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Preview: Sun, Sea and Scoops
Celebrating 50 years of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s first dedicated news service for the South West.
April 1961 saw the launch by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ of the first dedicated TV news service for viewers in the South West.
Programmes like Spotlight soon attracted big audiences and helped launch the careers of screen luminaries like Hugh Scully, Angela Rippon and Fern Britton, who here help mark half a century of achievement as they reflect on the highs and lows of 50 years of TV-making in the region.
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