Britain As Seen on ITV

Six decades of British life recalled via clips from news programmes and documentaries. This episode looks at how homes and high streets have changed since ITV went on air in 1955.

Six decades of British life are recalled through ITV archive footage. This programme looks at transport, including building the M62 and the ill-fated Sinclair C5.

This week's entertaining look through ITV archive proves that it’s not just Simon Cowell and friends that know this great nation’s got talent. Using amazing archive that has lay on the shelves for decades, the show reveals a search for budding new singers in Wales in the 1960s; reports on how the man, woman and teenager on the street felt the career of the Fab Four might have peaked too soon; plus there’s some glitterball-tastic footage from the 1970s when Britain turned disco.

Put together, the clips, largely from news items and documentaries, paint an often quirky picture of how all of our lives have undergone an extraordinary transformation since ITV first hit our screens in 1955.

Put together, the clips, largely from news items and documentaries, paint an often quirky picture of how all of our lives have undergone an extraordinary transformation since ITV first hit our screens in 1955.

Put together, the clips, largely from news items and documentaries, paint an often quirky picture of how all of our lives have undergone an extraordinary transformation since ITV first hit our screens in 1955.