Fascinating dude

Now in 2024, nobody could have predicted what a s*** channel ITV would become. They all thought SKY would go bankrupt and they then lost the football in 1992 and then the rot started to set in.

I've been trying to track this down for years! Thank you so much.

In reality none of the ITV companies should have lost their franchise. The ITV that existed in the 82-92 was the quintessential ITV, TVS were responsible for many iconic children's programmes and, while TV-am had turned it's fortunes around GMTV never managed to be half as popular or as profitable and it's bid ultimately was financially unsustainable. The whole thing was motivated by Tory vindictiveness, another thing that wretched party has destroyed in this country. The sick joke being when they returned to power in 2010 they wanted to create a host of new regional TV stations... We had regional TV stations, that's what ITV was, which they destroyed!

*Just what if* Phil Redmond won..........?

Tx: 18 March 1992.

What a disgusting man. Just read Preston's book Bower's book is next.

In 92 we had these tall, fay, but thick slick haired ash blonde young blokes. Now, brown eyed fucks like me.

mossad controlled a lot of media....quite impressive

This just proves how dim-witted and absurd so called "critics" and "film experts" are about anything. 28 years later it is regarded one of the finest films ever.

Applause for Central playing its cards right and kicking the greedy ITC where it hurt.

Really fascinating insight. Was quite looking forward to the Harold Hobson bit but we didn't get that far!

3:18 So that's the lovely Ghislaine to the left?

Julian is a genus #themodernaquairian

The fact that people thought Carlton didn't have a single good programme, how the hell did the past the quality threshold?

He's a really modest guy...😂

I think the film is wonderfully bittersweet. One of his best imho.

he's made some great stuff... I don't think his behavior is 'fried' really, I'm a bit like him and I'm not even on acid...

2:16 Turns out he needed five hundred pounds million that he owed to the banks.

Top man…loves a stone circle

Jesus, he's out...

Never trust a spy

He was a fraud stole money... Whats to look up???

The only thing they ALL get wrong was the European takeover. It never came apart from Channel 5 but RTL were glad to sell it to Richard Desmond who was pleased to dump it on CBS Viacom.

And how did Granada make it so easily over the infamous "quality threshold"? Oh, that's right, they helped to write it.

In a fairer universe, I personally would have rewarded each franchise if it was different: North Scotland- Grampian Central Scotland- Scottish Southern Scotland/Northern England- Border North East- Tyne Tees Television North West- Granada Television Yorkshire and Lincolnshire- Yorkshire Midlands- Central Wales and West- Teledu Cymru/Television Wales and the West East England- Anglia South East- Southern Television South West- Westward Television London Weekday- Thames London Weekend- Rediffusion Northern Ireland- Ulster I personally feel this would have been a fairer playing field, down the line if it was very different and not the same.

What an appalling human being. Sad.

The beginning of the end for any semblance of decent regional TV. Even those that were unopposed were taken over by capitalists, almost as soon as it was legal to do so.

Haha, poor band. That chanting ritual is one of the best ever examples of do-we-really-have-to-do-this-boss.

