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- 1951-1971 (Creation)
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Most correspondence dates from the year 1958.
File contains correspondence regarding the establishment of an independent commercial television station, in the east of England (Anglia television), and includes a copy of application form to be filled in for the post of programme director (1958); correspondence regarding the proposed site of the transmitter (1958), a list of organisations in Norwich, who could be approached as shareholders (nd) and correspondence with other interested parties. Principal correspondents are George Townshend (Lord Townshend of Raynham) and John Woolf of Romulus Films (investor), although others are also consulted- including Stephen Bonarjee from the BBC.
Also included are papers relating to the (aborted) attempts to purchase the North West programme contract (1954) and 'Hadrian TV', the North East programme contract (1957-59).
Creator: Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited; Chairman's Office; Laurence Prestwich Scott
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- Anglia Television Limited (1959-); independent television broadcasting company (Subject)
- Townshend; Sir; George John Patrick Dominic (1916-2010); 7 Marquess of Raynham; businessman (Subject)
- Woolf; Sir; John (1913-1999); knight, film and television producer (Subject)
- Bonarjee; Stephen (1912-2003); radio producer (Subject)
- Scott; Laurence Prestwich (1909-1983); chairman of the Manchester Guardian & Evening News Ltd (Subject)
- British Broadcasting Corporation (1922-); broadcaster (Subject)
- Guardian Media Group plc (1907-); newspaper proprietor (Subject)