Favourite and worst ITV ident?

[Central]

Think back to when ITV had regions and not this silly nonsense they have today


So what is yours?

My favourite is Central.
I think its because I grew up with it. I dont remember the moon ident but the Cake one I remember alot. Shame it went.

My Worst is Granada
It used to be Yorkshire until I watched the Granada ones I just think they are so boring and lifeless.

[frogstamper]

When I was a kiddie in the early 70s on the south coast we used to have "Southern Television", it then changed to "TVS" and finally ended up as Meridian.
Also I remember before Central it used to be ATV, I can picture the logo after getting in from school, just as Crossroads started. The one I suppose I disliked, though more for the program than the station, was that awful program, "Mr and Mrs", it used to be on Border Television with a guy named Derrick Battie.

I remember THAMES TV and ATV I think the best are from BBC 2 and Channel 4.

[tweetypie/8]

Originally Posted by Enuff

I remember THAMES TV and ATV I think the best are from BBC 2 and Channel 4.

il'l go along with that.

[Halcyon]

This makes me think back to being at Uni when we had to study idents.

I remember really liking the BBC1 hot air baloons.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=D1-Y-DSRYnk

[Chris]

The Central ident from the 1980s was my favourite, a silvery globe with rainbow colours around the left edge. You can see it here on Youtube, but be warned, it's attached to the opening credits of The Price is Right!

I didn't like Thames much, because it usually meant Rainbow was coming on, which I always thought was a bit boring.

Oh, and I'd completely forgotten how Yorkshire used to mess about with their ident for the opening credits of 3-2-1! Good old Youtube ...

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Incidentally, we still have our own idents in Scotland, where ITV plc is yet to take over. There are several, here's a couple of them:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbdpDBGhC9M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eg_yEi1sPoo

[joglynne]

Did there used to be one with a Knight in armour sitting on a horse?

[Chris]

Originally Posted by joglynne

Did there used to be one with a Knight in armour sitting on a horse?

Anglia

[joglynne]

Originally Posted by Chris T

Anglia

Ah yes, thanks Chris. Childhood memories revived of eating toasted crumpets in front of the fire and seeing the knight appear on the old 12in B&W TV.

[frogstamper]

Originally Posted by joglynne

Did there used to be one with a Knight in armour sitting on a horse?

I always remember that one lynne, because it usually meant the start of "Sale of the Century" with Nicolas Parsons, all those great prizes each week like a teasmade or a canteen of cutlery...oh dear we were easily pleased in those days.

[joglynne]

I still am. easily pleased, that is.

[frogstamper]

Originally Posted by joglynne

I still am. easily pleased, that is.

You sound the ideal wife lynne...

[Paul M]

I used to like this ;

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/files/ATV.mpeg

[kingbuxton]

Unreal, saw the thread, what was the one that used to come before Sale of the Century you all beat me to it.

[Hom3r]

I'm old enough to remember only three channels that finished around midnight, then they played the National Anthem