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114-512: Follyfoot is a children's television series co-produced by the majority-partner British television company Yorkshire Television (for transmission on ITV ) and the independent West German company TV München (for transmission on the ZDF channel). It aired in the United Kingdom between 1971 and 1973, repeated for two years after that and again in the late 1980s. The series starred Gillian Blake in

228-485: A Through Till Three strand on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights introduced a few months later. 24-hour broadcasting resumed on 29 May 1988. In 1982, after the split up of Trident Television, Bass (brewing and Leisure group) acquired a 20.93% share in Yorkshire TV. In July 1987, Bass sold the stake since it no longer fitted in with its operations. The managing director of YTV said: "We are very sorry to lose Bass as

342-543: A "few hundred" rag-and-bone men remained, possibly because of competition from more specialised trades, such as corporation dustmen , and pressure from property developers to build on rag merchants' premises. In the 1980s, Hollywood star Kirk Douglas mentioned in an interview with Johnny Carson that his father was a ragman in New York and "young people nowadays don't know what is ragman." The BBC 's popular 1960s-70s television comedy Steptoe and Son helped to maintain

456-451: A bid for Yorkshire Television, it would also form an alliance with Anglia Television who would take over Tyne Tees Television . By 7 January 1994 the merger talks between Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television had collapsed because it had proven impossible to reach an agreement on a suitable structure for the new company. A few days earlier Anglia had withdrawn from the proposed alliance, making an LWT takeover of YTV impossible. The company faced

570-559: A bittersweet Dora reflects on her time at Follyfoot. The first three episodes were released on video in 1995. No further releases ever came to light, and this video has long been deleted. However, on DVD, Series 1 (episodes 1 to 13) was released in 2007. Series 2 was released on DVD in April 2008, with Series 3 following in October 2008. The DVDs are Region 2 encoded, and in PAL format. A complete boxset of

684-522: A far greater extent. Following the takeover, 292 jobs were axed at the two broadcasters; 174 at Leeds, and 115 at Newcastle, with a further three from airtime sales in London. Various programmes which had previously been shown at a regional pace were suddenly jolted forward to the furthest ahead point among YTV and Tyne Tees. YTV had to lose over 200 episodes of The Young Doctors to reach the Tyne Tees stage of

798-432: A fire in one of the stables. Dora, and eventually Steve, tell her she is not right for Follyfoot and ask her to leave. It is raining heavily and tensions are high. Steve tells Dora that they don't have enough room for their horses and has arranged for some to be farmed out to a local stable. Dora is furious and would prefer to keep the retired horses rather than the schooled ones that bring in money. Ron too gets caught up in

912-457: A hat, and she gives him the money. He then however sells the horse to be sold on at auction. Dora and Ron go to the auction and convince the Colonel to buy the horse. A man comes to Follyfoot to buy a horse for his daughter. Dora and Steve accompany the family to nearby Lockwoods, a crooked seller of horses. The horse they buy is drugged and when they get it home, it turns violent. Dora agrees to take

1026-523: A large revenue shortfall in 1993 of around £15 million, after financial irregularities in its advertising sales, where airtime was oversold, was uncovered by Laser Sales who took over responsibly of its advertising sales. Generally the bids submitted by both YTV and (then-independent) Tyne Tees were considered financially questionable, and the Independent Television Commission , predecessor to Ofcom, warned it came close to rejecting

1140-477: A lot of each other and Dora finds it hard to conceal her jealousy. Wendy goes to see Dora and makes friends with her. Follyfoot has been asked to take in a horse by an old woman who has lived with her sister for 20 years, but they have never spoken to each other. When one of them falls ill, the other breaks down and agrees to go and see her. Wendy and Steve break up and Dora reveals to Steve her feelings for him. Steve tells her that they can only ever be friends due to

1254-405: A merger. The decision to form an association was purely down to the costs of the increased levy on the companies' advertising revenue by the government, and the cost of colour TV. The ITA stated there was no reason why the companies should not have talks about sensible economies that could be made, but would examine all details before any association were to be implemented. In January 1970, a warning

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1368-445: A new ident, entitled "Liquid Gold", featuring a pool of liquified gold, with the chevron rising up from it, and rotating into the sky, where the station name joins it. This ident features a fully orchestrated version of the theme tune and reportedly cost £40,000 to make. This was occasionally supplemented by a large rotating chevron over a gradient-ed blue background, used over continuity. On 1 September 1989, Yorkshire Television adopted

1482-451: A poacher's trap. In desperation, Cleo mounts a horse and rides for help. Steve has rescued a horse from a burning house and brings it to Follyfoot. A man claiming to be the owner takes it, but later, his daughter in law claims it is hers. Dora is determined to help and with an unwilling Steve, they attempt to take the horse back, but are caught. The man tells them that he is giving the horse to his daughter in law's son for his birthday. Dora

1596-425: A shareholder; they have been very supportive to Yorkshire Television." By the end of the year, YTV profits had increased to £13.94 million, and it had become one of the largest suppliers of programmes to Channel 4. In October 1987, the production unit had received a co-production pact with Telecom Entertainment in order to co-produce and develop projects, that involved international stars and British crew, around

1710-485: A surprise to us, but we don't think there had been a row or anything like that". Clive Leach became managing director. In preparation of the new ITV franchises, the company started to cut costs which resulted in 91 voluntary redundancies; this had a minor effect with slightly fewer programmes being produced. Following rule changes in 1992, Yorkshire-Tyne Tees resumed their alliance under the name Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television (YTTT) plc. The two stations were integrated to

