51-496: Kanner is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alexis Kanner (1942–2003), French-born English actor Ellie Kanner , American film and television director Heinrich Kanner (1864–1930), Austrian author Leo Kanner (1894–1981), Austrian-American psychiatrist Patrick Kanner (born 1957), French politician Stephen Kanner (1955–2010), American architect [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
102-463: A legacy of its London contract, well outside its Midlands franchise) was hampering the region, so it insisted that the new applicant for the franchise be more clearly based in the region and have separate facilities for the East and West Midlands . ATV Midlands Limited , a shell company created by ACC solely for the franchise process, applied successfully for the contract. As a condition of its award, ACC
153-579: A total of 15,000 hours of programming. Granada plc merged with Carlton in 2004, and all of ATV's national archive programming has been taken into their ownership. The regional news archive from both ATV and Central, plus some regional programmes, are stored at the Media Archive for Central England at the University of Lincoln. For most of its time on air, ATV's main production centre was based at Elstree , Borehamwood , Hertfordshire , near London, where
204-531: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Alexis Kanner Alexis Kanner (born Henri Alex Kanner ; 2 May 1942 – 13 December 2003) was a French-born Canadian film and television actor, based in England. Henri Alex Kanner was born in Nazi -occupied Bagnères-de-Luchon , France, to a Jewish family. In April 1944, shortly before his second birthday, he escaped with his family to Montreal , Canada, on
255-623: Is wrongly credited with appearing in Invasion:UFO in 1972, a compilation film made up of the episodes from the television series UFO made in 1970. He had appeared in an episode called The Cat with Ten Lives but no footage of this was used in the feature film. He moved back to Canada and his next film was Mahoney's Last Stand (released in the US as Mahoney's Estate , 1972) with Sam Waterston and Maud Adams , which he also co-wrote and co-directed. He worked again with Patrick McGoohan on
306-711: The Royal Court and the Royal Shakespeare Company where he played in The Tempest in 1961 and the lead role in Hamlet under the direction of Peter Brook in 1965. His earliest UK television appearance appears to have been as Peter in the Sunday Night Theatre play Echo From Afar in 1959. He appeared as Stephen in the film Reach for Glory (1962) about the brutal war games of evacuated teenage boys during
357-706: The Second World War . This led to him first meeting the film's assistant director David Tomblin , who would a few years later be the producer of The Prisoner series. He had a small role in the comedy film We Joined the Navy (1962) playing Gerrett. The only real notable thing about the film was the number of future British small screen comedy stalwarts who were acting in either similar small roles or uncredited cameos. Other plays in which he performed were: He appeared on British television in an episode of The Saint , "The Ever Loving Spouse" (1964) as Alec Misner and in
408-408: The surname Kanner . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kanner&oldid=974417029 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
459-407: The "Kid" (the alter-ego of Number Eight), a violent mute dressed in circus trousers and a top hat, who is eventually shot in a duel by McGoohan's character, Number Six. McGoohan was impressed by his acting skills and perfectionism (to prepare the duel scene, both actors practised quick-draw assiduously). As a result, McGoohan wrote for Kanner the role of Number Forty-eight, who is made to stand trial as
510-464: The 'litespots' of the 1970s. Noting it felt the iconic symbol was best left in the past. The majority of ITC programmes were first broadcast by ATV and distributed in the UK by them. Similarly, ATV's productions were distributed by ITC outside of the UK, with most ATV idents replaced with those for ITC. As a side note to ATV's television activities, the company also set up a music publishing division. This
561-515: The 1967–1968 British television series The Prisoner brought lasting recognition for his acting. When he was first enrolled, Patrick McGoohan , the star and co-creator of the series, was planning the final four episodes. There was some opposition to the choice, but McGoohan was looking to cast the rebellious and maverick qualities that Kanner displayed. His first guest-star role was in the mock Wild West episode " Living in Harmony ", in which he portrayed
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#1732884955700612-515: The ATV trademark and it was acquired by Associated Television Productions Ltd which has produced programming for the Made Television network of local television channels. The company, ATV Network Limited, was re-established in 2006 headed by former ATV cameraman, director and Head of Children's Drama Alan Coleman. It aims to promote and celebrate the legacy of Lew Grade's ATV, with a new logo, based on
663-597: The BBC archives, 'A-Z' (broadcast 30 March 1966), and another partially. His film career continued with an appearance in The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965) as part of a Mohocks gang. In 1967 he returned to Montreal to star as the lead character Ernie Turner in the film The Ernie Game which was written and directed by Don Owen for the National Film Board of Canada . Kanner's performances in
