ITV Central, previously known as Central Independent Television, Carlton Central, ITV1 for Central England and commonly referred to as simply Central, is the Independent Television franchisee for
the Midlands
The Midlands (also referred to as Central England) are a part of England that broadly correspond to the Kingdom of Mercia of the Early Middle Ages, bordered by Wales, Northern England and Southern England. The Midlands were important in the In ...
. It was created following the restructuring of ATV and began broadcasting on 1 January 1982. The service is owned and operated by
ITV plc
ITV plc is a British media company that holds 13 of the 15 regional television licences that make up the ITV network (Channel 3), the oldest and largest commercial terrestrial television network in the United Kingdom.
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under the licensee of ''ITV Broadcasting Limited''. Historically Central made a major contribution to the ITV network schedule - especially in entertainment and drama - but today its main responsibility is the regional news service.
History
Background
During the 1970s ATV, the previous Midlands licence holder, was often criticised for its lack of regional output and character. Although ATV had purpose-built a modern colour production complex in the centre of
Birmingham
Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the We ...
, most of its major productions were recorded at its main studios at
Elstree
Elstree is a large village in the Hertsmere borough of Hertfordshire, England. It is about northwest of central London on the former A5 road, that follows the course of Watling Street. In 2011, its population was 5,110. It forms part of t ...
in Hertfordshire, a legacy of the period when the company had also served London at the weekends until 1968. Its corporate headquarters were in Central London.
ATV attempted to address its problem in 1980 as part of its franchise reapplication; with plans for a second major facility in the area (to be based in
Nottingham
Nottingham ( , locally ) is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east of Sheffield and north-east of Birmingham. Nottingham has links to the legend of Robi ...
) and as part of the
Independent Broadcasting Authority
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's plan for the contract to provide separate news coverage for both the East Midlands and the West Midlands. The company name would also be changed from ATV Network Limited to ATV Midlands Limited, thus reinforcing the greater regional focus. The IBA accepted ATV's assertion that ATV Midlands Ltd planned to take a more local identity and awarded the contract to ATV Midlands Ltd on the basis that further changes were to be implemented, including that the parent company, Associated Communications Corporation, would divest 49 per cent of its shareholding in ATV Midlands Ltd in an attempt to introduce local shareholders and that ATV Midlands Ltd's registered office should be within the region. To demonstrate this change of share structure the IBA insisted that ATV change its company name, to show that it was a substantially new company due to the requirement for a dual region.
Launch
The station began transmitting at 9:25 am on Friday 1 January 1982 with an authority announcement by duty announcer Su Evans, followed by an extended five-minute promo entitled ''Welcome to Central'', voiced by Peter Wheeler, previewing the company's network and regional programming, and the schedule for the first day of transmission. YouTube. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
Central initially ran a sole pan-regional service from Birmingham, as a result of an industrial dispute which prevented its East Midlands service from Nottingham commencing before September 1983. The split allowed Central to serve the West Midlands (region), West Midlands with its own service from Birmingham. There were few differences between the East and West sub-regions, but each had its own news service, advertisements, and during the early years of operation, continuity. This would lead to the BBC launching its own sub-regional service for the East Midlands during the 1980s, which became a region in its own right in January 1991, with the launch of ''
East Midlands Today
''East Midlands Today'' is the BBC's regional television news programme for the East Midlands.
The programme is broadcast on BBC One from studios at the BBC's East Midlands broadcasting centre in Nottingham, also home to Radio Nottingham. Th ...
''.
Operations
By March 1984, the reorganisation of the company was complete, allowing pre-tax profits to double from £3.5 million to £6.5 million in its first two financial years. Shortly afterwards, Zenith Productions was established as a subsidiary of Central Television, which produced programming for the UK and the USA – most famously including the company's television adaptations of the ''
Inspector Morse
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'' novels. The formation of Zenith Productions on April 3, 1984 allowed the company in order to exploit markets outside of the U.S. and U.K. similar to what
Thames
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did with the
Euston Films
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subsidiary. Central's interests in on-screen fiction saw the company buy the Korda Film Library in 1986.
