THE AZ OF ATV - Part 2 of 4.flv

Part 2 of "The AZ of ATV". Whilst ATV lost its London franchise to London Weekend Television in 1968, it continued to be responsible for some of the ITV networks biggest shows from "The Persuaders!" to "The Muppet Show", as well as the soaps, "Emergency, Ward 10", "Crossroads" and latterly, "General Hospital". The company was also big on variety, bringing Morecambe & Wise into living rooms for the first time and game shows from "The Golden Shot" to "Celebrity Squares" and later, "Family Fortunes". There were big productions aimed at the US market like, "This Is... Tom Jones" and later "The Muppet Show", and not forgetting Des O'Connor!