1980
ITV Eighties Promo & Continuity1980
A trailer voiced by Peter Lewis for Ryan's Daughter. The film was shown on Sunday 13 January 1980.
1981
ITV Tomorrow Promo24.6.1981
A promo for the Vince Powell sitcom "Young At Heart" about the doings of a retired pottery worker. You may recognise 2 faces in this trailer. Go on, have a guess....Oh alright I'll tell you. The actor sitting at the table is none other than Sir John Mills! And the guy on the phone? Yes, it's a young Roy Cropper from Corrie (actor David Neilsen)
ITV Tuesday Promo1981 Here's a promo for The Jim Davidson Show and George and Mildred to be shown on 30th June 1981.
ITV Wednesday Promo29.07.1981 A rundown of a "special evening of entertainment" on the day of Charles and Diana's wedding with the UK premier of Saturday Night Fever being the main attraction. I hope that Bet managed to get the television set working at the Rovers in time for the wedding highlights which immediately followed the main film.
New Series - P.S. It's Paul Squire2.9.1981
Trailer for P.S It's Paul Squire. Squire first came to the publics attention on the 1980 Royal Variety Show. He was an exceptionall talented impressionist who did all the voices of the day (Les Dawson, Frank Spencer, John Inman etc). ATV snapped him up for his own show and every week, we'd see him in his flat, being badgered by his writer and musical director. Despite a talented supporting cast, the show was a bit limp. Squire went to the BBC then returned to ITV (now Central) and his new series flopped. 
Game for a laugh / Johnny Carson Promos1981
A couple of trailers here from 1981. The first is for Game For A Laugh (exact date not known) and the second is for the Johnny Carson's Tonight Show on 17th October 1981.
ITV Autumn 81 Big Films Promo15.8.81 A fast-paced run through some of the forthcoming films this autumn on ITV.
TV Times Announcement1981
An apology for the TV Times not appearing once again. Both the TV Times and the BBC's equivalent, Radio Times, did not appear from time to time in the early 1980s due to various disputes.
Christmas Day on ITV Promo1981
A James Bond film has been a staple part of ITV's bank holiday line-up for decades and in 1981 ITV decided to show a Bond film immediately after the Queen's Speech. The promo then briefly focuses on the next two programmes giving us the Christmas Day line-up for late afternoon/early evening on ITV.
Christmas Day on ITV Promo1981
This promo trails the two programmes which follow the three programmes promoted in the previous promo.Examples of some holding slides used by Southern TV
1982
ITV New Promos1982 Left - From 10 February 1982, find out whats coming up this season on ITV. Watch out for Thames continuity at the end for The Benny Hill Show!
Right - An advert for Cannon heaters, The Fall Guy and some Vauderville acting...oh yes, it's the 80's!
ITV Special Season Promo8.7.1982
Charles Foster with a Granada wraps up the morning childrens slot and leads into this Special Season promo for ITV. Featuring clips of Give Us A Clue, Crossroads and France v Germany in the semi finals of World Cup '82 Semi Finals.
(For the sports fans among you, this game went to extra time after being 3 all at full time, Germany won on penalties but lost 3-1 to Italy in the finals, France were beaten in the third place playoffs 3-2 by Poland)
Boxing Day on ITV1982
Eric and Ernie famously moved to ITV in the mid 1970s and this promo features clips from their 1982 Christmas show.
1983
Jewel In The Crown1983
ITV has always had a reputation for top quality drama and Jewel in the Crown, promoted here, was one such example.
ITV Promo - Hotel1983
Another typically 80's trailer, this time for "Hotel" starring James Brolin and the legendary Bette Davis. This trailer is for the pilot edition (24 November 1983) as Bette Davis did not appear again after the pilot, due to ill health (she'd had a stroke during surgery the previous spring).
ITV Christmas Tuesday Promo20.12.1983
Where else could you see Eammon Andrews, Ronald Reagan, Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon and Cher all in one night? Why, it must be ITV! Stewart White tempts us to return after the break! This promo aired on 20 December 1983 and was for programmes on 27 December 1983.
