To conclude Black History Month, the Thames TV documentary series This Week followed the build up to the Muhammad Ali/Joe Frazier fight in 1971 with interviews with the fighters, promotors and access to behind the scenes. Transmitted in 1971. | Thames TV Archive

67K views · 1.1K reactions | Thames TV's 'TV Eye' looks at the appalling state of affairs eight months after Idi Amin was overthrown. This film catalogues a terrible tale of woe - murder and looting with no proper police force to control it, broken-down hospitals, flattened towns with no materials to rebuild them, and a ruinous black market and asks what the western aid givers are doing about it. | History of Uganda | Facebook

Back in 1977, editing a TV show like Magpie meant literally cutting and taping film strips by hand 🎞️ Sound was handled separately on magnetic film, then synced perfectly with the visuals a slow, skill-heavy process that needed total precision. A clip from Thames TV’s Finding Out shows the behind-the-scenes grind of how Magpie was pieced together frame by frame, splice by splice. ✂️📺 Credit: ThamesTV - #tvhistory #1970s #filmediting #behindthescenes #magpie #thamestelevision #retrofilm #broadc

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#onthisday in 1968 Thames Television first broadcast on the ITV network. Here's a look back at the many iconic idents. #happybirthdaythamestelevision #happybirthdaythames #55yearsold #otd #thamesatalentfortelevision #thamestvarchive | Thames TV Archive

16 reactions | #takemebacktuesday with the opening titles from the discussion show 'Daytime' with Sarah Kennedy which ran from 1984 to 1987. | Thames TV Archive | Facebook