Thank you for posting this (and the previous part!). Given that this must have been recorded at home, the video quality is amazing for the time. Apologies for the anorak nature of this remark, I'm guessing that this must have been recorded on Betamax? (considerably superior to VHS...)
That ITV symbol was mostly used in literature, whereas on screen you mostly saw a bold typefaced "ITV" (Central popularised this with the letters joined up at the top, sometimes multicoloured).
Central didn't exist in 1979. I think Central designed the joined up logo not long after they started in 1982, and it officially replaced the other logo. It didn't last too long, as they launched another new logo in 1989.
@agfagaevart I think that the IBA used it during their Engineering Announcements bulletin but had been in use since 1970. The main ITV blocked logo actually came into use in 1981 just as the design of the Channel 4 logo came into fruition.
Why did normal regional programmes resume on Monday October 29th, 1979 instead of the Thursday? I know: They just wanted everyone to get to know ITV again after a summer without ITV. Everyone in the UK was sitting in their couches when they saw this. And about that "Coronation Street" thing, many people who were looking to the griddle were spying to wait for the first episode in 11 weeks. Lucky UK for spying. Thank you.
Regional programmes returned on the Monday as I gather because not all regions were ready to get started after 11 weeks of striking, so ITV had the standby schedule so that all regions were ready for the Monday. Consider all but one region were on strike.
I always thought 321 and Muppets was on saturday nights (plus i thought muppets was bbc), but this has to be monday or wednesday as that was the only nights corrie was on back then. How queer!
You're right (apart from the Muppets - they were an ATV show, usually screened on Sunday), but ITV would have wanted to bring out the big guns (yeah, and 3-2-1) on their first night back.
Yeah Nish, I forgot this was the first night back after the strike, that's prob the reason. Is adhudson (ABOVE) right about the muppets being bought by BBC? I will check myself anyway. Cheers!
OMG how random. How on earth did you get this and so clear quality too and you cut off the trumpet blowing right at the very end too lol WOW the memories
I remember when ITV started up again after the strike one Wednesday evening in October 1979. In the Westward region, where I was, we got the Westward Startup first (before 5:45). After News at 5:45, Westward definitely showed Westward Diary (the regional magazine), so evidently south west England viewers couldn't have seen The Muppet Show as this clip shows. Did any regions other than Westward show their regional magazine at 6pm that evening, or was Westward the only one to do so?
Are you sure this is 1979? Ipswich Town won the FA CUp in 1978 so why would Leeds Utd be competing in the European Cup Winners Cup? Unless of course the bulletin was mistaken and the tournament in question was the UEFA Cup. Interesting clip anyway.
In fact it's October 1979, so Arsenal were in the CWC (and reached the final), but this was a slip of the tongue by Leonard Parkin - the caption rightly says that the match was in the UEFA Cup. Leeds had qualified through finishing fifth, their only European adventure between the Paris riot of 1975 (after which they were banned for a while) and the Rangers knockout in 1992.
Interesting to see the original ourdoor set for corry there. I like the reporter being filmed asking bet and len a question with his back to the houses instead of the factory, great continuity.
They'll be pulling the pints at the Rovers Return again and that will be music to the ears of millions. The "millions" bit is a bit presumptious, and ITV still presume that EVERYONE likes Coronation Street. Personally, I wouldn't care a fig if it was axed tomorrow. Mike S.
bloody hell, that was a good line-up! Crossroads, Corrie, George and Mildred, 321 a big film AND The Muppets! Wow, we'd kill for entertainment like that now!!!
I think I'd want to be killing for something a bit more televisually substantial than Crossroads and George and Mildred. Even then. People on here do seem to forget that there was an awful lot of shit telly back then, on all channels. I know; I was there.
I want this video on my X2-05 unit.
itostrong923v 1 month ago
I am on the odd a part of Youtube once more.
enarolloyd49g 2 months ago
Leeds United, didn't they used to be famous?
My dad told me they were.......
according to Wikipedia, they lost the 2nd leg 2-0 as well - oh dear!!!!
You're not famous anymore........"
phillper0906 5 months ago
In This Clip, From 2:57 To 3:19, It Was ITN-TV's ITN News At 5:45 Video Close From Wednesday Evening, October 24, 1979.
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TheDustpile 1 year ago
Thank you for posting this (and the previous part!). Given that this must have been recorded at home, the video quality is amazing for the time. Apologies for the anorak nature of this remark, I'm guessing that this must have been recorded on Betamax? (considerably superior to VHS...)
edward5432 2 years ago
I love 1:45 where Leonard Parkin comments on Julie Goodyear and Peter Adamson kissing: "What will his wife say?"
NickLotay 2 years ago
bet lynch looks younger and prettier than i remember
LollieSmith 2 years ago
Oops, they spelt Quartermass wrong! LOL
JASpiring 2 years ago
You spelt Quatermass wrong! :-)
filmnet 2 years ago 6
That ITV logo behind Leonard Parkin. I don't recall ITV using it very often after the strike.
agfagaevart 3 years ago
That ITV symbol was mostly used in literature, whereas on screen you mostly saw a bold typefaced "ITV" (Central popularised this with the letters joined up at the top, sometimes multicoloured).
filmnet 3 years ago 2
Thanks for the heads-up.
agfagaevart 3 years ago 2
Central didn't exist in 1979. I think Central designed the joined up logo not long after they started in 1982, and it officially replaced the other logo. It didn't last too long, as they launched another new logo in 1989.