In January 1987, Central acquired the European division of the American production company
FilmFair
FilmFair was a British production company and animation studio that produced children's television series, animated cartoons, educational films, and television advertisements. The company made numerous stop motion films using puppets, clay animat ...
for £1.5million, which went on to produce several of the station's networked children's series before being sold onto the Storm Group (Caspian) in 1991. On the same day, Central bought a stake in Starstream, who co-founded and operated
The Children's Channel
The Children's Channel, also known as TCC, was a British-based pan-European children's television channel in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, which was owned by Flextech in London, England, UK. It began broadcasting on the original Eutelsat ...
– the 22% stake was sold in November 1991 to United Artists Cable International (formerly a subsidiary of United Artists Theatres, the parent company now a division of Regal Entertainment Group, and the former cable company merged into TCI, the predecessor of
Liberty Media
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). A few months later, Central became the first ITV station to broadcast its own overnight service, including short news bulletins, imported output and the long running ''Jobfinder'' service – launched in 1986 in partnership with the
Manpower Services Commission
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– which went on to run for 17 years and won a Royal Television Society award. Central was also awarded the Queen's Award to Industry for Export twice, for selling its range of programming to over 80 countries around the world, in April 1987 and April 1989
Under its growing business portfolio, Central created CTE ( Central Television Enterprises) in December 1987 and opened international bureaux in
Hamburg
Hamburg (, ; nds, label=Hamburg German, Low Saxon, Hamborg ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (german: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg; nds, label=Low Saxon, Friee un Hansestadt Hamborg),. is the List of cities in Germany by popul ...
, New York City and Sydney for sales, sponsorship and newsgathering operations. CTE, the company's key international distributor of programming, would later represent output sales for Carlton Communications (for its television channel program- HTV, Meridian and Carlton), who took over Central in 1994.
In 1989, the company founded Zodiac Entertainment – an American entertainment firm specialising in the production and distribution of animated cartoons. Central invested $35 million in the company before deciding to discontinue its production business in 1994, leaving Zodiac to become a distributor. Also in 1989, Central established '' Television Sales and Marketing Services Ltd'' (TSMS), a joint venture with
Anglia Television
ITV Anglia, previously known as Anglia Television, is the ITV franchise holder for the East of England. The station is based at Anglia House in Norwich, with regional news bureaux in Cambridge and Northampton. ITV Anglia is owned and operated b ...
providing airtime sales and program sponsorships, in part to recover production costs. In March 1994, Anglia acquired Central's stake in the company to take full control with Central moving over to Carlton's sales department.
In March 1990, Central formed a partnership with
The Observer
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newspaper to create ''Central Observer'', making environmental themed films for
British Satellite Broadcasting
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and terrestrial channels, with funding from the charity Television Trust for the Environment.
Central was unopposed in retaining its franchise in 1993, which allowed the company to bid only a token £2,000 a year (just over £5 a day) – though the company stressed the need to cut more jobs to become more cost efficient, as the company had agreed to pay 11% of their annual advertising revenue on top of their winning bid. The station's workforce was reduced to 1500 by 1990 and then to 900 by the start of 1992 – less than half of the payroll Central had employed in 1987.
Central also profited from the auction after Meridian, a consortium in which Central held a 20% stake, won the franchise to serve the South and South East of England. Post-1993, the company's ITV network presence was further strengthened when it took over commissioning, presentation and compliance responsibility for a number of continuing
Thames Television
Thames Television, commonly simplified to just Thames, was a franchise holder for a region of the British ITV television network serving London and surrounding areas from 30 July 1968 until the night of 31 December 1992.
Thames Television broa ...
productions, such as ''
Count Duckula
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'', ''
The Tomorrow People
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The theme music was ...
'', ''
This Is Your Life This Is Your Life may refer to:
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'', ''
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'', ''
Mr. Bean
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'', ''
Minder
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'', ''
Strike It Lucky
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'' and ''
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''.
By April 1993, with the added increase of 8.8% in advertising revenues to £250 million and its income from programme sales rising to £83.4 million, Central became the most successful ITV company after the start of the new franchises.
Ownership and takeover
Although the IBA required 49% of the new station to be owned locally by companies and individuals, the take-up was nowhere near as expected, leaving companies outside the region to buy shares including
DC Thomson
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(15%), Ladbrokes (10%), Pergamon (9%) and British Rail (2%).
