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Plus also had access to archives of programmes that were sought after by ITV for the new channel. At 1pm on that day, just 8 hours before launch, ITV and Sky finally reached a deal: ITV would buy out Sky's 49.5% stake in GSB for £10 million. This meant ITV plc completely took full control of the two GSB channels, Plus and Men & Motors.
Band of Gold (TV series) The Beatles Anthology (TV series) Better Homes; Big Breadwinner Hog; The Biggest Game in Town (game show) Biggles (TV series) Blood Strangers; Bloodlines (TV series) Bloody Sunday (film) Blue Murder (British TV series) Bob Martin (TV series) Bootsie and Snudge; Booze Britain; Brass (TV series) Brideshead Revisited (TV ...
The Rockford Files (from NBC; BBC One 1970–1997, 2000–2006 ITV, 1997–2000 Granada Plus, 2002–2004 BBC Two, 2000–2006 ITV, 2006–2010 repeated on ITV3) Rolling In It (2020) The Royal (2003–2011, still repeated on ITV3) The Ruffy-Tuff Show (2015–present; spinoff version of Saturday Night Takeaway) Russian Roulette (2002–2003)
To shoot the series, a full-scale outdoor replica of Baker Street was constructed at Granada's studios in Quay Street, Manchester, which later formed a central part of the Granada Studios Tour tourist attraction, before that venue's closure in 1999. Most of the locations used for filming can be found in Cheshire, Liverpool and Manchester. [9]
The channel, launched on 1 October 1996 as Granada Plus, was later known as G Plus and finally Plus. It broadcast until 1 November 2004, when ITV bought BSkyB's stake in GSB, and closed the channel, replacing it with ITV3 , and taking Plus' low EPG position on Sky Digital .
ITV3 was originally conceived as 'ITV Gold', when ITV was looking to maximise their multichannel presence due to the growth of digital TV and the Freeview platform, but was faced with lack of space on the Sky platform due to technical limitations and the rights to certain ITV programmes being held by GSkyB, a joint venture run by ITV and Sky ...
It was the last remaining station operated by Granada Sky Broadcasting after Plus became the third GSB channel to be closed down. A joint venture set up by Granada plc (now part of ITV plc) and BSkyB in 1996. Although ITV plc is now the sole owner of GSB, Sky will receive 49.5 per cent of any proceeds (net of liabilities) if Men & Motors is sold.
ITV takes full control of Granada Sky Broadcasting. Granada Plus closes to make way for ITV3. All Granada productions are now credited as "Granada Manchester". 2005. Granada closes its offices in Blackburn and Chester. 2006. 16 January – The Granada name stops appearing at the end of programmes when the in-house production arm is renamed 'ITV ...