Everyone calls them crap, but the fact of the matter is that because of these idents EVERYBODY in London knew who Carlton were very, very quickly - more people recognised the name Cartlon than LWT. They weren't ment to be liked - they were meant to be seen! What Lambie-Nairn did with this campaign was brilliant and instantly set Carlton apart from everybody else who were trying to copy what Lambie-Nairn did 11 years ago with Channel 4.
I think the CARLTON idents were bad in 1993, terrible in 1994, but later on, they got good. The 1998 idents were good apart from making CENTRAL use them. They were better in 1999.
Holy smoke, these idents are probably the worst in the history of TV, anywhere, ever!!
Clearly thought up by some soul-less ad agency, for a soul-less company trying desperatly to win affection, with an insultingly patronising attempt to be as cockney as winkles.
in my opinion, without arguing, these carlton idents had lack of imagination, compared to thames, but this improved in the hearts/star idents between 1999-2002
I think they were very imaginative. Considering the then ITV companies were required to reflec thte regions they served and the fact that Thames had used the river and city scape, the use of London's people on what was supposed to be a magazine cover was brilliant. Showing diversity etc etc.
Errrrm gord !
iosnick 7 months ago
This is....awful. I just have no other word for it.
FrancisIdents 1 year ago
Everyone calls them crap, but the fact of the matter is that because of these idents EVERYBODY in London knew who Carlton were very, very quickly - more people recognised the name Cartlon than LWT. They weren't ment to be liked - they were meant to be seen! What Lambie-Nairn did with this campaign was brilliant and instantly set Carlton apart from everybody else who were trying to copy what Lambie-Nairn did 11 years ago with Channel 4.
therealdrnilescrane 1 year ago
Ugh, awful. Makes me want to play Sonic Next-gen.
Rexeljet 1 year ago
Calton went backwards with their logos. When everybody were using 3D, they started using 2D logos.
donjabroni 2 years ago
I think the CARLTON idents were bad in 1993, terrible in 1994, but later on, they got good. The 1998 idents were good apart from making CENTRAL use them. They were better in 1999.
racrmimbpsvc 3 years ago 6
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Carlton was a great ITV region, My favourite one ever as I think the 90's were sooooooooooooooooooooooo cool!
graphicgrief 3 years ago
Fuck carlton, being back Thames!
JAYROX1969 3 years ago 11
WOW! just when i thought the BBC1 dancers were crap.....
EastKilbrideFilms 3 years ago 13
Holy smoke, these idents are probably the worst in the history of TV, anywhere, ever!!
Clearly thought up by some soul-less ad agency, for a soul-less company trying desperatly to win affection, with an insultingly patronising attempt to be as cockney as winkles.
Epic fail, epic!
97channel 3 years ago 9
Well, surprisingly, these idents were made by the great Lambie-Nairn, and I'm not making that up.
bethlehemfan88 2 years ago
bethlehemfan88 - Really?! Must've been something Lambie made when Nairn wasn't looking. :-/
97channel 2 years ago 2
Probably working to spec though.
Applemask 2 years ago
in my opinion, without arguing, these carlton idents had lack of imagination, compared to thames, but this improved in the hearts/star idents between 1999-2002
JSMALLtv 3 years ago 9
I think they were very imaginative. Considering the then ITV companies were required to reflec thte regions they served and the fact that Thames had used the river and city scape, the use of London's people on what was supposed to be a magazine cover was brilliant. Showing diversity etc etc.
Howver, Carlton's programmes were shite.
SKCUK1 4 years ago 4
except catchphrase!
JSMALLtv 3 years ago 9
Catchphrase was originally produced by TVS.
deselmes 3 years ago 4
but they took over in 1993
EastKilbrideFilms 3 years ago 6
The Carlton logos were crap compared to Thames'
rfitzhen 4 years ago 6
much agreed.
traji00 4 years ago
@rfitzhen
Carlton was just crap - full stop.
phillper0906 1 year ago