Going way off topic but missed out Carlton's awful tenure
I had either forgotten about Charlton, or never knew. I lived in Bristol at the time, but was a frequent visitor, so I must have had something better to do.
I'm surprised Gus Honeybun hasn't had a mention yet in this list.
I encountered Gus Honeybun during my Poldark period, when I worked down South Crofty. The spectacle of a fluffy rabbit switching the studio lights off and back on to celebrate someone's birthday filled me with both amusement and the uncomfortable feeling that I would never understand the Cornish, in equal measure. I hadn't long left Granada's area, where you were more likely to get a song played live by a leading Manchester rock band to mark your 5th birthday. ("So happy birthday, Johnny, 5 today, with love from Mummy, daddy, and Cuddles the rottweiler. Here's Van der Graaf Generator, live, with "Lemmings (including 'Cog')" from their album Pawn Hearts...")