It's wonderful to see this after all these years. I first saw this footage on the day Southern TV opened up in the 1950s after which we were spoilt with a choice of TV channels. My dad told us kids to be quiet and watch the pictures because we would never see them again!!! THIS IS SOUTHERN TELEVISION ON CHANNEL 11 - this announcement was later dropped when channel 10 came online. I often hear Southern Rhapsody on Angel Radio. BBC was broadcast on channel 3 in central southern England. Happy memories. Thanks for posting.
I’m 60 but just remember that opening music & thank god for Angel - playing interesting music from before 1970 & music we haven’t all heard a million times before. given that Angel is based in Portsmouth the place must have a thing for music beyond the same old same old cos as a kid I found radio victory in 1977 which although slightly fuzzy from the distance was worthwhile as it played pop stuff beyond the top 20 unlike daytime radio 1s’ non stop abba bee gees & boney m 😁👍
Glad this piece of music along with the southern scenes has been posted. Emotional watching it as the last time I recall seeing it was with my late father about 1972. Proud of him as he was a broadcasting engineer with the I.T.A. later I.B.A. initially working from Hougham, Dover transmitter station. Thank you for posting.
Wow I too am back in my youth there's tears in my eyes too.. the middle bit always gets me. I have been humming that to all my grandchildren to get them to sleep for years. Thanks from South Australia..happy memories.
OH MY GOD !!!!!!.......I REMEMBER THIS MUSIC.....I HAVENT HEARD THIS SINCE I WAS A CHILD !!!.......INCREDIBLE FIND !!!......I REMEMBER THIS MUSIC WOULD PLAY IN THE MORNING WHILE ON THE TV SCREEN THERE WOULD BE B&W IMAGES OF SCENERY , WHITE CLIFFS AND SEAGULLS .......And NOW ITS JUST COMING UP ON THE SCREEN ...!!!!!.....HAVENT SEEN THIS SINCE I WAS 6 !!!!.....YIPPPEEEE !!!!.....LOLOL........WONDERFUL !........THANKS SO MUCH FOR THIS !.....BROUGHT TEARS OF JOY TO MY EYES !........XXX
I agree Supergran1000, I watched it every day from around the start to the end, almost every day. We had a rubbish TV but we always made sure it was warmed up enough to play this intro :-) staring at the screen expectantly until the pictures started. It had a lovely feel good factor about it :-) Really nice to see it again.
John Bates I remember this start up every day when I came home from school some well known pics corfe castle Brighton dome Dover etc but the 2 near the end are where I used to live Conghurst oast houses and the scene from the gate was overlooking Hawkhurst on Conghurst lane
I quite agree with you supergran 1000. The voice is that of [the late] great Brian Nissen who also went on to work for TVS untill her retired in 1985. The view of the horses in Bashley is just 100 yards from where I live in The New Forest! Great Video! GOD BLESS!
G'day Bluechickens, Thanx for posting this. The Southern Symphony always gives me goosebumps! Wonderful memories of a time gone by. I haven't seen this start up for a long time so thanx again.
Remember Benny? I usually say I can’t stand the Brummy accent,be he was such a loveable character,I could ALMOST forgive him for that! Ohh, & Sandy Richardson ( son of Meg) in the wheelchair who could forget them. As for the scenery,I believe it got MORE animated than MOST of the entire cast LOL !
I'm a little girl again! I remember rushing home from school in the sixties to watch Crossroads, and this piece of music always preceeded it. Particularly nostalgic to see the views of the South of England.
The track is now available from Radio Six Records as a download - 15 themes from ITA companies on a compilation "Start The Day". Go to All Celtic Music's website and search under Radio Six Records...
0:35. Brian Nissen: This is Southern Independent Television, transmitting on the Chillerton Down and Dover stations of the Independent Television Authority.
Remember it so well,I was ‘made in 1954,so kind of grew up with this,often at my grannies house,when parents were at work,until they came to collect me! Great tune,great visuals ( enpven in B/W!
Did you know Angel Radio play this every Sunday at 4.20 at the end of the request show because Angel Radio transmits on DAB from Chillerton Down Mast where Southern TV transmitted from 1958-81.
Elated to find this music after so long (via the Richard Addinsell Wikipedia entry). I'd been trying to find, via various interweb 'anorak' websites, something about this music that was ingrained from my tv-viewing childhood in the mid-to late 60s and where the borders of Hampshire and Wiltshire met. I also recall the opening featuring stills of oast-houses etc, as mentioned downthread. Very pictorial composition and a powerful musical evocation - set in my memory - of waves plangently striking the S.Coast from the White Cliffs, through the Solent, to Purbeck and Dancing Ledge.
"This is Southern Independent Television, broadcasting from transmitters of the Independent Broadcasting Authority in the South and South East of England."
Yes, they had a montages of Southern locations such as The Brighton Domes; Fawley Refinery; Southampton Docks, and the New Forest. Also had a shot of a rickety old gate - woukd love to know that location
There's a clip of the scenes at th-cam.com/video/21GNgeNZGHg/w-d-xo.html However the music has been shortened there (no oboe solo or hornpipe section) to fit the sequence (because originally the countdown clock - not that one ! - came in towards the end of the music IIRC).
