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
Monitor (UK TV programme) Monitor (UK TV programme) Monitor is a British arts television programme that was launched on 2 February 1958 on BBC, and ran until 1965. Huw Wheldon was the editor from 1958 to 1962. He was also the principal interviewer and anchor until 1964. Wheldon set about moulding a team of talents, including W.G. Archer, Melvyn Bragg, Humphrey Burton, John Berger, Patrick Garland, David Jones, Peter Newington, Ken Russell, John Schlesinger, Nancy Thomas, and Alan Tyrer "Monitor" ranged in subject over all the arts. The editor role was handed to Humphrey Burton in July 1962, lasting a year. He was succeeded