Timeline of Granada Television

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This is a timeline of the history of Granada Television (now known as ITV Granada ), and of the television interests of its former owner Granada plc .

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Granada Television has provided the ITV service for North West England since 1968, and previously provided the service for the North of England on weekdays from 1956 to 1968.

Granada plc took over the services for London at weekends, Yorkshire, the North East, the South, the East, Cumbria and southern Scotland before merging with Carlton Communications to form ITV plc.

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

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