Anglia Ident Full Length (Start Up)

[graemeoliver84]

Nick Hancock and Angus Deayton took the piss out of this on Room 101.

"It's interminable, it goes on FOREVER." "Is that Errol Flynn?" "If we keep it going a bit longer we won't have to give away so many prizes on Sale of the Century."

[TheMasterNo6]

As a kid in the early 80s repeats of any classic ITV franchised show had the regional ident i.e. 'Anglia Presents' so I was lucky to have seen these once glorious franchise idents....now all we have is utter shite...Thanks Granada-Carlton for buying up all the regionals and fucking it into cocked hat and calling it all...ITV-1...muppets.

[gilhams]

@TheMasterNo6 I miss them too my friend. And for one of the smaller franchises, Anglia seemed to produce quite alot of decent quality networked stuff - Survival documentaries, Tales of the Unexpected and Sale of the Century to name a few.

[doihavetowatchthis]

@TheMasterNo6

Agree 100%. Look at what the individual companies and channels produced due to competition. Many, many happy childhood memories. Remember 'Out of Town' with Jack Hargreaves? Timeless genius. That would never be made now. Growing up in East Anglia this ident was part of my life, and a happy one.

Thanks for uploading.

[mihalylovics]

1985.

[gilhams]

@mihalylovics Was that George Orwell's sequel?

[wartmiller]

East Angular? That's abroad, innit?

[allygrosser47]

Does anyone know where I can download idents to burn to a DVD? Thanks. :)

[ukcelticpride]

This as what I call art!

[TheAnneLeveridge]

What a great model of a horse and knight to use :)

[Ataru320]

Heard Handel's Water Music this morning and this is what I ended up thinking about...weird huh?

[kenjohnxiv]

Really it was a toy kit As I heard the story it was put together quickly sprayed with silver paint, The paint is the only thing silver about  Anglia's I dent. Nice to see it back

[carbiify]

Survival. That's what I remember Anglia most for. Look at ITV now, It's a joke. Bring back regional Broadcasting.

[Voxac100b]

@carbiify Well said I used to look forward to all the great startups and you always remebered who produced what shows with all their little jingles today its just not the same this ITV1 2 3 and 4 lark!

[regentv980]

good stuff

[manc33]

Reminds me of student days in digs when TV am finished and Anglia started up at about 9-20. fabulou memories. I loved it. Not 'self-serving' not 'dated' just bloody brilliant. If it introduced a generation of kids to some classical music, raised their eyes from the ground for a minute, then it's ok by me! If that's the definition of dated, then give me dated every time.

[thedolphinpost]

It's actually made of silver and its bloody heavy - I know I tried to lift it once

[donjabroni]

That is one of the most self-serving idents I've have ever seen.

[dodshaun]

love to own that knight itll be worth a fXXXin fortune

[AllisonGrosser]

Me too! I feel soooo old remembering this! I'd feel even worse if I remembered the black and white one - hehehe.

[racrmimbpsvc]

This ident looks very good, and classic. But you have got to agree that it was getting very dated by 1988, which is when the flag came out.

[bmmoS17]

From Norwich it's the quiz of the week! Great stuff.

[AllisonGrosser]

This brings back memories! :-)

[mrscross78]

love it.

[marnanel]

It wasn't an airfix model. It was a solid silver hunting trophy.

[gilhams]

Like I actually thought it was an Airfix Model! LOL!

[fraserkatie]

Very expensive too! Worth a lot , over £5, 000!

[gilhams]

Apparantly it's on display at the Norfolk Archive Centre in Norwich.

[keda1981]

It got a cameo in the titles for Anglia News in the early 200s, too!

[MrThermomanPreacher]

It still does.

[radiodarkhorse]

That's good news! A bit of ITV heritage lives on. Don't tell ITV plc! They might steal it to make some extra money!

[bobbydj01]

@gilhams Finally got to see it last week! What an awesome experience - I can heartily recommend it to anyone.