History Recap / ITVInTheFaceS1E2ItsGlamUpNorth

->"ITV is brought to you by Granada."
->"…and don't you forget it!"

* TheStinger: A clip of Jim Pope wishing the viewers goodnight and audibly turning off his microphone.

->"And don't you forget it."

-->"We don't need no bloody objects-flying-through-space up `ere."

->"ITV's brought to you by Granada."

* ThePlace: {{Averted|Trope}}. While other ITV franchises typically gave their stations a name with some sort of tie to their location (save for the breakfast television franchise for obvious reasons), Granada was named after the cinema chain the Berensteins ran before branching out into television, which in turn was named after the city in Spain because the word sounded vaguely exotic.

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Region: North West England\\

* ThePlace: {{Averted|Trope}}. While other ITV franchises typically gave their stations a name with some sort of

* {{Tagline}}: Granada's original and typically forthright {{Tagline}} seen on some of its first idents was just "from the North."

* ShoutOut
** Granada got its start as a cinema chain but made the move into the television when it became clear that it "would lap [the cinema] like Usain Bolt at an elderly person's fun run" in terms of popularity.
** As a London-based company, Granada was "originally about as northern as Danny Dyer."
** Charles Foster is described as "''Literature/TheDemonHeadmaster''", while Jim Pope is said to be imitating [[Theatre/LesMiserables Jean Valjean]], presumably given his resemblance to Colm Wilkinson in the role.
** ''World in Action'' is described as "''Series/{{Panorama}}'' [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs on steroids.]]"
** ''Series/{{Up}}'', ''Literature/BridesheadRevisited'', ''Series/TheJewelInTheCrown'' and ''Series/SherlockHolmes'' are mentioned as some of Granada's greatest hits.
** The still unmoving idents are said to be the equivalent of Franchise/{{Superman}} staring directly at the viewer with his arms crossed.
** The "Get Ready" campaign is described as a "dream of homogenousness", which may be a {{Pun}} on Dream of Gerontious", a poem by John Henry Newman and also an orchestral work by Edward Elgar.
** The ident specifically for local programming seen in TheNineties is described as looking like a specialist release from the ZTT label.
** Phil Redmond is introduced with the ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' alert sound effect. His bid for the franchise was so high that it was said to have "dwarfed" Granada's "like [[Series/GameOfThrones Tyrion Lannister]] on the surface of the sun."
** One of Granada's idents seems to have been [[ArtImitatesArt inspired by]] Eye with Skull by M.C. Escher.
** The long run-up to the inevitable merger between Granada and Carlton is described as a "[[Series/{{Cheers}} Sam and Diane flirtation]]."

* AwesomeEgo: Phil Redmond was realistically the only person who could have spearheaded a challenge against Granada for the franchise since he was somone "whose balls are dwarfed only by his ego."

* CopiouslyCreditedCreator: The "Setting the Standard" idents were "designed, directed, produced [and] probably catered" by Peter Phillips.

** The success of ''Series/Brookside'' was what gave Phil Redmond the means to turn its production company, Mersey Television, into a viable bidder for the franchise.

* SexSells: Harris points out that Granada's TV rentals adverts seem to have featured a lot of [[BuxomBeautyStandard gratuitously jiggling breasts.]] The ad's {{Tagline}} ostensibly promised "great service, great sets" while leaning to some FunWithHomophones on that second one.

** Phil Redmond is introduced with the ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' alert sound effect. His bid for the franchise was so high that it was said to have "dwarfed" Granada's "like ''[[Series/GameOfThrones Tyrion Lannister]]'' on the surface of the sun."

->"ITV's brought to you by Granada."\\

* ChannelHop: In the event that it lost the 1990 franchise auction, Granada had planned to sell off ''Series/PrimeSuspect'', ''Series/{{Cracker}}'', ''World in Action'' and "[[Series/CoronationStreet some ongoing drama about drama about a street or something]]" to satellite television.

* CashCowFranchise (InUniverse): The success of ''Series/CoronationStreet'' is cited as a major factor in Granada becoming one of the biggest and most powerful companies in the ITV network.

* Charles Foster is described as "''Literature/TheDemonHeadmaster''", while Jim Pope is said to be imitating [[Theatre/LesMiserables Jean Valjean]], presumably given his resemblance to Colm Wilkinson in the role.

* Charles Foster is described as "The Demon Headmaster", while Jim Pope is said to be imitating [[Theatre/LesMiserables Jean Valjean]], presumably given his resemblance to Colm Wilkinson in the role.

* {{Tagline}}: Granada's original and typically forthright {{Tagline}} on some of its first idents was just "from the North."

* ThePlace: Averted|Trope. While other ITV franchises typically gave their stations a name with some sort of

* HeAlsoDid (InUniverse): Like a few of the other original ITV franchises, Granada had a cinema chain and an electronics rental business that ran alongside its TV operations. It was, however, the only ITV company to also run a chain of motorway service stations
* SexSells: Harris points out that Granada's TV rentals adverts seem to have featured a lot of [[BuxomBeautyStandard gratuitously jiggling breasts.]] The ad's {{Tagline}} ostensibly promised "great service, great sets" while leaning to some FunWithHomonyms on that second one.