In the Westcountry region we had NO warning of the coming of Carlton, it just suddenly appeared one day. We were all shocked and thought that the wrong ITV station had come on.

@kadenvanciel9335

5 жыл бұрын

Can you find anyone from the Thames region who was there when Carlton rebranded that region at the same time they did with Central and Westcountry?

@muk8804

4 жыл бұрын

@@kadenvanciel9335 Thames was immediate as it was a license granted to them by government. The other regions were more gradual as Carlton bought out the companies that ran them and rebranded them after that

@darwenrover8910

4 жыл бұрын

The thing is though, Central was a well-established name in the ITV network whereas Westcountry wasn't. But in all fairness, the least Carlton could have done was inform those viewers about the changes for viewers in the South West like they did for those in the Midlands.

@omegaman6494

3 жыл бұрын

@@kadenvanciel9335 Carlton won the right to rebrand Thames in 1992 in the franchise auction. Carlton bought out Central and Westcountry later and rebranded both at the same time in 1999.

@michaelmcdonald2348

3 жыл бұрын

not a rebrand of thames though. thames lost the franchise but the company continued to exist as a producer and had no connection with carlton

"Bring Back the Cake!" Is what I would say if I was born in 85. In the Midlands.

@entertain1048

3 жыл бұрын

In the end of this clip see that London Tonight intro in upper left screen before intro changed.

@SuperBloxTube

3 жыл бұрын

My Mom was born in 85. In the Midlands. Wow.

I spent 3 months in Australia at around this time so I was shocked to come back to Carlton, bring back Central.

They also took over Westcountry, and later, HTV. HTV however retained its full identity.

@glenncooney3959

Жыл бұрын

If I remember rightly, HTV was brought by Granada, but due to competition rules at the time, Granada had to sell it. So they opted to sell it to Carlton. As HTV covered Wales, and ITV respected the nations at the time (including when ITV Wales was still given local continuity until 2006) I guess that’s why they maintained the HTV name… until October 2002.

@bigredsock1

Жыл бұрын

@@glenncooney3959 Granada wanted to take over the TV stations of United News & Media, which owned Anglia, Meridian and HTV. The regulator agreed to this on the condition that they sell on HTV, which they did to Carlton.

@glassowlie

7 ай бұрын

@@glenncooney3959 HTV name was still for regional news until 2004.

It was inevitable after the takeover of Central.

Thank you for sharing Terry :)

@terrypearson7787

5 жыл бұрын

You're welcome - thanks for viewing!

I'm from the Anglia tv region, just imagination had Carlton taken all the rest of the ITV Network across the country, it would had become Carlton television.

@rajnirvan3336

Жыл бұрын

As a London region viewers absolutely despised Carlton when took over Thames. Luckily Anglia was under the Carlton owners as identity could have been dissolved. At least under Granada they kept names of LWT, Anglia, Meridian, Yorkshire, Tyne Tees and Border still going. Even though we're slightly generic

@Irisey274

4 ай бұрын

Imagine a world like that

How with a bid of £2,000 per year, was Central not the first company to go on the kill and buy up another ITV company? It could have easily bid for Granada or LWT? Well it’s 30 years ago now, so it’s all history now.

@GoldenDaggerProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Well, to be honest, Central didn't seem like the type of franchise to gobble up another company.

@rtc9063

2 жыл бұрын

@@GoldenDaggerProductionsI guess it would have had issues if it’d had to try to buy LWT seeing that Carlton had a 20% stake in Central. Well it’s nearly 30 years ago. History can’t be reversed

Excuse me do you have any footage of the switchover from Central to Carlton?

@terrypearson7787

3 жыл бұрын

Really sorry - this fragment is the only footage in my possession. Hope you agree it's better than nothing!

@groupnextelgntpoeghflpi5817

3 жыл бұрын

@@terrypearson7787 Okay. I will stick with what footage is available.

@chriswathen9612

8 ай бұрын

There wasn't a 'switchover' as such, this was only a rebrand. The final Central ident aired late on 5 September 1999 (or possibly early hours of 6 September 1999), followed by the usual ITV Nighttime Branding, then after GMTV it started up as Carlton. Westcountry was similar (although it was locally branded overnight so the final Westcountry ident would have been into the news at 5:30).

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@terrypearson7787

3 ай бұрын

Many thanks!

@adamwithey8194

3 ай бұрын

@@terrypearson7787 you're welcome

*GOODBYE, ITV!* It in it's original name/purpose really stopped from midnight, Friday 1st January 1993, when the 1990 BA's policies really started kicking in, followed by the 1991 Franchise bid starting that night as well, and then what followed by allowing other ITV regional franchises to take over others.

Brilliant

New name and new "lok". Definetly british

@mariusjmi

3 жыл бұрын

Only brits can relate

Does this mean that the Central region got to see what the new idents would look like a week before the London region did?

A dark time indeed…

At least it only lasted three years. No one was sad to see that awful name go.

0:11 Mark Lipscomb

@terrypearson7787

3 жыл бұрын

No! Terry Pearson!

@revinhatol

3 жыл бұрын

@@terrypearson7787 Sorry.

@terrypearson7787

3 жыл бұрын

No worries - I'm happy to be mistaken for another pro!

@revinhatol

3 жыл бұрын

@@terrypearson7787 Mark was the one from London, you work for this one in the Central region, right?

@terrypearson7787

3 жыл бұрын

That's right, Revin - from 1988 until 2000 I worked at the Birmingham studios - first in the Broad Street premises, then in Gas Street which is where this clip was filmed. I believe Mark worked at the Central News Studios in their South region in Abingdon, Oxfordshire.

My mum still says turn it to central emmerdale farms starting 😂

Terrible day in TV especially those who were Central region. As in London despised Carlton after taking over Thames which was bad

Thank you for this upload I love Carlton

Made by Gill Sans Galore, Martin Lambie-Nairn.

@terrypearson7787

3 жыл бұрын

Gill Sans and Martin Lambie-Nairn I get - where does Galore fit in?

Never made any sense. Drop the name Central but still call the local news Central. Thank god that bloody name has never been heard of again for nearly 22 years!