Amid intense debate and anticipation, the UK got its second ever TV channel 70 years ago – a rival to the BBC. Curator Lisa Kerrigan looks back at ITV’s busy launch and the early programmes that shaped commercial broadcasting in Britain.
By Lisa Kerrigan
By Nathalie Morris
By Lillian Crawford
By Nathalie Morris
By Matthew Taylor
By Josh Slater-Williams
By Kate Stables
By Josephine Botting, Ros Cranston and others
By Alex Ramon
By Lisa Kerrigan
By Lisa Kerrigan, Michael Norman and others
By David Parkinson
By David Parkinson
By George Bass
By Lou Thomas
By Adam Scovell
By Adam Scovell
By Xavier Alexandre Pillai, Josephine Botting and others
By Adam Scovell
By Mandeep Kaur-Lakhan
By James Bell, Ros Cranston and others
By William Fowler
By Josephine Botting, William Fowler and others
By Lisa Kerrigan, Nadia Attia and others
By Elinor Groom, Lisa Kerrigan and others
By George Bass
By Lisa Kerrigan, James Bell and others
By Lisa Kerrigan
By Simon McCallum
