mastodon 4.7.2This is https://www.transdiffusion.org/, the independent broadcasting authority since 1964. A huge collection of old TV, radio & advertising archives, articles and more.
Here's that map of BBC-2 UHF transmitters in service, under construction and planned as of late 1968 that you were looking for.
==The Fred Bonfield collection in the Transdiffusion archives==
Over to Wembley for a series of brilliant views of the big Rediffusion studios.
Inside telecine
A look around the telecine technology at Rediffusion and ABC from the Fred Bonfield slide collection
There are NINE booklets, brochures and newspapers in our £25 print offer, including this reprint of ABC and ATV's 28-page booklet for audience members at Alpha Studios in Aston from 1959/60. Buy here https://transdiffusion.org/studios-of-itv/ for delivery in July!
April 1969 map of the planned UHF 625-line transmitter network in the Yorkshire Television region. More info: https://transdiffusion.org/2026/04/28/ita-transmitters-yorkshire/
April 1969 map of the planned UHF 625-line transmitter network in the Westward Television region. More info: https://transdiffusion.org/2026/04/14/ita-transmitters-south-west-england/
One of the 9 booklets and brochures in our £25 reprint offer is an edition of 8-page company mag Talk of THAMES telling staff in February 1969 about progress on building Euston. It's the only one we're having printed abroad and are worried about. See https://transdiffusion.org/studios-of-itv/ for details.
It's here! Our 2026 print project. £25 (including postage and shipping worldwide) gets you NINE contemporary booklets, newspapers and magazines about ITV studios, including ATV at Elstree, Thames at Euston, Grampian at Aberdeen and much more!
Order now for delivery in July!
Typecasting (1965)
A guide to the archetypes to be found in the corridors of Television House and Wembley
Mining the archive
New blog post: Innovative uses for archive material and forgotten programme formats
This one of the 9 items in our £25 print offer (ends 12 June!) is... quite hard to promote. A 40-page, unillustrated, remarkably densely written guide to Grampian's studios in Aberdeen from 1994. It's a bit of a slog to get through. Buy here https://transdiffusion.org/studios-of-itv/ for delivery in July.
Name, Set & Match (1963)
A gallery of Associated-Rediffusion sets
The power of the box (1969)
That’s what the telly men are trying to hide, says Milton Shulman
Former BBCtv continuity announcer Judith Chalmers has died at the age of 90.
This (in places sexist and body-shaming) interview with her is from 1961: https://transdiffusion.org/2023/10/09/judiths-tense-moments-as-a-tv-announcer/
There are NINE booklets, brochures and newspapers in our £25 print offer, including this reprint of TWW's 20-page arty booklet from October 1966 about their expansion works at Pontcanna. Buy here https://transdiffusion.org/studios-of-itv/ for delivery in July!
Will you vote for him if you see more of him? (1969)
Harold Wilson returns to the air in a BBC interview tonight. Will it help re-elect him?
https://my1960s.com/shulman/will-you-vote-for-him-if-you-see-more-of-him/
There are NINE booklets, brochures and newspapers in our £25 print offer, including this reprint of ABC Weekend's 52-page promotional brochure from February 1963 about Teddington studios. Buy here https://transdiffusion.org/studios-of-itv/ for delivery in July!
There are NINE booklets, brochures and newspapers in our £25 print offer, including this reprint of ATV's 12-page staff newspaper from April 1961 all about the move to Elstree. Buy here https://transdiffusion.org/studios-of-itv/ for delivery in July.
The Golden Star Awards (1966)
The annual Rediffusion awards to staff, stars and crew
Not just clowns and pretty girls (1967)
… policy of TV’s new whizz-kid Brian Tesler
The rise and fall of TVS (1991)
The franchise round results are in and it’s bad news for TVS
https://transdiffusion.org/2026/04/27/the-rise-and-fall-of-tvs/