1824-559: A typical day, a rag-and-bone man might expect to earn about sixpence. Mayhew's report indicates that many who worked as rag-and-bone men did so after falling on hard times, and generally lived in squalor. Although they usually started work well before dawn, they were not immune to the public's ire; in 1872, several rag-and-bone men in Westminster caused complaint when they emptied the contents of two dust trucks to search for rags, bones and paper, blocking people's path. The ragpickers in

1938-477: Is a Grand National winner worth a hundred pounds. The boy's father runs the local amusement fair and says that he has to sell the horse, which is worthless. Dora and the others intervene, but as the boy runs away with the horse, his father desperately tries to find him. Once found, they tell the boy his horse is indeed very special. The Colonel is selling one of the Follyfoot horses, to Dora's upset. However, they need

2052-524: Is also home to Shiver Productions . The licence for Yorkshire is now held by ITV Broadcasting Limited, part of ITV plc . The studios were built on 5 acres (20,000 m ) of slum clearance land on Kirkstall Road , purchased from the former Leeds Corporation . Construction commenced in early 1967. A mild winter aided building work and by mid-1968 studios one and two were equipped for transmission (studios three and four being completed by early 1969). During construction, pre-launch shows were produced at

2166-425: Is concerned when she hears of a miners strike and that the horses are being left in the mine to starve. She and Steve go to the picket line and demand the horses be freed. She along with some other likeminded miners free the horses at night but are caught. The fate of the horses is put to a vote and the Colonel agrees to help the miners in their plight. A young boy asks Dora if she can stable his horse, which he claims

2280-562: Is credited as being the UK 's first breakfast television programme, six years before the launch of the BBC's Breakfast Time . The programme ran concurrently with a similar Tyne Tees programme, Good Morning North for North East viewers. Both series ended after nine weeks on 27 May 1977. From its inception YTV had a turbulent relationship with the broadcasting unions (a common theme within ITV). Many employees at

2394-491: Is now managed, along with its southern counterpart, by Technicolor Network Services ) and a number of independent producers. The production facilities are marketed as The Leeds Studios and sister companies ProVision, Film Lab North and The Finishing School occupy adjacent buildings, although the operation continues to be widely referred to as the Yorkshire Television studios or YTV. In March 2009, ITV plc announced that

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2508-426: Is riding a lame horse. In disguise, Dora manages to trick her way into his stables and rescues the horse. Meanwhile, an old miner tracks down Follyfoot to visit his 30-year-old horse, Charley. A local rag-and-bone man has died. The son endeavours to keep the business going but the horse is killed in an accident. His plight is reported in the local newspaper and another horse is bought for the family. It turns out that

2622-415: Is still unhappy with all the changes taking place. To everyone's concern, Dora is considering leaving Follyfoot. She takes time out to think and eventually realises that the real problem doesn't lie with her. On confronting Steve, she asks him to leave. The following morning, she discusses things with the Colonel, who convinces her that everything will be all right. Steve and Dora forget their differences and

2736-543: Is threatened. Steve steps in and fights the man responsible. To Dora's horror, he emerges covered in blood. Lockwood sets a challenge: £100 for anyone who can outrace his horse. Dora intends to enter on a customer's horse, but withdraws when she becomes friendly with Lockwood's son Chip. Due to his shady dealings Lockwood tells his son to distance himself from Dora. She goes to the race to be told by Chip that he will always be loyal to his father. Dora, Steve and Ron are investigating into some illegal activities by Lockwood. Chip,

2850-404: Is told of a badly injured horse and he takes it back to Follyfoot. The horse is so ill it has to be shot. Steve leaves Follyfoot to continue searching for his mother, much to Dora's distress. She collapses against the lightning tree and is dragged away sobbing by Slugger. Dora is missing Steve, but puts on a brave face as an abandoned horse is brought in. She agrees to look after it until she finds

2964-487: Is unable to help them, but he sends a letter to Dora explaining everything and his feelings for her. Lockwood dumps the illegal horses and Follyfoot take them in. With the evidence of the letter they agree not to go to the Police, but warn him that he must give up any further dealings with horses. Chip decides to move away. While teaching some schoolkids to ride, Dora comes across a gypsy camp. Their daughter has been forced out of

3078-481: Is well-remembered, sometimes more so than the series itself. The song reached No. 36 in the UK charts in 1971. An album featuring music from the series was also released. The main actors were Gillian Blake as Dora, Steve Hodson as Steve, Christian Rodska as Ron Stryker, Desmond Llewelyn as the Colonel and Arthur English as Slugger. Other well-known actors in minor roles included Pam St Clement , Gretchen Franklin , as

3192-543: The ABC studios at Didsbury , Manchester while a former trouser-press factory next to the Leeds facility was used as an administration centre. The studio was officially opened by The Duchess of Kent on 29 July 1968. It was the first purpose-built colour television production centre in Europe and cost over £4 million to build and equip. Equipment was installed by EMI Electronics and

3306-503: The Emley Moor transmitter. Following a reorganisation in 1974 the transmission area was extended to include Lincolnshire , northwestern Norfolk and parts of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire , served by the Belmont transmitter. Two consortia applied for the franchise, Telefusion Yorkshire Ltd and Yorkshire Independent Television , the former having large financial backing (supported by