JASpiring 2 years ago
It was the official ITV logo as used by the IBA in it's publications and the like. There was an equivalent 'ILR' one
LuthansaTerminal 2 years ago
@agfagaevart I think that the IBA used it during their Engineering Announcements bulletin but had been in use since 1970. The main ITV blocked logo actually came into use in 1981 just as the design of the Channel 4 logo came into fruition.
cwilliams1976 1 year ago
ATV Zoom 2 - a welcome sight for the patient viewer.
antster1983 3 years ago
Why did normal regional programmes resume on Monday October 29th, 1979 instead of the Thursday? I know: They just wanted everyone to get to know ITV again after a summer without ITV. Everyone in the UK was sitting in their couches when they saw this. And about that "Coronation Street" thing, many people who were looking to the griddle were spying to wait for the first episode in 11 weeks. Lucky UK for spying. Thank you.
Tripp1993 3 years ago
Regional programmes returned on the Monday as I gather because not all regions were ready to get started after 11 weeks of striking, so ITV had the standby schedule so that all regions were ready for the Monday. Consider all but one region were on strike.
Hodnux 2 years ago
I always thought 321 and Muppets was on saturday nights (plus i thought muppets was bbc), but this has to be monday or wednesday as that was the only nights corrie was on back then. How queer!
j4wn 3 years ago
Muppets stared off on ITV but BBC brought the Programme
abhudson14 3 years ago
You're right (apart from the Muppets - they were an ATV show, usually screened on Sunday), but ITV would have wanted to bring out the big guns (yeah, and 3-2-1) on their first night back.
nishlord 3 years ago
Yeah Nish, I forgot this was the first night back after the strike, that's prob the reason. Is adhudson (ABOVE) right about the muppets being bought by BBC? I will check myself anyway. Cheers!
j4wn 3 years ago
@nishlord The Muppets was screened in the late 1970s as the first programme to be shown after Thames handed over to LWT in the London area.
cwilliams1976 1 year ago
I remember Leonard Parkin. think he's passed away now.
peteandurnot 3 years ago
Yes he got his cups mixed up Leeds were playing in the UEFA cup that year. Arsenal were the English representatives in the Cup Winners Cup 1979-80.
MrFreezexx 3 years ago
OMG how random. How on earth did you get this and so clear quality too and you cut off the trumpet blowing right at the very end too lol WOW the memories
Sloposse 3 years ago
Ditto, I remember all of this and I was only a young kid at the Time. Brilliant, thanks a million for posting it. A Treasure indeed.
peteandurnot 3 years ago
I remember when ITV started up again after the strike one Wednesday evening in October 1979. In the Westward region, where I was, we got the Westward Startup first (before 5:45). After News at 5:45, Westward definitely showed Westward Diary (the regional magazine), so evidently south west England viewers couldn't have seen The Muppet Show as this clip shows. Did any regions other than Westward show their regional magazine at 6pm that evening, or was Westward the only one to do so?
TumbleTower 3 years ago
mmmmmm..Anna Ford...
worcesterwombat 4 years ago
Ahh memories I use to love this theme & news at one, LOL I miss good old Leonard Parkin the best newsreader ever
rajaboy 4 years ago
Yes. Memories of going to a mate's for lunch, then bunking off school the rest of the day. Heh heh.
agfagaevart 3 years ago
Are you sure this is 1979? Ipswich Town won the FA CUp in 1978 so why would Leeds Utd be competing in the European Cup Winners Cup? Unless of course the bulletin was mistaken and the tournament in question was the UEFA Cup. Interesting clip anyway.
TonyBananas101 4 years ago
In fact it's October 1979, so Arsenal were in the CWC (and reached the final), but this was a slip of the tongue by Leonard Parkin - the caption rightly says that the match was in the UEFA Cup. Leeds had qualified through finishing fifth, their only European adventure between the Paris riot of 1975 (after which they were banned for a while) and the Rangers knockout in 1992.
RobinCarmody 4 years ago
I remember that music very well :) they could have put the news end credits on straight...
b6gm6n 4 years ago
love the muppet show clip
stevebays 4 years ago
Interesting to see the original ourdoor set for corry there. I like the reporter being filmed asking bet and len a question with his back to the houses instead of the factory, great continuity.
stevepjk 4 years ago
They'll be pulling the pints at the Rovers Return again and that will be music to the ears of millions. The "millions" bit is a bit presumptious, and ITV still presume that EVERYONE likes Coronation Street. Personally, I wouldn't care a fig if it was axed tomorrow. Mike S.
25AUG1968 5 years ago
@25AUG1968 In those days, BREMA and JICTAR used to measure their audiences into millions as there were only three channels back then.
cwilliams1976 1 year ago
Glorious nostalgia. Thanks for posting.
dodger9uk 5 years ago
bloody hell, that was a good line-up! Crossroads, Corrie, George and Mildred, 321 a big film AND The Muppets! Wow, we'd kill for entertainment like that now!!!
welshguy28 5 years ago 4
I think I'd want to be killing for something a bit more televisually substantial than Crossroads and George and Mildred. Even then. People on here do seem to forget that there was an awful lot of shit telly back then, on all channels. I know; I was there.
crazyclive 4 years ago
OMG. I never thought I'd see the 'Welcome Home to ITV' again. I can't believe that was so long ago - I was only 13. Young, sweet and innocent :)
torreviejalads 5 years ago
I was 1 week old!
tsangari 5 years ago
Enjoyed seeing that. Especially the Coronation Street clip and logos/continuity.
doubledeckers 5 years ago
How I wish I was born at that time. That Welcome Home promo was fantastic
KevCityboy 5 years ago
I remember watching that 'welcome home' thing at my grandfather's house when I was eight. Weird! Thanks for uploading!
ludocrat 5 years ago
Enjoyed watching this. Thanks for uploading.
mark1968 5 years ago
Really enjoyed watching this bulletin. Also like the 'Welcome Home' promo. Thanks,Mich.
WizardMagicSpell 5 years ago