Manchester

===Television===
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[[File:Granada TV.jpg|thumb|Granada Studios, the former headquarters of Granada Television]]
Manchester has been a centre of [[Television in the United Kingdom|television broadcasting]] since the 1950s. A number of television studios have been in operation around the city, and have since relocated to [[MediaCityUK]] in neighbouring Salford.

The [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] franchise [[ITV Granada|Granada Television]] has been based in Manchester since 1954. Now based at MediaCityUK, the company's former headquarters at [[Granada Studios]] on [[Quay Street]] with its distinctive illuminated sign were a prominent landmark on the Manchester skyline for several decades.<ref>{{cite news |title=£1bn vision for former ITV site revealed |url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/1bn-vision-former-itv-site-8004809 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201135241/http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/1bn-vision-former-itv-site-8004809 |archive-date=1 February 2016}}</ref><ref name="Skillset">{{cite web |url=http://www.skillset.org/uploads/pdf/asset_3933.pdf?3 |title=The creative media industries and workforce in North West England |publisher=skillset.org |year=2008 |access-date=6 October 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110113021242/http://www.skillset.org/uploads/pdf/asset_3933.pdf?3 |archive-date=13 January 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=ITV removes famous Granada sign from Manchester studios |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/itv-removes-famous-granada-sign-899669 |access-date=28 July 2020 |work=Manchester Evening News |date=26 September 2010}}</ref> Granada produces ''[[Coronation Street]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last=Little |first=Daran |title=The Coronation Street Story |year=1995 |publisher=Boxtree |location=London |isbn=1-85283-464-1 |page=6 |quote=Coronation Street is without doubt the most successful television programme in the world.... what is today the world's longest running drama serial.}}</ref> local news and programmes for North West England. Although its influence has waned, Granada had been described as "the best commercial television company in the world".<ref>{{cite news |title=Obituary – David Plowright |quote=As he himself liked to quote, not for nothing had Granada been dubbed the best commercial television company in the world |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/david-plowright-413771.html |newspaper=The Independent |date=29 August 2006 |access-date=4 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120130161610/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/david-plowright-413771.html |archive-date=30 January 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Party People returns as presenter Rob McLoughlin celebrates thirtieth year at ITV |quote=The Financial Times was to claim that 'Granada was probably the best commercial TV company in the world' – with respect to Thames TV; LWT and our American cousins – they may have been right but when that quote was hauled over reception in Quay Street I found it both inspiring and daunting |url=http://www.how-do.co.uk/north-west-media-features/special-features/party-people-returns-as-presenter-rob-mcloughlin-celebrates-thirtieth-year-at-itv-201 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419172834/http://www.how-do.co.uk/north-west-media-features/special-features/party-people-returns-as-presenter-rob-mcloughlin-celebrates-thirtieth-year-at-itv-201 |archive-date=19 April 2012 |date=25 January 2012 |access-date=4 February 2012}}</ref>

With the growth in regional television in the 1950s, Manchester became one of the [[BBC]]'s three main centres in England.<ref name="Skillset"/> In 1954, the BBC opened its first regional [[BBC Television]] studio outside London, [[Dickenson Road Studios]], in a converted Methodist chapel in [[Rusholme]]. The first edition of ''[[Top of the Pops]]'' was broadcast here on New Year's Day 1964.<ref name="TOTP">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/jul/16/32 |title='Top of the Pops' shows |access-date=6 October 2008 |work=Observer Music Monthly |publisher=Guardian News and Media Limited |date=16 July 2006 |location=London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930035454/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/jul/16/32 |archive-date=30 September 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="itsahotun-history">{{cite web |last=Lee |first=CP |author-link=CP Lee |title=Mancunian Film Company History |url=http://www.itsahotun.com/history.html |website=It's a Hot 'Un |access-date=25 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120204633/http://www.itsahotun.com/history.html |archive-date=20 January 2012 |date=20 January 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> 
From 1975, BBC programmes including ''[[Mastermind (television)|Mastermind]]'',<ref name="BBC programs">{{cite press release |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/speeches/stories/bennett_manch.shtml |title=Championing sustainable TV production in the nations and regions |access-date=6 October 2008 |publisher=BBC |date=23 November 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061224172214/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/speeches/stories/bennett_manch.shtml |archive-date=24 December 2006 |url-status=live}}</ref> and ''[[Real Story]]'',<ref name="BBC real story">{{cite press release |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/11_november/15/real.shtml |title=BBC One's Real Story with Fiona Bruce series comes to end in 2007 |access-date=6 October 2008 |publisher=BBC |date=15 November 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229023321/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/11_november/15/real.shtml |archive-date=29 February 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> were made at [[New Broadcasting House (Manchester)|New Broadcasting House]] on [[Oxford Road, Manchester|Oxford Road]]. The ''Cutting It'' series set in the city's Northern Quarter and ''[[The Street (BBC series)|The Street]]'' were set in Manchester<ref>{{cite news |title=International Emmys Awards to honor Al Gore |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-11-18-al-gore_N.htm |date=19 November 2007 |access-date=6 October 2008 |work=USA Today |first=Charles J. |last=Gans |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018053409/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-11-18-al-gore_N.htm | archive-date=18 October 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> as was ''[[Life on Mars (UK TV series)|Life on Mars]]''. Manchester was the regional base for [[BBC One]] North West Region programmes before it relocated to MediaCityUK in nearby [[Salford Quays]].<ref name="NWT">{{cite web |url=http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/media/tv-and-radio.html |title=Television & Radio Stations in Manchester |access-date=11 September 2007 |publisher=Manchester 2002 UK |year=2002 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070922233804/http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/media/tv-and-radio.html |archive-date=22 September 2007}}</ref><ref name="Media city">{{cite web |url=http://www.dtg.org.uk/news/news.php?id=2464 |title=BBC R&D to relocate to Salford Quays |access-date=6 October 2008| publisher=Digital TV Group |date=1 June 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206144955/http://www.dtg.org.uk/news/news.php?id=2464 |archive-date=6 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}<br /> {{Cite press release |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/05_may/31/salford.shtml |title=BBC move to Salford gets green light |access-date=6 October 2008 |publisher=BBC |date=31 May 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222043534/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/5_may/31/salford.shtml |archive-date=22 December 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The Manchester television channel, [[Channel M]], owned by the [[Guardian Media Group]] operated from 2000, but closed in 2012.<ref name="Skillset"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/apr/16/manchester-channel-m-closes |title=Manchester's Channel M closes after 12 years |first=John |last=Plunkett |work=The Guardian |date=16 April 2012 |access-date=8 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928020000/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/apr/16/manchester-channel-m-closes |archive-date=28 September 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> Manchester is also covered by two internet television channels: Quays News and Manchester.tv. The city had a new terrestrial channel from January 2014 when YourTV Manchester, which won the OFCOM licence bid in February 2013. It began its first broadcast, but in 2015, [[That's Manchester]] took over to air on 31 May and launched the freeview channel 8 service slot, before moving to channel 7 in April 2016.