3420-582: The Haiti dictator Baby Doc Duvalier . In Drama , Yorkshire Television had many critical successes, including: In 1969, YTV launched its first soap opera Castle Haven which was cancelled after only a year. When the restrictions on daytime broadcasting were relaxed, and on 16 October 1972 it launched an afternoon drama/soap opera called Emmerdale Farm , (which is still being broadcast as Emmerdale ). In comedy (and in sitcom), Yorkshire TV produced many popular shows, including: Rag-and-bone man In

3534-560: The West Yorkshire Police in their search for the murderer known as the Yorkshire Ripper were periodically transmitted during the strike). However the dispute was more intense at YTV as the company's management were seen as instrumental in fighting the unions, especially the managing director Sir Paul Fox and Trident chairman G E Ward Thomas . In the 1980 franchise round several YTV staff submitted their own application for

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3648-582: The Yorkshire franchise under the name of 'Television Yorkshire'. Backed by Donald Baverstock and MP Jonathan Aiken who believed they would provide a better service. Yorkshire retained the franchise with the addition of number of relay transmitters on the Lancashire/Yorkshire border, covering Todmorden and Walsden, which were transferred from the Granada region. On 9 August 1986, Yorkshire Television became

3762-585: The developing world . In the UK, 19th-century rag-and-bone men scavenged unwanted rags, bones, metal and other waste from the towns and cities in which they lived. Henry Mayhew 's 1851 report London Labour and the London Poor estimates that in London , between 800 and 1,000 "bone-grubbers and rag-gatherers" lived in lodging houses , garrets and "ill-furnished rooms in the lowest neighbourhoods." The bone-picker and rag-gatherer may be known at once by

3876-422: The first ITV generic look , featuring the large ITV logo; an additional ident, with a static chevron on the same background, was also used. On 7 January 1991, the ident was revised to allow the chevron to appear full screen instead of being a segment of the 'V' which the company used until 21 October 1994. The whole package was used by Yorkshire Television, and an adapted version, where the whole chevron appeared in

3990-481: The second generic look , based on the theme of hearts, which was used for the entirety of the branding period before network programming. However, for local programming, Yorkshire created their own ident featuring a background of spinning chevrons, with pictures of the region featuring inside a central box. On 28 October 2002, the brand was dropped in favour of a national ITV1 identity , in which local regional identities were dropped except before local programming, when

4104-405: The "On Ilkla Moor Baht 'at" tune, which was now noticeably higher in pitch. The Channel 3 look was dropped on 19 January 1998, following Granada 's acquisition of Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television on 26 June 1997, with the look returning to a spinning chevron against a misty blue background, light blue during the day and dark blue in the evenings. On 8 November 1999, Yorkshire Television adopted

4218-544: The 1860s, a huge industry in West Yorkshire, particularly in and around the Batley , Dewsbury and Ossett areas. Although it was solely a job for the lowest of the working classes , ragpicking was considered an honest occupation , more on the level of street sweeper than of a beggar . In Paris , ragpickers were regulated by law and could operate only at night. They were required to return unusually valuable items either to

4332-522: The 19th and early 20th century did not recycle the materials themselves. They would simply collect whatever they could find and turn it over to a "master ragpicker" (usually a former ragpicker) who would, in turn, sell it—generally by weight—to wealthy investors with the means to convert the materials into something more profitable. In the West Riding of Yorkshire, rag and bone men would collect waste woollen and rag products from householders to sell on to

4446-478: The 19th century, rag-and-bone men typically lived in extreme poverty , surviving on the proceeds of what they collected each day. Conditions for rag-and-bone men in general improved following the Second World War , but the trade declined during the latter half of the 20th century. In the 21st century, rag-and-bone-style collection continues, partly as the result of the soaring price of scrap metal, particularly in

4560-480: The Blackpool-based Telefusion television rental chain) and the latter having the better plans but fewer resources. On 1 January 2007, the company transferred its programme production business to ITV Studios Limited . As a consequence, Yorkshire Television Limited ceased to trade on 1 January 2007. Yorkshire Television Ltd still legally exists, but its licence is now owned and operated by ITV plc under

4674-457: The Circus. Ron takes a horse back to Follyfoot after its owner has fallen ill. Unknown to them, the boy Gip had agreed to look after it, but the horse runs away. In attempting to catch it, Dora falls off her horse and is injured. The horse returns to the man's house and Gip agrees to take care of it until its owner is well again. A mysterious old man arrives at Follyfoot and sits silently with one of

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4788-428: The Colonel's house for lunch to meet a young friend of his. But Dora takes an instant disliking to him due to his boasting. She challenges him to a show-jumping race, which he confirms he will win. While it's going on, the Colonel is taken ill and Dora abandons the race. She later realises that his ill health could mean the end of Follyfoot. Dora is keeping a vigil for the Colonel, who is very ill. Her parents arrive with

4902-498: The Colonel's housekeeper, and Kathy Staff in two separate bit parts. What really characterised the series was its rotation of directors, many of whom have since become revered figures in the UK film industry, including Stephen Frears , Michael Apted and Jack Cardiff who took time out from working overseas with Kirk Douglas to direct two episodes of the series. Also, in the third series, David Hemmings appeared in one episode, "Uncle Joe" and also directed two other episodes during

