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01-for London
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UK television programme
April 2022
Art listings United Kingdom English Tom Gutteridge and Mentorn Films Thames Television ITV (South-East region) 1987 1992
01-for London is a Thames Television programme broadcast on ITV in South-East England between 1987 and 1992. It was a weekly arts listings programme developed in conjunction with Time Out magazine. The programme was produced by Tom Gutteridge and Mentorn Films. Its presenters includes Richard Jobson, Neil Mullarkey, Mark Webster and Kathy Lette.
Creation
01-for London was first broadcast in South-East England in 1987.01-for London[12/11/87] (1987) https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7cedfa37 https://web.archive.org/web/20210805121755/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7cedfa37 dead 5 August 2021 British Film Institute 28 December 2021 enMorley Paul Television: GMTV, Big City, The Graham Greene Trilogy The Guardian 293334603 9 January 1993 It was a weekly arts listings show produced by Tom Gutteridge and Mentorn Films for Thames Television, the regional ITV franchise holder.Goddard Grant KISS FM: From Radical Radio To Big Business: The Inside Story Of A London Pirate Radio Station's Path To Success 9 June 2011 Radio Books 978-0-9564963-1-7 259 https://books.google.com/books?id=LZ-RpGjFavoC enBillboard 8 August 1992 Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 12 https://books.google.com/books?id=VxAEAAAAMBAJ en It was developed in conjunction with Time Out, the weekly "whats-on" magazine for London.Davidson Andrew Under the Hammer: The Inside Story of the 1991 ITV Franchise Battle 1992 Random House 978-0-434-17888-9 97 https://books.google.com/books?id=LLNIAAAAYAAJ en The programme co-sponsored a series of annual London arts awards with the magazine.Mahindru Nirjay Mandragora: King of India 23 September 2015 Bloomsbury Publishing 978-1-78319-476-6 8 https://books.google.com/books?id=tJ38DwAAQBAJ en
The first presenters were Richard Jobson, formerly the singer in the punk rock band Skids, actor and comedian Neil Mullarkey and Nikki Groocock.The Skids meet Big Country Nelson Leader 2372322336 6 March 2020 The programme covered music, fashion, art and entertainment and has been described by the London Evening Standard as "yoof TV".01-for London[17/03/88] (1988) https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7f7ca76a https://web.archive.org/web/20210803042909/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7f7ca76a dead 3 August 2021 British Film Institute 28 December 2021 enRoberts Alison Journey back to gangland London Evening Standard 329742938 8 July 2004 Viv Albertine worked behind the cameras helping to film on location across London.Albertine Viv Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys. 12 May 2014 Faber & Faber 978-0-571-29777-1 244 https://books.google.com/books?id=xf19AwAAQBAJ en
01-for London derives its name from the former area dialling code for London. On 6 May 1990 this was changed to 071 (for inner London) and 081 (for outer London).Traffic Engineering & Control 1990 Printerhall https://books.google.com/books?id=kGxUAAAAMAAJ en The programme was Mentorn's first major success. Guttridge sold regional variants to Central Independent Television and Anglia Television.
Later history
By 1989 Groocock and Mullarkey had been replaced by Fiona Adam and Mark Webster.01-for London[27/04/89] (1989) https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8230e0bd https://web.archive.org/web/20210517021023/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8230e0bd dead 17 May 2021 British Film Institute 28 December 2021 en Australian-born author Kathy Lette was also a presenter for a while.Jardine Cassandra Plain talking for the Poms Cassandra Jardine meets an Australian whose observations on English life are putting celebrated backs up Daily Telegraph 317288437 4 November 1993 01-for London survived cuts late in 1991 that saw the ITV franchises move documentaries and current affairs programmes from peak time to make room in the schedules for game shows and feature films, which were considered to have wider appeal to viewers. The cuts saw the loss of 200 jobs and the end of the City Programme, Thames Reports and Thames Action on the south-east network.Thynne Jane ITV axe on documentaries Daily Telegraph 316941330 22 October 1991 01-for London was cancelled in 1992, being replaced by Carlton Television's Big City. The Guardian said at the time it was "like having to swap a bright yellow curvy Japanese sports car for a dumpy little khaki-coloured old Ford Fiesta".
References
Category:1987 British television series debuts
Category:1987 English-language television series debuts
Category:1992 British television series endings
Category:1992 English-language television series endings
Category:Entertainment news shows
Category:Television shows produced by Thames Television