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Photo album

Welcome to the TV-am photo album.    Former staff have already been sending us their TV-am pictures to include on this page.  Perhaps you have a photograph we could use?  Please scroll to the bottom to see the latest pictures, many sent in by TV-am staff. 

 


David Frost and Anna Ford celebrate TV-am being awarded the franchise for ITV 'national breakfast time' 1980



Chairman Peter Jay with TV-am's original presenter line-up, pose on stairs for the press a few days before the station went on air. January 1983.



Angela Rippon and Anna Ford on the Good Morning Britain set, March 1983



Angela Rippon and Anna Ford lead TV-am staff calling on Chairman Peter Jay not to stand down. They demand "Jay Must Stay!". March 1983



TV-am book of matches handed out to guests on TV-am's first day as souvenir, February 1983



Greg Dyke's dream team. Anne, Nick and Wincey replace The Famous Five as regular weekday presenters, June 1983



Chris Tarrant takes Good Morning Britain on the road to British coastal resorts in "By the Seaside", August 1983



Roland Rat presents "Rat on the Road", Summer 1983



The family of presenters pose for a photograph in 1984.



TV-am van at scene of news story. Thanks to John Fernandez for sending us this picture.
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TV-am promotional umbrella



Sacked ACTT technicians picket outside Breakfast Television Centre, 1988. Thanks to John Fernandez for sending us this picture.



Sacked ACTT members have some fun outside TV-am HQs as the media reveals company connections with Saudi Royals. Picture courtesy John Fernandez www.the-234.com



TV-am's Director of Regions David Davidovitz at TV-am's Newcastle studio with regional manager Vivien Nailis (Left) and regional assistant Vivi Lee. 1990.



TV-am's AA Roadwatch presenter David Marsh. Thanks to David for sending us this picture.



Artists impression of TV-am gang, 1986



Thanks to TV-am viewer Darren Stevenson for sending us this picture of himself outside Breakfast Television Centre in 1985



The crowning glory on TV-am's Camden HQs - one of a dozen giant breakfast eggs.



TV-am press officer Sarah Gudger, August 1988



TV-am OB van



Lorraine Kelly and Mike Morris present Good Morning Britain. Publicity shot 1989.



Rear of TV-am's Camden HQs. Note there are no eggcups on the roof in this picture taken in August 1988.



TV-am wall clock



Sir David Frost with Chairman and Managing Director Bruce Gyngell



Mike Morris with Kathryn Holloway (Left) and Lorraine Kelly, 1992



Selection of TV-am promotional items held in TV-am museum



TV-am's reporter for Wales, Linda Mitchell, 1989



Astrologer Russell Grant appears on "After Nine" live from Cardiff



ACTT General Secretary Alan Sapper addresses sacked TV-am techicians on Hawley Crescent



TV-am Good Morning Britain car sticker. Even Roland Rat had one of these on his car!



Artist's impression of TV-am 'experts' and regular guest presenters



Ulrika Jonsson with the Success 89 campaign



Famous Five presenters on 1st February 1983 toast the new station. Robert Kee, Angela Rippon, David Frost, Anna Ford and Michael Parkinson



Comedian Arthur English and his wife Teresa are filmed by a TV-am crew. (L to R) Kevin Creighton, Kathy Rowan, Keith Bradshaw and Duncan Borrowman. Thanks to Duncan for sending us this picture.



Managing Director Bruce Gyngell with Prime Minister John Major MP at opening of Peterbrough regional studio, 1991.



TV-am sweatshirt, as designed by viewer in "After Nine" competition



Errol the hamster parks the ratmobile outside TV-am HQs on Hawley Crescent, London



TV-am HQs early on a May morning, 1985. Thanks to Darren Stevenson for sending us this picture.



TV-am's sunrise archway over entrance into Camden HQs.



Original painting featuring the design of the TV-am station logo. This painting is held in the TV-am museum.



Special TV-am sweatshirts made for opening day, 1st February 1983



A menu from the Dorchester Hotel, London signed by TV-am's founding team on the day the company was awarded the ITV breakfast-time franchise. This rare item is held in the TV-am museum.



TV-am tape bag for news rushes



TV-am Good Morning Britain diary, 1989



Rare TV-am wine glasses held in the TV-am museum



Original TV-am recruitment advert, 1982



TV-am's Caring Christmas Campaign 1986



TV-am 'delivery note'



TV-am's superstar Roland Rat with the toy replicas that sold like hot cakes!



James Baker, Arabella Warner and Timmy Mallett launch The Wide Awake Club, 1984



TV-am news crew on location, 1991



Another shot of Breakfast Television Centre



Crowds inside Breakfast TV Centre gather to wish TV-am a final fond farewell, 31st December 1992. Were you there?



The "Good Morning Britain" set after the very last programme on 31st December 1992. The party's over!



The Good Morning Britain set in Studio A, 1986



Lizzie Webb works out live on Good Morning Britain, 1986



Boxer Frank Bruno joins Lizzie Webb for an early morning workout on TV-am, 1990



A camera in studio A, 1984



Actor Roger Moore meets Roland Rat in TV-am's atrium



Kevin the Gerbil and Roland Rat in the ratmobile



TV-am crew on location in Hong Kong filming "Roland Goes East". Were you there?



Roland filming with Mike Purcell



TV-am staff in technical area, December 1992



TV-am's master control room at Camden Lock



Jimmy Greaves has a laugh on TV-am's last day, 31st December 1992



TV-am's Manchester crew. Ken Evans, Graeme Bickerdike and reporter Peter Sharratt.



Police outside TV-am HQs during ACTT dispute 1988. Thanks to Phil Braden for this picture.



Ken Livingstone, now Mayor of London, talking to ACTT members during dispute outside TV-am HQs. Thanks to Phil Braden for this picture.



TV-am's first base in the north of England at Knutsford in Cheshire. A news crew and reporter were based here.



TV-am's second Manchester offices and studio at Altrincham.



A knitting pattern bearing the TV-am logo



TV-am's graphics department, 31st December 1992



Special stamps featuring TV-am logo to celebrate ITV's Telethon '90.



TV-am sticky label



Lizzie Webb gets fit on TV-am with two of the Chippendales.



Two TV-am mugs. On the left bearing the original logo design and, on the right, with the up to date logo.



Lizzie Webb with former Beatle George Harrison.



A special edition of The European newspaper marks TV-am's last day on air, 31st December 1992



A national newspaper advert promoting the launch of TV-am in 1983



Anne Diamond welcomes Adrian Brown as her new co-presenter on the TV-am sofa, August 1986



A model Corgi toy routemaster bus given to youngsters who took part in the TV-am children's show SPLAT. "Charlie's Bus" was a segment featuring children and pop stars.



The "Good Morning Britain" team, 1990



TV-am's contribution to ITV Telethon'90 included a work out for host Michael Aspel from Lizzie Webb and a one hundred thousand pound cheque donation from the company to the appeal.



Weather presenter Wincey Willis dressed as a Christmas fairy, 1984



Nick Owen and Anne Diamond pose for TV-am Christmas Card, 1985



TV-am's studio A, 1983. Features the set for "The Secret World of Melanie Parker", the station's short-lived soap opera.



ITN report on events at TV-am from outside Breakfast Television Centre



An unidentified VIP leaves TV-am's studios in a Rolls Royce at the height of the ACTT dispute in 1988.



Richard Keys and Caroline Righton host the first hour of Good Morning Britain, 1987



Claire Rayner and lollipop man pose for a publicity shot in studio A, 1989