5016-423: The Colonel, who owns Follyfoot farm. While out riding she sees some thugs terrorising the horses of a neighbouring farm. Steve, a young man working on the farm tries to stop them. Two of the horses are injured and must be shot. Despite Dora's testimony, Steve is under suspicion as being one of the thugs. Steve is hiding out at Follyfoot. The neighbouring farm is on the lookout for a missing horse. Steve and Dora find

5130-474: The Gypsy girl. The Uncle adopts the two children and tells Dora he is engaged. Steve laughs at Dora and due to his insensitivity, Tina walks away. Dora is shocked when she discovers that the Colonel has enlisted the services of a manager to help Dora run Follyfoot. Steve thinks it's a good idea, as they need an extra pair of hands. The woman clashes with Dora over the worth of retired horses and sacks Ron who had caused

5244-522: The Leeds Studios were to be largely closed in an effort to save costs following a reported loss of £2.7 billion for 2008. However, seven months later ITV changed its mind, choosing instead to close the nearby studios dedicated to the production of Emmerdale and transferring production of this programme to Kirkstall Road which would be upgraded for HDTV production. For almost 35 years, Yorkshire Television's on-screen identity always revolved around

5358-476: The Marconi Corporation. The studios contained seven 2" Quadruplex VTR machines, six telecines and twelve cameras . The cameras were a mixture of Marconi MkVII's (studios 1, 2 and 3) and EMI 2001 models (studio 4). The regional news show Calendar was produced at the centre for many years but in 1989 was moved to a dedicated newsroom and broadcast facility based in a converted ice rink next to

5472-563: The Shoddy factories. ' Shoddy ', cloth made from recycled wool, was first manufactured (and probably invented) by Benjamin Law in Batley, West Yorkshire, in 1813. The process involved grinding woollen rags into a fibrous mass and mixing this with some fresh wool. Law's nephews later came up with a similar process involving felt or hard-spun woollen cloth, the product in this case being called ‘mungo’. Samuel Parr

5586-462: The Tyne Tees region on 2 September 1996, where all on-screen branding was replaced by giant numeral '3', and the Tyne Tees brand became secondary to 'Channel 3 North East', however the look was only partially implemented in the Yorkshire region a month after Tyne Tees's revamp. The entirety of Yorkshire's Channel 3 look included an ident which was later introduced on 21 October 1996 at the same year, where

5700-425: The V segment before moving into centre screen, was used before regional programming. Upon YTV dropping the generic look on 22 October 1994, a new ident was introduced, featuring a textured background with a central strip containing images of the region itself, with the chevron placed in the centre of said strip. The most noticeable thing about this ident set was the smooth nature of the chevron's appearance and, like

5814-521: The YTV bid on financial quality grounds. The losses suffered by the company prompted the return of founder Ward Thomas as chairman, and Clive Leach was forced to resign. The rescue mission led by Ward Thomas saw profits recover by 1996, thanks to the cost-cutting measures implemented in the intervening years. Bruce Gyngell , the former chairman of breakfast station TV-am , became YTTT's managing director on 15 May 1995. On 2 September 1996, Bruce Gyngell made

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5928-546: The Yorkshire name appeared below the ITV1 logo only. These regional idents however were dropped by 2006. Yorkshire Television was a major producer within the ITV network and produced programming in all genres. The presenter Alan Whicker became a shareholder in the company at its inception and made many programmes for the station, most notably interviews with the Cat's Eye inventor Percy Shaw and

6042-440: The better talent but suffered a lack of funding, whereas Telefusion had the backing of a cash-rich parent. The new venture initially chose the name Yorkshire Television Network but decided to drop the word 'Network' before going on air. A few days after winning, the chairman Sir Richard Graham said: "We see ourselves as having a particular responsibility to convey to a mature audience the particular qualities and strengths of one of

6156-409: The chevron spun against a light blue background with numeral '3's covering the background. Another ident featured the chevron with the '3' numeral embossed on the side, which would zoom into view, before revealing a spinning numeral 3, which in turn had YTV chevron on the middle of the 3 and when zoomed into, the chevron re-appeared spinning against the background. The look also heralded the return of

6270-420: The closeness of their working relationship. Lady Crane, a friend of the Colonel asks for one her fine horses to be kept at Follyfoot. Meanwhile, Ron is being chased by a bookmaker over non-payment of debt. It turns out that the bookmaker is also seeking payment from Lady Carne. She has kept her horse at Follyfoot because he was going to take it in lieu. She agrees to sell her manor house and keep her horse and pay

6384-445: The company was making profits of over £689,000. After a series of temporary masts at Emley Moor, the current 275 metre reinforced concrete tower — topped by a 55-metre steel lattice mast — began transmitting in 1971, resuming full area coverage for the YTV region. In June 1969, talks began between Yorkshire and Anglia about achieving a cost-cutting exercise by sharing equipment and facilities. Neither company planned joint productions or

6498-456: The controversial move of re-branding Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television under the unified brand "Channel 3" While Yorkshire used a scaled-back version of this branding (still using the Yorkshire chevron logo and being verbally known as "Channel 3 Yorkshire"), Tyne Tees was re-branded as "Channel 3 North East". It dropped the familiar TTTV logo, and relegated the Tyne Tees name to secondary branding. On 26 June 1997, Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television plc

