Yorkshire Television (70's Start-Up). The Yorkshire March - The Man who did this Music. Also did the music for the WW2 film "Damn Busters"! I Think,,,,
Aye it has that hairs on the back of your neck feel to it. You have to be from Yorkshire to understand it. A sense of pride that you are from God’s own county.
Fantastic. This music was part of our childhood. We used to salute & stand to attention, on Saturday mornings. Happy that we didn’t have to go to school 😀👍
Ron Goodwin composed this. Unmistakeable. These ITV franchise morning start up musical arrangements clearly conveyed the franchises cared about their output, music like this piece convey a real sense of pride...unlike today, blame Thatcher for smashing ITV to pieces, allowing mergers and buy outs until Granada Carlton ruined ITV into becoming something so terrible its output is just as faceless and as bland as the channel itself....how I wish the Govt would repeal the Broadcasting Act 1990/1 and return ITV to a truly independent television channel with individual franchise holders - bring back the old names, bring back the IBA and...bring back all these wonderful morning startup tunes...
Used to rush off the school bus and run home just to hear this quite audacious and uplifting peice of music that I think even Mozart would have been proud to write.
I didn't know this, thank you Charles. I lived in Lancashire but was able to receive YTV along with HTV as well as Granada. Nowadays there's only really one ITV.
By crikey this takes me back! We were in an area that was primarily Emley Moor's domain, but Tyne Tees was pretty strong, and (unlike the bland homogeneity we see with the ITV companies of today) TT generally ran different films, news (obviously) and the cosiness of "in vision" continuity. To improve things, my old man got an extra north-facing aerial (as the Emley Moor twig faced almost bang on due West). Our Sony Trinitron of the era had channels thusly: BBC1, BBC2, ITV1, ITV2, and *, so could accommodate the VCR as well! I recall that the TT startup was either five minutes before or after YTV, so since we liked both startup overtures, we would play the first one, race across the sitting room, and hit the button to enjoy the next one! Ahh, great days eh?
I live in County Durham (Bilsdale area) and when I was a kid I tuned the spare channel on the TV (marked ITV2) into Yorkshire TV from Emley Moor. I still recall this music very well and loved it from the moment I heard it. Makes the hairs on your arms stand up and I thought it was much better than our own Tyne-Tees TV start up music. Amazing!
SuperRecordman I always find it awesome whenever you catch a station not intended for your area (more so with AM Radio nowadays).Here in Saskatchewan if I am lucky I can pick up stations from the USA under the right atmospheric conditions
I live in the area that the Belmont Transmitter was broadcasting to so it changed from Anglia to Yorkshire, I must admit the people here in my area were pretty mad but if I was there I would have loved waking up in the morning and tuning into YTV.
Imagine a field of Spitfires... RAF pilots running towards them and taking off into the blue British skies... Each one flying towards German bombers....
My childhood - sat in front of the tv, waiting for the programmes to start. Credit must be given to John Cross & Graham Roberts, along with Redvers Kyle, for their continued service to YTV.
Depending on 'atmospherics' we could sometimes pick up Yorkshire TV in my hometown of Cambridge. On such occasions I loved to listen to their startup music!
I've loved this tune since it was first broadcast about 1969, I believe it was written and composed by Ron Goodwin and was unused music written for Battle of Britain.
3 years on, I should also add, if anyone sees the original version of the start up with the Yorkshire ident appearing in animation - the music just soars.
This Start-up was first broadcast before the the film 'The Battle of Britain' was released. As TheMasterNo6 stated it is unmistakable Goodwin. I would hazard a guess that it was commissioned by Yorkshire TV as you can hear Ilkley Moor baht 'at within the music.
I never realised that Yorkshire TV served only 2/3rds of Yorkshire- and not necessarily York. They should have called it Lincolnshire TV. You could officially get Yorkshire TV in King's Lynn, 100 miles outside Yorkshire, but not in Whitby.
BBC600 Have a look at the map. Large areas within Yorkshire were not covered. Large areas well outside Yorkshire, including areas on both sides of the Wash, were covered. In York, you watched Tyne Tees.
anonUK I couldn’t say for certain. Ontario is one of the largest population wise and with Toronto and Ottawa I’d say it plausible. In my area of Saskatchewan (out on the prairies landlocked in the middle of the country)however I am quite a few hours drive to the border. In fact I personally have never been to the USA yet in my entire life.
@@dogbite5509 there's a myth involved here... The story goes that, to keep costs down, the producers didn't commission a really big famous composer to score the Dambusters. Instead they asked for submissions for theme music... And Eric Coates riffled through a pile of potboiler tunes he'd written, pulled one out and wondered if it would do. The real story, told by Coates' son, is that his dad hated writing film music, and had already written what would become one of the most famous film themes ever just a couple of days before the producers asked him to do the job. All Coates' marches sound like The Dambusters .
