The ITV Strike Trilogy | Ten Years of Turbulence | An AMTV Documentary Series

A compilation edition of the ITV Strike documentaries, now presented as one exciting trilogy!

PART 1 - The ITV Strike of 1968
Just over 10 years after ITV's inception, all is not well behind the scenes. With wages falling behind the national standard plus a whole wealth of other issues, technicians aligned with their unions call the first national strike in ITV's history. However, the other side, was able to fight back...

PART 2 - The ITV Colour Strike
The United Kingdom is embracing colour! After making the switch to full-time colour transmissions late in 1969, ITV had invested heavily in new equipment and studios to meet the changes. However, when workers go on strike, those that could receive colour, would find their ITV favourites plunged back into monochrome...

PART 3 - The ITV Strike of 1979
The strike to end all strikes.... after a vicious decade of hyper inflation, things come to a head in the summer of 1979, when due to a bout of industrial action on a national scale, ITV is plunged into darkness for 11 weeks...

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[MSterling]

As an ITV employee, big fan of videos like this. Very educational. Surprised you don't have a lot more views as there's definitely a market for it

[martinfenton]

My mother was one of the 2 million “viewers” of the strike caption card. As you say, it made nice background music for the ironing.

[MrSean]

Will we someday have a documentary about ITV franchise auctions? Both 1980 and 1991?

[thebetaman]

"This is AMTV, in color."

*"Oh."*

[radiotracks]

There was a lesser documented strike in 1975. Not sure if it was the whole network, but I remember seeing the Tyne Tees clock in pink with the ID changed to, "ITV".

I was in the Tyne Tees region but could also receive Yorkshire TV.

Both stations went off the air at the same time. Tyne Tees returned within a couple of days, yet YTV remained off.

Soon after, YTV took the programmes of Tyne Tees TV until the strike ended a few weeks later!

[johnking]

ITA actually stood for the Independent Television Authority and were in charge from their creation by the Television Act of 1954 until 1972, when a new authority was established to cover both commercial TV and the upcoming new commercial radio stations. This new authority was named the Independent Broadcasting Authority and would operate from 1972 until 1990, when the 1990 Broadcasting Act created the more light touch regulator Independent Television Commission from 1st January 1991.

[BestGuy]

Watching these, I feel bad for those at Channel. They were always the odd one out, whether it was not being in the strikes, or being late to going to color

[shibithecatthing]

This is out together really well! Thanks for the amazing documentaries!

[DrJatzCrackers]

This episode is ironic as it is one of the only British YouTube channels I watch that isn't sponsored by PCBWay.

[jimmyfandago]

We got our first colour TV in 1979, just like the one at 22:03 (a BUSH if I remember right). Only could watch BBC as the strike was on!! Great Doc.

[Kylefassbinderful]

I love learning about history like that. Stories that I, an American have no business knowing but find fascinating. It really humanizes other countries besides my own.

[rogerdarthwell]

They are also in chronological order, thank you Adam!

[RebeccaPhythian]

Well that did not feel like 51 minutes - so interesting! Love the music underscoring the whole docu series too!

[enderblazer]

What i imagined there'd be an AMTV movie since there is a documentary about it

[Horizions]

As A American, this always surprises me, as I have a thing for Regional televison, i.e i am autistic.

[lulugamer]

37:40
Adam: and now for our reguarly sched--

[brucedanton]

Thank you of course for this Adam-and well done so then too. You are of course right about Channel Television-I have read of this before and also in the Test Card Circle magazine in the past too. I knew that while all the other ITV companies were in colour and showing Test Card F when they were off air, Channel was the last to do so until 1976, and then they showed Test Card D in black and white instead. Also, as I think you show, whereas all the other ITV areas were starting at say 9.30am each day, they would not start until 1.20pm or so with their local news then. I guess because it was not profitable then to do so. Also, I think it lasted even when TV-am started in 1983, meaning that when they ended all the other ITV areas would then start, but Channel would show the IBA ETP1 test card with tone-not music?-until at least 12.00 when the children's series were on, or even 1.20pm as before. I think that lasted until the mid 1980s, when perhaps they or the IBA then decided that they would be on as all the other ITV areas so too. Well done too!

[lulugamer]

22:31
*AMTV id goes B&W*
AMTV owner: oh

[funniegaminstuff]

we already mastered black n gray a while before colour. PLAY YOUR TV SHOWS IN NEW FULL COLOUR! (warning: not all shows apply) (you need a tv compatible of colour)

[robertbull]

Love that Channel TV was a law unto itself 😂