Thanks!

I'm a Yank; I can relate. For me, it's just that inexplicable nostalgia I get despite never having viewed any of those startup sequences, tacky CGI idents, or closedowns featuring pompous renditions of the national anthem.

I’m a Brazilian expatriate living in America; having watched thousands of ephemera from both Brazilian and American televisions, I can relate with that fascination. It’s always been a fascination of mine to find videos from television stations in other countries. I guess it’s just plain curiosity and, after all, a country’s television industry reflects their values, so I guess it’s also some sort of tourist activity for me 😂

The ITV idents have a starkness, clarity and charm that is missing from much modern graphic design. The people behind these channels were pioneers but there was also a lot of talent and imagination around in the latter half of C20. Working within the constraints of 405 line black and white television, and competition between regions, pushed the designers to make something distinctive, clear and memorable. Less is more. Great that it still has international appeal.

pubwebmaster Well said.

pubwebmaster ... Kudos to that! I’ve always been more interested in those old videos from ITV than the ones from the BBC, if only because the last of ITV is certainly a glorious one, what with local television in Britain still being a thing back then.

redsnapper1959 the VT staff needed their cuppa at 4:30, hence the long test card ;-)

Trevor Dance, Yes.

YES. ILL REMEMBER REDVERS KYLE, JON KELLY AND MURIEL YOUNG. THERE WAS GOOD DAYS OF REDIFFUSION. I DO REMEMBER THE 5 0 CLOCK CLUB

Yes remember all that well having been brought up in London in the 1960's. Also can recall Nick Worrall as an announcer, with Fred Barker and Ollie Beak sitting with the Muriel, Redvers or Jon making announcements in Children's tv. Five O'Clock Club, Orlando yes!

YES I REMEMBER THE WEATHER MAN, REDVERS KLYE, JON KELLY AND MUARAL YOUNG. THEY WERE THE GOOD DAYS OF REDIFFUSION

@@andrewescalona8447 Laurie West was the weatherman.

Lol

It was pronounced slightly sloppily at least once in the audio.

A legend!

Ah, yes, the famed Yorkshire announcer.

Yes, Redvers for the ITA announcement BUT Robert Gladwell for the continuity anno. over the clock!

God bless you and the care you have given.

Thank You. GOD BLESS!

ATV did weekends until lwt started up

I like ya channel

Rediffusion, to me, was a curious form of television which continued to play the sound of the telly even after turning it off - a little white and grey box-like thing (we never had one at home - only in the psychiatric unit I was in) - the choice of channels varied from one area to another - in my area (Cleveland), the channel arrangement was as follows - the box went all the way round to L or M, but only A to F had any channels on them: A - BBC Radio 4 VHF (as it was then) B - BBC Radio Cleveland (the local station) C - Tyne-Tees D - Yorkshire (a bit ghosty, but I was surprised to get it at all - the signal came from a place somewhere in Billingham - even in Middlesbrough, we were too far north to receive it at all by normal methods - replaced by Channel 4 when it started in 1982) E - BBC 1 F - a curious hybrid of BBC 2, BBC Radio 1 and (in picture only) Yorkshire, for some weird reason - in those days, BBC 2 used to literally close down during the day - so the place radiating the signal put out audio of Radio 1 of the same quality you got on a conventional radio (it was still on 247 in those days) - I was surprised one day to tune into BBC 2 to listen to Radio 1 - only to hear Radio Tees being radiated - someone must have knocked the tuner - complete with ads and everything - adverts on the BBC!

Arthur Vasey when I lived in Stevenage we had a primitive cable setup from Rediffusion Cablevision with a box which connected to the TV by a co-ax cable. We could get such delights as Super Channel, Screensport, Sky Channel and Live TV...

Mark Atkins I forgot to add that we also had Rediffusion Cablevision as well in Middlesbrough - I think that replaced the original setup - my sister had it - we applied, but got ripped off - available channels included Sky Channel, which, at the time, showed old American TV shows like Charlie’s Angels - it morphed into Sky One - there was also Music Box, which Yorkshire Television put out overnight as a sustaining service as an attempt at 24 hour telly, a channel that combined The Children’s Channel with Screen Sport and, for a bit extra, TEN, which stood for The Entertainment Network - an early iteration of Sky Movies, I guess - channels like Super Channel were added later!

indeed he did, right from its start in July 1968 when the new franchises came into operation.