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Click for larger image Harlech Ident
1968 Click for larger image This ident had a kaleidoscopic effect and was accompanied by the ‘Waterfall’ jingle used for many years.

HTV Start-up
1983 Broadcasting from the transmitters of the Independent Broadcasting Authority this is HTV

Click for larger image HTV Ident
1988 Click for larger image The generic version of the block aerial ident which replaced the original aerial ident from late 1987.

Click for larger image HTV Friday Promo
1987 Click for larger image Highlights from Good Friday evening.

Click for larger image HTV Saturday Promo
1987 Click for larger image The programme line-up for Saturday evening.

Click for larger image The Future Now Promo
1988 Click for larger image Highlights for a new season.

Click for larger image HTV Monday
1988 Click for larger image Monday evening highlights on HTV.

Click for larger image Summer HTV Promo
1988 Click for larger image The line-up for a summertime Thursday.

Click for larger image HTV Nightclub pre-launch promos
1988 HTV began to offer round the clock viewing as ‘Nightclub’ began in 1988, broadcasting through the night.
 
right clip - shorter version
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1988 Elise Rayner
1988 Anju Mishra
1988 Russell Hurn
1989

HTV Nightclub
1988 / 1990 left clip - Elise Rayner introduces tonight’s film. Elise worked for several years on HTV and currently has a Sunday show on BBC Radio Wiltshire.
 
right clip - Peter Rowell brings us the entertainment through the night on HTV. Peter is now HTV West's main news bulletin reader being there from GMTV to the Lunchtime News.

HTV Christmas 1988

Christmas on HTV wouldn’t be complete with a CGI tree!


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1988 Christmas Eve
1988 Boxing Day
1988 New Year Promo
1989

HTV Ident
1989 The generic HTV / ITV ident, used when the Wales and West services combined, usually on a Saturday and Sunday mornings.

Click for larger image HTV Promos
1989 Click for larger image The new year now brings a new theme for HTV's promos "New Horizons"

Click for larger image Summer programme promo
1990 Click for larger image A new thriller coming this summer.

Click for larger image HTV Spring '92 Promo
1992 Click for larger image A new season of programmes kicks off this spring.

Click for larger image Easter HTV Promo
1992 Click for larger image Enjoy Easter Saturday on HTV.

Click for larger image HTV Ident
1993 Click for larger image The new HTV. The new logo and look was introduced on 1st January 1993. This was the first HTV ident of the new franchise period. No more Wales or West, just plain HTV.

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1993 HTV Presentation
1993 HTV Presentation
1993 HTV Presentation
1993

Click for larger image HTV Ident
1999 Click for larger image An updated HTV ident, this look was introduced in 1995.
 
right clip - continuity into Emmerdale

Click for larger image HTV Break Bumper
1999 Click for larger image A break bumper with a shimmering watery feel.

Click for larger image HTV Ident
1999 Click for larger image Making use of a striking yellow and blue colour scheme.

Click for larger image HTV Break Bumper
1999 Click for larger image The break bumper for the bright new ident.

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1999 Promo
1999 Promo
1999 Promo (west)
1999

Click for larger image HTV Christmas
2000 Click for larger image Some festive presentation from HTV 2000
 
left clip - Ident, right clip - programme trailer

Click for larger image HTV / Carlton Idents
2001 Click for larger image With the acquisition of HTV by Carlton, new idents were inevitable. HTV start-up on Monday 2nd July 2001 shows the first of the new idents.

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2001 Ident - Splash
2001 Ident - Generic
2001 Ident - Sport
2001

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2001 Ident - Generic2
2001 Ident - Cubist
2001 Ident - Gold Heart
2001

Click for larger image HTV Break Bumper
2001 Click for larger image Television from the heart, from HTV.

Coming up on HTV. The new Next on HTV slide introduced on Monday 2nd July 2001.


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2001 Next
2001 Next
2001 Next
2001

Christmas Ident
2001 2001 saw HTV adopt the familiar Carlton Christmas idents, albeit with the HTV Heart endbord.

New Year Ident
2002 It's New Year 2002 on HTV, Carlton style!

End Boards & Presentation Slides

A selection of end boards and presentation slides from HTV.


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