UTV Rewind

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In its first collection, Media Voices NI is home to memories as told by the Producers, Directors, Floor Managers and News Editors who have shaped our TV and Radio industries in Northern Ireland from the first broadcast of Ulster TV in 1959. At the time, Television was an invention that wasn’t expected to surpass newspapers. These men and women defined the craft of television production as we know it today.
They reported from the Troubles, a civil war happening in their back yards. And at night, they went back to their homes and their divided neighbourhoods.
Now, decades on, we celebrate the curious and creative minds that made information and entertainment through Television accessible to all in Northern Ireland. In their words, today, ‘programmes are still made the same way, but using new technology.’

UTV Rewind

Joanne Woods

Joanne talks about how she never anticipated that she would end up in her position, she learnt the job through doing it, and was brought back to Belfast by her mother who got her an interview.

UTV Rewind

Pat Hawkins

Pat Hawkins discusses her time at Ulster Television and her life, including how she got to live in France and India. She also reminisces over her experience in the Control Room, and her experience interacting with Patrick Hopkins between 1961-1965.

UTV Rewind

Robin Walsh

In this interview, Robin Walsh shares his journey into broadcasting at UTV, starting in 1965 as a reporter with no formal TV training. He led as news editor during the onset of the Troubles in Northern Ireland.