1:28 ABC 1:43 Anglia 3:18 Associated-Rediffusion 3:22 ATV 4:03 Border Television 4:22 Carlton Television 5:52 Central Television 6:22 Channel Television 6:50 GM Television 7:43 Grampian Television 8:15 Granada 8:35 Harlech/HTV 9:02 London Weekend Television 10:09 Meridian Television 10:40 Scottish Television 11:45 Southern Television 13:29 Thames Television 15:03 TSW 15:23 TVS 16:16 TWW 14:05 Tyne Tees Television 16:31 Ulster Television 17:07 Westcountry 17:34 Westward 22:47 Yorkshire Television
Memories of when ITV stations had recognisable identities. I was a TV engineer from 1969 to 1990 and the ID's are burnt into my brain! I find the Anglia one and the Southern montage one particularly proud.
I actually saw the original Anglia knight - it was in the reception of Anglia House, on Agricultural Hall Plain in Norwich when I was a student at UEA in the late 70s.
4:45 John Major promoting Carlton TV. Hmmm... I think I should mention at this point an interesting historical fact: David Cameron used to work for Carlton.
some would say Carlton should'nt be in this video but no lets be fair the first 1 or 2 years of Carlton were ok, those london people idents were innovoative and they gave Dave Allen his last stint before retirement but it would soon be reach for the sick bucket time
I think the TVS Ident that went into the 'Coast to Coast' titles was - and remains - the best intro to the local news. I just loved the way the ident went seamlessly into the titles. And while most of the logos and idents look a little 'old hat' in 2019, I think the last TVS Logo would still look fine on screen today - still looks fresh and modern.
The Ulster Television ident from the late 60s or whenever (16:30) is so sweet and innocent. "and then Baby Bear danced down to the Dingly Dell where he met his friends by the River Foyle…"
I miss those days....spending ages trying to tune old channel 5 to get HTV Wales (from Lancashire) and being genuinely interested in seeing the Channel TV ident 'for real' while on holiday in Jersey in the late 80s. God, I was one boring b******!
Matt Davies I did the Channel 5 HTV thing as well (I grew up in Wigan). Later on I used it to pick up S4C and spend hours spellbound, wondering what they were all talking about.
Matt Davies I did the Channel 5 HTV thing as well (I grew up in Wigan). Later on I used it to pick up S4C and spend hours spellbound, wondering what they were all talking about.
In the 70s, we used to spend a couple of weeks in Kent at my grandparents' house on the Isle of Sheppey. I can remenber, even though I was little, being rather surprised that their ITV was Thames rather than Southern and was told that the signal was stronger from London rather than tuning into Dover's transmitter.
Although I was brought up in Bury St. Edmunds (so Anglia TV region) I always liked the ‘70s Southern (makes me think of “How”!) and HTV idents especially the early psychedelic monochrome version...
I've lived in the states all my life, these logos are pretty interesting, the only ones I've ever seen on any TV set are London Weekend (on a videocassette of Upstairs Downstairs)(which I didn't even watch all of) and the Thames logo-I think the second one shown here- opening reruns of Benny Hill and a really weirdly syndicated show called Rumpole on the Bailey, that my mother used to watch.
I'm also an American fan of ITV idents. You're right that LWT and Thames are the only ones regularly known to US viewers (mainly from Upstairs, Downstairs and Benny Hill). Anglia's flag used to be on Knightmare (but was plastered by ITV's logo in later reruns).
The local PBS station and the independent station in my Midwestern hometown showed *a lot* of British imports from the 70s-90s, so I remember LWT (Upstairs Downstairs), Thames (Man About The House and Robin's Nest, as well as Benny Hill and Rumpole), Anglia (Survival, a nature show), Granada (Brideshead Revisited, Coronation Street, Jeeves and Wooster), and ATV (the 60s version of The Avengers and Space 1999). Plus, we got ITN's international version of their "News at Ten" in the 80s, so I also remember Trevor McDonald!
