Three year diary

The 1964 contract renewal won, Howard Thomas explains what ABC will be doing for the next three years

It’s a race against time

The TVTimes in 1958 looks at the rush to get Outside Broadcasts on air at Christmas

Vision: pictures that qualify

A look at 'ABC at Large' in 1963 from the point-of-view of the vision controller.

Sir Philip Gives ABPC’s TV Plans and Policy

The chairman of the Associated British Picture Corporation on his plans for the new ABC Weekend in 1955

Three year diary

The 1964 contract renewal won, Howard Thomas explains what ABC will be doing for the next three years

‘M’ appeal

ABC's Howard Thomas on selling The Avengers to the United States

Dramas of one kind or another

In an excerpt from his autobiography, ABC's Howard Thomas explains the genesis of The Avengers

Building up ABC

Howard Thomas explains how ABC grew from late starter to drama powerhouse.

Lawn tennis at Scarborough

ABC outside broadcast cameras come to Scarborough in 1965 to broadcast the tennis

Opportunity Knocks

Opportunity Knocks comes to Hull in June 1965 to audition new talent

Ron Jones

Some pictures of ABC outside broadcasts from ABC staffer Ron Jones

A pretty busy girl

A painfully sexist 1959 profile of actress Ann Taylor

ABC’s Religious Training Scheme

All television production requires training, especially when it's amateurs in front of the camera. In 1959, ABC Weekend set out to teach the vicars, priests and bishops of Britain how to work in TV

Inside ABC’s last day

The ABC Midlands and North presentation schedule for 28 July 1968

It’s a race against time

The TVTimes in 1958 looks at the rush to get Outside Broadcasts on air at Christmas

The Passing of the 9th Floor Back…

The new Television House opens in March 1962 in Mount Street in Manchester

‘M’ appeal

ABC's Howard Thomas on selling The Avengers to the United States

Dramas of one kind or another

In an excerpt from his autobiography, ABC's Howard Thomas explains the genesis of The Avengers

Building up ABC

Howard Thomas explains how ABC grew from late starter to drama powerhouse.

Adding colour

Howard Thomas adds Brian Tesler and colour television to the ABC roster.