It was an odd feeling hearing that ITV will be sold.
As a UK boomer kid ITV was so important for my 60's and early 70's telly watching. After all, there were only three TV channels back then in Blighty, ITV being one, providing no less than true icons like Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and The Avengers.
OK, regionalization of ITV meant that different names appeared on the box, like Anglia and LWT - where I lived in Preston it was Granadaland - but it was all ITV.
In the modern world of a million trillion stations available on everything with a screen ITV probably isn't that important now. It's not a channel I seek out myself anymore, so times have changed.
Anyways, ITV is sold. Another part of our childhood gone.
What do you think?
I really find myself totally divorced from 21st century entertainment. The shows I love are from the 60's, 70's and 80's and I have them all on DVD. I can't abide most reboots and I find it impossible to access music from this century, in order to decide if I'd want to buy it (I refuse to stream/rent my own stuff!). I am genuinely turning into an old buffer who believes that, on balance, the Internet was a bad idea! Oh well, there it is! It's only being so cheerful as keeps me going!
ReplyDeleteFortunately there's room for all ways of doing things these days Kev. I guess we're all nostalgic about our formative years. Hence this blog, itself an Internet anomaly now in today's world of instant streaming, tik tok and social media. At our age, we are who we are. Made in the Sixties. Duffers united!
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