I assume this was originally issued on one of the library 78s that was made available only to broadcasting stations ( Not sold in shops) on labels such as Conroy, Boosey & Hawkes, Southern, KPM, Harmonic etc, although I've seen around a 1000 different titles from the early 1950's to 1969 this one has eluded me. I say this as the background & themes played on tv programmes many are from these 78s up to 1969. These labels also issued 33rpm but not 45s except for a small run during 1960 on the Southern label. If you like light orchestral music do a search for these 33/78 records as there is some real fantastic listening melodies on them that never get airplay, it is what record collecting is all about "Discovery" & yes I remember as a child hearing "Southern Rhapsody" on tv at start-up times & always liked it then the same as I do now.
In the early years of colour transmission, the Test Card 'F' text originally said "ITA Southern Independent Television" in the bottom box before being changed around 1971 to "ITA Southern Television," both in the same Venus Bold Condensed font.
Was this Start-of-Broadcast theme written specifically for Southern Television? Does anyone know what it's called and whether or not a high quality version is available online?
I remember Ollie Kite and Kites Country. Always in black and white, but Ollie was always able to describe the clolour. Pity he died so sudden as he did
All very well, but as someone who lives in the old Southern area I can tell you that the audio needs to be around 5% slower in order for the "station that serves the south " to come in over the music. It did not resolve in silence - that was usually the clock.
![[REC] Rediffusion London Startup 1967](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/--3QQzXoocA/mqdefault.jpg)
It's wonderful to see this after all these years. I first saw this footage on the day Southern TV opened up in the 1950s after which we were spoilt with a choice of TV channels. My dad told us kids to be quiet and watch the pictures because we would never see them again!!! THIS IS SOUTHERN TELEVISION ON CHANNEL 11 - this announcement was later dropped when channel 10 came online. I often hear Southern Rhapsody on Angel Radio. BBC was broadcast on channel 3 in central southern England. Happy memories. Thanks for posting.
I’m 60 but just remember that opening music & thank god for Angel - playing interesting music from before 1970 & music we haven’t all heard a million times before. given that Angel is based in Portsmouth the place must have a thing for music beyond the same old same old cos as a kid I found radio victory in 1977 which although slightly fuzzy from the distance was worthwhile as it played pop stuff beyond the top 20 unlike daytime radio 1s’ non stop abba bee gees & boney m 😁👍
Glad this piece of music along with the southern scenes has been posted.
Emotional watching it as the last time I recall seeing it was with my late father about 1972. Proud of him as he was a broadcasting engineer with the I.T.A. later I.B.A. initially working from Hougham, Dover transmitter station.
Thank you for posting.
The music is called southern rhapsody
Wow I too am back in my youth there's tears in my eyes too.. the middle bit always gets me. I have been humming that to all my grandchildren to get them to sleep for years. Thanks from South Australia..happy memories.
OH MY GOD !!!!!!.......I REMEMBER THIS MUSIC.....I HAVENT HEARD THIS SINCE I WAS A CHILD !!!.......INCREDIBLE FIND !!!......I REMEMBER THIS MUSIC WOULD PLAY IN THE MORNING WHILE ON THE TV SCREEN THERE WOULD BE B&W IMAGES OF SCENERY , WHITE CLIFFS AND SEAGULLS .......And NOW ITS JUST COMING UP ON THE SCREEN ...!!!!!.....HAVENT SEEN THIS SINCE I WAS 6 !!!!.....YIPPPEEEE !!!!.....LOLOL........WONDERFUL !........THANKS SO MUCH FOR THIS !.....BROUGHT TEARS OF JOY TO MY EYES !........XXX
NOSTALGIA ain’t wot it used to be! I rember this from my childhood,usually at my gran’s house,lovely memories!
That's the best quality copy of the film I've seen. Thank you for putting it on TH-cam.
I agree Supergran1000, I watched it every day from around the start to the end, almost every day. We had a rubbish TV but we always made sure it was warmed up enough to play this intro :-) staring at the screen expectantly until the pictures started. It had a lovely feel good factor about it :-) Really nice to see it again.
John Bates I remember this start up every day when I came home from school some well known pics corfe castle Brighton dome Dover etc but the 2 near the end are where I used to live Conghurst oast houses and the scene from the gate was overlooking Hawkhurst on Conghurst lane
I quite agree with you supergran 1000. The voice is that of [the late] great Brian Nissen who also went on to work for TVS untill her retired in 1985. The view of the horses in Bashley is just 100 yards from where I live in The New Forest! Great Video! GOD BLESS!
G'day Bluechickens, Thanx for posting this. The Southern Symphony always gives me goosebumps! Wonderful memories of a time gone by. I haven't seen this start up for a long time so thanx again.
Very emotive for me as I listened to this preparing to watch Crossroads. Thanks for posting!