11:12 "Three, two, one... roll"? :D Also that last HTV one is suuuuuper 80s, like the perfect example of late 80s (or very early 90s) idents that get parodied today in video games and such :)
Born and raised in the early 90's down in the south, I grew up with TVS/Meridian! Looking back, it was interesting for all these independent little broadcasting companies under one wing to provide their own identities for the different parts of Britain they aired! Kind of a shame they gradually toned back those regional identities until they all just got called ITV or STV everywhere with their respective regions only being brought up on the regional news! 'Twas a neat concept this Independent Television. It wasn't so much a full-on company back then as it was a concept!
17:11 _"And Westcountry welcomes you into the new year now with our film featuring the talents of Dudley Moore and Eddie Murphy, who together cause mayhem in the military. Fast talking is their Best Defense."_ - Ian Brass
If they knew what was ahead ,methinks the big ITV stations like Granada,Yorkshire & Central would've held off a big pointless merger & formed their own channels with whats in their vaults & a local fanbase.Who can show the same loyalty to W(atch), Dave or Dmax?
My only complaint (mind you, this is geared towards the original creator of this compilation) is the inclusion of the GMTV indents. It would've been better if the TVAM logos were used instead.
What did the "Channel 8" bit for Tyne Tees refer to? Even after BBC2 started in 1964 there were only three channels in any one area (BBC1, BBC2, ITV), perhaps a fourth if you could pick up neighbouring ITV franchise? Or did it mean the UHF channel it was broadcast on?
The VHF channel at the time. In the Midlands ATV was on Channel 8 (Lichfield transmitter) and BBC (1) on Channel 4 from Sutton Coldfield. IIRC there were 13 VHF channels in total
Royston Haines - interesting, thanks for the answer. Wonder why TT incorporated the VHF channel in their branding, but the other franchisees apparently didn't?
Nooo Yorkshire ident always meant Emmerdale Farm. I agree with you about Southern tho. Anglia was always Sale Of The Century. I miss the old ITV when it was 16 tv stations and not the one that it is today.
Tim Barker They did have one in 1989-90 that had a silhouette of some grass with logo in the sky, the region didn’t use the generic 89 ident for them, then they used the stripe with the same library track as The IBA were using.
Pete Marr I believe there was a misty Sky ident in the 90’s for the region because Granada didn’t use the crappy Generic 1989 ident for them. That was the only moving ident I know for Granada.
BUT MY FAVORITE IN THERE IS... 1-ABC 2-ATV 3-CENTRAL 4-HARLECH TELEVISION 5-SCOTTISH TELEVISION 6-SOUTHERN 7-TYNE TEES TELEVISION (COLOUR) 8-TVS 9-TELEVISION FOR WALES AND WEST/TELEDU CYMRU (TWW CHANNEL 10 AND TWW COLOUR) 10-YORKSHIRE TELEVISION But I DON'T LIKE IS MERIDIAN!!!
+TheChickenBoy5 AKA PhoenixHero67 Only up until the launch of ITV. The ITA forced Associated Broadcasting to change its name, and so it became ATV. Therefore officially, ABC stands for Associated British Corporation.
That you were saying was the original name of ATV or Associated Television. The other ABC is Associated British (Corporation/Cinemas) if my memory was clear enough.
Gary Singlewood They also did Inspector Morse and Peak Practise before it became Carlton, they did Grotbags and Rod and Emu too. Boon was also theirs and Shine on Harvey Moon ( the reboot was by Meridian) and they also “presented” The Moomins and Stop Look Listen which used to be under their ATV name so both logos were shown for those programs.
I've never heard that but if it's true they created that afterwards because Carlton Communications existed for a good while before they got the licence to broadcast
1:28 ABC
1:43 Anglia
3:18 Associated-Rediffusion
3:22 ATV
4:03 Border Television
4:22 Carlton Television
5:52 Central Television
6:22 Channel Television
6:50 GM Television
7:43 Grampian Television
8:15 Granada
8:35 Harlech/HTV
9:02 London Weekend Television
10:09 Meridian Television
10:40 Scottish Television
11:45 Southern Television
13:29 Thames Television
15:03 TSW
15:23 TVS
16:16 TWW
14:05 Tyne Tees Television
16:31 Ulster Television
17:07 Westcountry
17:34 Westward
22:47 Yorkshire Television
Memories of when ITV stations had recognisable identities. I was a TV engineer from 1969 to 1990 and the ID's are burnt into my brain! I find the Anglia one and the Southern montage one particularly proud.
