Shout Out / ITV In The Face S 1 E 2 Its Glam Up North

• 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 "The Demon Headmaster", while Jim Pope is said to be imitating Jean Valjean, presumably given his resemblance to Colm Wilkinson in the role.
• World in Action is described as "Panorama on steroids."
• Up, Brideshead Revisited, The Jewel in the Crown and Sherlock Holmes are mentioned as some of Granada's greatest hits.
• The still, unmoving Granada idents are said to be the televisual equivalent of "Superman staring you down 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 The '90s is described as looking and sounding like a specialist release from the ZTT label.
• Phil Redmond is introduced with the Metal Gear Solid alert sound effect. His bid for the franchise was so high that it was said to have "dwarfed" Granada's "like Tyrion Lannister on the surface of the sun."
• One of Granada's idents seems to have been 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 "Sam and Diane flirtation."