsford1990 Christmas Day has been and gone but Ruth Langsford keeps the party going on TSW - here she is in the final weekend of 1990. My sincerest apologies for the idiot who hit the pause button mid-announcement...
Dinah Lawley16.02.1991 Dinah Lawley (any relation to Sue?) took her place in the announcer's chair around 1990, and stayed with TSW until their demise. Here she introduces Matthew Kelly's first episode of You Bet! - which coincidentally was shown the same day as BBC1 and BBC2's new identities launched.
Ruth Langsford1992
All weekend viewers experienced picture break-ups and freezes. Was everyone's set on the blink? No - the problem was caused by the weather, as Ruth explains. Later in the year, she introduced a Richard Digance special. And she's keen to point out Richard's connections to the region...
Sally Meen1992 Sally Meen was one of the last faces to join TSW, around 1990. Here she is taking the opportunity to plug Telethon before introducing Graham Kerr.
David Fitzgerald introduces Telethon1992 David Fitzgerald introduces TSW's final Telethon - ITV's fund-raising spectacular. Sadly Telethon was axed later that year. Why?
Ian Stirling - 1992
Ian Stirling at his most versatile in four clips recorded in Autumn 1992. The axe was looming for TSW but the show must go on, as they say, and Ian's enthusiasm showed no sign of waining. Included among this batch is one of his legendary soap links - this one for Home and Away which, in a new evening slot, has caught Ian's eye.
Ruth and Ian say goodbye31.12.1992
For TSW's final evening on air, Ruth Langsford joined Ian Stirling on the sofa to help entertain those of us spending New Year's Eve at home. And when those two got together, they unleashed a popular and much-missed double act. Here they are just before "A Day In The Life Of..." at 7:30pm.
Then, it was time. The moment TSW hoped would never come. A few minutes before midnight, Ruth and Ian say goodbye for the last time.
OTHER CONTINUITY
TSW Christmas Next1987 TSW fuses its logo with the ITV network christmas graphics. Didn't Granada do the same with its clock?
TSW BreakdownEarly 1987 Whoops...a few technical problems give Roger Shaw a few minutes to guide us through tonight's programmes on TSW. However the problem persists and it's over to the gramophone to keep us entertained for a while longer. Eventually, normality is restored and Roger can finally introduce tonight's "Murder She Wrote".
Special Announcementc. 1984 The weather is causing a few problems with reception in the region - but it's all down to the weather and there's nothing anyone can do about it except ride the storm, as Ian Stirling advises.
PROMOTIONS
TSW - ITV Stingsc. 1985
Throughout its life, TSW was fiercely regional and would promote itself as a station in its own right rather than part of a network. However, there were occasions when the corporate ITV branding got a look-in, but of course it was on TSW's own terms...
Gardens For All trailNovember 1986
Terry Underhill looks forward to his November diary programme, and interestingly our clip followed a firework safety PIF so Terry will no doubt have a fair bit of cleaning up to do from Guy Fawkes Night on top of everything else!
TSW Christmas Line1987 Yorkshire and Thames/LWT's festive helplines were well-trumpeted, but TSW's was a more low-key affair (to the extend where I personally have no recollection of it!) Rene Wyndham is here to tell us more.
TSW Business Awards1988 Nominations are now being sought for TSW's annual Business Awards, although I don't ever remember this at the time. So if your company fits the bill, call now!
TSW - Busman's Holiday trails1988
A regional adaptation of a network promo for Busman's Holiday here - in our first example the TSW logo is added, then they go the whole hog erase the ITV logo...
TSW Promo1988
TSW likes to make you feel at home. That's the tagline of this promo in which TSW favourites join a family on a cosy evening in. Taken from 50 Years of ITV in the Westcountry, hence the narration from Richard Bath.
Emmerdale trail1991 Every Emmerdale fan's dream...to pull their own pint in the Woolpack. But it helps if you work for ITV, and David Fitzgerald steps behind that famous bar to promoto Emmerdale to South West viewers.
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS
TSW Public Service Announcement1986 Community Announcements characterised TSW from the outset. The short inserts were very simple in style - representatives of local organisations would come into the studios to publicise their cause. This example is for the Cornwall Bat Group.
TSW Public Service Announcement1992 A more corporate feel to community announcements from 1991, with the launch of TSW's Community Unit.
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