Anglia's oldest logo with the statue is so memorable that it displayed now on the museum
I actually saw the original Anglia knight - it was in the reception of Anglia House, on Agricultural Hall Plain in Norwich when I was a student at UEA in the late 70s.
O lo pm is a
A year later, and I have to add.. The greatest ident of all.. ATV of the 70s! Always reminded me of TISWAS :)
Sapphire and Steel and Crossroads
ATV the best ident for tiswas followed LWT which always reminds me of play your cards right on Friday nights early 1980s .
4:45 John Major promoting Carlton TV. Hmmm... I think I should mention at this point an interesting historical fact: David Cameron used to work for Carlton.
Was that Chris Barrie voicing Major's puppet?
@Mark Wrenn: Yes he worked in their PR department.
some would say Carlton should'nt be in this video
but no lets be fair the first 1 or 2 years of Carlton were ok, those london people idents were innovoative and they gave Dave Allen his last stint before retirement
but it would soon be reach for the sick bucket time
The Carlton John Major was the Spitting Image puppet
On the first utv ident the music is the chorus of an irish folk song, where the mountains of mourne sweep down to the sea
All of these defunct networks sound much better than the ones we have here in America!
I think the TVS Ident that went into the 'Coast to Coast' titles was - and remains - the best intro to the local news. I just loved the way the ident went seamlessly into the titles. And while most of the logos and idents look a little 'old hat' in 2019, I think the last TVS Logo would still look fine on screen today - still looks fresh and modern.
I think some of the central cake idents still hold up well too
That entire debacle of Southern's franchise is fascinating. And their goodbye program, Ooof!
11:37 "May I on behalf of Scottish Television wish you better viewing in the future"
True indeed.
Oh hello didn't think to see you there
What.
@@Mcfaddenskyler I didn't think you would've commented here
Well, I did.
The Ulster Television ident from the late 60s or whenever (16:30) is so sweet and innocent. "and then Baby Bear danced down to the Dingly Dell where he met his friends by the River Foyle…"
It was from 1959
A real walk down memory lane for all current and ex-ITV folk
I miss those days....spending ages trying to tune old channel 5 to get HTV Wales (from Lancashire) and being genuinely interested in seeing the Channel TV ident 'for real' while on holiday in Jersey in the late 80s. God, I was one boring b******!
Matt Davies I did the Channel 5 HTV thing as well (I grew up in Wigan). Later on I used it to pick up S4C and spend hours spellbound, wondering what they were all talking about.
Matt Davies I did the Channel 5 HTV thing as well (I grew up in Wigan). Later on I used it to pick up S4C and spend hours spellbound, wondering what they were all talking about.
Martyn Mellodew and Matt daves i like you!
In the 70s, we used to spend a couple of weeks in Kent at my grandparents' house on the Isle of Sheppey. I can remenber, even though I was little, being rather surprised that their ITV was Thames rather than Southern and was told that the signal was stronger from London rather than tuning into Dover's transmitter.
22:59 big yorkshire tv with many small yorkshire tvs
Ah yes… the itv identity crisis
I miss the old ITV idents. Everytime I hear Central I wait for Auf Weidershen Pet theme. Excuse the dodgy German spelling. My "local" was STV
Although I was brought up in Bury St. Edmunds (so Anglia TV region) I always liked the ‘70s Southern (makes me think of “How”!) and HTV idents especially the early psychedelic monochrome version...
I've lived in the states all my life, these logos are pretty interesting, the only ones I've ever seen on any TV set are London Weekend (on a videocassette of Upstairs Downstairs)(which I didn't even watch all of) and the Thames logo-I think the second one shown here- opening reruns of Benny Hill and a really weirdly syndicated show called Rumpole on the Bailey, that my mother used to watch.
