60 years ago today, ITV launched with a fairly stuffy line-up that included a speech from the Postmaster General, an excerpt from an Oscar Wilde play and a short documentary on London’s fashion houses.
It’s fair to say that the UK’s first commercial TV station has changed significantly since then, with its quest for ratings producing all manner of scandals, controversies and WTF moments.
Here’s a look at 14 occasions, both planned and unplanned, which left viewers open-mouthed.
1. Who Wants To Be A Millionaire’s coughing major
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire was the jewel in ITV’s crown at the turn of the century, which made… Read the full story