BBC South West1961 Regional BBC comes to Plymouth in 1961. But local globes were another fifteen years away.
BBC1 South West - Symbol1978 The mechanically-generated mirror globe which heralded Spotlight each evening in the late 70s.
BBC1 South West - Symbol1981 Three years later, and a change of ident. Apologies for the absence of colour on this clip, but the picture shows what it should look like.
BBC1 South West - COW Globe1985 First seen at 6:35pm on Tuesday 19 February. Once famously displayed for 10 minutes during Ceefax AM in 1986; it is from this unplanned screening that our clip comes. So enjoy a full minute of the COW.
BBC1 South West - Symbol1991
The virtual globe first shown on 16 February 1991. There was no accompanying clock.
One evening in 1994, transmission of a regional documentary meant the rest of the night's programmes were timeshifted and broadcast from Plymouth. That meant a night of local continuity! And of course, a local closedown, albeit without the clock. Ian Phillips is your announcer.
BBC1 South West
Balloon power takes off from Saturday 4th October.
BBC1 South West Christmas1997 ...Or not; at least Seymour Road managed to get a copy of the Christmas idents this year. Just a pity they weren't correctly branded.
BBC1 South Westfrom 02.10.2000 BBC News goes widescreen from October 2000, but most regions did not have widescreen facilities so the picture was zoomed to 14:9. The local idents were updated to include the BBC URL.
BBC1 South West Christmas2000 For as long as I could remember BBC1 South West never used Christmas idents, the globes plodded on as usual. But for the first time ever, BBC1 SW gots its own version of the festive balloon in December.
BBC1 South West Christmas2001 Scrooge really has turned over a new leaf! Plymouth gets festive for the second consecutive year; the 2001 sequence was produced by Aardman Animations, creators of Wallace and Gromit.
BBC1 South Westfrom 29.03.2002
Out with the balloons and in with the dancing girls (and boys) from Good Friday. A spectacular piece of film but is this really appropriate for introducing Spotlight?
The English regions originally had just one of the new idents - but less than two weeks into the rebrand, Capoeira arrived in Plymouth.
BBC1 South West - Capoeira Still2002 Red faces all round when just one day into BBC1's new look, the death was announced of the Queen Mother. Many felt the new idents were inappropriate for introducing coverage of such a story, so a blurred still of Capoeira was introduced.
BBC1 South West Christmas2002 BBC South West's rendition of the charming BBC1 Christmas ident. The absence of the "Subtitles" aston was a bonus, but due to 4:3 resizing the picture quality was lower than the network version.
BBC1 South West2003
Following the transfer of all regional programmes to BBC1, the English regions got a full set of idents. As with other regions, Tai Chi is now a common sighting before the news.
Another common sight at 6pm is Skateboarders, in use from September 2003.
BBC1 South West Christmas2004 Those Bouncy Puddings with a local feel. But the decision had been taken to scrap the junction between national and regional news programmes, so this was rarely seen.
BBC1 South West Christmas2005 BBC ONE South West - the local One for Christmas! Although now confined to just before main news bulletins, there was more time to see the Oompa-Loompas this year, thanks to an early start to Christmas pres.
BBC1 South West Christmas2006 Winter fun for the circles era on BBC1 South West! Several regional ident slots were lost owing to a major national story in the week before Christmas. However, Snowball finally rolled up on Wednesday 20 December.
BBC1 South West Christmas2007 Penguins from Essex introduce the BBC1 regional news this Christmas. Some have questioned the suitability of the ident for use into news programmes, but finally BBC1 South West now broadcasts in full widescreen.
BBC1 South West2008 Helicopter - a good choice for BBC1 South West - seeing as it was filmed in Cornwall.