I'm also an American fan of ITV idents. You're right that LWT and Thames are the only ones regularly known to US viewers (mainly from Upstairs, Downstairs and Benny Hill). Anglia's flag used to be on Knightmare (but was plastered by ITV's logo in later reruns).
The local PBS station and the independent station in my Midwestern hometown showed *a lot* of British imports from the 70s-90s, so I remember LWT (Upstairs Downstairs), Thames (Man About The House and Robin's Nest, as well as Benny Hill and Rumpole), Anglia (Survival, a nature show), Granada (Brideshead Revisited, Coronation Street, Jeeves and Wooster), and ATV (the 60s version of The Avengers and Space 1999). Plus, we got ITN's international version of their "News at Ten" in the 80s, so I also remember Trevor McDonald!
11:12 "Three, two, one... roll"? :D
Also that last HTV one is suuuuuper 80s, like the perfect example of late 80s (or very early 90s) idents that get parodied today in video games and such :)
I always liked the Southern (70’s version not shown in this compilation) and HTV idents as a boy...
This Is Carlton, Television For London
This is Rediffusion, broadcasting on the London station of the Independent Television Authority.
Longer than the National Anthem!
0:07
15:53 southern:hey! I'm alive! Dissapears. Really?
TVS:IM A WINNER! Dissaprs. Aww.
Meridian:wait, why I'm still here?
Meridian: I’m A WINNER! YESSSSS!
Good lord, calm down, No one's going to sue you.
With the copyright system on this site, you never can tell.
Too right, my friend! My father once worked for Associated Rediffusion.
redhairkid how did you know?
redhairkid that’s a shocker.
The TVS And HTV Idents Are My Favorite Two.
The HTV logo was a piece of genius, making the letters look like a TV aerial on the mast.
The original black and white line strobe-fest Harlech one from the 60s was unlike any other before or since
@@2xanaida I think it worked better on 405 lines but suffered from moire patterning on 625
Harlech / HTV ... puts you into a trance!
17:42 Peter Cadbury sounds a little bit like Q out of the Bond films.
The model ship named "Westward Ship".
That tune is from the last gmtv year
I'm probably wierd for thinking this, but is it just me or does the LWT ident look like aquafresh toothpaste? 😂😂
Its just you cause the colors are supposed to represent the british flag
0:36 dang this was rare
These are great - some are wonderfully pompous.
2:27
And now from Norwich, it's the quiz of the week!
0:36: ITV Regions
Idk why but I knew the first central ident
Born and raised in the early 90's down in the south, I grew up with TVS/Meridian!
Looking back, it was interesting for all these independent little broadcasting companies under one wing to provide their own identities for the different parts of Britain they aired!
Kind of a shame they gradually toned back those regional identities until they all just got called ITV or STV everywhere with their respective regions only being brought up on the regional news! 'Twas a neat concept this Independent Television. It wasn't so much a full-on company back then as it was a concept!
I grew with htv too! :) But now I live in Finland :(
17:11
_"And Westcountry welcomes you into the new year now with our film featuring the talents of Dudley Moore and Eddie Murphy, who together cause mayhem in the military. Fast talking is their Best Defense."_
- Ian Brass
最初の学校ではたくさんのパンケーキの朝食、新たな始まりの物語、放課後に会いましょう、新しいものが生まれた、誕生、デートの恋の学校、遅刻したパントーストの追いかけっこ。
If they knew what was ahead ,methinks the big ITV stations like Granada,Yorkshire & Central would've held off a big pointless merger & formed their own channels with whats in their vaults & a local fanbase.Who can show the same loyalty to W(atch), Dave or Dmax?
When TV was far better good comedies, good films and none of this reality TV crap that we pay for and don't want on our screens.
KYTV also parodied the Carlton idents.
Barbara Kirk Probably created by the same company, Lambie Nairn.
I like the salute to ITV history, although there are some idents missing in some of the chronology. Though, either way, good job!
My favorites - 6:08 7:51 10:50 13:36 14:49 15:03 23:25
That was Central.