6612-436: The debt. While visiting, Callie tells Dora that she's going to boarding school and must give up her horse. She and Dora find a stable, but there is already a horse in there and terribly ill. She confronts the owner who is purposely doing it to entice his estranged daughter back home. With the help of Steve and the Colonel, she takes the horse. Callie's horse is allowed to stay at Follyfoot as well. Dora and Steve are invited to

6726-549: The dhows production run: "The Bridge Builder" and the final episode, "Walk In the Wood". The series proved to be a success and was sold to many countries at the time of the original UK transmission. The first series won the Harlequin award for best production at the 1972 BAFTA Awards , while the second series episode, "The Debt", reached the top 20 in the weekly television ratings—a rarity for an afternoon-timeslot show. During production for

6840-497: The end of "Kate". A black screen appeared before that evening's News at Ten was broadcast. The dispute was involving ACTT union members who had refused to work overtime due to pay rates. YTV was forced off the air by more industrial action over the whole of Christmas , 1978. This partially coincided with a two-day national shutdown of both BBC channels by strikes in December of that year, meaning that for those two days viewers in

6954-426: The enterprise. The two stations remained separately run and were required to demerge by late 1981 as a condition of the re-awarding of their ITV contracts from January 1982. Trident's majority shareholdings were sold although they retained ownership of studios and equipment which were leased to the respective companies. On 28 March 1977, Yorkshire launched a breakfast television experiment. Good Morning Calendar

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7068-403: The farmers. Posing as a gypsy he threatens to curse them and they let him and the horse go. Dora agrees to take on a show-jumping horse that needs training. As she makes progress, co-worker Ron takes the horse to run in a local race. He aims to make a lot of money by betting on it, but the horse is not ready and refuses to jump, landing Ron in trouble with the bookmakers – and Dora. Thug Hammond

7182-399: The father sets fire to the stable, killing himself and setting the horse free. The family do not mourn him. Dora has a nightmare where horses are being terrorised and Steve is covered in blood. The next morning she hears that Lockwood's estate has been ravaged by bikers and four of their horses are dead. Lockwood blames it on a local builder who sues him for slander. Dora gets involved but she

7296-493: The first ITV company and the first British terrestrial television station to offer 24-hour broadcasting. This was achieved by simulcasting the satellite station Music Box for a three-month trial, as permitted by the IBA. The all-night simulcasts continued until Friday 2 January 1987 – shortly before Music Box ceased operations as a broadcaster. Thereafter, Yorkshire ran a teletext-based Jobfinder service for one hour after closedown with

7410-443: The greasy bag which he carries on his back. Usually he has a stick in his hand, and this is armed with a spike or hook, for the purpose of more easily turning over the heaps of ashes or dirt that are thrown out of the houses, and discovering whether they contain anything that is saleable at the rag-and-bottle or marine-store shop. These bone-grubbers, as they were sometimes known, would typically spend nine or ten hours per day searching

7524-435: The horse and try to rescue it as it is lame and know it will be shot. They are caught with the horse and Steve is blamed. He is fired from his job, but the Colonel steps in and takes him on at Follyfoot. A gypsy who has just been released from prison comes to collect his horse. Two local farmers capture his horse and threaten to shoot him if he comes onto their land again. Steve steps in to help, but gets caught and locked up by

7638-436: The horse for training after they threaten to shoot it. Successfully taming it, the family arrive back and hire Dora to train their new horse. A bad-tempered fruit and veg seller has a heart attack. His son tells him that he's taking over the horse and cart business, but his father forbids him to. The younger son contacts Dora to hide the horse for fear of his father shooting it. The Police investigate and bring it back. At night,

7752-416: The horse is unable for the job and they take it to Follyfoot. However as the youngest son, Gip is devastated at losing the horse, the family decide to keep it. Gip continues to look after their horse but as Steve becomes involved, he is worried that the family don't know how to properly care for it. The older brother wants rid of the horse so Gip runs away with it. Steve finds them and persuades him to give up

7866-400: The horse to Follyfoot where it can be properly looked after. Local girl Callie is upset at the treatment of one of the horses while at the Circus. Appealing to the Colonel, she tries to get help, but to no avail. Undeterred, she steals the horse and with the help of Steve, hides it away. As the Police investigate, the horse is discovered, but by then the Colonel has agreed to buy the horse from

7980-450: The horse. Dora trains one of her horses to accommodate the girl as a present. Her father, although angry at the situation, agrees to let her ride again. Ron and Steve argue over who gets to host Dora's birthday. Unable to come to an agreement, they enter a jousting contest. When neither of them wins, Slugger tells them that he and the Colonel already have a party planned. In search of his mother, Steve visits his grandmother. While there, he

8094-441: The horses. Ron taunts the old man into getting him to leave but the Colonel is angered by Ron's behaviour and sacks him. The old man has recently lost his wife and the horse used to be his. To make amends, Ron's father agrees to pay for a stable to be built at the man's house for the horse. The Night riders are back to their old tricks and upset a horse ridden by a crippled girl. Steve warns them off, but they come back later and kill

8208-481: The ident throughout this period were idents promoting the station's coverage, with the slogan " Serving Six Million Viewers" . One version, in 1983 featured a giant chevron logo, made up out of smaller chevrons, and another in 1986 featured the view zooming in from space, to the Yorkshire TV region, which then flipped over, becoming the chevron. This last version was computer-animated, with 3D-style lettering and chevron. On 5 January 1987, Yorkshire Television introduced

