Bruce Forsyth's Big Night1978
ITV had just poached Brucie from the BBC and he even uses his age old catchphrase from the Generation Game. Although this is not an obvious identity link, this LWT programme, from 1978 seemed very keen to promote a national image for ITV.
Right clip - The first item in the programme was a song to promote the "ITV Network"
For those that don't want to watch the clip, here are the lyrics:
I don't know where you are, you may be near or far
So let's get the network together, it's Saturday night
You may be on your own, not even a telephone
So let's get the network together, it's Saturday night
It's a turn on, it's a party, guess that's why I happen to feel so hail and hearty
Remember on ITV, we're the channel you get for free
So let's get the network together, don't worry about the weekend weather
It's the Big Night in on ITV, I can't see you but you can see me,
on the network every Saturday night
Get the whole of the network together tonight!
Oh they don't write 'em like that anymore!
Welcome home to ITV1979 A strike broke out at Thames Television on 6th August 1979. This spread throughout the other ITV companies and all (apart from Channel Television) were on strike by the 10th of August. Transmissions resumed at 5.45pm on 24th October 1979. This is the cheesy way that ITV returned to our screens.
ITV Regional Station Idents
Here are some of the regional idents used in the 1970s...
