Yorkshire Television - Last Northern Continuity

On the 28th October 2002, early in the morning at the end of the daily shift, the last ever continuity announcement from Leeds was made. With Granada moving everything continuity-related to a new central service in London from later that day, national ITV Continuity began, and ITV1 would never be the same again. In a touching last announcement, Bob Preedy bids us all a fond farewell from all the past Yorkshire Television announcers since 1968. Similar announcements were pre-recorded by him for the other GMG North stations to be fed out from Leeds at this time.

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[KRPTV]

I don't live in the Yorkshire region, but just out of interest, at which point did they use the ident with the purple spinning Chevron's rather than the hearts, or did they use them both at the same time?

[tesandco]

They both got used for a time, in a fantastic bit of messy branding. The Yorkshire set was introduced in use full time before they knew the generic ITV set were coming, hence why such a huge number were produced. Once the ITV hearts came along, the purple Yorkshire ones continued to be shown before regional programming only (up until 2002).

[ITVWeatherFans]

Well, least Yorkshire acknowledged their past announcing team with a rather touching announcement... although, as you stated it sounded like it went out pretty late - Bob Preedy mentions that the London team would take over later "this morning". So, I suppose not as many people would've seen it anyway.

[tesandco]

20 past midnight if I recall correctly, as it was at the end of the YTV live shift. Annoyingly so as it was scheduled for 12.15, and they were running late, or I'd have had a recording of the almost identical Tyne Tees announcement he played out (my timer recording cut out too early :P)

[sfuhere]

It's a shame ITV has lost its regional identities. It's all about money - just about everything in this bloody country has been sacrificed for the sake of making money, and we are all much the poorer for it.

[sjdean]

A god. That was heartbreaking.

[somehopes26]

itv today is a catastropic, disgraceful dismantling of the special regional identities and makes for bland and sad viewing, which I don't view anymore!

[ITVWeatherFans]

@MrChrisking1974 Hear hear! I've heard some ITV1 continuity - too much of the 'alright, mate'-style voiceovers, none of the professionism of before. STV across Scotland is largely with the same, with the exception I feel of long servicing Maggie Lavender.

[MrChrisking1974]

@ITVWeatherFans being back yorkshire tv better when itv1 at the minute me thinks

[geekgirltv2011]

aired before icarly's 6th show (debuted in 2000, cancelled by thomas in 2004.)

whivh is based on a book and now on NBC (starting 9/10/2011) as qubo's 5th birthday gift on the NBC affiliates.

[TheYugioh93]

@10pinbowling The purpose for ITV1 to have all those channels is so that people don't get bored for having to watch only 5 channels on their TV.

What's the point of having only 5 channels when u could get a lot more nowadays?

I think ITV1 have done a good job creating these channels that u've mentioned 10pinbowling.

U're just jealous that Granada have moved their continuity to London from 28th October 2002 and I didn't even know about it.

[TheYugioh93]

@KRPTV It was around 2003 when Yorkshire had those purple spinning chevrons.

[AnthonyUK]

ITV today makes me puke!

[madcapoperator]

I miss the days just when it was like 'Now on YTV its Calendar' before being replaced with 'And now for the news where you are'

Just a little thing like that is evident of the dull, comodotised, corporate ran society we live in today...