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1 Foremost to give the station its regional stamp is the Outside Broadcast Unit. Here members of the public quiz local government representatives on some burning local topic in “Probe” — one of the unit’s most successful programmes.

What sort of station did Southern Television set out to be? What image of itself has it projected?

Above all, Southern is a regional station. It serves the South, and the people of the South. It brings them southern news, southern features, southern personalities, and it looks at the wider world from their standpoint. It is their own television station, not a remote impersonal colossus.

Southern is a responsible station. It knows it has a duty to give people the best — and it tries very hard to do so. It is alive and alert — and young in heart.

Let its programmes speak for themselves.

2 “snakes and ladders” is another Outside Broadcast giving people a chance to participate in their station’s activities. This popular quiz game travels from town to town. Kenneth Horne comperes this show and the inter-school quiz — “full marks”.

3 Recruiting of local talent is taken very seriously. Hundreds of amateurs from southern towns were auditioned for “home grown” — in which viewers’ votes could win performers cash prizes.

4 Southern Television is in on the most significant events — and the most entertaining. “southern affairs” is the news magazine which holds up a mirror to the South. Here is Mr. Macmillan being interviewed during a visit to the South.

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5 “southern heritage” is a series planned to give young people a feeling for, and an interest in, the area in which they live. Here is a scene from the shooting of “skyscraper, 1850 B.C.”, a programme about Stonehenge.

6 music is directed by Eric Winstone. Besides the musical programmes it takes from the network, the station has two of its own. Here is a moment in “take it easy”, a thrice weekly, lunch-time porgramme [sic] of light entertainment. In “the lythgoe touch”, Clive Lythgoe features well-loved works of great composers.

7 “sports club” has introduced professionals and amateurs from almost every sport followed in Britain — with a special emphasis on personalities from the South.

8 Southern Television’s determination to give viewers the best programmes of their kind has borne fruit in a unique arrangement with the old vic. This famous company will present twelve plays over a period of two years. Here is a scene from their first production, “The Empty Chair.”

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9 Clergymen of all denominations have delivered the daily religious Epilogue, “nightlight”. Here are some of them learning about the potentialities of T.V.

10 “swop shop” is the programme in which viewers exchange antiques and other objets d’art. Originally, the Duke of Bedford shared the proprietorship with Elizabeth Allan but now Anthony Kimmins has taken over.

11 “farm in the south” is a regular weekly programme designed to appeal equally to the strong farming community and the townsman. A. G. Street has his own feature in the show — “Street Corner”.

12 Jack Hargreaves, author, angler and curator of the Piscatorial Museum, writes and presents “gone fishing” — Southern’s regular programme designed for amateurs and experts.

13 “come gardening” is a thoroughly practical programme of help and advice. It is run by Joe Hill, who has impressive qualifications and a warm West Country voice.