Shortly after the station began broadcasting, Australian entrepreneur
Robert Holmes à Court
Michael Robert Hamilton Holmes à Court (27 July 1937 – 2 September 1990) was a South African-born Australian businessman who became Australia's first billionaire, before dying suddenly of a heart attack in 1990 at the age of 53.
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– via his Bell Group – started the process of acquiring ACC, but was halted by the IBA, since the law prohibited foreign companies from controlling British television companies. By March, a rival bid from Gerald Ronson's Heron Corporation also entered the race to takeover ACC. In April 1982, ACC was taken-over by
Robert Holmes à Court
Michael Robert Hamilton Holmes à Court (27 July 1937 – 2 September 1990) was a South African-born Australian businessman who became Australia's first billionaire, before dying suddenly of a heart attack in 1990 at the age of 53.
A great- ...
, with the IBA approving the deal in June on condition that ACC's 51 percent stake in Central be put in trust, thus divesting ACC of all voting power until it had reduced its shares in the broadcaster.
By January 1983, 167 staff had bought shares in the station for a £1 each as part of an innovative shareholding scheme to help offload shares to local people in the Central region. In May 1983, ACC finally sold off its stake in Central – Sears Holdings purchased 20% while Ladbrokes and DC Thomson also increased their stakes to 20% each, and Pergamon took its ownership to 12.5%, with 27.5% being held by single stakeholders.
In March 1987,
Carlton Communications
Carlton was a British media company. It was led by Michael P. Green and listed on the London Stock Exchange from 1983 until 2 February 2004, when it was bought by Granada plc in a corporate takeover to form ITV plc. Carlton shareholders gained ...
acquired 20 per cent of Central from Ladbrokes for £30million which finally gave Carlton its first stake in a terrestrial broadcasting company, after a bid to buy
Thames Television
Thames Television, commonly simplified to just Thames, was a franchise holder for a region of the British ITV television network serving London and surrounding areas from 30 July 1968 until the night of 31 December 1992.
Thames Television broa ...
was blocked by the IBA two years beforehand. In January 1994 Central was bought in its entirety by Carlton for £750 million The new owners later restructured the company further by combining Central's operations into one and moving its Birmingham studios to a smaller complex elsewhere in the city centre. Network programmes were now classed as ''Carlton UK Productions'' and around 140 jobs were lost from the downgraded Birmingham operation.
On 6 September 1999, the station was rebranded on-air as Carlton Central, though the registered company name remained Central Independent Television Limited. The new identity, produced by
Lambie-Nairn
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was also used on Central's sister stations in the
London
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and
Carlton Westcountry
ITV Westcountry, formerly known as Westcountry Television and Carlton Westcountry, was the ITV franchise holder for the south west of England, covering Cornwall, Devon, Isles of Scilly, southern and western Somerset and western Dorset. The co ...
regions. Only the "Carlton" name was used on air, however Central's regional news programmes retained the "Central" brand. With the merger of Carlton and Granada on 2 February 2004, the brand became ITV1 Central. It is currently owned by
ITV plc
ITV plc is a British media company that holds 13 of the 15 regional television licences that make up the ITV network (Channel 3), the oldest and largest commercial terrestrial television network in the United Kingdom.
ITV plc is listed on th ...
and on 29 December 2006, the registered company name was changed from ''Central Independent Television Ltd'' to ''ITV Central Ltd''. This company is, along with most other regional companies owned by ITV plc, listed on www.companieshouse.gov.uk as a "
Dormant company
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".
Incidents
On 5 April 2005, it was revealed ITV Central could be fined by regulator
Ofcom
The Office of Communications, commonly known as Ofcom, is the government-approved regulatory and competition authority for the broadcasting, telecommunications and postal industries of the United Kingdom.
Ofcom has wide-ranging powers acros ...
for broadcasting a pre-recorded late '' Central News'' bulletin for the East Midlands. The regulator later permitted ITV to pre-record some regional news bulletins shortly before transmission.
On 15 July 2008, the station was fined £25,000 for contempt of court.
Studios
Initially, Central inherited ATV's Broad Street studios, ATV Centre, which was renamed Central House when the contractor changed its name – they were retained as Central's headquarters, West Midlands studios and transmission facilities until 1997. Upon winning the franchise, Central decided to construct new studios for its East sub-region, based in Lenton Lane,
Nottingham
Nottingham ( , locally ) is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east of Sheffield and north-east of Birmingham. Nottingham has links to the legend of Robi ...
