ITV Night Time - "Back Shortly" Intermission - 24.03.1991

Not the most exciting upload, granted, but a piece of presentation unique to its time and in need of recording.
Remember staring pointlessly at the "Back Shortly" slide, waiting for the programme to start again?
If you're too young to remember, here in its entirity is an ITV Night Time Back Shortly Intermission.
From The Hitman and Her.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Tyne
• Tees
• ITV
• Night
• Time
• 1991
• Back
• Shortly
• Ad
• Break
• Intermission

[bluesavannah87]

That music - for some reason I can help thinking... "The Sims".

This must have been boring as fuck, it hardly seems worth having the TV on at all.

[SozLike]

Absolutely.

Pointless TV.

[ricardo266]

Was this recorded in the Tyne Tees region? I'm quite astonished and fascinated to see this presentation clip - on 2 counts. Firstly, I watched in the Granada region and never ever saw a Night Time Back Shortly slide with music - it was always ads, trailers and promos. Secondly, given the upbeat nature of the show, I can't think of a more inappropriate piece of intermission music to play. Were they trying to send the Night Time audience to sleep? Great clip though!

[SozLike]

Yes it's from Tyne Tees.

They did this until about 1993/4 and then PIFs, trailers and the occasional advert filled the gaps. But every single ad break up to that point was filled with the Back Shortly slide.

As turkeytreat pointed out, there were more upbeat library pieces played but there seemed to be no attempt to match the music with the tone of the programmes shown. I think, in fact, the same piece of music was repeated in each break during the entire night.

Thanks for the praise btw.

[racrimbpsvc]

This is really nice music here.

[creeball]

that bloody jobfinders music! cheesey stuff. then and now!

[snowsurferbs9]

anyone remember the thing like this that had the 'blue moon' song?

[tsangari]

@ricardo266 I'd assume that we were treated to the Back Shortly slide if the ITV regional company had no adverts to sell at that timeslot.

[martyboyish]

it sounds like the sims

[keithc1977]

I hated that show The Hitman and Her. I can think of another word to describe it which rhymes with hit :) :) :)

[martyboyish]

@andrewscottuk i did back in the day say 1998 and now im 28 god were have years gone lol

[andrewscottuk]

Imgine having to actually watch this.

[PIFMan09]

Anybody know the artist of the piece being played here? It's sounds like some kind of New Age piece, e.g. the work of Liz Story.

[tango602]

it was very boring, i can remember seeing 'back shortly' on citv

[racrimbpsvc]

What day was 24th March 1991?