TV Idents

[aspierail]

This is where we can discuss about TV Idents and do you think are they better today or back in the past.

If your not 100% sure what im on about i will give you a brief idea for example

BBC 1 it was known for its globes before the programme started.

http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/bbcone/index.html

BBC 2 in the 90s it had the number 2 such as paint ident, power ident, blade ident and so on.

http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/bbctwo/1991_idents.html

ITV it is nowadays known as ITV1 but before 27th October 2002 we had regional idents such as LWT, Anglia, Central, Meridian and so on

http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/itveast/idents.html

Channel 4 it was released in 2nd november 1982 and it used the colour blocks ident from 1982 to 1996.

http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/channel4/1982.html

 

[Dennis]

The ident that that baffled me was the Anglia one - a rotating polished silver model of a knight on a horse - what was that all about? Most of the other ITV franchises had quite simple logos.

 

[strange6]

The ident that that baffled me was the Anglia one - a rotating polished silver model of a knight on a horse - what was that all about? Most of the other ITV franchises had quite simple logos.

I liked the Central TV ident with the eclipse! You just knew you were in for some quality TV!

 

[Dennis]

I liked the Central TV ident with the eclipse! You just knew you were in for some quality TV!

What, like Crossroads . Nah, Thames - it's Thursday night, it's eight o'clock, it's the Benny Hill show.

 

[strange6]

What, like Crossroads . Nah, Thames - it's Thursday night, it's eight o'clock, it's the Benny Hill show.

yeah, Thames is another classic I grant you

 

[LE Greys]

The ident that that baffled me was the Anglia one - a rotating polished silver model of a knight on a horse - what was that all about? Most of the other ITV franchises had quite simple logos.

Apparently it's this.

It baffled me, too, but I was more used to the triangular design thing.

 

[strange6]

Apparently it's this.

It baffled me, too, but I was more used to the triangular design thing.

Anglia did give us Nicholas Parsons and 'The sale of the century' so it wasn't all that bad!

 

[Hydro]

I liked the BBC2 ones, with the paint splash et al. It reminds me of BBC2, 6pm on a weeknight, and we have The Simpsons followed by Fresh Prince of Bel Air. Great to eat your tea to.

 

[Dennis]

The Anglia knight, a sports trophy - what a random choice for a logo; I would have thought there were plenty of other things that could have given a local identity to their programs.

 

[MidnightFlyer]

It reminds me of BBC2, 6pm on a weeknight, and we have The Simpsons followed by Fresh Prince of Bel Air. Great to eat your tea to.

The Simpsons was a single episode on Mondays, and double bill on Fridays... Dread to think how many times I did this as a 9 year old with nothing to do on a Friday night!

 

[LE Greys]

The one I remember was Star Trek on BBC 2 on Wednesdays at 6 p.m. A fact of life throughout my childhood for at least seven years of The Next Generation, plus re-runs of The Original Series (both parents are first-generation Trekkies, so it kind of follows). It was the one night we didn't watch the news. To me, Anglia always meant detective stories (Inspector Morse and A Touch of Frost especially) plus their dastardly takeover of Formula 1 in 1997.

I suppose when you grow up in a village and aren't old enough to go to the pub, there's not much else to do. Everything always happened during the day and somewhere else, and always involved getting in the car and driving somewhere. Evenings were at home in front of the telly, and that was how life was.

 

[Greenback]

I always liked the old HTV logo - particurlarly when it was on the big advert at Paddington - 'HTV, Your Station Back Home'

 

[90019]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJPdZsgeCco

 

[thefab444]

I always rather liked this era of Carlton idents, which I believe were created by Lambie-Nairn. Shame there wasn't much else to like about Carlton! Although not as bad as Granada I grant you.

More locally, the original launch idents used by Meridian were pretty good.

 

[170399]

when i was younger the BBC 2 idents with the 2 scared the living daylights out of me


Idents but way off the BBC area

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtzcpoTu1Sg

I think these are brilliant idents

 

[flymo]

I used to enjoy watching the Discovery Home & Leisure idents. Quite clever I thought.

As a kid though, when visiting family in the south of England or Scotland I always thought it weird to watch Scottish TV or TVS instead of Tyne-Tees. Felt like I was in a different world...

Also the "Schools and Colleges" sequences were always fun at school, 60...59....58....57... until the teacher said "SHUT UP"

Ah happy days.

 

[170399]

I used to enjoy watching the Discovery Home & Leisure idents. Quite clever I thought.

As a kid though, when visiting family in the south of England or Scotland I always thought it weird to watch Scottish TV or TVS instead of Tyne-Tees. Felt like I was in a different world...

Also the "Schools and Colleges" sequences were always fun at school, 60...59....58....57... until the teacher said "SHUT UP"

Ah happy days.

Lol the Discovery Ident is brill i remember them