World in Action output. For the first 35 years of its existence, ITV had a near-monopoly of television advertising revenue. Roy Thomson, who ran Scottish Television famously described ITV as a "licence to print money". In return for this income, the broadcasting regulator insisted that the ITV companies broadcast a proportion of their programmes as public service TV. Out of this was born the network's reputation for serious current affairs, eagerly grabbed by programme makers under Granada's founder Lord Sidney Bernstein. Some of the most prominent figures in 20th-century British broadcasting helped to create "World in Action", in particular Tim Hewat, "the maverick
Unsolved (UK TV programme) was definitely a paedophile – and we're talking about the kind in the same mould as Jimmy Savile." Unsolved (UK TV programme) Unsolved (originally known as "Unsolved: Getting Away with Murder") is a British regional crime documentary television programme produced by Grampian Television (now "STV North") that aired in Scotland. The programme aired from 8 January 2004 to 30 November 2006. The series investigated some of the most baffling and intriguing murders in Northern and Central Scotland, where the killers have never been caught and in some cases, the bodies never found. The series was presented by "Taggart" star Alex