8322-647: The influential pan-North region, the licence which was owned by Granada Television and ABC, both based in Manchester, had to be split up. Consequently, it was decided that Granada would keep the North West franchise and a new franchise created for Yorkshire. On 28 February 1967, national and regional newspapers carried numerous advertisements from the Independent Television Authority , each requesting applicants for various new ITV contracts, one of which

8436-458: The items that they collected. In 1958, a Manchester Guardian reporter accompanied rag-and-bone man John Bibby as he made his rounds through Chorlton and Stretford , near Manchester . For his handcart's load, which comprised rags, furs, shoes, scrap car parts, a settee and other furniture, Bibby made about £2. Shoddy and Mungo manufacture in West Yorkshire continued into the 1950s and the rag man would set up his cart in local streets and weigh

8550-524: The items' owners or to the authorities. When Eugène Poubelle introduced the rubbish bin in 1884, he was criticised by French newspapers for meddling with the ragpickers' livelihood. A 1954 report in The Manchester Guardian mentioned that some men could make as much as £25 (roughly equivalent to £865 now) per day collecting rags. Most used handcarts rather than a bag, and some used a pony and cart, giving out rubbing stones in exchange for

8664-533: The lead role. Notable people connected with the series were actors Desmond Llewelyn and Arthur English and directors Jack Cardiff , Stephen Frears , Michael Apted and David Hemmings . It was originally inspired by Monica Dickens ' 1963 novel Cobbler's Dream (republished in 1995 as New Arrival at Follyfoot ); she later wrote four further books in conjunction with the series— Follyfoot in 1971, Dora at Follyfoot in 1972, The Horses of Follyfoot in 1975, and Stranger at Follyfoot in 1976. The series, which

8778-424: The licence name of ITV Broadcasting Limited (along with all the other ITV plc-owned franchises). Yorkshire Television Ltd is, along with most other regional companies owned by ITV plc, listed with Companies House as a dormant company . ITV Yorkshire, previously known as Yorkshire Television , and sometimes abbreviated to YTV or Yorkshire, has its origins in the 1967 franchise round. That round stipulated that

8892-577: The main studios. Productions in the 2000s included Countdown (which has since moved to The Manchester Studios and now Media City in Salford), the revived Bullseye , Mastermind (while asbestos was removed from The Manchester Studios in 2006), My Parents Are Aliens , Channel 4 gameshow Win My Wage and a children's comedy-drama for Cartoon Network called My Spy Family . The site is now home to continuity for ITV's northern transmission areas (although this

9006-414: The money and as the Police catch up with her, she tells him to stay out of her life. Dejected, Steve returns to Follyfoot to an emotional Dora. Cleo, a friend of Dora's has come to stay for a few days. Dora is concerned that this former horse lover now won't go anywhere near the stables due to a recent accident. Steve and Dora set up a plan to get her riding again, but in a mishap, Steve's leg gets caught in

9120-410: The more industrial centres of Hull , Grimsby , Scunthorpe and Lincoln and it was felt the region would be better served from Leeds rather than from Norwich . In August 1970 following a reverse takeover Yorkshire Television was effectively merged with its neighbour Tyne Tees Television , when the two were brought under the control of Trident Television Limited, a company formed to deal with

9234-450: The most populous and most important areas outside London." The station began broadcasting on 29 July 1968 from new studios at Kirkstall Road in Leeds. Although they were purpose-built for colour production and equipped with £2.2 million of equipment, the majority of initial broadcasts were in monochrome until the ITV network formally launched its colour output on 15 November 1969. After an opening ceremony led by The Duchess of Kent ,

9348-569: The new company were recruited from the Manchester and Birmingham studios of the former ABC Weekend Television and the London station Rediffusion ; the upheaval of enforced job changes on these employees combined with a relatively new management of a new ITV station and huge investment by shareholders provided fertile ground for the unions. In 1971, technicians broadcast a handwritten note that read "'Yorkshire Television have threatened to sack us. We are going on strike. Goodnight." six minutes before

9462-490: The owner. Meanwhile, Steve is in Liverpool looking for his mother, who is in trouble with the Police. She has gone into hiding, but eventually he manages to track her down and they are reunited for the first time in years. Having found his mother, Steve is determined to keep her out of trouble and pay off her debts. He takes on two jobs and rents a flat for them both, eventually earning enough money to meet her debts. She squanders

9576-493: The poorest in society around the rubbish and recycling areas a chance to earn a hand-to-mouth supply of money. In 2015, the Environment Minister of India declared a national award to recognise the service rendered by ragpickers. The award, with a cash prize of Rs. 1.5 lakh , is for three best rag pickers and three associations involved in innovation of best practices. Ragpicking has a positive impact on urban spaces with

9690-412: The previous look, did not feature the " On Ilkla Moor Baht 'at" jingle, instead favouring a smooth orchestral jingle. The background was later changed from a cream to a light blue, and variations on the theme for special occasions and yearly themes were also introduced. Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television adopted a new branding package, based on the concept of Channel 3. The new look was fully implemented in

9804-545: The problem of effective ownership of the Bilsdale transmitter and the allocation of airtime . It is often contended that the other point of the trident was intended to be Anglia Television , but they were prevented from joining by the Independent Broadcasting Authority . However, it appears that the third 'point' was to be Trident's non-television interests and that Anglia were never considered as partners in

