1959 - 1968
Granada Ident1959
By the looks of things, that animation had gone by the end of the fifties and static captions would be Granada's way of doing things for the next 30 years.
Granada Ident1959
The same ident, just with bigger writing. The reference to Granada being "from the north" was because Granada also broadcast to the eastern side of the Pennines as it wasn'r until 1968 that a separate franchise for Yorkshire was introduced.
1968
Granada Ident1968
This logo is from 1968. They used it after the francise change - when they ceased to become "From the North" and became "7 Day North West". They didn't use this logo for long and soon changed to the Granada G arrow.1968 - 1970s
Granada Ident1968
A tuneful little number from Ganada in 1968, when the new G/Arrow symbol was introduced.
"You're lookin on channel 9 Granada."
1970s
1980s
Granada Ident1981
Our first colour version of the Granada ident continued Granada's use of just a static caption into the 1980s.1982 -
Granada Ident1982
Notice how the Granada symbol was later re-drawn to appear thicker, and the spacing between the letters is tighter. The arrow was also shortned to be less tall.1985
Granada Christmas1985
A Christmas ident from 1985 along with matching clock. The ident is animated too which was unusual for Granada at the time.Granada TV 30 Years - 1986
Granada celebrated their 30th Birthday with a selection of animated idents with jingles. For some reason they returned to mute static captions until 1989.
Granada Ident1987
Granada did not use animated idents for many years, instead opting to use static captions and voiceovers or invision announcements . See Continuity section for examples
Granada Ident1989
Start of the year and a Spring Ident from 1989.
generic ident used throughout 1989
Granada Ident1989
One of the first animated idents used since the early eighties to introduce a programme.
Granada North West Ident1989
Granada started using a local ident from 1989, this one a the Granada G/arrow symbol is formed over a relief map of the region.
Granada Generic ITV Ident1989
The unused Granada generic ITV ident from 1989.
Look at the end ITV logo - The 'V' segment, contains a part of the Granada logo, however a line is missing which forms the famous arrow symbol.
Granada ITV Ident1990
Although the generic ident as designed for them was never used by Granada, they did make their own version for use occasionally.
Granada Ident1990
In 1990 Granada launched a more cohesive identity, of blue, white and the Granada 'stripe'...
Granada Ident1992
A rather nice looking CG ident from Granada in 1992. Colin Weston announces on the left clip and Charles Foster on the right one.
Granada NW Christmas Ident1992
and the snow dome theme continues through to the North West ident...
Granada Olympic Bid Ident1993
Manchester was one of the cities which bid to host the 2000 Olympics. Granada commissioned an ident to show its support for Manchester's bid. Manchester lost out to Sydney but shortly after, the city was awarded the 2002 Commonwealth Games.Granada Stings & Idents 1994 - 1995
Granada used live action idents from the Spring of 1994. They would be used at the start of programme promotions and as idents before Granada Reports.
Designed, produced and directed by Peter Phillips they feature shots from all over Granadaland, combined with a flag featuring the Granada stripe. Photography by Sprockets and music composed by The Ded Good Music Company.
Granada Ident1995
A slight change of image from Granada in 1995. Designed by Peter Phillips, instead of using CG, a large perspex G was shot using motion control.
Multiple passes were taken and composited together to create the final look.
Granada Ident1995
Another variation of the ident came later in '95. Shot entirely in-camera, slit scan effects and different lighting conditions were shot and then combined to create this colourful ident.
Television Worth Watching Ident1995 Television Worth Watching Ident
1995 Television Worth Watching Ident
1995 Granada Ident (Element)
1995
Coronation Street / Granada Ident1995
A special Granada ident here to mark the 35 anniversary of the station's world famous soap, Coronation Street.
Granada Ident1999
A Granada ident, smilar to the ones made for Granada Plus, it's followed by another special Granada Forumla One ident
Granada Ident - Jellyfish1999
Another of those weird idents, this time with a jellyfish turning into the symbolGranada / ITV Corporate Look 1999
The ITV Corporate 'hearts' look was introduced in November 1999
GTV/ITV Ident - Beach1999 GTV/ITV Ident - Fairground
1999 GTV/ITV Ident - Brolleys
1999 GTV/ITV Ident - Forest
1999
Granada ITV1 Ident2001
ITV became ITV1 on 11th August 2001. A slightly revised Hearts ident, now Granada ITV1
ITV1 Granada2002 On Monday 28th October 2002 a brand new look was introduced for ITV1. All networked programming for the english regions was preceded by the ITV1 network idents. Regional idents were now only used prior to local programming. This is one of the idents for ITV1 Granada.
ITV1 Granada2007 No sign of a 'Granada' title anywhere on the new batch of ITV idents, however it is name checked in the voiceover...
Introduction to Granada's politics programme Party People
