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Which ITV company from 1955 to 2002, had the best logo?

(May 2016)

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VM
VMPhil
LWT.

Pre 1996 or post 1996?
DB
dbl
LWT.

As a biased Londoner, I agree
LL
London Lite Founding member
LWT.

Pre 1996 or post 1996?


Pre 96.
MW
Mike W
http://hub.tv-ark.org.uk/images/itvmidlands/itv_midlands_images/central/idents/central_pres_movies_1988b.jpg
DO
dosxuk
This is more "which region did you grow up in" than which is best.

Either way, I'd still say the Anglia triangles.
DJ
DJ Dave
Granada's G was the best.
MW
Mike W
This is more "which region did you grow up in" than which is best.

Either way, I'd still say the Anglia triangles.

Anglia's triangles were a strong symbol - I always liked the Thames TV inverted triangle/skyline/FrizQuadrata thing
WH
Whataday Founding member
Granada's G was the best.


I tend to put HTV's aerial and Granada's G in the same class in terms of creative design. Granada's G pointing north is pretty genius in terms of "doing what it says on the tin". HTV couldn't make its symbol region-specific for obvious reasons but they still managed to make it relevant to television.

I actually think the Central cake as a logo was pretty bland. The implementation in idents is what saved it.
LL
Larry the Loafer
The Granada G succeeded so much that you didn't look at it and see a G with an arrow coming out of it. You saw the Granada symbol. In the same way some people look at a Vauxhall and don't register a Griffin holding a flag. They just see a symbol that represents Vauxhall. It's just a shame it was replaced with that horrific skinny pink G.
LT
LTSC1980
UTV after 1993
MI
Michael
So still no love for the Yorkshire chevron?
MA
Markymark
So still no love for the Yorkshire chevron?


No, not from me.

35 years on, I actually quite like the Southern 'Star' logo, more than I did back in the 70s, but that doesn't count, because it was the region I grew up in (and still live there now)

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