Granada
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Search complete. 28 mentions across 9 episodes found for "Granada".
Oct 10, 2026
Joe JonesGUEST
Look what we've done.
Joe JonesGUEST
It was live on Granada.
Joe JonesGUEST
It was on the news.
Joe JonesGUEST
It was on the radio.
James HoggHOST
Yeah.
John ThomsonGUEST
But I'd done a lot of regional stuff with Granada.
John ThomsonGUEST
I love Granada because they really nurtured me.
John ThomsonGUEST
They, they, they were very good at spotting local talent.
John ThomsonGUEST
They were good for me and Steve, very good for Caroline, um-
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John ThomsonGUEST
Yeah.
John ThomsonGUEST
And I didn't realize at the time that this kind of grew and grew and grew.
John ThomsonGUEST
Guy Granada did some kind of magazine program on it, and I...
Shane WhaleyHOST
I was like, "This, this is superb." And then I remember it, the late '90s, it was on, I don't, I can't quite recall what channel.
Shane WhaleyHOST
Something like Bravo or Granada, one of those cable channels.
Shane WhaleyHOST
And funny enough, it was Ringer, the episode we're gonna talk about today.
Shane WhaleyHOST
And I was just blown away.
Louise Twycross-LewisGUEST
They presented their graduate scheme, I applied, I got on, and I spent a year as a rotational grad, so moving around different departments, but I spent most of my time in sales.
Louise Twycross-LewisGUEST
And then Granada took over TSMS, and one of the questions that came out of that process was, "What department are you, like, really interested in moving into?" And I said, "Well, I've always seen amazing work by the research team.
Louise Twycross-LewisGUEST
That's always fascinated me.
Louise Twycross-LewisGUEST
I've always found it really interesting." And luckily, there was a vacancy in Neil Mortensen's, uh, sales research team.
Simon FrazierHOST
Oh, yeah.
Louise Twycross-LewisGUEST
So I joined Granada in the sales research team way back when.
Louise Twycross-LewisGUEST
I think that was probably '99 and... or maybe 2000, actually.
Louise Twycross-LewisGUEST
And so even though that wasn't, it wasn't planned, I didn't leave university like, "I wanna be a media researcher," I kind of almost fell into it, but I've been here ever since, I think, over 26 years or so now in that field 'cause I love it.
DaveHOST
might have been on, you're on LWT.
LeeHOST
Yeah, just Granada, wasn't it?
DaveHOST
Granada.
DaveHOST
The telephone.
DaveHOST
Old age pensioner.
Peter FinchamHOST
... you know, an actor at another level from a lot of TV detectives, then makes her just one of the best TV characters.
Peter FinchamHOST
And this is from Granada again.
Jimmy MulvilleHOST
Mm.
Peter FinchamHOST
We've been talking quite a lot about Granada in recent weeks with things like The Seven Up.
Jimmy MulvilleHOST
Prime Suspect.
Peter FinchamHOST
And in an ITV world, a commercial world, two hours became the norm, so a commercial two hours-
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The conviction of Detective Sergeant Gordon Harris of the Flying Squad of Corruption Charges and his sentence to six years in prison was read with some interest by Mr David Knight, a young window cleaner in West London who was convicted in December 1965 of stealing the Colenso diamond from the Natural History Museum.
Josie LongHOST
That's Private Eye in March 1972, and their story has now piqued the interest of TV journalists at Granada, the makers of World in Action.
Josie LongHOST
And this isn't some late-night fringe programme.
Josie LongHOST
Alongside the BBC's Panorama, it is one of the two biggest current affairs shows in the country.
Martin TylerHOST
It was a great time.
Martin TylerHOST
To be around it, I was working for Granada and then I worked for ITV.
Martin TylerHOST
So many of those big games for Everton, winning trophies.
Martin TylerHOST
Expected to win trophies.
Guy WalkerHOST
One of these first projects was director's commentary for the aforementioned cheap-to-make reasons making it a good low-risk starting point.
Guy WalkerHOST
Granada were interested and stumped up the small amount of cash needed.
Guy WalkerHOST
Remember ITV Regents?
Alison DennisonGUEST
Oh, Granada.
Alison DennisonGUEST
Granada was mine.
Alison DennisonGUEST
Yeah.
Alison DennisonGUEST
I grew up on Granada.
Guy WalkerHOST
Were you close enough to Lancashire to get