Remember Benny? I usually say I can’t stand the Brummy accent,be he was such a loveable character,I could ALMOST forgive him for that! Ohh, & Sandy Richardson ( son of Meg) in the wheelchair who could forget them. As for the scenery,I believe it got MORE animated than MOST of the entire cast LOL !
I'm a little girl again! I remember rushing home from school in the sixties to watch Crossroads, and this piece of music always preceeded it. Particularly nostalgic to see the views of the South of England.
So did I, but if this bus was late we missed the start of Crossroads which began for some odd reason at 4.23 although the T V Times listed it as 4.20!
CENTRAL PRESENTS
*ATV*
Wow 1970's Southern England watching TV before all the others in the house got up. Thank you
The track is now available from Radio Six Records as a download - 15 themes from ITA companies on a compilation "Start The Day". Go to All Celtic Music's website and search under Radio Six Records...
0:35.
Brian Nissen: This is Southern Independent Television, transmitting on the Chillerton Down and Dover stations of the Independent Television Authority.
Remember it so well,I was ‘made in 1954,so kind of grew up with this,often at my grannies house,when parents were at work,until they came to collect me! Great tune,great visuals ( enpven in B/W!
@@alanhappymanBTR Remember seeing Southern start up yonks ago when staying at an aunt's near Horsham. She could get Rediffusion/ATV London too!
How I wish I could go back to those innocent days in Dibden Purlieu, coming back from school and this being on.
Quite superb. Well done for posting
Did you know Angel Radio play this every Sunday at 4.20 at the end of the request show because Angel Radio transmits on DAB from Chillerton Down Mast where Southern TV transmitted from 1958-81.
You can also find Angel Radio on the internet, I listen to it all of the time.
Elated to find this music after so long (via the Richard Addinsell Wikipedia entry). I'd been trying to find, via various interweb 'anorak' websites, something about this music that was ingrained from my tv-viewing childhood in the mid-to late 60s and where the borders of Hampshire and Wiltshire met. I also recall the opening featuring stills of oast-houses etc, as mentioned downthread. Very pictorial composition and a powerful musical evocation - set in my memory - of waves plangently striking the S.Coast from the White Cliffs, through the Solent, to Purbeck and Dancing Ledge.
As I said earlier (up a bit from here) NOSTALGIA AINT WOT IT USED TO BE!
There are versions somewhere with the original Julian Pettifer voice over. The music is recorded by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
"This is Southern Independent Television, broadcasting from transmitters of the Independent Broadcasting Authority in the South and South East of England."
Brian Nissen, Fred Dineage, Jack Hargreaves
I still remember this tune. Didn't they used to have pictures of oast houses and such like?
Yes, they had a montages of Southern locations such as The Brighton Domes; Fawley Refinery; Southampton Docks, and the New Forest. Also had a shot of a rickety old gate - woukd love to know that location
There's a clip of the scenes at th-cam.com/video/21GNgeNZGHg/w-d-xo.html
However the music has been shortened there (no oboe solo or hornpipe section) to fit the sequence (because originally the countdown clock - not that one ! - came in towards the end of the music IIRC).
In the mid to late 1970's there used to be a full list of transmitters operating displayed on the screen and the announcer listing them all.
You can stand in that same spot at Corfe Castle today and see nothing has changed.
Remember this first time i have seen or heard it since the sixties
I assume this was originally issued on one of the library 78s that was made available only to broadcasting stations ( Not sold in shops) on labels such as Conroy, Boosey & Hawkes, Southern, KPM, Harmonic etc, although I've seen around a 1000 different titles from the early 1950's to 1969 this one has eluded me. I say this as the background & themes played on tv programmes many are from these 78s up to 1969. These labels also issued 33rpm but not 45s except for a small run during 1960 on the Southern label.
If you like light orchestral music do a search for these 33/78 records as there is some real fantastic listening melodies on them that never get airplay, it is what record collecting is all about "Discovery" & yes I remember as a child hearing "Southern Rhapsody" on tv at start-up times & always liked it then the same as I do now.
In the early years of colour transmission, the Test Card 'F' text originally said "ITA Southern Independent Television" in the bottom box before being changed around 1971 to "ITA Southern Television," both in the same Venus Bold Condensed font.
Was this Start-of-Broadcast theme written specifically for Southern Television? Does anyone know what it's called and whether or not a high quality version is available online?
I remember Ollie Kite and Kites Country. Always in black and white, but Ollie was always able to describe the clolour. Pity he died so sudden as he did
You can find a few of his films on TH-cam.
Maybe, but where is the Saturday Banana in the car park? 😀
Brian Nissen sounding awfully like Noel Coward there :)
Brian Nissen: a legend, beautifully spoken, and a lovely gentleman. Oh to have Southern Television on air again
Halcyon days
Is this real?
@tecdessus thank you
@tecdessus R.I.P Southern 1958-1982
All very well, but as someone who lives in the old Southern area I can tell you that the audio needs to be around 5% slower in order for the "station that serves the south " to come in over the music. It did not resolve in silence - that was usually the clock.
Not sure I agree with you. The cut to the scenery was perfectly timed.