Watch the final Carlton Central ident here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/nYRssLOuhsXbmtI.html (it's one that I had not been able to find at the time of making this video back in November 2020, but here we go...)

@Clear-Skies-Ahead

2 жыл бұрын

Please can you pkease listen to your subs. This guy needs to be blocked from commenting since hes annoying everyone. And it's not fair. kzread.info/dron/-1ZzjwbthMJQKAa1iyBPBQ.html

Carlton were responsible for this. They were the ones who removed regional identities first. Central, Westcountry and London Weekday had lost their regional identities a lot earlier than when they removed them to become a single ITV ident.

@chriswathen9612

2 жыл бұрын

It's rather arguable who was worse. Carlton did debrand Central and Westcountry but they still continued on as separate stations in their own right despite losing their names - and as part of that Carlton did employ 3 different people sat in 3 different cities to say 'Now on Carlton...' over the same ident announcing the same programme. Because apart from the name change, Carlton London/Central/Westcountry were all still separate operations. Meanwhile Granada may well have kept the regional names up on screen but behind the scenes they were removing everything that underpinned them. Does make the final day rather odd though. By that point Carlton was operating 2 brand names but with 4 sets of continuity announcers, with everything except HTV West dedicated. They could have made a big deal about the end of regional continuity but didn't. Meanwhile Granada were operating 7 brand names with 3 sets of announcers. Yet each station got it's own special final announcement referencing the launch date and also they allowed LWT to do their big bow out. Despite Granada handling the transition to national ITV1 better, I do think during the 1999-2002 period in the grand scheme of things Carlton actually acted far better than Granada did in terms of preserving a regional ITV station, even if they did kill off the Central/Westcountry brand names. FWIW Carlton did realise their mistake quickly and never rebranded HTV when they acquired it in 2001. Should also be noted that the instant Carlton/Granada finally merged in 2004, Granada as the larger player immediately went about removing the last remnants of individuality between stations, making the regional news corporate immediately and then moving on to get rid of the final knockings of regional identity within two years of the merger. I do actually think things would have gone better in terms of preserving regionality on ITV if Carlton had ended up being the bigger player.

_"Well, that's about it from all of us here at Carlton Central. From 9.25 this morning our colleagues from London will handle continuity and sadly, it's our very last day. So on behalf of all the Midlands team east and west, and of all our ATV and Central announcers and presenters since 1955, we bid you a fond farewell. And thanks for watching."_ - Anonymous

The fact that LWT’s final screen thanked the staff of the station, while Carlton barely (if at all) acknowledged what was happening, kinda says a lot about the difference between the two companies. Long live regional ITV.

@adultmoshifan87

Жыл бұрын

Carlton only got into ITV because their boss at the time was a close friend of Thatcher’s and Thatcher herself got to be PM long enough to bring down Thames over that Death On A Rock documentary! As much as I look back on GMTV as having been the best source of kids programming on Freeview throughout the 2000s, knowing what I know now, TVAM did NOT deserve to suffer as part of that 1990 broadcasting act!

LWTs one was amazing.

Losing their regional identities was a huge mistake by ITV. Companies such as Granada were known internationally for the quality of their productions. In Germany, the regional broadcasters which were set up after WWII form part of the regional structure of ARD and maintain these links to this day.

ITV Cost cutting, A very SAD Day, HTV West will never live forever in my memories, and LWT produced some iconic shows that will never be forgotten.

Saddest day ever in tv history

@kathydorado4209

10 ай бұрын

(in the uk)

@Sey0nsPhonesagain

5 ай бұрын

Agreed

@peterwilliamskelhorn6675

4 ай бұрын

@rajnirvan3336 i still call our itv granada

@Sey0nsPhonesagain

4 ай бұрын

@@peterwilliamskelhorn6675 I wish I could call itv1 London Carlton

@peterwilliamskelhorn6675

4 ай бұрын

@@Sey0nsPhonesagain most people call their itv region whichever name they grew up with and its still like that now. Most people in London still call it Thames.

Carlton Central didn't even bother to announce the end of their regional output and neither did it's London counterpart. HTV Wales (or Harlech) left out the ITV1 logo which must've left some viewers wondering what was happening to the station in future 😲. The other ITV stations handled the farewell really good I remember watching London Weekend Television's last day on air in Oct 2002., bringing back their River Ident logo in between programmes which was so nostalgic and then their last montage of LWT continuity and old idents which made me shed a tear or two that it really was the end of Regional ITV as we knew it. 😥. Since then ITV has become so bland, full of wailing contests, quizzes, dramas, reality shows and soaps........all celebrity driven to compete with the BBC and Sky. 😦!!!

@superlegendary

2 жыл бұрын

Actually yes Carlton Central did bother to announce their end (which you can see here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/nYRssLOuhsXbmtI.html), the ident at 0:15 in this video is actually of Carlton Westcountry.

