► Twist and shouting

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It’s 22 September 1975 and ITV is celebrating 20 years of broadcasting. Eamonn Andrews devotes the second half of the Today local news programme to a debate about whether ITV was a good idea in the first place and whether it still has places to go – an ITV-2, for instance.

Taking part in this bad-tempered debate that descends into a near shouting match are:

Leslie Mitchell (1905-1985), television announcer

(1905-1985), television announcer Hughie Green (1920-1997), television host

(1920-1997), television host Robin Day (1923-2000), television journalist

(1923-2000), television journalist Leslie Welch (1907-1980), “Memory Man” variety artist

(1907-1980), “Memory Man” variety artist Christopher Mayhew (1915-1997), Labour MP 1945-1974

(1915-1997), Labour MP 1945-1974 John Hanson (1922-1998), singer

(1922-1998), singer and Eamonn Andrews himself (1922-1987)

Before that, we’ve left in some continuity caught on the audio recording: the end of the ITN news, a promo for World In Action and Philip Elsmore with the local weather forecast.