I remember this

IN SUMMARY: ALL PRICES ARE IN BRITISH POUNDS. MIDLANDS: Central Bid 2,000 and was UNOPPOSED BORDERS/ISLE OF MAN: Border Bid 50,000 and was UNOPPOSED CENTRAL SCOTLAND: Scottish Television (STV) Bid 200,000 (some say 50,000) and was UNOPPOSED NORTHEAST: Tyne Tees Bid 14.5 Million , Opposed by North East Television (NETV), who bid 5 million . WINNER:TYNE TEES (Highest Incumbent Bid) YORKSHIRE AND LANCASHIRE: Yorkshire Television Bid 37.7 Million Pounds, opposed by Viking Television, who bid 30 Million, and White Rose Television, who bid 17 Million. while the ITC originally considered FAILING the Yorkshire Television Bid for Financial reasons... The WINNER: YORKSHIRE TELEVISION (Highest Incumbent Bid) EAST OF ENGLAND: Anglia Television Bid 17.8 Million , opposed by CPV-TV (who bid 10.1 Million) and Three East Television (3ETV), who bid 14.1 Million. WINNER: ANGLIA TELEVISION (Highest Incumbent Bid) (CPV Failed on Quality) WALES AND WEST: Harlech Television (HTV) Bid 20.5 Million, opposed by Channel 3 Wales and West (C3WW) who bid 18.3 Million, Merlin Television, who bid 19.4 Million, and C3W (same name as C3WW but with one W) who bid 17.8 Million. WINNER: HTV (Highest Bid) SOUTHWEST: Television Southwest Bid 16 Million but was Controversially Thrown out because of their bid being too High. Westcountry Television bid 7.8 Million. TSW took the matter all the way to the high courts, but the courts sided with Westcountry. WINNER: WESTCOUNTRY TELEVISION ADDITIONAL NOTE ON SOUTHWEST: Out of the franchise changes, TSW is the one I find to be the most Unfair, since TSW had a bid that was the same size mark as Anglia and Tyne Tees. I find as that IF Anglia was OK with a 17.8 Million Bid, Yorkshire being OK with a bid of 37 Million, and Tyne tees being OK with a bid of 14.5 million, Why not TSW with a bid of 16 Million. NORTHWEST: Granada bid 9 Million opposed by Mersey Television (North West Television, Headed by Phil Redmond), who bid 35 Million. Redmond had backing of Tyne Tees and Yorkshire, but was thrown out on grounds of Quality. WINNER: GRANADA (Quality threshold) FURTHERMORE, Granada actually KNEW about some of the Mersey TV Plans to bid, so they had plans to sell their shows, including what is most likely the Most well known show in All of the UK, Coronation Street, to Outside producers. And it is also thought that the Quality Threshold was Granada's Idea. LONDON (FRI-SUN): London Weekend Television (LWT) bid 7.5 Million Opposed by London Independent Broadcasting who Bid 35 Million. WINNER: LWT (Quality Threshold) SOUTH/SOUTHEAST: Television South (TVS) Bid 60 Million, and was thrown out because of a Outrageously high bid. Other opponents included Carlton (18.1 Million), and CPV (22.1 Million) (SEE East of England) WINNER: Meridian Television at 36.5 Million. CHANNEL ISLANDS: Channel Television (CTV) Bid 1,000 Pounds Opposed by CI3 group who bid 102,000 pounds, but failed on Quality. WINNER: CTV (Quality) NORTHERN IRELAND: Ulster Television bid 1.01 Million opposed by Television Northern Ireland (TVNI) and Lagan Television at 2.7 million. Lagan Failed on Quality, TVNI failed on Financial. WINNER: Ulster (would rebrand as UTV) By default. It is also figured that Ulster got a "Exceptional Circumstances" clause due to the Political situation in Northern Ireland at the time of the 1991 auction. NORTHERN SCOTLAND: Grampian Television Bid 725,000 Pounds. Outbid By Channel 3 Caledonia (1.1 Million) and North of Scotland Television (NSTV) (2.7 Million). Both competitors lost on the basis of Quality. WINNER: Grampian (Quality) LONDON (MON-FRI) Thames Bid 32.77 Million. Outbid by Carlton at 43 Million and CPV at 45 Million. While CPV was thrown out on Quality, For some reason, Carlton got through and won the franchise WINNER: Carlton (highest Bid). Thames would continue on as an Independent Producer. they are now under a company called Talkback, and was at one time under Pearson Communications. NATIONAL BREAKFAST: TV-AM Bid 41.1 Million. Outbid By Sunrise Television (34.6 Million) and Daybreak Television (33.2 Million) WINNER: SUNRISE TELEVISON (Highest Bid) Sunrise would be told to change their name to GMTV (Good Morning Television) due to a claim from Murdoch's Sky Group.

This guy is such a talentless prick.

funny he thought another franchise battle would happen after 1991

The unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable

Granada was in greater danger than TSW, yet TSW passed but Granada did not.

You have to be a certain type to appreciate this stuff. Why rip it apart to appear more enlightenment that those of us who don't need to hear all this utter snobbery. Get over yourselves

I had that same Deerhunter poster on my wall for years in my 20s. Now I love JC all the more.

JULAIN IM STONED

i sAW JULATN IN NOTRT5INGHAM IT Was a TRANCENDENT EXPERIENCE

Set up so Maxwell could continue bullying people, and attempt to block any journalist from Investigating his "dodgy dealings" and outright theft of his workers pension funds. No wonder his daughter Ghislaine Maxwell is whinging her butt off, after being caught in physical heinous acts against underage children. Her 2 protectors, Daddy, and her partner in crime Jeffrey Epstein have both died in mysterious circumstances....

sounds fun

I cant believe people like this actually exist.

Reminds me of the same tactics a certain country uses,when people decries their land grab and treatment of their neighbors, what was that word again,hmmm,,,antisemitic, yes that's it!

No gaggers

Iv been there to his house around that time

he was a narcissistic bully...simple as that... they say women like men like their fathers... thats why Ghislaine was giving it up for Andrew's mate I imagine

Crapton A Talent For Shit

Look what's happened know his daughter no daddy know

Refreshingly honest

He's not from Liverpool,he's from Tamworth but went to Liverpool to study to be a teacher I think.