"Well, that's about it from all of us here at Carlton Westcountry. From 9.25 this morning our colleagues from London will handle continuity and sadly, it's our very last day. So on behalf of all the Westcountry team , and of all our Westward, TSW and Westcountry announcers and presenters since 1961, we bid you a fond farewell. And thanks for watching." - Not Real

@laurenceodell2718

2 жыл бұрын

"Well, we're sorry to break the bad news but that's it from us here on Meridian. Our fellow colleagues over in London are set to take over continuity full-time from 9:25 later this morning which means for us, it's the end of the line... We'll leave you now with this week's Ultimate Questions and on behalf of the late team here tonight, John, Lewis, Sandra, Neil, Jamie, Alexis and me, Chris Hill as well as all the many announcers of ITV in the South past and present from Southern Television to TVS and now, Meridian since 1959, we like to say a final thank you for watching, a very good night and for the very last time ever, goodbye..."

@Sey0nsPhonesagain

4 ай бұрын

Wait... 'P

Nice little compilation of the final idents :) Now if someone found the HTV West, Tyne Tees, Meridian, Anglia and Border ones we'd have a complete set

@theweathercat2002

Жыл бұрын

Those versions are lost media

The Carlton London junction would not have been 5:15pm. By the late 90s, CITV ended at 5, you had a programme at that time, and then another programme at 5:30pm. I remember in the 00s, CITV would do a continuity link saying goodbye to everyone which would then go directly into Crossroads, and IIRC into The People Versus after those shows swapped time slots. 5:15pm by this time would've been the middle of an ad break. I don't remember if they were still doing direct continuity links into The People Versus by 2002, though. If anything, given the announcer's talking about Katie Derham, the announcement sounds as if it was from 3pm-ish before the ITV News bulletin that happened before CITV.

As much as I HATED Crapton,that first ident is one I love! We had some good ones up here in STV land but not until 2006

Yorkshire Granada and LWT has a Last announcement on 27th of October 2002 but carlton central and HTV can't be bothered making a last announcement on 28th of October become ITV 1

@superlegendary

2 жыл бұрын

Actually Central did make a last announcement, see kzread.info/dash/bejne/nYRssLOuhsXbmtI.html The ident you see at 0:15 in this video is actually of Westcountry

@michaelfortheloss292

Жыл бұрын

And the HTV logo was missing the ITV1 logo under it, leaving everyone wondering about the future of HTV

My granny always used to call HTV ‘Harlech’, e.g “Turn it over to Harlech for the news.” I’ve no idea why or if that’s what the ‘H’ stood for.

@kyle8952

3 ай бұрын

It did, it was named after the Baron Harlech

Tyne Tees Television also had Bob Preedy doing the last ever continuity

who's the voice over in the carlton westcountry ident?

0:06 If you listen closely, you can hear the final hours synth as heard in Zelda: Majora's Mask.

Sunday 27th October 2002

@solojinglesradio1

Жыл бұрын

oh god

"Well, it's goodbye from us as we handover to LWT's final weekend after the news. For the very last time: This is Carlton."

Damn HTV, my region didn't bother mentioning it at all 🙁 I do remember both me and my parents still referring to the channel as HTV even for a few years after this (I still see it as that tbh, I just don't say it out loud 😂)

Is there any other Final messages from other Itv regions such as border,anglia,tyne tees etc

The Carlton Channels used pre recorded announcements

you've got 77,000 subscribers! (Wednesday 18th October 2023)

F1 ITV Grand Prix 2000 2001 Please

Never understood why Glen & Trish were never retained to be announcers at ITV1.

@gavinmartin5151

Жыл бұрын

Well they were retained for the next 1 or 2 years, than they got axed by ITV in favourite of new ITV voices. But Trish did move to Channel 5 by the way

Does anyone have the very last Meridian continuity announcement?

@superlegendary

3 жыл бұрын

I don't, sorry.

@johnnyballenatl

2 жыл бұрын

@@superlegendary Their last announcer would’ve said “…and all the past Southern, TVS, and Meridian announcers since 1958…”

0:55 良い、週末セレクションのお別れについて。

You're watching htv itv1 in Wales

Where's Carlton Central & HTV West

@superlegendary

3 жыл бұрын

I couldn't find them anywhere. This video is just a collection of idents that I was actually able to find.

@superlegendary

2 жыл бұрын

Carlton Central: kzread.info/dash/bejne/nYRssLOuhsXbmtI.html

HTV West went to a black ident

😕

All of the final signoffs were kinda shit to be honest. LWT was the only one who knew how to really bid farewell and properly credit everyone among them (and Granada/Central, sorta. I wont say Yorkshire cuz they only copied Granada)

Granada was responsible for all this they removed LWT air regional identity and started striping air identity for all the regional stations in england by the end of october 2002 all excluding Northern Ireland and scotland

LWT did it best

My own version on Granada's final words, based on Toonami's final sign off: "Well, this is the end, beautiful friends. After more than 46 years, this is Granada Television's final broadcast as an independent channel. It's been a lot of fun, and we'd like to thank each and every one of you who made this quarter-century journey with us. And as you might know, our colleagues from London will take over continuity from 9.25 this morning. Granada Television wouldn't have been anything without you. Hopefully, we've left you with some good memories. So, on behalf of our northern team, and all the past Granada Television announcers and presenters since 1956, we bid you a fond farewell, and until we meet again, stay gold. Boom."