9918-556: The rag-and-bone man's status in British folklore, but by the 1980s they were all-but gone. However, in more recent years, rising scrap metal prices have prompted their return, although most drive vans rather than horses and carts, and they announce their presence by megaphone, causing some members of the public to complain about noise pollution . Ragpicking is still widespread in developing countries , such as in Mumbai , India , where it offers

10032-456: The region had no television at all (except for those viewers who were able to pick up neighbouring ITV regions such as Granada, ATV or Tyne Tees regions). Many of ITV's Christmas programmes were eventually shown in the Yorkshire region in early 1979, after the dispute had ended. In the ITV strike of 1979, the station, like the rest of the network, was off the air for over two months (although appeals by

10146-476: The responsibility. Dora takes in a horse that is infected and is liable to spread to all the other horses. One of the horse owners insists his horses are taken away and complains to the Colonel. The horse improves however and the owner's faith is restored. On seeing a horse being worked to death, Dora intervenes and offers the owner one of her horses to replace his. A conman, he agrees to swap only if she gives him £20. Dora requests money at Follyfoot, saying it's for

10260-507: The rest of society: the stance of the series was recognisably pro-animal, and characters who resembled the archetypes of the Pullein-Thompson sisters et al were overwhelmingly shown in a negative light. Continuity in the series was assured by the use of mainly one writer, Tony Essex, who wrote 34 of the 39 episodes. The series' theme song, "The Lightning Tree", written by Francis Essex, the brother of Tony Essex and sung by The Settlers ,

10374-445: The room for more deserving cases. One such case occurs when a local coalman is working his horse to death. Dora is distressed, but Steve tells her they can't take any more horses. Dora relents and the horse is sold, leaving room for them to take in the workhorse. Follyfoot is hosting a cross-country race, which Dora goes on to win. She is more concerned however that Steve is growing increasingly interested in another girl, Wendy. They see

10488-491: The school and have had to move to an unsuitable area. Dora and Steve help them as their horses are sick. Dora gives them some in return for letting them take the sick ones in. She speaks to the headmistress to deaf ears, but Dora insists on helping them. The parents of two children Dora is teaching to ride are killed in a car accident. Dora, Steve and Ron find their uncle. They get to know him and Dora falls for him, much to Steve's jealousy, who makes an effort to get close to Tina,

10602-441: The serial. Similarly Tyne Tees had to lose over 50 episodes of Blockbusters and two episodes of Prisoner: Cell Block H . Other programmes were also affected. On 6 December 1993, the North West franchise holder Granada Television launched a hostile takeover for LWT , worth £600 million. LWT tried to outstep the takeover bid by holding talks with Yorkshire Television and Scottish Television. Reports suggested if LWT made

10716-492: The series was released in late 2008. ITV Yorkshire ITV Yorkshire , previously known as Yorkshire Television and commonly referred to as just YTV , is the British television service provided by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the Yorkshire franchise area on the ITV network . Until 1974, this was primarily the historic county of Yorkshire (with the exception of the northern areas of North Yorkshire which are served by Tyne Tees ) and parts of neighbouring counties served by

10830-471: The station's first programme was live coverage of the Test cricket match between England and Australia at Headingley . Other programmes broadcast on YTV's opening day included the first edition of its regional news programme Calendar , the station's first networked production – the 'Playhouse' drama Daddy Kiss it Better – and a light entertainment special, First Night , hosted by Bob Monkhouse . The station

10944-420: The streets of London for anything of value, before returning to their lodgings to sort whatever they had found. In rural areas where no rag merchants were present, rag-and-bone men often dealt directly with rag paper makers, but in London they sold rag to the local traders. White rag could fetch two to three pence per pound , depending on condition (all rag had to be dry before it could be sold). Coloured rag

11058-426: The tensions and he and Steve fight. The Colonel arrives and agrees with Steve, but Dora is not happy. An orphaned and troubled teenage girl, Hazel, is coming to stay at Follyfoot for a while. Dora has no time for her as she's looking after two sick horses, but Steve takes her under his wing. Hazel takes a dislike to Dora and rebels. After almost attacking a horse, she breaks down and Dora and Steve comfort her, but Dora

11172-427: The third series, it was intended that this would be the last, a film version of Follyfoot was planned, but the idea was ultimately shelved. The children's magazine Look-in featured a picture-strip of the series each week as well as regular features, while five annuals were released in association with Yorkshire Television. These ran until 1976—long after the series had finished. Dora comes to stay with her Uncle,

11286-532: The use of the station logo: the chevron. This yellow symbol was seen on nearly all of Yorkshire Television's idents and presentation. The first symbol used was a black and white chevron, formed by slit-scan techniques and accompanied by an orchestral version of the tune " On Ilkla Moor Baht 'at ", a famous Yorkshire folk song. This music was later to become the station's jingle. This ident continued until Yorkshire Television officially commenced their colour broadcasts on 15 November 1969. The new colour ident featured

11400-425: The view to taking her home and Steve is getting ready to leave, as it looks as though this will be the end of Follyfoot. Dora confides in her father that she doesn't want to go with them. The Colonel gets up from his sickbed to meet with his solicitor. He announces to them that he has now signed over ownership of Follyfoot to Dora. Dora is now the owner of Follyfoot, but Steve is unsure whether she'll be able to handle

