Tyne Tees have produced a great deal of marvellous programmes since 1959, many of which have been for the ITV network. Here are just a few:
Play It Again1980
Play it again was one of the programmes that occupied the half hour lunchtime slot between ITV's children's programmes and News at One during the early 1980s. It was a clip/chat show in which Tony Bilbow interviewed a celebrity guest about their favourite films.
Barriers1981
Barriers starred Paul Rogers and Benedict Taylor. It featured the first ever TV appearance of Denise Welch, who went on to appear in Coronation Street and then Bad Girls
Shoot1982
"Shoot!" was a regional football highlights programme. It ran from 1968 to 1983. These titles are from the 1982-83 season.
Razzmatazz1981
Here's a couple of snippets of Razzmatazz from January 1981 including the closing credits
Razzmatazz Solid Gold Christmas Special1984
Razzmatazz was a popular networked childrens programme which ran from 1981 to 1987. This example is from a 1984 Christmas Special
The Tube1984 A welcome back to Paula Yates for series 3 in 1984 after becoming a mother with the lovely Leslie Ash moving on to CATS Eyes. A relatively clean set of titles these. Mid series they were adapted to incorporate the bands appearing on the show.
The Tube1985 Definitely the best set of titles the programme had. A witty look at how important The Tube was to the world!! Hands up anybody who knew who REM were in 85 ?
Supergran1985
Super Gran, written by Jenny McDade, was brought to television in 1985 by Tyne Tees. The music was by Phil Gutter with vocals by Billy Connolly. The series was produced by Keith Richardson & Graham C. Williams.
The Tube1986 You can tell these titles cost more to make, however they're not a patch on 1985! Incidently, this was the sequence Jools Holland told all the groovy f**kers to look out for!
Nightline1987
Nightline was the local late night discussion programme.
The titles feature various shots of the Newcastle skyline
Chain Letters1987
Chain Letters was a word puzzle based gameshow presented originally by Jeremy Beadle. Other hosts were Andrew O'Connor, Allan Stewart, Ted Robbins, Vince Henderson and Dave Spikey. The show ran from 1987 to 1995.
Bridges to Excellence1988
Bridges to Excellence was a regional programme, made to showcase life for students at Newcastle University.
Three former graduates worked on it - the narrator, Kate Adie, plus the composer Wilfred Josephs and the VT editor Edmund Quigley.
Kellyvision1988
CITV programmme where Chris Kelly looked into various aspects of tv and film production
Straight Talk1988
From Tyne Tees Television, Straight Talk was a late night talk show show presented by Joanna Kaye covering subjects aimed at young people
About Britain1991
Various ITV companies produced documentaries that were networked under the title "About Britain". This set of titles were used by Tyne Tees in 1991.
Soccer Night2004
Soccer Night is ITV's regional football programme. The titles feature the same graphics across the regions although the pictures within them and the sets vary.