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... ATV's increased profits ATV's results for the first half of its current financial year are: 1972 1971 Full year First 28 weeks First 28 weeks to March 26 to October 8 to October 10 1972 1972 1971 £000 FOOO £'000 Group profit before taxation 2,463 2,152 6,240 Taxation 985 861 2,537 Attributable to members of the holding company 1,478 1,291 3,722 Dividends paid and provided (gross) 1,188 1,188 ...

... BBC ITV PROGRAMMES** Week Ending: November 17, 1957 TOP TEN Network Pro- Stations Nielsen Poxtrion Programme (faction by Carrying Rating 1st Sunday Might at the Prince of Wales Theatre (ATV) L.M.N.S. 75% 2nd Film Show The Ship builders (ABCTV) M.N. Bid for Fame (ABCTV) M.N. 74% 4h Vai Pit in Hi's Saturday Spectacular (ATV) L.S. 72% 5th Val ParneU's Star time (ATV) L.M.N. Take Your Pick ...

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... Play by William Shakespeare. Presented hy Youth Theatre at the Apollo on August 22. Decor by Christopher Lawrence: lighting by Brian Croft: music arranged by Alan Cave. Epilogue by Frank Kennard. Directed by Michael Croft. **************************VI ...

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... HOMES RECEIVING INDEPENDENT TELEVISION (TNOUVkM* or MOMCS) Here is chart based on figures provided by Television Audience Measurement Ltd. showing the growth of the number of homes able to receive independent television since the commercial programmes started in 1955. ...

... T. A. M. THF. Top Ten programmes (BBC or ITV) networked to the London, Midland. Northern and Scottish ITV am* during the week ended October 20. 1957. were as follows: ...

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... BY TARA CONLAN FOR WEEK ENDING APRIL 6 Main news of the week is, of course, that Channel 5 has achieved a three and a half per cent audience share. Unfortunately, none of its programmes has yet made it into the ITV/C4 top ten. Still, it is early days yet. The other main news is that ITV has eaten all the drama pies. Three new shows pulled in the punters. The Sarah Lancashire and Pam Ferris ...

... The following notes *-ere received from the Offices of British Actors' Equity Association this week Money for Members The recovery of sums totalling £885 12s. 7d. on behalf of members was reported to the Executive Committee last week. It was made up as follow: t d Film dispute 15 2 6 Damages (or breach of contract 210 0 0 Compensation for injury 250 0 0 Film overtime 152 0 8 T.V. commercial 32 ...