714-523: The Canadian hostage drama film Kings and Desperate Men , in which he starred as well as writing, producing and directing. He apparently spent two years editing the film which, although filmed in December 1977, did not premiere until the 1981 Montreal World Film Festival . During the late 80s Kanner sued the producers of the film Die Hard claiming that they stole the idea for that movie from this film; he lost
765-557: The Foley Street centre was also used to transmit a management-run national ITV service during the ITV technicians' strike of August 1968. ATV's Midlands studios were originally based in Aston , Birmingham , jointly owned by ATV and ABC under the banner Alpha Television . They supplied both ATV and ABC, and supplemented production from Elstree. In readiness for colour television, a large 'state of
816-520: The London region. This service started on Saturday, 24 September 1955, the second ITA franchise to go on air, and was extended until Sunday, 28 July 1968. ATV was also awarded the franchise to provide the weekdays Independent Television service for the Midlands region. This service started on Friday, 17 February 1956, the third ITA franchisee to go on air, and was extended until Monday, 29 July 1968. Subsequent to
867-546: The Mount of Olives. Associated TeleVision ATV Network Limited (originally Associated TeleVision , and usually shortened to ATV ) was a British broadcaster, part of the ITV (Independent Television) network. It provided a service to London at weekends from 1955 to 1968, to the Midlands on weekdays from 1956 to 1968, and subsequently to the Midlands all week from 1968 to 1982. It
918-624: The Portuguese ship Serpa Pinto . Kanner attended the Montreal Children's Theatre under the tutelage of Dorothy Davis and Violet Walters. Kanner made his first impression as an actor in the role of Alex, among a French Canadian cast, in the television drama series Beau Temps, Mauvais Temps (1955–1958). He moved to England in the late 1950s to join the Birmingham Repertory Theatre to further his acting career. This led to
969-907: The Wood Green Empire, the Hackney Empire , the former Highbury Film Studios , and briefly, the New Cross Empire, but it soon became clear these were inadequate and it was decided to convert the Elstree studios from film to electronic production. The first of four studios there opened in November 1960. Playout and presentation for ATV London was based at a separate master control facility at Foley Street in Central London, which included two studios for continuity and smaller-scale programming, such as Police 5 . Shortly after ATV ceased transmission in London,
1020-539: The art' television studio was built by ATV, the ATV Centre off Broad Street near the centre of Birmingham . This replaced the Aston studios, which were sold. The ATV Centre was in use until 1997 although two of the production studios had been 'mothballed' in the early 1990s as demand for production studios fell. As of June 2014, the complex has been partially demolished to be replaced by the upcoming Arena Central development, with
1071-574: The business operations of Grade and Littler. By the time of the merger ABDC were well advanced with their plans whilst ITPC planned to operate as an independent producer selling their shows to the new network contractors. When financial problems hit ABDC, the Independent Television Authority , the governing body of ITV, invited Grade and Littler to join the ABDC consortium. This provided the money required and put Littler and Grade in control of
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#17328849557001122-435: The caption 'In Colour', the three lightspots fully merge forming a single cream dot which then animates out into the ATV shadowed eye, fully formed, in yellow, while the background dissolves from light grey to dark blue. The score for the ident featured four trumpets, four trombones, timpani and vibraphone in a twelve beat fanfare for the station, by ATV's musical director Jack Parnell and arranged by Angela Morley . This ident
1173-530: The changes made by the ITA to the regional structure of the ITV network, ATV lost its London franchise, but was awarded the franchise to provide a seven-day service for the Midlands region which started on Tuesday, 30 July 1968 and was finally extended until 00:34 on Friday, 1 January 1982. The company was formed from the merger of the Associated Broadcasting Development Company (ABDC) under
1224-543: The company was renamed ATV Network Limited . During the 1970s, ATV received much criticism over its lack of local programming, particularly for the east of its region; such critics held that local shows had a Birmingham focus. In 1980, the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) decided that ATV's lack of regional programming and production (it had a major studio centre at Elstree in Hertfordshire ,
1275-499: The control of Norman Collins , and the Incorporated Television Programme Company ( ITC ) under the control of Prince Littler and Lew Grade , two showbusiness agents. Both companies had applied for a contract to become one of the new ITV stations. ABDC won the contract but had insufficient money to operate it; ITC failed to win a contract, mainly due to a perceived conflicts of interest resulting from
1326-456: The documentary features presenters, actors, announcers and behind-the-scenes staff talking about their time working there, and the programmes that were made there. Contributors include Chris Tarrant , Shaw Taylor , Jane Rossington and Bob Carolgees . In the 1981 franchise review, the IBA ordered that for ATV Midlands to keep the franchise the Elstree centre must be sold and a studio centre built in
