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This and the TSW version brings back memories of my childhood. TVam wiped all this away.

Of course Westward bordered onto what was then Southern and HTV West-or HTV Wales? Also Channel too of what were then the ITV companies of old at the time. I know when we used to go away at times then I would wonder which ITV companies you would pick up in the area. The TV Times then gave the details of the regional variations there were too.

TV gold

Love this 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰😂😂😂🙃

Remember when the transmitter would go off air ?

This is the Cornwall I remember.

Fabulous score - such a joy to listen to. If I didn't know I'd have guessed Ron Goodwin. Obviously trying to continue the Magnificent Men style.

Ohhh man, the nostalgia

I love this tune

Wow! Haven't seen that since I was a kid in Brixham & Paignton. Thank you!

Can anyone out there confirm if this film was shot near Rathdrum, County Wicklow?

much better theme than star wars or any john Williams score come too think of it

Beautiful Song, wish it was longer !!!

The title track of John Scott's is sheer beauty. It's what film scoring used to be ... a long time ago :-(

Cool!! Remember Daliah Lavi!!

Paul lewis a genius

+Tubemeister77, Westward weren't made "sacrificial lambs because one of them had to go" - that was Southern TV, who lost theirs in unexplained circumstances to TVS in the same franchise reshuffle. Westward had severe managerial issues from the mid 70s onwards relating to the management at their HQ in Plymouth and the management at their London offices becoming suspicious of each others activities and intentions. Things escalated from there, in 1980 the CEO and founder of Westward, Peter Cadbury, was chucked out by a slim majority of his own boardroom, then the boardroom split over this issue. This news boiled over into the national press, and to the IBA's (Independent Broadcasting Authority's) ears, who were taking applications for the next period of the South West franchise. So, on December 28th 1980, the IBA had announced their decision. (Ironically the ITN newsflash reporting this took place in the middle of a TV Movie that Westward made and were transmitting to the ITV network, a drama starring John Thaw as Sir Francis Drake, IIRC). TSW was to take over the franchise, taking effect from January 1st 1982. But this still didn't stop Westward's problems getting worse. By July 1981, Westward's issues got so bad that the management were unable to continue running the station in the IBA's opinion. So they (the IBA) allowed the TSW management team to take over running the station from August 1st 1981, but on the condition that they use Westward's branding until the official start of the new franchise on New Year's Day 1982. So as the only real difference between Westward and TSW, apart from the branding, was the management team (all the technical staff and presenters stayed), this was effectively Westward ending its franchise early and TSW taking over using Westward branding.

wtf, this is NOT even a trailer, its fucking credits, what the fuck kind of idiot would post this, oh sorry guess that would be you. thumbs down.

I actually knew someone called Gus Honeybun. He was not from the South West area, but from Birmingham.

I enjoyed this wonderful video. Like being there. Thank you.

I love this theme. And no film directed by Don Sharp is less than entertaining (Rasputin the Mad Monk, Kiss of the Vampire, Psychomania, The 39 Steps, etc).

were you standing by lloyds bank ??? :L

Brilliant, thanks for posting

This opening music is very Beautiful in the others, old SF films !!!

Wow did that bring back memories and a tear to my eye, thank you.

@Tubemeister77 Not possible. I'm a student who still live with my parents. They don't want me to use any foreign online shops & I MYSELF, either, have no money to prepare for the deliverer. It'll cost highly expensive.

@Tubemeister77 But I'm South Korean, a foreigner! This film is unavailable in my country & hasn't ever shown in cinemas!

Hey,it's me again!,i get everywhere,lol!

Can you upload the whole film for us, please?

My family always referred to ITV as Westward, even when TSW and Westcountry came along. It's a real shame that the pride in TV seems to have gone: my boyfriend works in transmission and is the only one who cares about things like aspect ratios! Depressing...

@Tubemeister77 Unfortunately, just when the licences were coming up for renewal, the London based Board of Westward fell out with the managers and programme makers in Plymouth. There being no confidence within the company that the Board and the managers could overcome their difference the then IBA had no choice but to remove Westward's licence to broadcast.

Great memories of waking up and watching this early in the morning as a kid. Not sure we had a colour telly at first. Fantastic music. This was when TV meant something. They said that digital would mean huge choice, instead we have lost the investment in a few high quality channels and replaced it with hundreds of stations putting out rubbish.

Did he hurry up?

nice shooting, rated it 5 stars.

this brings backchildhood memories....

Further to the stated dates, this particular sequence is no earlier than 1974. The map on the side of the Westward studio gives the game away - it features the late, unlamented county of Avon, which was formed in that year.

All fine and dandy, but not the original, that was by Hastings Mann, and the old startup was in B/W. WTV started in 1961

OMG What memories!!!!!

Thanks

Outstanding! Remembered all the sequence & music like it was yesterday. Thanks.

Which year is this startup from?

well old enough to remember Westward, I once chatted to Stuart huchinson about the good old days, (in my capacity as media student). but what we need is Hastings Manns 'Westward HO'. That came before the overture you posted up, good as it is. maybe TSW archives have it somewhere. I have a lot of written material on WTV, as well as old video tape. This includes the original clip of Peter Cadbury with the galleon. Also plan a museum display based on early regional broadcasting in Devon.

very nostalgic, the great days of Westward TV. always makes me feel at home here in the westcountry when I hear or see anything to do with Westward, but there is another piece of music called Westward Ho, written by Hastings Mann. If anyones got please post it up. PS. I once had tea with Stuart Huchison, my heroe, a great man, now departed.

tremendous. i remember seeing this when i stayed at my sisters in barnstaple. great to see it again. my regional provider was HTV but we got ATV as well which was fab. Tv was an event in those days and you can see the pride they had in this clip. atvmidlands

Living in West Wales we couldn't receive Harlech (HTV) transmissions, so I grew up watching Westward in the 1960's/1970's. I remember this like yesterday. Didn't Westward have the birthday rabbit, Gus Honeybun too?

all i can say is wow, i remeber getting up on sat mornings and watching this, cant belive iv seen it again, i remeber so much of it, thanks for posting.

funny that, it always reminds me of the summer

What I'd give for a time machine...

Oh the nostalgia. This brings so many memories back of being a kid growing up in Cornwall. Thanks.