Going Logo - TV Hell - Victor Lewis-Smith

Victor Lewis-Smith takes a satirical look at the history of TV idents - originally broadcast on BBC2 as part of the 'TV Hell' evening on 31 August 1992. With thanks to those who originally capped and uploaded it to uknova.com.

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• Victor
• Lewis-Smith
• idents
• logos

[Lurkerbunny]

OMG!!! I remember when I saw this clip on that TV nostalgia site, Java-TV. It's long dead now. I thought I'd nevewr see this again!

[davidmcn]

Glad to be of service! I picked it up from uknova.

[Pusllab1]

I liked I.T.V. better when we had H.T.V., Tyne-Tees, Grampian, Southern etc., but this is very funny indeed! V L-S. is a genius!

[spawnfree]

V L-S is the scource of so much modern comedy.

i remember listening to him in the early 90's and laughing until i hurt in the face.

[kisbie]

@toweronepower And he knows it. There was this exchange on a Screenwipe Xmas special:

Brooker: Who's Victor Lewis-Smith?

Faceless 'TV insider': He's a rich man's you.

[OmegaRFox]

They need to make more like this nowadays

[OmegaRFox]

@hooker1uk they are on somewhere

[wisteela]

It's so great to see this again. I've not seen it since it was broadcast.

[hooker1uk]

@davidmcn is there any TV offal on there?

[toweronepower]

Now I know where charlie brooker gets his ideas.

[AndrewJimScott]

There's still one episode.

[weelin83]

Why the hell did they take them down in the first place? That's what I want to know.

[misterlaufeyson]

i second this!