Stumbled upon this earlier, completely at random. Who would’ve thought that the East Anglian Air Ambulance and RTÉ could possibly have anything in common? The 1969 – 1986 RTÉ corporate logo design (shown below right) was based on the St Brigid’s Cross. Do you know of any companies that share similar logos? If so, drop […]
In an unusual departure for network BBC TV announcers, David Vickery this morning tried out a rather different style of delivery – adjusting to suit the genre – for the programme intros during BBC Two’s early morning kids strand. The TV Home website captured the programme links: 7.15am Junction: Wild & Weird 7.30am Junction: Absolute […]
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the collapse of the Emley Moor transmitter in Yorkshire. Tonight’s edition of @BBCLookNorth looks back at the events of 19th March 1969. The lunchtime edition of Look North provided a short preview of the full report coming up in the evening edition, and promised footage that has never before […]
A technical glitch on the BBC News Channel overnight resulted in a presenter changeover going out on air. Ben Bland was moving into position in preparation for the 5am News Briefing programme when the studio’s output was cut up on air. The error was quickly corrected, with the appearance of a generic BBC News logo […]
This week it’s the turn of Katrina Russell Adams – a south east London-based printmaker and visual artist, whose practice is deeply informed by the...
There was a short, unscheduled News Report on BBC One last night, just before 9pm. In most parts of the country, the news update –...
RTÉ launched their new look television news service at 6.01pm tonight. RTÉ One Broadcasts Here’s the opening sequence of tonight’s RTÉ Six-One News: And some...
Another week and another designer/artist has an opportunity to showcase their skills on ITV. For the next seven days, we’ll be viewing the work of...
At 6am on Thursday 27th September 2018, BBC Two awoke from a few hours rest with a brand new look. This was the most significant...
Apologies – we don’t have any footage of this ident at present.
Introduced on Thursday 27th September 2018, this sequence featuring blue/green ice crystals is generally used for natural history programming. BBC Two Network Broadcasts
This sequence initially appeared on Friday 28th September 2018. Although used infrequently, it was temporarily withdrawn from use during October 2018. Similar to the situation...
First aired on Friday 28th September 2018 as a black and white stripe animation, this sequence was temporarily withdrawn from use in October 2018. It...
Week 4 of ITV Creates gets underway just before 6am this morning on ITV. This week it’s the turn of Patricia Volk, who works in...
In this ident we see pieces of cloth being sliced – one-by-one – and pulled out of view to reveal a new piece of cloth...
A series of red/purple lines twist and turn, to almost mesmerising effect. Not quite sure what it’s supposed to be but DNA structures come to...
