Channel 4’s 80s takeover day sees old trailer graphics used as idents
Channel 4’s 80s-themed presentation is a fascinating glimpse of what might have been.
Channel 4’s 80s-themed presentation is a fascinating glimpse of what might have been.
The downside of UTV’s move to network continuity was exposed embarrassingly and painfully on Monday night. Political programme The View from Stormont was referred to as “Views from Stormfront”.
The return of a form of schools broadcasting next week has provoked inevitable nostalgia – and not just from pres fans.
This week saw tributes to Martin Lambie-Nairn – the man behind many famous TV graphics. The original Channel 4 blocks, the 1991 BBC Two idents and the BBC One balloon truly deserve the word iconic. But not all of his …
There was a playout issue at the start of today’s Final Score on BBC One.
Something new and something familiar from BBC Four this year.
On BBC Two, it’s as you were. No new idents this year. But there is the addition of a ‘Channel of the Year’ tag in the upper-third area of the idents – that’s except for viewers in Northern Ireland.
The BBC this year collaborated with Magic Light Pictures to create a set of animated idents for BBC One, featuring Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s characters.
For some of us, recording and archiving BBC TV Christmas symbols has been an annual ritual for many years.
The official end of UTV continuity marks the end of regional announcers at ITV plc – only STV, an entirely separate company, still has them.
BBC One tonight dropped a prime time junction, between Strictly Come Dancing and the new Michael McIntyre game show, The Wheel.
BBC One has produced a special version of one its lockdown idents, to promote the current series of His Dark Materials, currently airing on Sunday nights.
Michael McIntyre stood in as announcer on BBC One this evening – promoting his new game show, The Wheel, which starts tonight at 8.30pm.
Christmas presentation launched in the 7pm junction last night on RTÉ One and RTÉ 2.