ITV 84 New Year Weekend Promo1983 Entertainment for everybody featuring drama, action, music and laughter for the new year weekend on ITV.
1984
ITV Tuesday Promo3.1.1984 Clint Eastwood and Des O' Conner meet their matches! Find out why in this clip from 1984. Watch out for the TVS break bumper at the end!
ITV Promo - Thank You Mrs Clinkscales29.12.1983
Coming up soon, a new series of Minder, Diary Of An Edwardian Lady, the classic Jewel In The Crown, and where do you go after being thrown out of the boozer? Watch Thank You Mrs Clinkscales and find out. This promo aired on 29 December 1983 and was for programmes on 5 January 1984.
Boxing Day Promo1984
A computer generated Christmas card comes to life for the 1984 Christmas theme...1985
ITV Promo31.8.1985
The task of designing the network on-screen promotional material for ITV was shared by the 5 largest contractors. In this example - a short animation for an Autumn promo campaign, was designed by Graham Smith at the Yorkshire TV graphic design department, with the cutting edge computer animation (of the time) produced by Paul Docherty of Electric Image in London.
ITV - The one to watch1985
Yes, the ITV promo is so bad Robert Vaughn turns it off, even Richard Prior looks astounded at how bad it is. Quite a clever promo actually!
ITV Sport1985
Here's two ITV Sport idents which would preceed ITV Sports programmes. Metallic 3D animations were very fashionable around this time in the mid 80s as computer graphics became more affordable
Christmas on ITV Boxing Day Promo1985 Promoting a "powerful line-up of programmes" for Boxing Day on ITV.
1986
ITV Trail1986 Ah remember the 80s? Duty Free, Never The Twain, Lytton's Diary .. the Wednesday line-up on ITV
Christmas ITV Promo1986
Comedy for the festive period topped-and-tailed with a radio-style ITV jingle.
1987
ITV Morning Health & Family Matters1987
We assume this ident was played before educational health programmes. Do you know any more?
ITV Daytime trail1987
This trail informs us of the launch of ITV Daytime in 1987. It features Mike Scott in a lame Frankenstein spoof.
ITV - The Best Takes Promo1987
another of those "Best Takes" promo, this time regionalised for Yorkshire Television...
Christmas on ITV1987
Couple of trailers here from 1987. The first was shown on Christmas Eve, promoting Inspector Morse on Christmas Day. The second is for programmes on 29th December 1987.
Christmas on ITV1987
Couple of trailers here from 1987. The first was shown on Christmas Eve, promoting Inspector Morse on Christmas Day. The second is for programmes on 29th December 1987.
1988
ITV ident1988
A CG animation featuring the regional ITV logos.
We're not sure where or when it was used
ITV Promos1988 A whopping 2 minute promo here from 1988, featuring all the regional logos and a host of ITV talent from programmes including Brideshead Revisted, Minder, Coronation Street, This is Your Life, Blind Date, Saint & Greavsie, and Boon. This promo was ITV's response to the changes being proposed in the 1990 Broadcasting Act, then going through parliament. ITV understandably didn't want any changes to the status quo, so it was intended to remind viewers what a good thing they currently had.
This Morning / Krypton Factor Promos1988
left clip - Weekday mornings will never be the same again from 3 October, according to ITV!
right clip - Olympic presenters v Olympic Champions for this special edition to co-inside with ITV?s last ever broadcast of the Olympic Games. The trailer was shown on 19th September 1988.
ITV Regional Station idents
Below the identites used by the regional stations. Please refer to individual regional ITV pages for more station clips and information.
ITV Network Programmes
ITV Network Programmes: Some ITV programmes came from different parts of the country. The programme was produced by the company which covered the area that edition came from.
Highway11.05.1986
ITV's answer to Songs of Praise presented by Harry Seacombe. Fantastic theme tune! This edition from Bradford is from 11 May 1986, exactly a year after the devistating fire at the Bradford football ground.
About Britain1988
Locally produced documentaries shown across the ITV network.
left clip is from Channel TV, right clip is from TSW, complete with an ident
1980s ITV Holding Slides
Used by Channel 4 and some ITV regions
