Fondly remembered BBC TV idents turn 30
It was the day when everything changed but everything stayed the same.
1982 BBC business programme provides useful insights into the launch of Channel 4
A report from BBC Two’s financial series The Money Programme provides a great insight into the …
Clean BBC One handover to BBC News Channel still the exception
Possibly the untidiest junction on UK TV – and it’s on BBC One: the nightly handover to …
UTV or ITV: that is the question
What is the name of the Channel 3 service in Northern Ireland? No, it’s not some banal …
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.
Centralised ITV continuity showing its flaws
The downside of UTV’s move to network continuity was exposed embarrassingly and painfully on Monday …
The demise of BBC Schools and Colleges branding
The return of a form of schools broadcasting next week has provoked inevitable nostalgia – and …
Why did STV’s expensive 1985 rebrand fall out of favour so quickly?
This week saw tributes to Martin Lambie-Nairn – the man behind many famous TV graphics. The …
The channel brand that was bigger than its programmes
It was hugely fitting that Channel 4 paid tribute to Martin Lambie-Nairn on Monday night after his …
Martin Lambie-Nairn: a giant of TV branding
Martin Lambie-Nairn will go down in media history as the inventor of modern television branding.
Just when we thought UTV branding was being killed off
Just when you thought the story of UTV channel branding was over comes an unexpected post-script. …
From Thames “In Colour” – in 1989?
In an age when branding is taken so seriously, it’s interesting to look back on a time when it …