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Best Era of ITV

(January 2005)

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JO
Johnny83
BillyH posted:
Nope. See, every Sunday, a group of TV Forumers used to gather in a marsh in Grimsby and chat for 7 hours about ITV, nicknamed the 'Maggie' Marsh for obvious reasons. It was reasonably fun until the police cordoned off the area two years ago after a heated argument as to whether the 1971-78 LWT ident was better than the 1978-86 LWT ident.

Sorry, carry on.



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Colm
Pre-1993 for me. For obvious reasons - each company was its own separate entity, some stations still used IVC etc., the schedules weren't centralised and had a stronger sense of regionality, less soap operas or trashy documentaries and a proper mix of serious and entertainment shows.
FG
Funky Guy
DialUpBorg posted:
I agree, and they didn't get annoyingly squashed!
I miss the hearts era and Maggie Marsh. Crying or Very sad Mr. Green


I wished you hadn't mentioned Mama Mash Sad i miss her.I realy liked it when Border had their own announcers and was annoyed when continuity got moved to Leeds.However when i heard Maggie for the first time i just loved her style.Bob used to crease me up with those pauses i don't like any of the ITV announcers these days the girls are just the pits apart from the older lady with the husky voice who does the promos and five.
MO
Moz
My favourite era of ITV was the pre-1955 one! Rolling Eyes
DB
dbl
Moz posted:
My favourite era of ITV was the pre-1955 one! Rolling Eyes

Boooo *hisssss* Mr. Green
TV
tvguy
1998-1999 were my favourites.I know Grampian used the same tune as 1989 and Central were the same as Carlton but they were good idents. [especially central,which did the best!]
JE
Jez Founding member
The Best Era on ITV was from about 1999-Mid 2002 presentation wise.

The best era programming wise was the 1990s as ITV didnt take the easy way out and keep scheduling soaps all the time in peak time. I like soaps but not 5 and 6 times a week (yawn)
BC
BlackCat Founding member
Jez posted:
The Best Era on ITV was from about 1999-Mid 2002 presentation wise.


Well, you can say that with a big smile as you had both your own regional name and the Carlton hearts idents *mutters*
JE
Jez Founding member
BlackCat posted:
Jez posted:
The Best Era on ITV was from about 1999-Mid 2002 presentation wise.


Well, you can say that with a big smile as you had both your own regional name and the Carlton hearts idents *mutters*


We had the Carlton hearts from july 2001-October 2002 only, before that we had the GMG style heart idents, I liked them too.
BC
BlackCat Founding member
Jez posted:
BlackCat posted:
Jez posted:
The Best Era on ITV was from about 1999-Mid 2002 presentation wise.


Well, you can say that with a big smile as you had both your own regional name and the Carlton hearts idents *mutters*


We had the Carlton hearts from july 2001-October 2002 only, before that we had the GMG style heart idents, I liked them too.


*Thinks of damp knickers on a washing line*

Yep, lovely they were...
AU
Austin316uk
I really am pleasantly surprised to see how many people loved the so-called 'Hearts Era' of 2000-2002. I didn't think many thought it was that good before this thread was started. I thought it was great - both the idents and the ECPs.

For me, it was because ITV had the overall balance just right here, before they lost the plot in 2002/2003.
The overall presentation was somewhat modern, but at the same time had a 'quality', viewer-friendly feel to it. We also still had reasonable regional programming, perhaps not as much as before, but still an adequate amount.

Oh, the good ol' days.....just 3 years ago!!!
SP
Spencer
Austin316uk posted:
I really am pleasantly surprised to see how many people loved the so-called 'Hearts Era' of 2000-2002. I didn't think many thought it was that good before this thread was started. I thought it was great - both the idents and the ECPs.


I thought the two main problems with this era were that the Granada stations dropped the live action sequences from the idents, so all we were left with was a rather boring ident with not much happening.

There was also a serious issue of clutter on the idents...

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What a mess!

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