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The ITV Network: Part 21 - London Weekend Television
Our journey through the ITV Network continues here on the Ident Review Extra! This time around, we're finishing off our look in the London region, by taking a look at the company that took over ATV's duties of broadcasting in the capitol during the weekends! Starting up in tandem with the weekday service, Thames Television, join me as we look through nearly five decades worth of idents, from London Weekend Television!
The Ident Review Extra began in the April of 2020 and covered all of the idents seen on BBC2 during the 1990's and early 2000's. After a Christmas runs in December, the series has had a long rest. But now it's back, taking a trip through all the different regions of the ITV Network!
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@jamiegatiss9244 2 жыл бұрын

I found this channel yesterday and binged the most of it. This is stupid retro nostalgia I love and we need more of it. Thanks and Godspeed with the channel.

@KRPTV 2 жыл бұрын

The one at 3:11 is my favourite, the star shape bursting into tiny red, white and blue particles, a lot of effort gone into that one.

@GGYT. 2 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed LWT's idents! I really like the video-wall ident, it looks so nice to me! If LWT would be around in 2022, then I would after school instantly get my VPN and tune in!

@tomhekker 2 жыл бұрын

I am from Germany but spent a lot of my childhood in London.. together with the Thames intro the LWT intro will also always be stuck in my head..

@ManF3 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing ident review of London Weekend Television idents! My favourite ident from LWT would of course be the 1996 ident, aka the best ident of the ITV network in my opinion. The CGI animation is absolutely fantastic. It's also an really memorable ident for viewers in London, UK, along with Thames Television's 1969 ident.

@halfwayloyal 2 жыл бұрын

I liked the LWT ident that didn't break up at the end. Ie followed the contours of the river (very loosely)

@aldeanblair9727 2 жыл бұрын

I love LWT it bring my childhood memories and they got good shows as well

@jamessylviasyracuse-little865 2 жыл бұрын

LWT also tended to do a lot of the national weekend evening shows so in a way became ITVs weekend channel. One thing that might be cool for you to show us, is how a lot of the colour idents looked like in black and white as it took ages for everyone to get colour TV especially if you were further from London.

@greenspain9142 2 жыл бұрын

Another great AMTV video. As always, packed full of interesting info. LWT , the only station that gave rise to a spoof TV channel, (Rutland Weekend Television)

@garyjenkins6753 2 жыл бұрын

Great episode! LWT had some great idents. I have a feeling that “Your weekend ITV” was only seen in London mainly before local programmes, always thought that was a bit naff compared to the main Idents. Also always enjoyed the stark handover from Thames on Friday evening. It was aimed to make an mark and announce the start of the weekend, in a much more upbeat way. (And the 6 O’Clock Show titles always were good, but that’s another story)

@lodgemj1971 2 жыл бұрын

This is correct. Your weekend ITV version was only used in London, it wasn’t national.

@DannyMB24 2 жыл бұрын

A particularly interesting franchise ident collection indeed.

@jasejj 2 жыл бұрын

The 1996 main ident has always reminded me a lot of the 1985 Grampian one, very similar formup.

@segascott87 2 жыл бұрын

OMG! I miss this so much, I wish that will come back to ITV again.

@davidpanton3192 2 жыл бұрын

Love the wayyou can see the hand animation in the splitting river logo (the one I remember best).

@rajnirvan3336 2 жыл бұрын

LWT was unique and the start of the weekend. Always tuned in to the handover every Friday from Thames. Remember when change Thames didn't really like mentioning their name or vice versa until the last year of Thames. Was upset when LWT ended 2002

@john_smith1471 2 жыл бұрын

The London Weekend river idents are my favourite versions, a classic 70s look, we still seem them when talking pictures tv channel shows an old LWT series, such as Budgie or Gentle Touch, but when Upstairs Downstairs was shown the ident and end caps were missing, just showed an itv studios end cap, however the re-recorded first episode because of the 1970 colour strike did have the original river ident, thereafter none.

@fiverZ 2 жыл бұрын

Hate when they retroactively modify a program by removing parts of it like that :/

@RebeccaPhythian 2 жыл бұрын

A great review - some of these looks really familiar. I wonder if I maybe saw them on TV when I went to my families house in London. 💫

@AdamMartyn 2 жыл бұрын

You may well have done! Especially with the strong similarities to Colgate toothpaste 😁

@timg5tm941 2 жыл бұрын

Good video. Along with the BobTheFish channel, you guys cover this well, with different styles.

