18-10-2023, 12:25 PM
(17-10-2023, 11:33 PM)lookoutwales Wrote: Not so much for stories they didn't have time for, more like in-depth current affairs treatment.
Found an example of Dateline - this one about pirate radio.
www.youtube.com
Unlike its sister programme, it was only part-networked. According to one website, it had actually started out as a local news bulletin (London-only) for Rediffusion before other regions picked it up.
www.78rpm.co.uk
Local news programming for London at that time was virtually non existent, so having this helped to make it look like they were doing a bit for local news but like the BBC at the time, both channels ignored local news in London for many years - really only until 1977 when Thames launched their proper Thames News service did ITV London get proper local news - BBC waited even longer until 1984 when they launched London Plus - BBC were happy to palm off local news for London/SE to Nationwide for around 14 years.