Armchair Nation (76 page)

Granadaland
121
,
122
,
123
,
217
,
218
,
348
,
371

Grandstand
171
,
206
,
207
,
256

Gray, Ann
249
,
266

Grayson, Larry
214
,
247
,
252

Great Escape, The
(film)
232

Great Glen Chain
168

Green, Hughie
105
,
110
,
128

Greene, Robert:
Honorable Historie of Frier Bacon and Frier Bongay
14
–15

Greenwich Cablevision
215

Greenwich Meantime
215

Greer, Germaine
191

Griffin, Phil
371

Griffiths, Eric
315

Griffiths, Terry
218
,
257

Grimond, Jo
131
,
133

Grimsetter airfield, Orkney
134

Grosvenor House Hotel, London
52

Ground Force
317
,
318
,
331

Group Theatre, Belfast
197

Grove Family, The
97

Grundy, Bill
210

Guardian
8
,
228
,
255
,
272
,
291
,
340

Gun Law
105

Gyngell, Bruce
264
–5

H

Hackney Empire
252

Haig, Jack ‘Wacky Jacky'
127

Haigh, Peter
111

Hailsham, Lord
96

Haines, Luke
4

Hale and Pace
215

Haley, William
54

Half Man Half Biscuit
267

Hall, Henry
45
,
268

Hall, Peter
352
,
353

Hallé Orchestra
65
,
109
,
110

Hamilton, Geoff
318

Hammer horror films
268

Hancock
155

Hancock and the Vikings
200

Harben, Philip
65
,
95
,
311
,
312

Hardcastle, William
166

Hardern, Leslie
55
–6

Harding, Gilbert
88
,
89
–96,
101
–2,
103
,
134
–41,
294
,
337

Hardy, Thomas
286
,
322

Hargreaves, Jack
125
,
218
,
219
,
352

Harman, Mr Justice
294

Harringay Arena, London
40
,
49

Harris, George
25

Harris, Rolf
309

Harrison, George
190

I Me Mine
219

Harrisson, Tom
122
,
142

Harrods department store, London
289

Harrow Library, northwest London
25

Harry Secombe Show, The
185

Hartley, John
296

Harty, Russell
122
,
145
,
220

hashtags
364
–5

Hastings, Max
50

Haston, Dougal
171
,
172

Hatch, Tony
243
–4,
276

Have a Go!
(radio programme)
54
,
61

Hawaii Five-O
179

Hawker Siddeley Group
149

Hawkshaw, Alan
271

Hay, Will
45

Hayfield, Derbyshire
304

Heath, Edward
194
,
195
,
196
,
267

Heath, Ted
99

Heathrow Airport
310

Heaviside, Oliver
29
–30

Heaviside layer
29
,
30

Hedd Wyn
(film)
356

Heffer, Simon
289

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
315

Heil Honey, I'm Home!
291

Henderson, Brum
7
,
126
,
127
,
128

Henderson, Thomas, MP
75

Hendry, Stephen
262
,
291

Hennessy, Peter
118

Henson, Adam
352

Herbie the skateboarding duck
3

Hersee, Carole
188
,
271

Hersee, George
188

Hessary Tor, Devon
82
–3

Higgins, Alex ‘Hurricane'
257
,
259

High Noon
(film)
304

Highlands and Islands
131
,
167

Highlands and Islands Film Guild
169

Hill, Benny
21
,
95
–6,
155
,
301

Hill, Jimmy
210
,
296

Hill, Mary
106

Hill Street Blues
342

Himmelweit, Hilde
90
–1

Hinchcliffe, Philip
207

Hird, Thora
246

Hitchens, Christopher
183
,
191

Hitchens, Peter
323

Hitler, Adolf
39

HM Prison Lewes, Sussex
278

Hobley, McDonald
58
,
61
,
71
,
348

Hobson, Dorothy
242
–5,
270
,
281

Hobson, Harold
55

Hodgkinson, Tom
323

Hodson, J.L.
91

Hoggart, Mary
155

Hoggart, Richard
109
,
154
–7,
159
,
162
,
181
,
242
,
343

The Uses of Literacy
155

‘The Uses of Television'
155

Hoggart, Simon
155

Holloway, Stanley
61

Holly, Buddy
118
,
152

Holme Moss transmitter, West Yorkshire
63
–6,
69
,
70
,
71
,
74
,
75
,
369

Holtby, Winifred
324

Hom, Ken
288

Home Guard
200

Home Office
83
–4

homosexuality
213
–14,
274

Hood, Stuart
273

Hopalong Cassidy
117

Hope, Bob
190

Hope-Wallace, Philip
116

Horizon
229

Hornby, Nick
298
,
299

Hornsey Central Hospital, north London
37

Horse Guards Parade
