ITA - Anglia TV Start up mid 1960s

Start of transmissions Picaso tuning signal with music, "Sea Songs" by, Vaughn Williams. This signal was broadcast on ITV Anglia, in the East Of England in the 1960s until the start of colour transmissions in the late 1960s. It was broadcast by the ITA from the Mendlesham, Sandy Heath and Belmont VHF 405 line TV transmitters on Channels, 11, 6 and 7.

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[UB40Tribute]

is this the Sir Malcolm Sargent's version?

[RadioSearock]

No, this version is by the New Concert Orchestra, conducted by Nat Nyll and recorded in 1955... This is the original version that Anglia TV used as their start up music and it was used by Anglia from 1959 onwards. However when the IBA took over control from the ITA the tune was edited down to a much shorter version for some unexplained reason. This tune was also used by the BBC TV service as the theme tune to "Billy Bunter of Greyfriars" in the mid 1950s.

[Murphywood]

This is brilliant! I can remember this so well. I have a very poor quality cassette recording of the music from about 1972. The announcer says about the Sandy Heath Transmitter and then the Anglia Knight indent and music. I wish Anglia released the music for "Sea Songs" and the indent on CD. I wrote and asked them to for their 40th anniversary - but they did the book instead (A Knight on the box).

[RadioSearock]

A copy of this music can be found on an EMI double album, released on CD called, "The Great British Experience". It is still available, and was first released in 1997.

This tune, "Sea Songs" was also used by the BBC in the very early 1950s for the TV series, "Billy Bunter of Greyfriars" starring Gerald Campion. The same recording of "Sea Songs" by Nat Nyll was used by Anglia TV when it started in 1959.

[RadioSearock]

This re-mastered version is a total re-drawn version from the original design of the ITA's Picaso tuning signal, I use Coral and Photoshop on my PC to achieve the correct results. The music was obtained from my tv and radio production music collection and it's entitled: "Sea Songs" a Vaughn Williams composition conducted by, Nat Nyll.

[lemonade607]

I have just got the album :The Great British Experience great got some great tracks on it.

[cupcakefairy87]

Beautiful piece of classical music.

[regentv980]

Could i have an mp3 of this please

[humboles]

@Murphywood, Anglia's Dick Graham (also newsreader/erstwhile actor) with red theatrical beard/moustache D'Artagnan fashion, spoke beautiful clipped English for the 60s card. I have an MP3 of it somewhere, viz: "This is Anglia Television broadcasting on channels 6, 7 and 11 from the Mendlesham, Sandy Heath and Belmont transmitters of the Independent - Television - Authority!" He lived in Lilburne Ave, Norwich, around then and was a lovely bloke.

[BONDFAN1974]

Well said I couldn't agree more

[priapus56]

Because T.V. is run by intellectual pygmies! And also because it has been dumbed down so that a load of morons can enjoy reality T.V., chat shows, talent shows...etc.etc...

[n1uvu]

My HS band in Gloucester MA (USA) played this in our concerts (1979), didnt know it was the Anglia theme !!!

[geniusburger]

Probably should have mentioned someplace this was a recreation, shame about how the music loops at the end.

[BONDFAN1974]

This is fantastic, why isn't tv like this anymore? this brings back some wonderful memories thanks for the post