Martin Lambie-Nairn has died

I seem to remember a documentary or interview somewhere where they talked about this particular ad and they made mention how it was the first time they had to computer animate something that had to be funny. I don't suppose anyone remembers where that might have come from?

The making of the very fun BSB Galaxy Club idents: https://www.tvark.org/?page=media&mediaid=88360

Gutted to hear this. The man was an absolute legend.

And I'd definitely recommend picking up a copy of 'With Knobs On' to anyone who hasn't got one already.

The section on ITN kicks off with this splash page featuring various incarnations of the corporate logo before going on to explain Martin's reasons for re-drawing and simplifying it:

Actually found what i was thinking of, it's an interview with the man himself on Micro Live:

Couldn't help but notice one Jon Snow has left a message on the book of condolence.



Lots of lovely memories from people who worked with him: http://ml-n.com/condolence/

Seeing tributes from Jon Snow and Paul Akinbola on the same page is quite something.

And for someone with a close attention to minor detail, he'd be absolutely livid with the standard of English in Akinbola's 'tribute'.
Incorrect use of the word 'I've' not once, but twice - and a withering put down with the line 'most of your work was brilliant'..

I'd say that's not the sort of thing to write in a book of condolence "most of your work was brilliant". There's probably no doubt Lambie-Nairn had some stinkers or poor decisions at some point, nobody's perfect. But I don't think that's the right place to bring it up.

Can just imagine Akinbola delivering an eulogy at a funeral - "Uncle Fred was a great man, but he also promised to fix the hole in my shed roof. He died the day he was due to come and fix it, very inconsiderate of him as it means I have to get somebody else to do it."

Akinbola wasn’t exactly known for thinking things through properly.

He thought his gameshow ideas through well enough.

I'm guessing that's a chronological sequence of ITN logos- never seen that first one before, when and how long was that used for? Must be pre-1969 as the second version is on the 1969 News At Ten titles and can't have been for very long as the original 1955 logo was still in use in the mid-60s.

Maybe they introduced it in 1968 for the new franchise period, then updated it a few months later when those News at Ten titles launched? It's not surprising that there's missing presentation from that era.