ATV Borehamwood

• The Man Condemned is the first programme to be transmitted by ATV at the ATV Centre, Clarendon Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire.

• Studio A is opened.
• The Jo Stafford Show is the first US co-produced show to be made by ATV at the studios.

• Studio B is opened.
• Morecambe & Wise make their first TV shows at the ATV Centre Borehamwood, having previously made their shows for Lew Grade and ATV at the Wood Green Empire.
• Arthur Haynes and Bruce Forsyth also tape shows at the studios.
• Tony Hancock signs to ATV to work at the ATV Centre on thirteen episodes of Hancock.

• The Larkins (a sitcom which had been running since 1958) is made at the ATV Centre in Borehamwood, for the first time.
• Des O'Connor makes his first shows at the studios.

• Millicent Martin tapes her new series, Mainly Millicent, at the studios.
• Lena Horne and her husband work together at the studios on the show Lena.

• The dramas made by ATV at the studios this year include: Front Page Story, Knock On Any Door - Dream of a Summer Night and The Power Game.
• Charlie Drake tapes episodes of the first two series of his sitcom, The Worker. 

• Dickie Valentine works at the studios on Calling Dickie Valentine.
• Lew Grade and ATV stage a star-filled show entitled The Heart of Showbusiness. This programme was made following the disaster at Aberfan in South Wales on the 21st October in which 144 people, 116 of them children, were killed when a tip of coal slid onto the village.
• Sid James and Peggy Mount record the first episodes of the classic sitcom, George and the Dragon.

• Singer Englebert Humperdinck works at the studios.
• Market in Honey Lane becomes the first production to be made by ATV on the backlot at the ATV Centre in Borehamwood.
• The Golden Shot is broadcast for the first time with early editions being presented by Canadian, Jackie Rae. However, following a hugely impressive guest appearance on the show by Bob Monkhouse, Lew Grade hands the reigns of the series over to Monkhouse.
• ATV is presented with the Queen's Award to Industry.

1968:

• Peter Cook and Dudley Moore tape Pete and Dud at the studios.
• Tom Jones makes the hugely-successful series This is Tom Jones.
• ATV loses the London weekend ITV franchise to London Weekend Television, but gains a seven-day ITV franchise to broadcast to the Midlands.

• Liberace tapes a show full of impressive piano playing enhanced by several changes of glamorous stage costumes.
• ATV broadcasts the Queen's Award to Industry from the studios. This features ATV being presented this special award for the second time having previously been given the award in 1967.
• Crime of Passion - Camille is one of the dramas to be made by ATV at the studios during the year.

1970:

• Charlie Drake makes further epsiodes of The Worker.
• ATV make an award-winning version of Hamlet. This stars future Dr. Kildare actor, Richard Chamberlain.

1971:

• Marty Feldman (who originally co-wrote and devised the classic BBC radio comedy series, Round the Horne, with Barry Took) tapes the Marty Feldman Comedy Machine at the studios.
• The charming Irish singer, Val Doonican, record The Val Doonican Show for ATV at the ATV Centre, Borehamwood.

 1972:

• Leslie Crowther appears in Saturday Variety.
• Dramas made at the studios this year include The Strauss Family.
• General Hospital is made at the studios.

1973:

• Paul McCartney tapes James Paul McCartney in Studio D at the ATV Centre, Borehamwood, between Monday 19th February and Sunday 1st April.
• The UK discovers the Muppet's for the first time as Julie Andrews tapes Julie on Sesame Street at the studios. 
• Max Bygraves tapes an eight-part sing-a-long series at the studios. 
• Fresh from taping his last episode of On the Buses, Reg Varney makes a series for ATV at the studios. Ironically the ATV Centre is close to Elstree Studios and the various locations where Varney filmed the three On the Buses films.  

1974:

• Barbra Streisand tapes Barbra Streisand and Other Musical Instruments at the ATV Centre in Borehamwood.
• Drama, Clayhanger, becomes the second production to be filmed by ATV on the backlot at the studios.