Christopher Busby. I lived in West Norfolk and because it was so flat, there wasn’t anywhere high enough to put a transmitter so we could get Anglia TV. Spent years getting my “local” news from Leeds.
That will be the automatic recording level on the video tape recorder. It is similar to what used to happen on audio cassette recordings on machines without manual recording level.
Reminds me of when I was a nipper: I live in Australia but started in Yorkshire. Thank you for posting. I come back now and then to listen to this.
I loved listening to this as a kid and I still love listening to it now.
Aye it has that hairs on the back of your neck feel to it. You have to be from Yorkshire to understand it. A sense of pride that you are from God’s own county.
Amazing music, the magical voice of Sir Redvers Kyle. Perfection.
R.I.P. Redvers Kyle - A great bruadcaster and a true Gentleman.
bygone days when we had steelworks, markets and pits and looked out for each other
Fantastic. This music was part of our childhood. We used to salute & stand to attention, on Saturday mornings. Happy that we didn’t have to go to school 😀👍
Ron Goodwin composed this. Unmistakeable. These ITV franchise morning start up musical arrangements clearly conveyed the franchises cared about their output, music like this piece convey a real sense of pride...unlike today, blame Thatcher for smashing ITV to pieces, allowing mergers and buy outs until Granada Carlton ruined ITV into becoming something so terrible its output is just as faceless and as bland as the channel itself....how I wish the Govt would repeal the Broadcasting Act 1990/1 and return ITV to a truly independent television channel with individual franchise holders - bring back the old names, bring back the IBA and...bring back all these wonderful morning startup tunes...
It's a Ron Goodwin arrangement but the composer was Derek New.
Gosh that brought a shiver down my spine!
Used to rush off the school bus and run home just to hear this quite audacious and uplifting peice of music that I think even Mozart would have been proud to write.
It is the Yorkshire March and was written by Derek New, but arranged by Ron Goodwin for YTV. Loosely based on Ikley Moor Bah Tat.
I often wondered who composed it. Our dog would start to Howell as soon as the drumroll came on.
I didn't know this, thank you Charles. I lived in Lancashire but was able to receive YTV along with HTV as well as Granada. Nowadays there's only really one ITV.
@@RodHardisty This tune Television March was issued on a Radio Six album Sounds Visual on cassette.
got that Battle of Britain sound to it, but with Ron Goodwin's input that's hardly surprising
A yorkshire lass born in ilkley west yorkshire i no longer live in the uk but when i hear this music it makes me so proud i was born in gods country.
By crikey this takes me back! We were in an area that was primarily Emley Moor's domain, but Tyne Tees was pretty strong, and (unlike the bland homogeneity we see with the ITV companies of today) TT generally ran different films, news (obviously) and the cosiness of "in vision" continuity. To improve things, my old man got an extra north-facing aerial (as the Emley Moor twig faced almost bang on due West). Our Sony Trinitron of the era had channels thusly: BBC1, BBC2, ITV1, ITV2, and *, so could accommodate the VCR as well!
I recall that the TT startup was either five minutes before or after YTV, so since we liked both startup overtures, we would play the first one, race across the sitting room, and hit the button to enjoy the next one! Ahh, great days eh?
I live in County Durham (Bilsdale area) and when I was a kid I tuned the spare channel on the TV (marked ITV2) into Yorkshire TV from Emley Moor. I still recall this music very well and loved it from the moment I heard it. Makes the hairs on your arms stand up and I thought it was much better than our own Tyne-Tees TV start up music. Amazing!
SuperRecordman I always find it awesome whenever you catch a station not intended for your area (more so with AM Radio nowadays).Here in Saskatchewan if I am lucky I can pick up stations from the USA under the right atmospheric conditions
I used to watch from Lancashire, the picture was a little noisy but the sound was fine.
I was the opposite I found Tyne Tees on a spare channel and loved Tyne Tees so much because of the continuity.
I live in the area that the Belmont Transmitter was broadcasting to so it changed from Anglia to Yorkshire, I must admit the people here in my area were pretty mad but if I was there I would have loved waking up in the morning and tuning into YTV.
The Three Rivers Fantasy was quite good but not as good as this wee masterpiece.
Imagine a field of Spitfires... RAF pilots running towards them and taking off into the blue British skies... Each one flying towards German bombers....
My childhood - sat in front of the tv, waiting for the programmes to start. Credit must be given to John Cross & Graham Roberts, along with Redvers Kyle, for their continued service to YTV.
I totally agree with you.
Plus Paul Lally and Bob Preedy.
Depending on 'atmospherics' we could sometimes pick up Yorkshire TV in my hometown of Cambridge. On such occasions I loved to listen to their startup music!
I sat and listened to the theme played Ron Goodwin ❤😊❤😊
First time I heard this was in 1977 , posted to RAF Scampton. So many memories.