11514-473: The wool or rags brought by the women whom they then paid. By the mid-1960s the rag-and-bone trade as a whole had fallen into decline; in the 1950s, Manchester and Salford had, between them, around 60 rag merchants, but this had dropped to about 12 by 1978, many having moved into the scrap -metal trade. Local merchants blamed several factors, including demographic changes, for the decline of their industry. A 1965 newspaper report estimated that in London, only

11628-418: The world and it involved co-productions and projects that came from the deal included the rights to four M. M. Kaye novels for her Death In book series, as well as The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank , for CBS and ITV. In March 1988, Paul Fox left the company to join the BBC, after spending 15 years as Yorkshire managing director. A month later, Paul Mckess resigned. A member of staff said "It comes as

11742-426: The yellow chevron on a black background with the still caption card "Yorkshire Television Colour Production", along with a simplified version of "On Ilkla Moor Baht 'at". This ident was modified in 1981, so that the caption "Colour Production" was changed to "In Colour", and in 1982 the colour caption was removed altogether. The new version of the jingle was at a lower pitch than was previously composed. Supplementing

11856-514: Was Programme Contractor for Yorkshire Area (Contract D) – All Week . Ten formal bids were received by the closing date; another less-serious bid, Diddy TV , headed by comedian Ken Dodd withdrew their application. Telefusion Yorkshire Limited , created by the Blackpool -based TV rental chain Telefusion and led by Grampian TV Managing Director G E Ward Thomas , was selected as the winning bid. It

11970-590: Was acquired by Granada Group plc (now ITV plc ). Granada's first move was to scrap the Channel 3 branding, from 9 March 1998. However, dual branding with the "ITV" name was introduced a year later. In 1998, transmission operations and presentation for all of Granada's stations in the North of England moved to Yorkshire, with the creation of the Northern Transmission Centre. This highly automated server based system

12084-481: Was allocated instead to Tyne Tees Television due to the transmitter's penetration into Teesside and County Durham . This seriously reduced YTV's monopoly commercial broadcast area. Partially to address this issue, in 1974 the Independent Broadcasting Authority reallocated the Belmont Transmitter , then served by Anglia Television , to YTV. Although the area served by Belmont was largely rural, it did cover

12198-585: Was chosen on the condition that it 'merged' with another applicant Yorkshire Independent Television . The latter, backed by a consortium of Yorkshire Post Newspapers Ltd , other local newspaper groups such as the Huddersfield Examiner and the Scarborough Evening News , several Yorkshire-based Co-operative societies, trade unions and local universities , was deemed by the Authority to have

12312-493: Was filmed on the Harewood family estate, was set at a home of rest for horses. Despite an apparent appeal limited to young girls with an equine interest, Follyfoot was actually aimed squarely at the teenage market and often had challenging things to say about the treatment of horses and animals generally in British society. The ethos of Follyfoot generally was to give another chance to both horses and people who had been rejected by

12426-554: Was given that regionalism would be abandoned and a forced merger with Anglia Television would happen unless the chancellor reduced the levy applied on advertising revenues, which was also not helped by the high cost with colour television and the introduction of UHF , which the government agreed to a few months later. With the introduction of UHF broadcasting, YTV had failed to gain the Bilsdale transmitter in North Yorkshire , which

12540-453: Was hit hard financially when the transmitter mast at Emley Moor collapsed in March 1969 under a heavy build-up of ice. This left the major part of the region uncovered by Yorkshire Television plus BBC2 who broadcast from the same mast. A temporary mast was quickly erected and television to the West Riding of Yorkshire resumed, albeit with reduced coverage. From this, the company grew and by May 1970

12654-400: Was rebranded as ITV1 Yorkshire. The ITV1 Yorkshire branding continued to appear before some regional programming until November 2006, when a rebrand saw the sole local ident discontinued. The famous chevron logo continued to appear after programmes made by ITV Yorkshire until 31 October 2004. Today, networked programming made at the Leeds studios by ITV is credited to ITV Studios . ITV Yorkshire

12768-544: Was the first producer of mungo in 1834. He used old coats and trousers, tailors clippings, ground up to produce shorter fibres than shoddy. In the shoddy preparation process, the rags were sorted, and any seams, or parts of the rag not suitable, were left to rot and then sold onto to farmers to manure crops, or they were used for bedding or stuffing . The remaining wool rags were then sent to the shoddy mills for processing. For several decades shipments of rags even arrived from continental Europe. Shoddy and mungo manufacture was, by

12882-558: Was the source to Border, Tyne Tees and Granada as well as the Yorkshire regional output. Continuity from Leeds ended in October 2002, after a unified presentation department for ITV1 in England was set up by London News Network . The transmission operation continues at the Kirkstall Road studios, under the ownership of Technicolor SA . Since 2004, the centre has also provided playout for ITV Central . On 28 October 2002, Yorkshire Television

12996-538: Was worth about two pence per pound. Bones, worth about the same, could be used as knife handles, toys and ornaments, and, when treated, for chemistry. The grease extracted from them was also useful for soapmaking . Metal was more valuable; an 1836 edition of Chambers's Edinburgh Journal describes how "street-grubber[s]" could be seen scraping away the dirt between the paving stones of non-macadamised roads, searching for horseshoe nails. Brass , copper and pewter were valued at about four to five pence per pound. In

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