– the new complex was to be called 'East Midlands Television centre'. Up until the studios were opened, Central's East Midlands operations were based on an industrial estate at
Giltbrook
Giltbrook is a village in England situated approximately northwest of Nottingham and within close reach of junction 26 of the M1 motorway. It is part of Greasley (Giltbrook and Newthorpe) ward, which had a population of 6,076 in 2001, incre ...
, near Eastwood on the outskirts of Nottingham. A temporary radio link from Giltbrook to the Waltham transmitter via BT Bowman/Sheriff (Nottingham) Telephone Exchange provided the contribution feed into the studio/transmission network. The Nottingham studios were to be staffed by employees originally based at Elstree (in the studio complex that became BBC Elstree), which led to many problems due to the relocation, including industrial action, which resulted in a long delay for the promised separate news service for the East Midlands until September 1983.
The Nottingham studio complex finally opened in January 1984, followed by an official opening by the
Duke of Edinburgh
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on 2 March 1984 Five years later, Central opened a computerized news centre in Abingdon for the launch of its third sub-region, serving the South Midlands. ''
Central News South
''ITV News Central'' is a British television news service for The Midlands, broadcast and produced by ITV Central.
History
Launched on Friday 1 January 1982, replacing '' ATV Today'', ''Central News'' was initially a pan-regional service base ...
'' was broadcast from the Abingdon studios, supplemented by news bureaux in Aylesbury, Gloucester and Swindon.
The Broad Street studios in Birmingham – which were rented – came under Central's ownership in November 1991, by which time, its network and large scale programming capability had been transferred to Nottingham, scaling down the Birmingham operation to providing ''Central News West'', regional programming and presentation operations, including those for
CITV
CITV (short for Children's ITV, also known as the CITV Channel) is a British free-to-air children's television channel owned by ITV plc. It broadcasts content from the CITV archive and acquisitions, every day from 6 am to 9 pm which ...
. In 1994, Central's new owners Carlton acquired land on nearby Gas Street to begin work on building a new, smaller digital studio complex. The new centre was completed in 1997, when Central West's regional news department moved from its Broad Street base, which was eventually demolished during the spring of 2015 to make way for the new 'Arena Central' development." Having been one of the first fully computerised news programmes, ''Central News South'' was again a pioneer of new technology when, in the Spring of 2001, state-of-the-art
Quantel
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digital video servers and edit suites were installed, along with a complete re-fit of camera and VTR equipment, placing Central South at the forefront of digital news-gathering in regional news.
In February 2004,
ITV plc
ITV plc is a British media company that holds 13 of the 15 regional television licences that make up the ITV network (Channel 3), the oldest and largest commercial terrestrial television network in the United Kingdom.
ITV plc is listed on th ...
announced plans to close and sell the Lenton Lane production centre in Nottingham with over 350 jobs being axed in the process Following the closure of the studios, a new news-gathering centre was established in the city, but production and transmission of ''Central News East'' moved to the Birmingham studio in Spring 2005. The former studio complex is now part of the
University of Nottingham
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and is known as '
King's Meadow Campus
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'. It still maintains one Studio (Studio 7), and this is rented out to television and film companies, generating income for the university. In October 2004,
ITV plc
ITV plc is a British media company that holds 13 of the 15 regional television licences that make up the ITV network (Channel 3), the oldest and largest commercial terrestrial television network in the United Kingdom.
ITV plc is listed on th ...
closed Central's presentation/transmission department and moved transmission to the Northern Transmission Centre in
Leeds
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. Although there was heavy opposition, the role of presentation and transmission at Birmingham had been significantly reduced after network presentation was centralised to LNN in London in 2002 and so there was an inevitability that this function would be moved out.
CITV
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(Children's ITV), which had been presented by Central since 1983, was also re-homed to
Granada
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's studios in
Manchester
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, with all content pre-recorded and with out-of vision presentation.
A documentary about the Broad Street studios was later released on DVD in October 2011. Entitled 'From ATVLand in Colour' (referring to the nickname used on Tiswas, and the building being purpose-built by ATV for colour broadcasting), the documentary featured presenters, actors, announcers and behind-the-scenes staff talking about their time working in the studios, and the programmes that were made there by Central, and predecessor ATV. The five-part documentary, produced by ATVLAND Productions, was followed up in November 2012 by ''From Headlines to Tight Lines'', a DVD on the history of the regional news magazine programme ''
ATV Today
''ATV Today'' was a regional television news and current affairs programme, produced by ATV, serving the English Midlands.