I've loved this tune since it was first broadcast about 1969, I believe it was written and composed by Ron Goodwin and was unused music written for Battle of Britain.
The composer was Derek New but this is a Ron Goodwin arrangement.
3 years on, I should also add, if anyone sees the original version of the start up with the Yorkshire ident appearing in animation - the music just soars.
Happy 😃 Childhood memories
This Start-up was first broadcast before the the film 'The Battle of Britain' was released. As TheMasterNo6 stated it is unmistakable Goodwin. I would hazard a guess that it was commissioned by Yorkshire TV as you can hear Ilkley Moor baht 'at within the music.
I ALLWAYS LOVED THIS TUNE AND ANOTHER ONE IN THE 80s POSS DURING OUR MINERS STRIKE IN WHICH I WAS INVOLVED
Loved this piece of music when I was a kid! Thanks a lot for posting it! :)
Derek New wrote this, it was arranged by Ron Goodwin.
The voice you hear is Yorkshire Television announcer Redvers Kyle google his name on wikipedia
."...and now on Yorkshire TV its time for UFO."...(fab)....
I never realised that Yorkshire TV served only 2/3rds of Yorkshire- and not necessarily York. They should have called it Lincolnshire TV.
You could officially get Yorkshire TV in King's Lynn, 100 miles outside Yorkshire, but not in Whitby.
anonUK I assume by “officially” you mean that you could sometimes get “fringe” and watch it through DXing?
BBC600
Have a look at the map. Large areas within Yorkshire were not covered. Large areas well outside Yorkshire, including areas on both sides of the Wash, were covered. In York, you watched Tyne Tees.
anonUK Makes sense. I need to learn more UK geography as they don’t teach it Canadian schools!
BBC600
Is it true that 50% of Canadians live in the south Ontario peninsula and 80% of the rest live south of 50?
anonUK I couldn’t say for certain. Ontario is one of the largest population wise and with Toronto and Ottawa I’d say it plausible. In my area of Saskatchewan (out on the prairies landlocked in the middle of the country)however I am quite a few hours drive to the border. In fact I personally have never been to the USA yet in my entire life.
Yorkshire National Anthem On Ilkley Moor Bartat
In Colour!!
as a yorkshireman do i stand and salute
Im from down south , sounds a bit like parts of the battle of Britain music in that !
A theme not lacking in confidence!
Actually it was Ron Goodwin - who also wrote the theme for '633 Squadron', not 'The Dam Busters'.
Also did the original pieces for the soundtrack to the Battle of Britain.
I always thought of the dam busters...
@@mikjon67 Eric Coates wrote the score for the Dambusters.
@@dogbite5509 there's a myth involved here... The story goes that, to keep costs down, the producers didn't commission a really big famous composer to score the Dambusters. Instead they asked for submissions for theme music... And Eric Coates riffled through a pile of potboiler tunes he'd written, pulled one out and wondered if it would do. The real story, told by Coates' son, is that his dad hated writing film music, and had already written what would become one of the most famous film themes ever just a couple of days before the producers asked him to do the job. All Coates' marches sound like The Dambusters .
Question.could you receive Granada television in the Yorkshire area?
Very Very Very Faintly Not Very Watchable
Ytv did have conyutee but not in visshin but all the other TV stations did have all the time
Hi... If anyone plays in a brass band, I've just arranged this for the bands I conduct. Get in touch if you would like a copy.
Do you still have the sheet available??
'The Man who did this Music. Also did the music for the WW2 film "Damn Busters"! I Think.'
I didn't know that Beethoven wrote the Dambusters march.
Why did have conutiee for god sake 😢 all our TV stations did not not Yorkshire TV f
Strange how the coverage area nearly goes all the way to Cromer.
Christopher Busby. I lived in West Norfolk and because it was so flat, there wasn’t anywhere high enough to put a transmitter so we could get Anglia TV. Spent years getting my “local” news from Leeds.
I imagine it was picked up from Belmont which wasn't many miles away as the crow flies.
@@LA90598 I think you are correct
Can anyone tell me the actual title of this piece, please?
Yorkshire Television March.
who is this music?
The Yorkshire Television March. Composer: Derek New. Arranger: Ron Goodwin.
Ytv not invivsion
The name is 'Dambusters', by the way :)
This isn't the Dambusters theme! I'm not sure what it was called but it's defo not that
The Yorkshire March.
Nothing like the Dambusters march. It has a touch of 633 Squadron about it, but that's probably the Ron Goodwin influence.
There's too much compression on the audio. Too much noise pumping on quiet passages and flattening of peak levels.
I wish I could find a higher quality recording of this musical selection myself.
That will be the automatic recording level on the video tape recorder. It is similar to what used to happen on audio cassette recordings on machines without manual recording level.
on nn barr tat he dowes it twice with a load of cars and miss ella s ecg
Eh?