1377-483: The east of the region. ATV Midlands, renamed Central Independent Television , needed an immediate start for separate East and West Midlands facilities. The new east site was at Lenton Lane, Nottingham , and the land had been bought while ATV was still in control. Planning issues delayed construction so Central purchased an independent production studio in the city (at Giltbrook ) as its East Midlands newsroom. Industrial action prevented this centre from being used, with
1428-746: The first of three episodes in ATV 's Love Story , A Future Holiday as Frank Watkins. His other appearances in that series were in the following year in Briefly Kiss The Loser as Big Silver Gardner and in 1967 as Colin Turner in Cinéma Vérité . He appeared as Detective Constable Matt Stone in 9 episodes of Softly, Softly ( BBC , 1966), a spin-off series from Z-Cars . He claimed in interviews later that he left not wanting to be typecast. Only one complete Softly, Softly episode featuring Kanner survives in
1479-567: The first two years of ITV and start-up costs. The London weekday contractor Associated-Rediffusion shouldered some of ATV's losses and further funding was achieved by selling shares to the Daily Mirror newspaper. The company structure was changed several times until 1966, when ATV and ITC both became subsidiaries of the Associated Communications Corporation (ACC), formed by turning the old structure on its head. This marked
1530-401: The former ACC, including the rights to the ATV logo and company name, the ATV news archive (via its purchase of Central) and finally in early January 1999, the company bought ITC's television and film library from PolyGram/Seagram for £91 million, which reunited the programme library of ATV and Central Television and doubled the stock of its library division Carlton International , by giving it
1581-440: The home of the Media Archive for Central England, where most of ATV's and Central's programmes are archived. ATV's logo has always consisted of a shadowed eye, inspired supposedly by the logo of CBS . This shadowed eye with the letters ATV inside came to represent the company. The first ident featured a single eye shape, moving to reveal the shadowed eye, and animating so that each of the letters ATV animate in accompanied by one of
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1632-407: The letters ATV, which animate in to the same musical score, with the other vertical stripe housing the logo and the stations airing times, either displaying both or those of the region being viewed in. the final stripe is horizontal, with the caption 'Presents' inside. The next ident, launched in 1959, featured the shadowed eye zooming into the screen, whilst the familiar letters animate in as in
1683-495: The main studio building off Bridge Street standing derelict, pending the commencement of further demolition work. The Alpha Tower remains as a listed building . A documentary about the ATV Centre was released in 2011 by MACE ( Media Archive for Central England ). Entitled From ATVLand In Colour (referring to the nickname used on ATV's children's programme, Tiswas , and the building being purpose-built for colour broadcasting),
1734-481: The majority of ATV's earlier programming was produced and distributed. The Elstree studios had been film studios since 1914, and when ATV acquired them in May 1958, the intention was to use them for ITC TV shows shot on film. One of the first productions to be filmed was The Adventures of William Tell . ATV London used a number of other converted locations for live and video-taped shows during its first decade on air, such as
1785-470: The name was changed to Associated TeleVision Ltd (ATV). The logo, designed for "ABC" and tweaked for "ATV", was a "shadowed eye" inspired by the CBS logo and reputedly designed by Lew Grade on a transatlantic flight back from the US. The logo is one of the most recognisable in broadcasting. The Associated Broadcasting Company began broadcasting in its own right on Saturday 24 September 1955, after jointly presenting
1836-479: The network's opening night on Thursday 22 September. The name ATV was first seen in London on Saturday 8 October 1955. The company won two contracts, the weekend contract for London and the Monday–Friday contract for the Midlands . The latter service opened on 17 February 1956, with ABPC's ABC Weekend TV providing the weekend programmes. The company ran into financial difficulty due to the staggering losses of
1887-632: The new company, sidelining Collins. The new company was originally named the Associated Broadcasting Company ( ABC ), but the Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC), which wished to call their station "ABC" and ran a large chain of cinemas under those initials , successfully sued for prior ownership of the name. After the Associated Broadcasting Company had been operating for three weeks
1938-411: The new owners started an asset-stripping programme at ITC. In November 1988, ITC Entertainment was bought by its management. In January 1995, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment bought ITC for $ 156 million, with Grade returning as chairman for life, bringing him back into control of ITC until his death in 1998. Carlton Communications spent much of the 1980s and 1990s buying up the intellectual property of
1989-704: The new studios ready by the time it was resolved. In 1983 the Elstree centre was sold to the BBC for around £7 million, and is now home of the soap EastEnders . East Midlands Television Centre in Nottingham began operation in September 1983 but was officially opened by H.R.H. Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, in March 1984. The studio was eventually sold in 2004 to the University of Nottingham as an independent facility and as