My only complaint (mind you, this is geared towards the original creator of this compilation) is the inclusion of the GMTV indents. It would've been better if the TVAM logos were used instead.
Channeleven Seconded.
Lee Mendham Thanks
+Lee Mendham I agree also!
Sir/madam I disagree. GMTV has been a part of ITV and so should be included BUT I do agree with you that the lack of TVAM is disappointing.
I have all the old ITA transmitter Picasso slides and some 45 itv start ups music and announcements from 1956 to the start of the IBA
12:39
Really miss romantic Southern statement
My God, this video is now 7 years old!
it's 9 now bahaha
10
@@yorkshireball_animations And it's now 11.
No HTV West:(
What did the "Channel 8" bit for Tyne Tees refer to? Even after BBC2 started in 1964 there were only three channels in any one area (BBC1, BBC2, ITV), perhaps a fourth if you could pick up neighbouring ITV franchise? Or did it mean the UHF channel it was broadcast on?
The VHF channel at the time. In the Midlands ATV was on Channel 8 (Lichfield transmitter) and BBC (1) on Channel 4 from Sutton Coldfield. IIRC there were 13 VHF channels in total
Royston Haines - interesting, thanks for the answer. Wonder why TT incorporated the VHF channel in their branding, but the other franchisees apparently didn't?
Westward TV did for a time (Channels 8 and 10) for the Stockland Hill and Caradon Hill transmitters. Hunt around on here and you'll find them.
I believe Granada had a sung one "You're looking in on Channel 9.. Granada"
@@explorer806 STV did for both vhf and uhf. Used to see it on a Saturday morning
0:30 Guo Xiang will be mad.
Like what you did with the TVS roll-over!
does anyone have more info on the hovis ad at 14:23?
I think the knife thrower was Tommy Trinder, a popular British comedian in the 1950s and '60s
6:21 I remember this Channel television logo
6:56 GMTV news
I like the Westward scenery film.
mazzab1970 Used in the coloured start-ups.
I hated it.
Southern ident was always How and Yorkshire was always Rising Damp
Border = Mr and Mrs, with Derek Batey.
And Yorkshire.....3...2....1
Nooo Yorkshire ident always meant Emmerdale Farm. I agree with you about Southern tho.
Anglia was always Sale Of The Century.
I miss the old ITV when it was 16 tv stations and not the one that it is today.
Anglia was always Survival.
gbhxu Granada Was the oldest one, lasting until 2013.
15:49 looks like an old intro to Thomas and Friends.
Funny how Granada was amoung the biggest of the independent TV stations, yet they never had an iconic ident jingle.
They had the stripe, which I don’t believe is shown here
Tim Barker They did have one in 1989-90 that had a silhouette of some grass with logo in the sky, the region didn’t use the generic 89 ident for them, then they used the stripe with the same library track as The IBA were using.
16:03 MERIDIAN?! DURING TVS?! FORESHADOWING? HOW?
I’m pretty sure that version of the Coast to Coast intro was made after TVS lost the South East franchise to Meridian.
2Tri 1992
nice of Meridian to throwback to both it's predecessors
9:36 this logo
Grampian Colour kinda sounds like a train announcement bell
I grew up with Scottish TV but I do remember once we got Grampian TV instead
Top 1009 logo to explore
What is the difference between the second and third Thames tv ident
16:30 every lullaby ever
Have you got any classic videos of rhino from gladiators 1990s please thank you very much
There was GMTV but no TVAM?
Carlton = CRAPTON.
So true. They had some good idents though.
ITV Logos in ABC Order
3:16
3:28 wait,is CVTV stealing from ITV/ATV or vice versa?
The ITV (1950s to 1996) Intros Starter Pack:
ITV, Anglia, ATV, Border, Central, Channel TV, Grampian, Granada, HTV (Harlech Television), LWT (London Weekend Television), Meridian, Scottish, Southern, Thames, Tyne Tees, TSW (Television South West), TVS Television, Ulster, Westward, Yorkshire Television
I was always pretty miffed that we had no nice little musical ditty for our region.. (Granada)
Pete Marr I believe there was a misty Sky ident in the 90’s for the region because Granada didn’t use the crappy Generic 1989 ident for them. That was the only moving ident I know for Granada.