The programme aired from 5 October 1964 until 31 December 1981 – the final day of broadcasting from ATV before the co ...
''.
ITV have since also sold the Gas Street office building to Cube Real Estate, a commercial property developer, which has refurbished the interior of the building. While Central maintains office space and a single ground floor studio, the other studio and floors are available to rent as office space. The property is marketed as '22 Gas Street'.
Sub-regions
Central currently operates two sub-regions:
*Central West
*Central East – broadcast from Birmingham with a newsgathering centre based in Nottingham.
Initially, as a result of a long-running industrial dispute, Central broadcast a single pan-regional news service from Birmingham. The East Midlands service of news, local advertisements and presentation was launched in September 1983, leaving the Birmingham-based service to adopt its focus on the rest of the region. In January 1989, Central launched a third sub-region for the South Midlands (the Oxford and Ridge Hill transmitters previously served by Central West), carrying its own news service and local advertisements.
The Central South region was disbanded in December 2006 after 17 years in operation – with the eastern half of the area merging with Meridian's North region to form an
ITV Thames Valley
ITV Thames Valley was a non-franchise ITV news region covering the Thames Valley area of the United Kingdom from 4 December 2006 until 8 February 2009. It served the south/south-eastern area of the legal Central franchise and the north/north-w ...
region. At the same time,
ITV West
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's broadcast footprint was expanded to cover North Gloucestershire from the West's
Bristol
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studios, while
Herefordshire
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and
Ludlow
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re-joined Central News West from
Birmingham
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. While all Thames Valley news programmes were broadcast from Meridian's studios in Whiteley in Hampshire, Central's former Abingdon base was retained as a newsgathering centre.
Further changes in February 2009 saw the end of wholly separate programmes for Central's East and West sub-regions. The pan-regional service included a short six-minute opt out within the 6 pm programme and separate late night bulletins for the two areas. In the former Central South area, ITV's
Thames Valley
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operations were fully merged with those in Meridian's South sub-region and its former territory – including Oxfordshire, Swindon and Buckinghamshire – was formally transferred to the Meridian region when the regional licence was renewed in 2014.
On 23 July 2013, proposals for a more localised Channel 3 news service were approved by Ofcom – ''ITV News Central'' extended the East and West opt-out services from six minutes to twenty minutes during the half-hour 6 pm programme, in addition to separate lunchtime and weekend bulletins for the two sub-regions. In the former Thames Valley region, plans were approved for a ten-minute opt out within the 6 pm edition of ''
ITV News Meridian
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Overview
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'' for the south of England.
Identity
Globe: 1982–85
Upon launch, Central's on screen presentation featured a sphere (which resembled a moon or a total eclipse) which would burst open with light, before reforming, accompanied by a light jingle, but was dropped and revised during 1983, so the moon ident would just appear of darkness with the colour spectrum appearing to its left hand side. This ident was dropped locally in 1985, but remained on the front and end of networked programmes until August 1988.
Although the symbol is well known as the "globe", Russ J Graham of Transdiffusion said the ident passes through several stages that make the viewer wonder "what is it?", before "revealing nothing", noting he thought of it as an
egg
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, but noted it was apparently based on a
UFO
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hovering over the Midlands.
Cake: 1985–98
On 27 August 1985, a new presentation package was launched, which saw the moon redesigned into a three-dimensional shape. It was initially used solely for regional continuity purposes. It did not appear as a pre-programme front ident on network programming from Central, however, it having only been adopted for branding network programmes in April 1988, it began to be used as one of only a few animated end captions in ITV’s history, a few months after pre-programme ITV idents were dropped. The new logo was a circle in shape, but with a curved line running down the left hand side and five horizontal lines dividing the sphere up into twelve segments. The left six segments were coloured red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple and the whole symbol was computer animated. The symbol, nicknamed "The Aspirin", or more popularly ''The Cake'', would have a variety of form ups, mainly involved with bringing the segments together or applying the colour to the symbol. The soundtrack was the same composition, but played in a variety of different ways. Pages contain video images of all the idents. On 25 April 1987, a new promotional package was introduced with a new slogan ''Let's Get Together'' in 1988.