1975:

• Bob Monkhouse hosts he first editions of Celebrity Squares.
• Reg Varney co-writes and appears in a pilot for a new sitcom called Milko-O.
• Certain members of the Carry On team record the first of two series of comedy specials at the studios under the banner title of: Carry On Laughing. 

1976:

• The Muppet show is taped for the first time. The Muppet's will make episodes of the show at the studios until 1981. Following the end of the series they will also make their first film for Lew Grade, The Great Muppet Caper, across the road at Elstree Studios on Shenley Road, Borehamwood.
• Reg Varney makes the second of two series of the sitcom, Down the Gate, at the studios.

1977:

• Bill Ward, who was responsible for making some of ATV's best-known and loved programmes, retires and is given a send off with a TV special. The programme features a host of staff members at the ATV Centre, Borehamwood, paying tribute to Ward in song.
• Bing Crosby and David Bowie tape their memorable version of the song Drummer Boy at the studios as part of a programme entitled Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas. Sadly, Crosby dies just three weeks later.
• Future Del Boy actor, David Jason, tapes the first series of A Sharp Intake of Breath at the studios

1978:

• Tommy Steele stars in a production of The Yeoman of the Guard.
• Bob Monhouse and Dickie Henderson appear in a series together entitled: I'm Bob, He's Dickie.
• Joanna Lumley and David McCallum tape the first episodes of Sapphire and Steele. 

1979:

• Bob Monkhouse makes the first of two series of Family Fortunes at the Borehamwood-based studios.
• Brian Glover stars in the drama, Sounding Brass.
• Nyree Dawn Porter works at the studios on the drama, For Maddie with Love. 
• Rudolf Nureyev stars in the ballet Giselle.

1980:

• John Mills and Megs Jenkins tape the first episodes of the sitcom, Young at Heart.
• Bob Hoskins and Frances de la Tour star in the drama, Flickers.
• ATV make the impressive drama, I Remember Nelson, at the studios.
• Barbara Windsor (who in-time will return to the studios to play Peggy Mitchell in EastEnders) appears in the sitcom, Both Ends Meet. 

1981:

• Linda Robson and Pauline Quirke appear in the first episodes of Shine On Harvey Moon.
• Bernie Winters and Leslie Crowther appear as Bud Flanagan and Chesney Allen in the Sid Colin's drama, Bud 'n' Ches.
• The IBA (Independent Broadcasting Authority) decides that a new Midlands' franchise-applicant must be based in the Midlands and have seperate facilities in both the East and West Midlands. ATV Midlands Ltd. (a sister company of ATV) successfully gains the franchise. However, this is on the conditition that ACC (Associated Communications Corporation - a parent company) divests itself of 49% of the company and that the company be renamed. The remaining percentage will eventually be taken over by Australian, Robert Holmes a Court. The name Central Independent Television is registered and it is announced that the ATV name will subsequently vanish from Midland viewers' TV screens on the 1st January 1982. ATV day's at the ATV Centre, Borehamwood, are numbered as plans are drawn up to build a new television studios on former waste ground on Lenton Lane, Nottingham, in the East Midlands. Programmes will continue to be made at the old ATV Centre, Borehamwood, until Central's new studios are built in Nottingham. The old ATV Centre on Broad Street, Birmingham, will also continue to be used until 1997. However, changes at ITV will eventually result in the Broad Street studios being closed in 1997 and demolished by the end of 2009. The studios in Nottingham will eventually be sold by ITV in 2004.

1982:

• Bernard Cribbins and Jack Douglas work on the drama series, Cuffy.
• Rod Hull and Emu make their first series for Central at the old ATV Centre in Borehamwood.

1983:

• Auf Wiedersehen, Pet becomes that the last major production to be made at the old ATV Centre, Borehamwood, before they are sold to the BBC. Subsequently the BBC will rename the studios BBC Elstree, and will make a host of light entertainment and drama programmes there. By 2009, the studios will mainly be used by the BBC for the filming of the continuing dramas, EastEnders and Holby City. The soap, EastEnders, will have an exterior set built on the former backlot in 1985.
• The ATV Centre, Borehamwood, closes on 31st July 1983.