2040-600: The playing of the National Anthem (an organ recording made at St. Chad's Cathedral, Birmingham ). The newly reformed company, Central Independent Television plc , began broadcasting with an extended promo at 9.25am that morning. Central inherited the studios at ATV Centre, Birmingham and ATV Elstree along with land that ATV Midlands had purchased for their new Nottingham studio centre. Central also maintained control of ATV's news archive and regional programmes, along with programming already in production or being shown at
2091-497: The point where Lew Grade advanced from being the greatest influence over the company to taking control. ATV's main impact was in variety and light entertainment . In the contract and region changes in 1968, ATV lost the weekend franchise in London to the London Television Consortium , later renamed London Weekend Television , but its Midlands contract was renewed and extended for the full seven days. At this point
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2142-450: The previous versions. This was altered in 1964 to add either the region name below it, or the word 'Presents' if the programme was an outside broadcast. The company's most recognisable ident, however, is the one launched in 1969. Called Zoom 2, it was the ident that heralded colour broadcasts to the region for the first time. Starting with three lightspots of red, blue and green that grow individually and combine to form six colours above
2193-445: The representative of rebellious youth in " Fall Out ", the final episode of the series. Additionally, Kanner gave an uncredited performance as the photographer in the fairy tale episode " The Girl Who Was Death ", in which he performed a number of stunts on a roller coaster. In 1969, he starred as Graham Baird in the little-known short feature film Twenty Nine , a story of a promiscuous young husband's night out in swinging London. It
2244-654: The suit. His final known acting role was in Nightfall (released in 1988), a science-fiction film based on the Isaac Asimov story of the same name . He settled back in London in 1996 and was working on a new film project called J R Profitt that never came to fruition. Kanner died of a heart attack at his London home on 13 December 2003, aged 61. He had requested that his body be flown to and buried in Jerusalem , Israel, at
2295-455: The three musical notes on the ident score. The caption below read Associated TeleVision Ltd. , the only time the station's full name was displayed in an ident. The shadowed eye however was out of proportion, attributed to the hurry to redraw the ident following the name change from ABC. Shortly after the launch of the Midlands franchise, the ident was again changed to an ident consisting of five stripes. Three of four vertical stripes contain
2346-539: The time of changeover and schools programming; the rest of the ATV archive was sold by ACC. ACC later divested itself of the remainder of Central after the Australian investor Robert Holmes à Court staged a boardroom coup and forced Grade to cede control. ACC remained in control of ITC and Stoll-Moss Theatres until 1988 when The Bell Group, the owners of ITC were taken over by the Bond Corporation . Subsequently,
2397-547: Was forced to sell 49% of the company, relinquish executive roles, sell the Elstree studios and rename the company to demonstrate that it was effectively a new business. ATV ceased broadcasting at 12.34am on the morning of Friday 1 January 1982 (the night of Thursday 31 December 1981), following Scottish Television 's networked Hogmanay Show. The final closedown was marked by a brief tribute to ATV from original announcer Shaw Taylor before duty announcer Mike Prince signed off with
2448-402: Was known as ATV Music and existed initially to publish TV-related music, such as theme tunes, composed by its in-house composers. It was formed after ATV acquired a substantial share of Pye Records . This company was eventually split away from the parent company and went through numerous different owners as well as buying into other established music publishers including Northern Songs , which
2499-504: Was one of the " Big Four " until 1968, and the "Big Five" after 1968, that between them produced the majority of ITV networked programmes. In 1982, ATV was restructured and rebranded as Central Independent Television , under which name it continued to provide the service for the Midlands. ATV was awarded its first franchise by the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide the Independent Television service at weekends for
2550-551: Was only 26 minutes long and co-starred Yootha Joyce . This was shown as the B film in Britain with the feature film if.... . The band Tuesday's Children, who had a cameo role in a nightclub scene, released the song "She" that they played in it as a single soon afterwards. He starred in a number of feature films soon after, including Crossplot (1969) with Roger Moore , Connecting Rooms (1970) with Bette Davis and Michael Redgrave , and Goodbye Gemini (also 1970). He
2601-420: Was used from the introduction of colour in 1969 right until the ATV name ceased to be used in 1982. In addition to this, a variation was produced which only featured a white dot on a black background, growing and transforming into the white shadowed eye for programmes still being shown in black and white. Company names: On-air names: Initials used: In 2015, ITV Broadcasting Ltd surrendered its rights to
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