Granada Television

Granada Television was the British ITV (commercial television) contractor for the "North of England" weekday franchise from 1954 (started broadcasting on May 3, 1956) until 1968, and for the "Northwest England" all-week franchise since 1968. Granada is the only one of the original four ITA franchisees from 1954 which survived as a franchise holder into the twenty-first century, until its merger in 2004 into ITV plc.

Notable Granada Television productions

• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
• Brideshead Revisited
• Children's Ward
• Coronation Street
• Cracker (British television)
• Families
• The Jewel in the Crown
• The Krypton Factor
• Living with Michael Jackson
• The Piglet Files
• Prime Suspect
• The Royle Family
• Seven Up! and sequels every seven years
• Stars in Their Eyes
• University Challenge
• Watching
• What the Papers Say
• World in Action
• You've Been Framed