@AdeoF 2 жыл бұрын

I was waiting for this for a long time and I gotta say. It was worth the wait for the LWT review! Thanks Adam! I also argee on how amazing the 1996 ident was, I also like the video wall (2000/2002) ident even if not everybody liked it 😎

@andyhessey 2 жыл бұрын

The 1986 idents had 2 versions depending on what type of programme it was. The first (longer) version was for networked programmes, the second shorter version was for local programmes only. It's known as "Genesis". The long version is also my mobile message tone :-D

@jbtv7955 2 жыл бұрын

Cool video Adam LWT is an awesome itv weekend region because on Friday night - Sunday at 7pm when LWT started but until 1982 because LWT started at 5 : 15 pm because of franchise changes. However in 1968 the day after LWTs launch from August 3rd-18th the itv nations strike happened. Although On The Buses is a classic LWT Production Comedy.

@nathanodowd-tapp3182 2 жыл бұрын

Yet again amazing video Adam! Love your work! From Australia

@AdamMartyn 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Nathan!

@centrevezgaming4862 2 жыл бұрын

LWT gave us shows like Dempsey and makepeace and Gladiators

@MichaelOKeefe2009 2 жыл бұрын

Also known as "Wyndon Weekend Television" in the Galar Region.

@ArianesDrawingPH 2 жыл бұрын

Oh, Maybe it was owned by Chairman Rose! Yes! I want to see this TV Channel in Pokemon Journeys!

@John-wz7yu 2 жыл бұрын

I miss the Thames - LWT hand over on Friday night's it because ment no school in the morning and some great shows too watch,,,

@rajnirvan3336 Ай бұрын

I repeat that what you said. Yes all of us no school for 2 days and for me no parents too😂😂. Would look forward to going to my now late grandparents house Friday afternoon. Would always wait for the handover. My favourite Friday night shows were either Play Your Cards Right or Family Fortunes with Bob Monkhouse

@jackbamber2864 2 жыл бұрын

Thames Television switch to London Weekend Television (LWT) on New Year's Day 1982 with a New time 5:15pm every Friday

@johnking5174 2 жыл бұрын

LWT had lobbied the IBA to move their Friday start time to 5.15pm, as LWT claimed Thames Television were placing poorly rated shows at 6.30pm to ensure LWT had a bad lead in for their start at 7pm Fridays. Thames Sport was commonly used, a programme which was minority and did not pull in the family audience on a Friday night.

@GallopCrush 2 жыл бұрын

Lot of memories of the 90st logo watching London Burning.

@jamesbooker6103 2 жыл бұрын

And the London studios previously London weekend television is about to come crashing to the ground so said

@mikemartin2957 2 жыл бұрын

What a waste, & have seen the 1971 documentary about it's construction .starting 1970. surly a large iconic studio in the centre of London would be a thing to save , especially as so much TV history was produced there , mostly for ITV network , but some shows on BBC1& 2 were produced there.

@VHSArtifacts 2 жыл бұрын

nice one mate 💪 sorry ain’t been active aint had any time but hope your doing good 🙏

@arthurvasey 2 жыл бұрын

London eekend Television! The River one always reminded me of records on the Atlantic record label - particularly the likes of Boney M and The Trammps! Anyone ever write LWT on the bathroom mirror in Colgate toothpaste?

@marksinthehouse1968 2 жыл бұрын

LWT was class you only had to look at the south bank Tv centre ,that was heavily shown ,the invision continuity announcers have a picture of it behind them and mr Lewis proudly saying this is LWT broadcasting from our studios on the south bank,sadly it’s up for demolishing to be replaced by offices and yuppy flats ,itv is now to me pants once a great channel with all its regions .love the channel BTW its interesting thank you 👍🏻😊

@martyonline1957 2 жыл бұрын

sadly these days, itv just want programmes paid for by voting on this number. the days were when they had big budget productions and the likes of Lew Grade involved. If Lew Grade was still alive, he's be spinning in his grave now

@chucklefun487 2 жыл бұрын

Great video.

@edbateyjr.517 Жыл бұрын

Thames ident was #1, LWT was 2nd. 👍🏾 Nice!👍🏾

@fiverZ 2 жыл бұрын

There was a newer ident introduced in 1995 retaining the old LWT logo before the new logo was introduced in 1996. There was also a different version of the video wall ident introduced in 2000 that was much more red in colour compared to the later and final version you showed here.

@PeterRapley-gv5vt Ай бұрын

If anything is thoroughly modern, it'll be London Weekend Television and their style of lights entertainment.

@oneurope 2 жыл бұрын

The company name was London Weekend until 1978. That’s why it was absent in the first few.

@johnking5174 2 жыл бұрын

Actually it was always London Weekend Television, it was just the publicity and promos that simply used the name London Weekend.

@rtc9063 2 жыл бұрын

You can see the vast difference in LWT only bidding £7,500,000 annually for its franchise compared to the £43 million paid by Carlton. LWT was always the far superior in the 90's in both on screen presentation and obviously it provided programmes to the network. You can see why Granada went for LWT and left Carlton in 1994!

