David Frost
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Sir David Paradine Frost was an English television host, journalist, comedian, and writer. He rose to prominence during the satire boom in the United Kingdom when he was chosen to host the satirical p
Frost in 2005
Frost with US president Richard Nixon, Pat Nixon, Mamie Eisenhower, and Mona Frost in 1970
Interview for the BBC with Donald Rumsfeld in 2005
David Frost and Diahann Carroll in 1971
1991 ITV franchise auctions
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The 1991 ITV franchise auctions were a mechanism created by the British government to award licences to broadcast on Channel 3, the commercial television network commonly known as ITV. They were a sig
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (pictured in 1986) described ITV as "the last bastion of restrictive practices".
The American network NBC (30 Rockefeller Plaza pictured in 2011) was part of a consortium which bid for the national breakfast franchise.
The fate of Coronation Street (set pictured in 2014) was a major subplot of the franchise auction.
A TVS News helicopter in 1991. By the late 1980s, the company was in financial difficulties.