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
Close Up (TV programme) Close Up (TV programme) Close Up was a half-hour-long New Zealand current affairs programme produced by Television New Zealand. The programme aired at 7 pm weeknights (straight after "One News") on TV ONE and was presented in its final years by Mark Sainsbury. The last edition was broadcast on 30 November 2012. "Seven Sharp", a current affairs show aimed at a younger audience, took its place in 2013. The new "Close Up" began broadcasting on 2 November 2004 as a replacement for the "Holmes" show immediately after Paul Holmes announced his resignation from TVNZ and that he would be presenting