Seventy years after Granada Television first launched from Manchester, Rob Francis looks back at the broadcaster that helped redefine British television through programmes such as Coronation Street, World in Action and Brideshead Revisited.

This episode explores Granada’s fierce northern identity, the vision of Sidney Bernstein, the creation and later splitting of “Granadaland” in 1968, and the rise of Granada from regional ITV company to one of the most powerful broadcasters in Britain.

We also examine whether British television lost something important when the old regional ITV system disappeared, and why Granada’s influence can still be felt across the industry today.