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Post by Sam Tyler on Apr 21, 2015 8:30:28 GMT
My old mum still calls ITV 'ITA'!
So does my father-in-law, but he also calls the kitchen "the kitchenette" and the fridge "the Fridgidaire". Old habits die hard!
It is certainly great to see them all again as they are usually forgotten with each new version that appears or as the regional TV has been rebranded.
Sam
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Post by Del Boy on Apr 21, 2015 9:03:10 GMT
My old mum still calls ITV 'ITA'!
So does my father-in-law, but he also calls the kitchen "the kitchenette" and the fridge "the Fridgidaire". Old habits die hard!
It is certainly great to see them all again as they are usually forgotten with each new version that appears or as the regional TV has been rebranded.
Sam
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Post by Sam Tyler on Apr 21, 2015 10:36:48 GMT
So does my father-in-law, but he also calls the kitchen "the kitchenette" and the fridge "the Fridgidaire". Old habits die hard!
It is certainly great to see them all again as they are usually forgotten with each new version that appears or as the regional TV has been rebranded.
Sam
Blimey is his garage the stable ? No, it is "The Lean-to" 
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Post by Steve Austin on May 22, 2015 13:49:01 GMT
TV ain't what it used to be!! Great thread this. Like some of you, for me the Central one is synonymous with AWP and the Yorkshire TV one I associate with 321. I grew up in the NE and so we had Border TV which was pretty dull in comparison to most.
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Post by John Steed on May 22, 2015 20:23:31 GMT
I used to have the Thames Television Ident as my text alert on my phone  Steed |
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Post by Tyne Tees Colour on May 31, 2015 7:59:17 GMT
Hi all,
A blast from my youth:
This was my favourite TTTV ident (1969-79).
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Post by Windy Miller on May 31, 2015 13:20:15 GMT
I used to have the Thames Television Ident as my text alert on my phone Steed I also have the Thames Television theme as my text alert (Salute To Thames) |
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Post by Tyne Tees Colour on Jun 3, 2015 7:04:01 GMT
Thanks Vienna. So Central was an amalgamation of two regions then. Central replaced ATV in the same region.
The IBA thought that ATV was too powerful (being a part of Lew Grade's wider organisation) - in particular as regards broadcasting, they didn't like how their main studios were in London (i.e. Elstree), but their broadcasting region was the Midlands.
They specified that a new franchise-holder must be based in the Midlands. ACC (the parent of ATV) set up Central Television to satisfy this requirement, and were its majority shareholder. Central TV thus were able to assume the franchise on 1st January 1982.
Part of the arrangement was that new studios were built in Nottingham, which also presented local news as a sub-region. I understand that Oxford also became a sub-region.
Despite ACCs reputation as being powerful, this was actually being undermined by financial difficulties brought on by their film projects. Ownership was wrestled away from Grade around the time that Central took over the franchise, and Central was to be sold off. The first season of 'Auf Wiedersehen Pet' was the last to be made at the ATV Elstree studios.
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Post by Peter Picard on Jul 24, 2015 17:31:43 GMT
I noticed on the Network release of Callan, the ident was simply thames written in white on a black background for the first series.
The second series the well known skyline picture was used but in an oval shape rather than the later colour full screen virsion.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2015 14:28:17 GMT
Think there were quite a few versions of the Thames television' they all looked the same to me! |
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