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The idents of Christmas past

(November 2015)

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MK
Mr Kite
London Television Was...?



Could've been a typo. Ever thought of that?
MI
Michael
As used on DVD releases:
:-(
A former member
The clip on the original post - I definitely remember the cracker one being used on Granada, but I'm not convinced it was an ident. I thought it was just a pre-trailer sting (I could be wrong though).

On the talk of the aborted GMG station revamp, one thing I definitely remember is a Granada version of the dark blue spinning chevron background used on Yorkshire presentation - they went through a very brief period of local trails using this style. No idents though.

53 days later

SP
Steve in Pudsey
An interesting article here by Bernie Newnham, who was a BBC Promotions Producer for many years, on the making of the Christmas promotions and idents

http://tech-ops.co.uk/next/2015/12/the-anatomy-of-a-christmas-promotions-campaign-bbc-1970s-to-90s/

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