74

Horse of the Year Show
181

horse racing
53

hose-piping
26

Hoskins, W.G.
287

Landscapes of England
285
–6

House of Commons
131
,
141
,
142
,
161
,
267
,
355

House of Lords
112
,
326
,
352

Household Cavalry
36

Housewives' Choice
(radio programme)
60

How Do You View?
57

How We Used To Live
277

Howard, Sydney
17

Howarth, Gerald
274

HTV
216
–17,
221
,
355

Huddersfield
113

Hughes, Gareth
279
–80

Hughes, Robert
329

Huizinga, Johan:
Homo Ludens
270
–1

Hullabaloo
216

Humphries, Barry
307

Humphrys, John
94

Hunt, Jeremy
361
–2

Hunter, Alan
41

Hunter, Nick
257

Hurd, Douglas
249
,
268

Hurst, Geoff
297
,
298

Hurt, John
213

Huxley, Aldous:
Brave New World
23
–4,
229

Hyde Park, London
36
,
102
,
296

Hyem, Jill
254

I

I Remember the Future
369
–70

I Think They Call Him John
(film documentary)
8
–9

Idle, Eric
190

Idler, The
323

Idler movement
323

Immigration Act (1971)
201

Importance of Being Earnest, The
(film)
277

In Kite's Country
125
–6

In Loving Memory
251

Incredible Hulk, The
237

Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA)
232
,
241
,
245
,
252
,
265
,
266
,
292

Independent Television Authority (ITA)
129
,
367

Indoor League, The
264

Inman, John
214
,
247

Inner London Education Authority
21

Insect Play, The
(Capek)
47

Inspector Morse
308

interludes
93
–4,
96
,
108

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
3

Inventors' Club
55
–6

Iona
325
–26

ionosphere
30

IRA (Irish Republican Army)
197

Iranian Embassy siege
257

Irish Nationalists
75

Isaacs, Jeremy
258

Isle of Barra
203

Isle of Dogs, London
326

Isle of Harris
168
,
325

Isle of Lewis
168
,
170
,
203
,
325
,
354

Isle of Man
83
–4,
192
,
346

Isle of Man Examiner
84

Isle of Mull
326

Isle of Skye
168

Isle of Wight
85
–6,
134
,
362

It Ain't Half Hot, Mum
201
–2

IT
magazine
183

ITMA
(radio comedy series)
54

ITN
105

ITN News
245
–6,
273

It's a Square World
118

ITV

arrival of (September 1955)
86
,
104
–6,
131
,
175

development of
61

schedules
107
–8

primetime
110

and Radio Luxembourg
119

regions
120
,
217
–20,
239
,
268
,
348
–50

coverage of the moon landing
182

‘colour strike'
193

curfew
195

and Sunday closing
206

ITV-BBC duopoly
217
,
249
,
279
,
332

eleven-week strike (1979)
231
–2

expands weekday afternoon programmes
263
–4

new daytime service
266

cancels some sports
282

franchise sales
307
,
342

ITV Digital
345

ITV1
347

ITV2
375

J

J'Accuse … Coronation Street
305

Jackanory
182

Jackson, Brian
113

Jackson, Glenda
210

James, Clive
236
,
237
,
238
,
259
,
281
,
296
,
342
–3

Visions Before Midnight
237

James, Eric
113

James, Oliver
324

James Caird
(boat)
13
,
14

Jane Eyre
102

Janmohamed, Shelina Zahra
201

Jarman, Derek
274

Jefferson, Jolly ‘Dynamite'
61

Jeremy Kyle Show, The
347
,
359

Jerry Springer Show, The
322

Jewel in the Crown
250

Jewel, Jimmy
64
,
227

Jig Time
127

Jiminez, Margarita
191

Jim'll Fix It Christmas Special
203

Jodrell Bank radio telescope, Cheshire
148

John, Elton
223

Johns, Hugh
298

Johns, Stratford
159

Johnson, President Lyndon B.
153
,
154

Johnson, Steven:
Everything Bad is Good for You
342

Johnson, Virginia
23

Johnston, Johnny
105

Johnstone, Paul
98

Joice, Dick
124
–5,
129

Jones, Dylan:
When Ziggy Played Guitar
212

Jones, Jack
107

Jones, Penry
326

Jones, Philip
198
–9

Jones, Steve
210

Jones, Terry
117
–18

Jonson, Ben
200