Few discerning viewers will be saddened by the end of Jackpot 247 – ITV’s overnight gaming show. From 1st July, the overnight slot is being filled with…programmes. Mostly repeats of daytime programmes and factual output. It is unclear whether this is just a temporary arrangement before another contract is agreed or a permanent move. However […]
Tuesday evening (18th June 2019) and if you switched over to BBC Two just in time to catch the start of episode two of The Family Brain Games, you were in for an unwelcome surprise. Just under twenty seconds into the programme, it was interrupted by a couple of BBC Two programme trails. The endboard […]
BBC staff went on strike from midnight on Monday 23rd May 2005 for 24 hours. They were protesting at plans to cut 3,780 jobs and privatise parts of the Corporation. The unions said the cuts were the most damaging in BBC history. The Corporation said it regretted the decision to take industrial action. The strike […]
The piecemeal rollout of the BBC Reith font across BBC News continues. On Monday morning, the BBC Business Live titles were updated to BBC Reith. Naturally, all other graphics used within the programme (e.g., lower-thirds, markets graphics etc) continue to use Helvetica. All makes perfect sense, doesn’t it? Why not just wait another few weeks, […]
ITV launched its year-long ITV Creates campaign on 1st January 2019, where channel idents produced by a different artist/designer are aired each week. The campaign...
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...