@michaelfortheloss292 2 жыл бұрын

1996 ident...10/10. Nothing else to say. Awesome video as always 😊

@rogerdarthwell5393 2 жыл бұрын

Iconic idents

@dashfatbastard 2 жыл бұрын

I have some Rutland Weekend Television stuff. Great stuff from Eric Idle and Neil Innes👍

@chantingmammal 2 жыл бұрын

I love this logo

@PeterRapley-gv5vt Ай бұрын

Shows like Metal Mickey, Play Your Cards Right, Cannon and Ball, I think make LWT thoroughly modern.

@thomasstevens2746 2 жыл бұрын

Great video!!

@andresbravo2003 2 жыл бұрын

Much as I ever enjoyed this!

@AdamMartyn 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks pal!

@jimbo6059 2 жыл бұрын

The river ident was magenta white and cyan, when they changed to your weekend itv, it changed to red white and blue. I used to get scared when the Solari ident came out. The genisis ident was a bit better as it was the letters fading into view, the solari had the venetian blind effect which was mainly used in LWT optouts, such as local news.

@replaythisgame948 2 жыл бұрын

Yeet the first logo that came after 1989 is cool

@KenzieRetro 2 жыл бұрын

I keep forgetting how many franchises itv had. Won't be surprised if this run finishes with yorkshire Also, the 1996 variant i remember being at the end of gladiators

@pablobratcat 2 жыл бұрын

I always associate this ident with The 6 O'clock Show

@highpath4776 2 жыл бұрын

Though before LWT as such, the programmes I recall , apart from World of Sport, were Police 5 with Shaw Taylor, anything with Janet Street Porter, (and Clive James). The Golden Shot with Bob Monkhouse ( I think made by ATV in Birmingham), there was the odd Theatre/Play / South Bank Show that were a bit too highbrow for me.

@apmcd47 2 жыл бұрын

I don't think I've seen that 1983 intro before, and somehow I feel it lost the point of the original whilst trying to keep it. Surely a better animation would have been to have three coloured ribbons fluttering in the wind before merging into first the "river logo" (never heard that term before) and then the LWT one? By the way, don't you mean Aquafresh rather than Colgate?

@AlexPerrine 2 жыл бұрын

Once the ITV stuff is done, AMTV should talk about the PBS stations

@johnking5174 2 жыл бұрын

8:11 - In 1996, LWT had been owned for two years by Granada Television. The management at Granada wanted to not rock the boat when they took ownership of LWT in 1994, but come 1996 they wanted to spruce and freshen up the idents of LWT and they did so here.

@wilrc6 2 жыл бұрын

LWT what was inspired my channel name and logo.

@rajnirvan3336 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely the 1978 version was the best as it was the 1st I remember. Programmes were Play Your Cards Right, Russ Abbott's Madhouse, Cannon And Ball, Punchlines, Weekend World and plenty of other great shows

@Lee_River Ай бұрын

For me, the "river" ident (with or without the "T") and music is an unbeatable iconic classic. The video wall was pretty good too. The "shutters" designs have not aged well and were pretty naff even at the time.

@EddieMillerStudios 2 жыл бұрын

The 1969 logo makes me think of Match Game.

@johnking5174 2 жыл бұрын

The 1989 generic ITV look for LWT was the first LWT presentation I remember, as I was born in 1985, with this generic look at 2:52 launching in September 1989.

@fifamobile2312 2 жыл бұрын

Now is only Yorkshire tv then it’s done

@dominewimbury2039 2 жыл бұрын

My weekend television. They were fabulous up until the 1996 ones. They weren't too bad though

@cricketexplained8526 2 жыл бұрын

It would be nice if you linked to or named the intro or b/g music used in your videos. There's some quite good stuff in them. I appreciate that it might not always be a quick task though.

@ErraticPT 2 жыл бұрын

Most of the post "river" idents they used are simply too "busy" imo. Its as if they got some new and expensive 3D software/ Quantel boxes and just HAD to use them! No matter what just to justify them.

@indigohammer5732 2 жыл бұрын

Do you know of any plans to celebrate forty years of Channel 4 being on air?

@wotdoesthisbuttondo 2 жыл бұрын

Did you remove my comment mentioning Rupert Murdoch/Benny hill?

@magesnz 2 жыл бұрын

I don’t understand why there was 2 tv franchises for London, it’s the only place in the world where there is a weekend tv network? Is there a reason why?

@11nitrox 5 ай бұрын

Given the size of the audience and the ability to charge more for advertising and thus make more programmes, the London franchise was split into weekday and a weekend providers. No company was permitted to hold both of these franchises simultaneously. This helped prevent either company from becoming too dominant in the ITV network.