NT
Some 70s / 80s Reporting Scotland themes.. including music from Donna Summer and ELP. Perhaps the worst is at about 50 seconds which is when they brought back RS after “ Scotland Sixty Minutes “ The ELP version was one of my favourites although they’ve cut out the film scenes that used to be in the titles ( oil platforms etc )
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p062qls3
I also think any of Grampian’s Summer at Six / North Tonight Summer Edition could qualify for worst theme and or titles.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p062qls3
I also think any of Grampian’s Summer at Six / North Tonight Summer Edition could qualify for worst theme and or titles.
NL
Loved those titles you knew it was time to watch the local news with the excellent and forever missed Richard Whiteley.
I wonder if many viewers outside Yorkshire were surprised to learn that Whitleley wasn't just a quiz show presenter but also a serious journalist?
For me its this Calendar intro from 1989. Authoritative and ballsy:
https://www.tvark.org/?page=media&mediaid=93199
https://www.tvark.org/?page=media&mediaid=93199
Loved those titles you knew it was time to watch the local news with the excellent and forever missed Richard Whiteley.
I wonder if many viewers outside Yorkshire were surprised to learn that Whitleley wasn't just a quiz show presenter but also a serious journalist?
AN
Loved those titles you knew it was time to watch the local news with the excellent and forever missed Richard Whiteley.
I wonder if many viewers outside Yorkshire were surprised to learn that Whitleley wasn't just a quiz show presenter but also a serious journalist?
You could say similar about Stuart Hall (as mentioned above), Fred Dineage and Gordon Burns?
Andrew
Founding member
For me its this Calendar intro from 1989. Authoritative and ballsy:
https://www.tvark.org/?page=media&mediaid=93199
https://www.tvark.org/?page=media&mediaid=93199
Loved those titles you knew it was time to watch the local news with the excellent and forever missed Richard Whiteley.
I wonder if many viewers outside Yorkshire were surprised to learn that Whitleley wasn't just a quiz show presenter but also a serious journalist?
You could say similar about Stuart Hall (as mentioned above), Fred Dineage and Gordon Burns?
DE
Loved those titles you knew it was time to watch the local news with the excellent and forever missed Richard Whiteley.
I wonder if many viewers outside Yorkshire were surprised to learn that Whitleley wasn't just a quiz show presenter but also a serious journalist?
He first came to national fame with the ferret biting clip from Calendar shown on It'll Be Alright On The Night.
For me its this Calendar intro from 1989. Authoritative and ballsy:
https://www.tvark.org/?page=media&mediaid=93199
https://www.tvark.org/?page=media&mediaid=93199
Loved those titles you knew it was time to watch the local news with the excellent and forever missed Richard Whiteley.
I wonder if many viewers outside Yorkshire were surprised to learn that Whitleley wasn't just a quiz show presenter but also a serious journalist?
He first came to national fame with the ferret biting clip from Calendar shown on It'll Be Alright On The Night.
NL
I wonder if many viewers outside Yorkshire were surprised to learn that Whitleley wasn't just a quiz show presenter but also a serious journalist?
He first came to national fame with the ferret biting clip from Calendar shown on It'll Be Alright On The Night.
That's partially my point. "It'll Be..." wasn't a regular programme whereas Countdown was and still is. The chances are that 95% of viewers would have first and foremost thought of him as a quiz show presenter. Its the context that's the key here
Loved those titles you knew it was time to watch the local news with the excellent and forever missed Richard Whiteley.
I wonder if many viewers outside Yorkshire were surprised to learn that Whitleley wasn't just a quiz show presenter but also a serious journalist?
He first came to national fame with the ferret biting clip from Calendar shown on It'll Be Alright On The Night.
That's partially my point. "It'll Be..." wasn't a regular programme whereas Countdown was and still is. The chances are that 95% of viewers would have first and foremost thought of him as a quiz show presenter. Its the context that's the key here
NT
The silly LDN wordmark aside, the first BBC London News titles (both day/night variants here) were punchy and didn't outstay their welcome. Worked well in the balloon era too.
DJ
"...and breakfast is served between 6 and 10. Would you like a hand with your bags, sir?"
It does look like that
there is a clip of Tony Morris saying to Lucy something like "did you guys really think the viewers believe that when you typed into the keyboard the reporter would come up on screen?" and she just laughs and says "well it wasn't my idea" 
Demented set.
"...and breakfast is served between 6 and 10. Would you like a hand with your bags, sir?"
It does look like that
there is a clip of Tony Morris saying to Lucy something like "did you guys really think the viewers believe that when you typed into the keyboard the reporter would come up on screen?" and she just laughs and says "well it wasn't my idea"
AN
Mad that the first bit of that, with a bit of corridor for a set, looks way better than anything that follows.
The silly LDN wordmark aside, the first BBC London News titles (both day/night variants here) were punchy and didn't outstay their welcome. Worked well in the balloon era too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH4-o4ADxCs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH4-o4ADxCs
Mad that the first bit of that, with a bit of corridor for a set, looks way better than anything that follows.
SW
That's true enough, we watched Granada in North Wales and it could have been picked up right up the coast - especially before 1997 when the Wrexham-Rhos transmitter only broadcast BBC1 Wales and S4C - but I think Rhyl would have been at the absolute limit of their coverage area, and you would think that there'd been enough happening in actual official Granadaland to get in the titles.
I always understood that parts of North Wales were classed as being in the Granada region, though, or at least an overlap area. I don't see it as a problem as there has historically been quite a strong connection between North Wales and places like Chester, Wirral and Liverpool. I certainly recall news stories from places like Rhyl and other parts of North Wales being featured quite prominently in Granada Reports over the years. They will certainly have covered the Prescott punch in Granada Reports that day, so that probably explains why it featured in the titles.
That's true enough, we watched Granada in North Wales and it could have been picked up right up the coast - especially before 1997 when the Wrexham-Rhos transmitter only broadcast BBC1 Wales and S4C - but I think Rhyl would have been at the absolute limit of their coverage area, and you would think that there'd been enough happening in actual official Granadaland to get in the titles.