History WebVideo / ITVInTheFace

A documentary WebVideo series from [[https://www.youtube.com/c/bobthefishproductions Bob the Fish Productions]]. Written and narrated by Matthew Harris, it explores sixty years of history of the Creator/{{ITV}} network by looking in turn at each regional franchise and its presentation style, including its [[StationIdent idents]] and [[ContinuityAnnouncement continuity announcements]].

* YoungFutureFamousPeople: [[UsefulNotes/TheMenOfDowningStreet David Cameron]] gets mentioned as one of the executives at Carlton during UsefulNotes/TheNineties.

* TheRemake: The series uploaded on Vimeo is actually an expanded remake of an earlier version of the series that first appeared on Website/YouTube.

* RunningGag: "Assuming you’ve been ''paying attention''…" is used whenever Harris brings up important points in the history of stations from previous episodes that affect the ones currently being talked discussed.

Documentary WebVideo series from Bob the Fish Productions. Written and narrated by Matthew Harris, it explores sixty years of history of the Creator/{{ITV}} network by looking in turn at each regional franchise and its presentation style, including its [[StationIdent idents]] and [[ContinuityAnnouncement continuity announcements]].

* YoungFutureFamousPeople: [[UsefulNotes/TheMenOfDowningStreet David Cameron]] gets mentioned as one of the executives at Carlton during UsefulNotes/TheNineties

* TheArtifact: By the late 2000s, GMTV had become this - by this point, it was strange to see a separate franchise for the Breakfast period when almost all of the other franchises had merged together to form one big company. It's why ITV bought Disney's share in the company and cancelled it, to be replaced by Daybreak.

* CapitalismIsBad: The Broadcasting Act 1990 notably changed the scene to loosen regulations and apply lassez-faire Capitalism onto proceedings, with any company free to win the franchise if they had enough money (there was a quality threshold, but it was nebulous in nature) and also eventually able to have stakes in any other company which owned an ITV franchise. This is portrayed as a bad thing in the documentary, as it eventually led to the companies buying each other out and becoming a bland homogenetic company in the process, with little in the way of regional identity or individuality.

* TakeThat: The 1990 Broadcasting Act is not treated very well, mainly because it paved the way for the eventual merging of all the regional franchises into one big company. By extension, Margaret Thatcher, who was behind the act and whose reaction to "Death on the Rocks" is considered by the documentary to be why Thames lost their license to Carlton, gets treated poorly, with it even being noted that everyone was disappointed when she survived the Brighton Hotel bombing.

* NetworkDecay: A major focus of the series as a whole. It charts ITV's course from being an interdependent network of franchises with distinct identities to the bland homogeneity of today.

* DownerEnding: At the end of the day, many of the franchises covered in the series now exist as little more than vestigial names at best, having all merged together into one big company with little interest in regional identity and bland in nature. The only thing keeping it from being an outright downer is that Scotland and Northern Ireland (at the time) still had individual ITV franchises in the form of STV and UTV.

* CapitalismIsBad: The Broadcasting Act 1990 notably changed the scene to loosen regulations and apply lassez-faire Capitalism onto proceedings, with any company free to win the franchise if they had enough money (there was a quality threshold, but it was nebulous in nature) and also eventually able to have stakes in any other company which owned an ITV franchise. This is portrayed as a bad thing in the documentary, as it eventually led to the companies buying each other out and becoming a bland homogenetic company in the process, with little in the way of regional identity or individualness.

* OverlyLongTitle: One of the speculative names for the station Tyne Tees was the long and unwieldy "The Tyne And The Wear And Also The Tees Television". This, alongside the fact that [[EmbarrassingInitials it also made up the word "TWAT" as an acronym]], was why it wasn't picked in the end.

* DonwerEnding: At the end of the day, many of the franchises covered in the series now exist as little more than vestigial names at best, having all merged together into one big company with little interest in regional identity and bland in nature. The only thing keeping it from being an outright downer is that Scotland and Northern Ireland (at the time) still had individual ITV franchises in the form of STV and UTV.

** Southern Television handled it slightly better, but their final programme is described in the video as a “near three-hour televised tantrum”, emphasising their classic programming to highlight how low-brow their successors were seemingly going to be, C. David Wilson providing a lengthy drunken rant, and even a mocking song which called TVS "Portakabin TV" (keep in mind the fact that the reason for the name was because TVS had been forced to use portable office buildings as Southern had refused to sell them the necessary space needed for them until they were finished).