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Mmm, that was pretty much it, they didn't have their own end of programme slides, so just used the programme slides supplied by the network, no astons on the clips. The only announcer that did IVC was Pat Doody, he usually did Tuesdays and was in vision at 6.35 and that was pretty much it.
Promo wise, until they got the ITV promos, it was a programme clip with a voice over at the top, that cut to a slide and voice over at the end.
To introduce programmes they used either the Border Television caption, the programme slide supplied by the network, or a slide with the day of the week written on it, or Now on Border Television.
They did more in vision in 1986/87 when Isabel Jarrett, Daphne Neville, John Myers and Lesley Cairney joined the announcing team, not at the same time. Alan, Clem and Clive hardly ever, if at all, did IVC, but presented the news bulletins in vision.
They were phased out in 1988, and a new team recruited, who were in vision in peak time.
Transmission beefed up in 1987 ish, and started using cross fades and wipes, with the occasional aston on promos, they also introduced more of their own branded slides.
Allan Cartner was Border's chief announcer, IIRC, with Clive as his deputy. One of the few other times Border's announcers appeared in-vision was for the birthday greetings slot. (John Myers joined Border in 1985.)
The reason the new team, Craig Austin, Jenny Farish and Sue Radford, came in was because both Allan and Clive left Border during 1988 - Allan moved to Tyne Tees, while Clive retired. Craig went on to beef up Border's image quite substantially during his time at the station, culminating with the animated idents used during the mid-nineties.
This is something I've always wanted to know -- I only ever saw one night of Border presentation, around 1985.
The three or four links I saw were very perfunctory -- Allan Cartner was on duty that night, and on each occasion all I saw was ITV trailer -> completely unbranded holding slide -> ad break -> another ITV trailer -> maybe a menu voiced by Cartner -> straight into next programme.
No IVC that I saw, no enthusiasm, fairly long fades to black after each presentation piece and not even any effort to quicken up transitions using cross-fades/screen wipes etc.
It was, as you say, pretty grim. (As an aside this is pretty much what Tyne Tees turned into whenever Cartner was in the seat in Newcastle as well).
Was this typical of Border's output at the time (the one or two scraps available on the net are similar) or was I just unlucky to see a particularly boring night?
Made me so happy to get back to the friendly but clunky and wobbly presentation back on the other side of the pennines
The three or four links I saw were very perfunctory -- Allan Cartner was on duty that night, and on each occasion all I saw was ITV trailer -> completely unbranded holding slide -> ad break -> another ITV trailer -> maybe a menu voiced by Cartner -> straight into next programme.
No IVC that I saw, no enthusiasm, fairly long fades to black after each presentation piece and not even any effort to quicken up transitions using cross-fades/screen wipes etc.
It was, as you say, pretty grim. (As an aside this is pretty much what Tyne Tees turned into whenever Cartner was in the seat in Newcastle as well).
Was this typical of Border's output at the time (the one or two scraps available on the net are similar) or was I just unlucky to see a particularly boring night?
Made me so happy to get back to the friendly but clunky and wobbly presentation back on the other side of the pennines
Mmm, that was pretty much it, they didn't have their own end of programme slides, so just used the programme slides supplied by the network, no astons on the clips. The only announcer that did IVC was Pat Doody, he usually did Tuesdays and was in vision at 6.35 and that was pretty much it.
Promo wise, until they got the ITV promos, it was a programme clip with a voice over at the top, that cut to a slide and voice over at the end.
To introduce programmes they used either the Border Television caption, the programme slide supplied by the network, or a slide with the day of the week written on it, or Now on Border Television.
They did more in vision in 1986/87 when Isabel Jarrett, Daphne Neville, John Myers and Lesley Cairney joined the announcing team, not at the same time. Alan, Clem and Clive hardly ever, if at all, did IVC, but presented the news bulletins in vision.
They were phased out in 1988, and a new team recruited, who were in vision in peak time.
Transmission beefed up in 1987 ish, and started using cross fades and wipes, with the occasional aston on promos, they also introduced more of their own branded slides.
Allan Cartner was Border's chief announcer, IIRC, with Clive as his deputy. One of the few other times Border's announcers appeared in-vision was for the birthday greetings slot. (John Myers joined Border in 1985.)
The reason the new team, Craig Austin, Jenny Farish and Sue Radford, came in was because both Allan and Clive left Border during 1988 - Allan moved to Tyne Tees, while Clive retired. Craig went on to beef up Border's image quite substantially during his time at the station, culminating with the animated idents used during the mid-nineties.