Channel 4 ident from 1982 to 1991

How i yearn for channel four to bring back the original ident. I used to love the alternative and cutting edge programming. Eventhough it remains one of the few channels i actually rate, i cant help but feel it has sold out by becoming more mainstream. Remember what you used to stand for!

Whenever i think of the early days of C4 i always remember the fuss caused over the so called "Red triangle" movies. You think of the stuff around know..poor ol mary whitehouse must be turning in her grave...lol

C4 really was bad in those days... It had to change and considering it got to be the most trendiest channel on TV it has change dramatically. I love Network now.

But it's news style has not changed much in my view that that something they need to work on so that it has the same up beat feel as the rest of the network while staying proffessional. They should drop ITN because it the same agency that does the news for ITV, C4 needs to be totally independent.

80s tv idents rocked especially this one!

Yes, don't judge the item by the dub quality - from VHS, yes? I've got lots of these.
I loved the graphics and loved the music - so classy, and I still think so - from the days when C4 was different from everyone else, and a bit special - and the idea of it being a platform for crap like Big Brother would have been unthinkable.
And the long orchestral version, used on the opening programme montage in the very early days is absolutely fabulous, and brings tears to my eyes. Gorgeous.

David Dundas wrote this music for channel 4!

You know it's interesting that they haven't so much ever changed that logo so much as just put it in different places and situations. If you look closely, the actual '4' is still comprised of that shape, with those pieces.

i miss that old skool channel 4!

Me too! In all, I miss the old Channel 4 as a whole. I still think these days C4 should have an arts digital channel called, for talking sake, 4Arts to compliment the other channels.

it created by using the cray super computer in 1982. the computer was..really huge