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===Studios===
[[File:Thames Television and ABC Weekend TV studios in Teddington London Redvers.jpg|thumb|250px|Thames's main studio complex at Teddington]]
{{see also|Teddington Studios}}
The former ABC studios at [[Teddington Studios|Teddington]] became Thames's main production base. Thames's corporate base moved to its newly constructed studios and base at [[Euston Tower|Thames Television House]] on [[Euston Road]] in 1970, when it relinquished [[Television House]], Rediffusion's former London headquarters. The Teddington studios were highly desirable, as they had participated in colour experiments and were already partially converted by the time of the franchise change, and as such had been sought after by both Thames and LWT.<ref name="autogenerated173"/>
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==From 1992==
Thames Television was involved in an attempt to win the new [[Channel 5 (UK)|Channel 5]] licence <ref>Melinda Wittstock "ITV franchise losers consider a joint bid for Channel 5", ''The Times'', 22 October 1991</ref><ref>Melinda Wittstock "And now for Channel 5", ''The Times'', 23 October 1991</ref><ref>Melinda Wittstock "Contest for Channel 5 is clouded by doubts", ''The Times'', 15 April 1992</ref> when it was first advertised in
''This Is Your Life'' ran on ITV for 26 years until around 1995 when ITV cancelled it and the series was re-commissioned by the BBC, with Thames continuing to produce it. The corporation ended the series in 2003.<ref>It was revived once again, this time by [[ITV Studios|ITV Productions]] and [[STV Productions|SMG Productions]] for ITV in 2007, hosted by [[Sir Trevor McDonald]], but failed after one series.</ref> ''The Bill'' continued on ITV until 2010.
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Following the loss of Thames's franchise, the Euston Road base of Thames was sold off and demolished. The site of the studios is currently occupied by Triton Square and the registered headquarters of the British operation of Spanish bank [[Banco Santander|Santander]]. The studios at Teddington were sold to a management buy-out team and were part of the Pinewood Group, owners of both [[Pinewood Studios|Pinewood]] and [[Shepperton Studios]].
Thames Television was acquired by [[Pearson Television]] in
==Culture==
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