It's no wonder they only bid £2,000 for that franchise in 1991. All the money was spent on idents. When you look at these and LWT why do we have such crap idents / continuity on ITV thirty years later?
The "hatching egg" sequence at the beginning reminds me of the promos for the original Alien movie. My favorite promo was the rainbow egg and jingle in the mid 80's. That is the one I remember mainly because it came on just before Spitting Image. The cake globe looks really cheesy but that was the state of the art at the time.
@cornerofthemoon: I think its actually meant to represent the eclipse of the sun rather than a hatching egg, lol. It was before The Moomins and Tiswas amongst others that Central did. The Cake one was at the end of Inspector Morse in the 1980's too, "Zenith Production for Central".
0:53 has great quality audio. You can really hear that pounding bass note at the beginning and the "whoosh" :). The main version of the "cake" was the boss IMO all the rest of it is kinda bol*ocks.
My anorak credentials reliably inform me that it was Brian Bennett of The Shadows who was responsible for the main Central 80s theme. :) But if you're talking about one of the other idents here, you could be right!
3:44 probably my favourite
ITV should bring them back. All the idents were iconic. Central, Meridian, LWT to name the ones i konow best. Great video thanks i enjoyed watching.
It's no wonder they only bid £2,000 for that franchise in 1991. All the money was spent on idents. When you look at these and LWT why do we have such crap idents / continuity on ITV thirty years later?
Love the really obscure one at 4:54 - brings back memories.
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2:00 looks like a dig at Channel 4.
Hmmm. At least half of these seem to be homages to the classic Channel 4 flying blocks indents.
1:51 Rosie & Jim The Original Series. (1990). X
Im Thomas Lowry from Belfast and I do remember Rosie and Jim on CITV in the 1990s when i was a child. I would like to see it return on TV.
I love the Centra idents x
2:00 - I've seen that somewhere before...
The world was a better place in 1993...
Better in 1985 :)
Oh, to be a Midlander!
not for Carlton
Wish we still had all the regions apart from carlton, meridian and westcountry
GREAT I DENTS..
2:56-3:06: Central with Children's ITV logo
The "hatching egg" sequence at the beginning reminds me of the promos for the original Alien movie. My favorite promo was the rainbow egg and jingle in the mid 80's. That is the one I remember mainly because it came on just before Spitting Image. The cake globe looks really cheesy but that was the state of the art at the time.
@cornerofthemoon: I think its actually meant to represent the eclipse of the sun rather than a hatching egg, lol. It was before The Moomins and Tiswas amongst others that Central did. The Cake one was at the end of Inspector Morse in the 1980's too, "Zenith Production for Central".
1:01 My favourite!
The ident for ATV sound making xylophone is squishy. It gonna make me faint.
And bullseye should strat after this ident
straight from lenton lane
I like the ATV x central ident
1:27 ITV Central (1990)
1982-1998 B.C. (Before Carltonisation).
@2:38 Rexeljet found similarities of the "This Evening" bumper music to StH3's Ice Cap Zone's music.
My favourite jingle is at 3:36.
0:53 has great quality audio. You can really hear that pounding bass note at the beginning and the "whoosh" :). The main version of the "cake" was the boss IMO all the rest of it is kinda bol*ocks.
unless I am mistaken, Derek Holt of The Climax Blues Band composed this ident. :)
My anorak credentials reliably inform me that it was Brian Bennett of The Shadows who was responsible for the main Central 80s theme. :) But if you're talking about one of the other idents here, you could be right!
ATV jingle is scary when the had colour should have jazzed it up a bit
5:54
Why do all these videos always miss out the "central news" special logo used from 1982?
0:25
I shouldn't trust that golden one I might be little la I didn't know there is a GoldenEye
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How about HTV megamix
Samia tyjiw
What is This Weird?? 7:18
Lucas Tams Fireworks
Mm number
1:27