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Yeah, especially Cartoon Network's ToonText, with it's rendition of Tom.

I seem to remember Toon Text had a different character on the front page every day.

It probably did and I dare say it ran in a loop as well so you probably only ever saw five characters on a regular rotating basis, two of which would appear twice in a week. Or some other rotation like that

Context this comes from a BBC 1 show from July 1983 The Main Attraction

Who wants to see something that's both hilarious and terrifying in equal measures? pic.twitter.com/OM9euFLOfR

— Neil Miles (@neilsmiles) September 2, 2019

The ITV on Strike account has come out with some gems today:

News at Ten presenter Reginald Bosanquet has spoken of his frustration at the strike, but has also revealed what he has been doing while ITV is off the air.

"I'm spending my time playing tennis and taking beautiful women to lunch," he said.

— ITV on strike (@ITVonstrike) September 5, 2019

Stars of Coronation Street have been speaking of how they are spending the strike.

Pat Phoenix is redecorating her Cheshire home, Ena Sharples is tending her garden in Blackpool, while Anne Kirkbride has been reading horror stories.

— ITV on strike (@ITVonstrike) September 5, 2019

Over at Crossroads, Noele Gordon has been "catching up on fan mail" and Jane Rossington is clearing out her attic.

— ITV on strike (@ITVonstrike) September 5, 2019

Ch4 Circles: What did it really mean? I know, you dont have to say it, however I thought some people don't use Social media, and it would be a shame if any TV presentation fan to miss out on this clip Which has the then HEAD of presentation at Channel 4 explaining all. Asa has already had is eye widen thanks to this:

In 1996 #OnThisDay Channel 4 said ta ta to it's coloured blocks idents, however the public weren't happy, and head of presentation had to explain the changes on right to reply: @russty_russ @thetvmuseum @theidentgallery @thetvroom @TesTVWhirl @tvforum @tvlive @KillianM2 @TV_Bits pic.twitter.com/UK96nFaLX7

— TVARK (@tvark) October 11, 2019

What a wonderful insight, I didn’t remember the piece, but love a clip from ‘Right to reply’, a programme that seemed to deal with people’s complaints a little more seriously than ‘Points of View’.

I remember the 4 circles as making the channel seem extremely fresh and modern against the other three channels in particular. I can’t believe that it is 23 years old though!

And a year later, here's Right to Reply's item on the new BBC1 branding:

Steve Rosenberg plays ITV regional jingles

I do miss the old @ITV regional idents. So here’s my tribute to those classic ITV jingles. pic.twitter.com/F40zY4OxjC

— Steve Rosenberg (@BBCSteveR) November 2, 2019

The one thing I loved about Right to Reply was how the viewers actually presented the reports. And, like that guy up there ^ on the C4 logo, usually did a pretty good job of it.

Why can't they just say "it's C4, that's why there are 4 circles" rather than the nonsense about them representing the channel, the programming, the viewer and society. Nobody ever saw the logo in action and thought that.

I wonder if the 4 was always intends to be included in the first circle or did they just panic after commissioning a new logo consisting of 4 circles?

It's just marketing guff