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you just want get that these days

I doubt you'd find artists that believe in the beeb enough to do it for a token sum, let alone the fact the BBC just don't make that kind of promo anymore.

Grampian Television continuity - 1995

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owaUympMd0c

Not to mention the front page Daily Mail headline that would say 'BBC Spend OUR money on 4 minute back-slapping commercial. Mark Thomson to resign'

David Lowe on NewsWatch the other week:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQuVWdSp8S4

BBC SCOTLAND 1988 Xmas idents

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3ka3q_bobs-full-house-1988-part-1_shortfilms

Ulster Television "The Day Ahead" start-up from Christmas 1987, featuring a young Frank Mitchell and a few Christmas on ITV promos...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AWPyxCJC-M

...and from two years later, ten minutes worth of ITV Christmas promotions from 1989 shown one evening before News at Ten, voiced by Bruce Hammal with a cameo appearance from Pamela Ballantine at UTV introducing it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G91FNXRSMcQ

Remember when a ten-minute trailer was something a broadcaster did to push the upcoming season of programmes?

This is nicely done - all the BBC TV news themes from 1984-2000
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QYqHkIxerg

And this is a very clever little compilation, love the ticker:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oY3FqGBKDw

Expect for Fish fingers of course

Some great Christmas adverts from 1989, including a parody of the Treasure Hunt programme by Carling:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYkrvoI_oVE

On BBC 1, Noel Edmonds presents the New Year's Day line-up in this trailer from 1993:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09xbWPfxPJg

Also from 1993, Live and Kicking LIVE on Christmas Day:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zskekNbr1DU

Finally found my favourite Stars in Their Eyes opening titles! (2002)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfNOuLerGc4