[Neil Jones]

In short, I think the negativity of the changes to ITV in 1993 are overplayed, and that there were a lot of good things that would come out of it. Look at LWT and Carlton starting LNN, which it never would have done with Thames. Scottish Television gaining more of a foothold in the network from recomissioning former TVS shows. It wasn't all bad!

You don't know whether LNN (or some other take on LNN in an alternative reality) would have happened with Thames had they kept the franchise. Also if TVS had kept its licence it probably wouldn't have seen Nigel Pickard up sticks and take various formats with him to STV.

Neil Buchanan bought Art Attack from TVS and ultimately made it through his own company for the next 15 years or so, it ultimately lasting longer than TVS itself did by some considerable margin. Some other TVS shows survived as well.

One thing we can all agree on though - a single ITV was always going to happen, even if it would have happened via another avenue compared to what actually happened.