Those fancy jingles weren't for the likes of us!😁 mind you, could have been worse. Could have lived in the Border area. 😂
The owner of Granada at the time thought musical idents and in-vision continuity was ‘common’
The owner of Granada at that time thought that musical idents and in-vision continuity were ‘common’
@@adrianatkins3128 Thanks so much Adrian.
excuse my rediffusion logo but the mc championship is coming/here right now/came
Get Married!
Rediffusion sign on 0:17
Where's TV-AM?
The TVS and meridian commercial logos are fun to use. But big center copyed the TVS ONE!
The Meridian logo looks stylish, bit of a shame ITV dropped frontcaps by the time they arrived so the rest of the country didn't get to see it
If it's up to 96,where's the Anglia Flag??
10:08 can you please
12:50 southern's last call
YO
10:40 this font looks creepy
Done connect
📺🍞😶
LMAO at carton telepackaging
BUT MY FAVORITE IN THERE IS...
1-ABC
2-ATV
3-CENTRAL
4-HARLECH TELEVISION
5-SCOTTISH TELEVISION
6-SOUTHERN
7-TYNE TEES TELEVISION (COLOUR)
8-TVS
9-TELEVISION FOR WALES AND WEST/TELEDU CYMRU (TWW CHANNEL 10 AND TWW COLOUR)
10-YORKSHIRE TELEVISION
But I DON'T LIKE IS MERIDIAN!!!
OH MY FAVORITE IS CARLTON AND HARLECH (HTN WALES)
I like grampian the best
@@nelazstfmovedold *HTV
The year I was born to the year tv got screwed up imho.....
14:40
Super Gran, anyone?
Carlton TV: 1991-2021
Southern: 1955-2021
Anglia: 1955-2021
Ulster Television: 1955-2021
Television South: 1955-2021
Harlech Television: 1955-2021
Yorkshire: 1955-2021
Westward: 1955-2021
Thames: 1955-2021
Scottish Television: 1955-2021
Channel television: 1955-2021
Granada: 1955-2021
Grampian: 1955-2021
Meridian: 1991-2021
London Weekend Television: 1955-2021
Associated Television: 1955-2021
Central: 1982-2021
Associated British Company: 1955-2021
Tyne Tees Television: 1955-2021
Television South West: 1982-2021
Westcountry: 1991-2021
Television Wales and the West: 1955-2021
Teledu Cymru: 1955-2021
Rediffusion: 1955-2021
Border Television: 1955-2021
Independent Television: 1955-2021
What is ABC (United kingdom)
+Cook Skuk No, it's Associated British Corporation
+davba2 It's Both.
+TheChickenBoy5 AKA PhoenixHero67 Only up until the launch of ITV. The ITA forced Associated Broadcasting to change its name, and so it became ATV. Therefore officially, ABC stands for Associated British Corporation.
@AHPGamer2021 don't want
I meant ABC (England)
Hehe
Associated Broadcasting Company, as someone else said.
That you were saying was the original name of ATV or Associated Television. The other ABC is Associated British (Corporation/Cinemas) if my memory was clear enough.
Oh yes, cheers for correcting me.
Michelle Pedrosa Associated British Corporation
1:40
Central always ment auf weidersien pet
Gary Singlewood They also did Inspector Morse and Peak Practise before it became Carlton, they did Grotbags and Rod and Emu too. Boon was also theirs and Shine on Harvey Moon ( the reboot was by Meridian) and they also “presented” The Moomins and Stop Look Listen which used to be under their ATV name so both logos were shown for those programs.
Crossroads
And Blockbusters too. I liked the transition from the central ident to the blockbusters theme tune. Central provided the best programmes imo
8:34 Eye cancer
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Associated-Rediffusion
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CARLtON Central And Regional television for lONdon. CARLtON not a lot of people know that
I've never heard that but if it's true they created that afterwards because Carlton Communications existed for a good while before they got the licence to broadcast
Me mam worked at redifusion
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