Thames TV Ident

[queenmagic1982]

london in the modern times great

[blackphoenix77]

Is benny hill about to come on? LOL

[wannawatchu66]

It's The Benny Hill Show!

[MrPman851]

Thames logo: A symbol of classic TV (telly as the Brits say) from merry ol' England!

[joecox1990]

I love it!! Oh, btw, @mycam79, the link to the website doesn't work. Just to let you know.

[Co2Und3rground]

Very good

[queenmagic1982]

great probably makes by computer

[ShaDeed329]

Hey that looks good! Almost looks authentic!

[frglee]

Very nice tweaking,but very true to the original..It says a great deal when the logo design work of 30 years ago seems better than todays stuff,,,,

[garanzhin]

nice!!!

[bohsmb78]

i remember this at the beginning of the 80s, you can still see it on re runs of bless this house, man about the house, george and mildred which can still be soon on uktv or paramount 2,

[5oooDanny]

You didn't see this one, this one is a very good and interesting re-make.

[martingg3667]

Minder and The World at war

[partyguarder]

Good job!

[walgman]

Very cool

[dan03141]

This always reminds me of the Benny Hill Show :)

[eagled96]

love the addition of the 'london eye'. lol!

[AllisonGrosser]

I remember this from my days watching Rainbow as a kid!

[AidanLunn]

This is a fake. The real article can be found in the box h>e>r>e>

[jsmall94]

but whats that comment gotta do with this ident? hes talking about his memories of Thames?

[AidanLunn]

Well I thought she was getting this mock-up mixed up with the real article, hence my comment.

[halsalli]

A great fake, it could even have been a more modern interpretation of the ident

[baddamo666]

old skool! just before rainbow started!! ha ha

[BryceVal21]

I remember seeing this ident on Count Duckula episodes as a kid in America. Then the other day I saw it for the first time in years and I still remember it. Thanks for putting this up.

[KAZZTHECAT]

dont remember what the comedy was about but know i lived it

[Marczykolis]

It might be a modern Thames TV ident unless not Thames lost its franchise to Carlton.

[JSMALLtv]

if thames had lived on, this COULD have been used between 1991-1999

[racrimbpsvc]

To JSMALLtv:

To be honest, even this CGI remake still does have an old 60's feel to it.

If they would have used this ident if they carried on, a more updated version of this music would have been made.

And by the mid 90's, something way more modern would have been introuduced.

I might make mock ups of Thames after 1993, but I just hope that lukesams3 doesn't beat me to it, like what happened with my Southern mocks and my planned video of BBC1 2009 in 1985 style.

[disremembrance]

I agree - the only way to bring this ident truly up-to-date would be to re-record the jingle. Has anyone tried doing it?

[dacrlit]

@JSMALLtv Thames does live on, just not on ITV.

[jane1975]

Its a very clever mock, sorry I didn't realise it was a mock version-now I see the londn eye, very clever shame it no longer exists-I love Count Duckula too moongiriply.

[mycam79]

I take that you didn't realise it was a mock as a compliment. Thanks

[moongirlply]

cool. They should bring bakc that show.

[jane1975]

I remember this used to come up before Rainbow, in the days when idents came up before a program. Thanks for sharing.

[pigspiss]

...and Minder

[jane1975]

Yes, well anything done by Thames Television really-Its a shame that ITV lost its idents

[sslaxx]

Not to mention it's soul.

[shani31]

i rely thot that luks much better as it was in those days! they wud do anything to make a high digi-resolutionise the the old tv idents these days. A superb crystal clear version than that fuzzy luks that we know of.

[MicBty79]

A mock up what the ident would be if they didn't change to that...ugh "Carlton" in 1993

[BRUTUALTRUTH]

Much better than the real thing. When I was a kid I thought Thames TV was crap! Nowadays compared to the utter rubbish on tv it was brilliant! That's how bad broadcasting is nowadays!

[moongirlply]

I remeber this from when I was a kid.

[FContreras85]

Good parody, bro.

[ShaDeed329]

That looks awesome!

[elvischevy]

THATS WHEN WE HAD SOMETHING TO WATCH

[b6gm6n]

i have a few of my own to :)

[RickyUK100]

Shouldn't the London eye be just to the right of big ben though.

[mycam79]

To be honest, I never thought of that. Well spotted :o)

[sjc1301]

Thats just amazing. Brings back so many memories

[moongirlply]

I remember watching it after count duckula.

[saanzacs]

Holy shit!!! This just got a whole lot scarrier!!!!

[barringtonbank]

I have saved this great theme tune in my favorites. I think this theme tune is fantastic.

[kolossol1]

Ok, I thought I was the only one that got the creeps from the Thames logo. The Yorkshire one did the same thing.

But this one's mighty clever...

[risingsunranger]

The Thames Television logo used to give me the creeps when I was a kid, and this CGI version looks creepier.

[leedsmackem]

Love it! Love it! Love it! Love it! Done any more for different regions. In not, do some!!!! please?

[YinYan7]

impressive.

[kraftneu]

Thames and all regions should return to ITV1.

[Voxac100b]

Thanks nice to see Londons skyline updated. Thames TV was the best!

[Rackabello]

very well done

[swanella]

has anyone got THE TIME THE PLACE sig tune from the original Mike Scott days?

[THELEICESTERFOX]

I suppose Thames would have kept that if they were still around but thats a lot of London landmarks to squash in!

[mycam79]

LOL The only place to play the modern Ident in that case would be on a cinema screen to get full appreciation of the mass Thames icons there are :o)

[andresmalagreca]

Now imagine if Channel4 launched in 1968 instead of 1982

[kraftneu]

Very revolutionary if that was the case imagine THE TUBE on Channel 4 in 1968 if it existed then, it would have had really cool bands on it.

[rja1980]

This is how the ident would look like if Thames was still around today!

[Wyraachur]

Nice little recreation. very well done!

[saanzacs]

Imagine if Thames TV themselves adopted this as their new TV opener. Worth thinking about eh!

[whitingtonjw]

That is absolutely super. What did you use to do that?

[superlast]

Great! How we miss regional identity - wish Thames would come back - alas ITV is bland and without any character now.

[Amoneth]

more modern. even the millenium wheel is in there. but i think make it more proper output like the old thames ident.

[mycam79]

What do you mean by proper output?

[Amoneth]

along with the old buildings from the original

[allyplumb]

good should have added canary wharf tower as well

[mycam79]

Actually I didn't think about that. Thanks for that suggestion :o)

[Shakiralover4ever]

whats an ident??? is it a kinda moving logo or something??

[mycam79]

Ident is short for identity, which is the term used to describe a TV channel logo i.e. Thames TV ident, BBC ident, etc.

[Shakiralover4ever]

ok thats cool. ident ident. i love that word its my new favourite hahaha lmao ident ident ident ident

[andyee]

It's not really the same though... I know it's a mock.

[mycam79]

Aw thanks for the comment. I wonder if the TV stations pay attention to this site for talent?

[KevCityboy]

That is a pretty cool recreation mate. Same music too. They should bring back regional and national identity and use yours I think for my region

[wrestlingnewsdesk]

it looks fresh.

[saanzacs]

It's still not the same but it looks appealing.