On the web
since 1996
Updated: Mo 2-Sep-24
SEPTEMBER UPDATE:
This update is all about Flash-free re-creations of graphics seen by viewers watching Grampian Television, the ITV company serving the North of Scotland. Here are its second animated ident from 1964 plus new and updated clocks from the Seventies and Eighties.
This brings the total number of ITV and Channel 4 Flash-free Files to 88. There are also 68 BBC Flash-free Files to look through.
Other fun stuff!
Relax and watch the ripples on the Thames on a very calm day and an equally calm night! These animations are based on a Java applet written by David Griffiths and coverted into JavaScript so they can run on any browser.
Remember static - the random picture of dots you saw when tuning an analogue TV set? Hard to put on YouTube because too much changes too quickly for the codec to cope. But here it is perfectly generated by your browser (both in colour and black and white).
The story of the disappearance of Central and Westcountry, swept away by the Carlton branding machine.
The story of the disappearance of LWT, HTV and the regional announcers, despite assurances from the Government that ITV's regional identities were safe in their hands.
The story of how Carlton and Grampian disappeared along with hours of regional programming.
A FAQ on digital TV from 1999 when it was a new thing! A time when you could plug a set-top box into your TV and get Sky One on subscription with no dish, no cable and no internet required.
TV Logos Index
Updated
TV Station logos from yesteryear, featuring Dave Jeffery's Flash Files and Flash-free symbols, clocks and break bumpers. With articles on the visual brand history of the BBC, Thames Television and ITV's unified look from 1999 to 2005. Now with new and updated Flash-free stuff from Grampian Television.
Public Information Films Index
Updated Th 1-Aug-24
Transcripts of public information films with some available to watch (if you have RealPlayer, VLC or something similar and can put up with the tiny video size!).
Channel 5, Britain's newest and last terrestrial analogue TV network, was launched on Easter Sunday 1997 by The Spice Girls. This is an FAQ on the station from 1999.
TV favourite Zippy from Rainbow lets rip with a four-letter word in the name of entertainment. Yes it's really Zippy. Don't believe it? See for yourself!
In 1996, Dave Van Staveren created a web site that turned out to consist almost entirely of other people's web pages. The other people weren't happy - especially when Dave accused them of copying from him! That December he visited the BBC and apologised for his actions. But that wasn't the end of the story...
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