This episode will explore Granada Television and the Granadaland Project, in particular we will explore:

• About the Granada’s commitment to doing television differently

• Did Granada Television really have a strong regional identity in the North West?

• And how can the project provide voice to a diverse range of people who worked at Granada, including women?

FEATURING:

Melanie Tebbutt about Granada’s history as well as its youth programming.

Steve Kelly and Judith Jones about their experiences of working at Granada and their favourite memories from the time.

Isabel Taube about Granada’s commitment to serious programming and the experiences of female workers within television.

INCLUDING interview segments with:

• Leslie Woodhead

• Gordon Burns

• Thelma McGough

• Ester Dean

Find out more about the project here: http://www.granadaland.org/

Episode transcript available here: https://www2.mmu.ac.uk/artshumanities/rah/news/story/index.php?id=12129

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This episode was produced by Lucy Simpson, edited by Oliver Cochrane, and mixed and presented by Julian Holloway.