Happy days!

Wonder why the start of the Sweeney theme is heard over the HTV endcap then faded?

London ITV was definitely on a honeymoon period with HTV West.

Peter Lewis also often did IV continuity at Tyne Tees TV.

LWT's Peter Lewis on HTV!?! 🤯

@the_tv_museum

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the Thames and LWT presenters often shuffled down the M4 to HTV West during days when their London channel was off the air.

@cylon6

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@@the_tv_museum I never knew that! But it does make sense as they. Did any of the HTV West continuity announcers appear on Thames or LWT?

@jasejj

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​​​@@the_tv_museumI guess it made sense that they'd end up at HTV West - which other region was a relatively easy commute from London and didn't have the significant disadvantage of being in an overlap area with Thames/LWT themselves? Granada or YTV maybe but I suspect they wouldn't have been all that interested in moonlighters from a fellow big-5 company. Kind, that doesn't quite explain Mike Prince from ATV also taking the coin from Bristol! Didn't Peter Lewis have family ties with this region, his dad was an announcer at TWW IIRC.

@darrenlewis9880

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Didnt IVC played out from Cardiff. It was only from mid 80s that it came out of Bristol?

Mellow Birds Coffee older advert.

Come to think of it the Southern clock was not so good eithier.

Classic!

The H.T.V, West was never a classic was it.