Central also adopted the ITV 1989 generic look as another ident to use alongside the ''Cake''. The generic ident was used in its raw form, along with altered music, and as part of another ident giving greater emphasis to the ''cake'', and was only used into the ITN News. Between 1985 and 1997, well over 10,000 different sequences were made by Central's Presentation team in Birmingham, including break bumpers, idents, "next" animations and trail designs, which give the channel a wider range of presentation than any other British television station. The last batch of Cake idents to be created was introduced on 1 January 1997, in which the ''cake'' became more abstract with both more advanced computer graphics used and more live action models & sequences (including a physical neon sign version).
Central: 1998–99
From January 1998 the channel started to be called ‘Central ITV’ during continuity announcements although on screen it was just branded ‘Central’ , trailers for programmes were now branded with the ITV logo, The ''cake'' lasted 13 years before being replaced on 20 April 1998, by adapting a version of the idents that had been used by Carlton since 25 November 1996. This featured the name ''Central'' in the font Gill Sans in centre screen against a bright and colourful background. The idents featured a 2D animation of either the letters interacting in some way, a letter being replaced with another object, or the word being part of a larger scene, such as a cross word of place names in the region. The look was retired on 5 September 1999.
Carlton: 1999–2002
Central adopted the Carlton 'Star' branding on 6 September 1999, shortly before much of the network adopted the second generic look under the theme of 'Hearts'. The Carlton idents featured an opening film featuring a heart at the end, before a star shaped light came from the heart, engulfing the screen, and showing the endboard, which featured a background of spinning stars in different colours with the brand name centre screen above an ITV logo. The ident itself technically was praised, however the presentational package received complaints and criticisms due to the fact that the Central brand was replaced by the ''Carlton'' brand. These idents only featured the Carlton name on screen but the announcements that featured with idents used the name "Carlton for the Central Region" and separate continuity was retained.Contains videos of the idents.
ITV Central
On 11 August 2001, the ITV1 brand was formed in which replaced the 'ITV' on the Carlton idents. As the ITV1 idents began to be used on their own more and more, and Carlton and Granada owned all the franchises in England and Wales, Carlton and Granada decided to axe regional branding, and replace it with a full-time ITV1 identity. Before regional programmes, the logo 'ITV1 Carlton' was used, until late 2003, when they were known as 'ITV1 for Central England'. The regional idents were gradually phased out, and by 2006, on most days, the only regional branding was for the regional news. In November 2006, the Central name was retired, when regional idents were axed. It would then be known as just ITV1 at all times.
The Carlton brand continued to be seen on production captions until February 2004, with the caption ''A Carlton Production'' or ''A Carlton Production for Central England'' being used. This was replaced, following the merger of
Granada plc
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The company merged with Carlton Communicatio ...
and
Carlton Communications
Carlton was a British media company. It was led by Michael P. Green and listed on the London Stock Exchange from 1983 until 2 February 2004, when it was bought by Granada plc in a corporate takeover to form ITV plc. Carlton shareholders gained ...
to form
ITV plc
ITV plc is a British media company that holds 13 of the 15 regional television licences that make up the ITV network (Channel 3), the oldest and largest commercial terrestrial television network in the United Kingdom.
ITV plc is listed on th ...
, with an ITV regional logo featuring the word ''Central'' below the ITV logo with the caption ‘An ITV Production’ Today, the majority of productions have been moved away from the Midlands region, and any productions are accredited to
ITV Studios
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. On 14 January 2013, the station's on-air identity reverted to
ITV
ITV or iTV may refer to:
ITV
*Independent Television (ITV), a British television network, consisting of:
** ITV (TV network), a free-to-air national commercial television network covering the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islan ...
, along with all other ITV plc-owned franchises.
Programmes
Taking over from ATV as one of the ' Big Five' of ITV companies, Central performed strongly on networked output, carrying on several ATV shows, most notably the soap-opera ''
Crossroads
Crossroads, crossroad, cross road or similar may refer to:
* Crossroads (junction), where four roads meet
Film and television Films
* ''Crossroads'' (1928 film), a 1928 Japanese film by Teinosuke Kinugasa
* ''Cross Roads'' (film), a 1930 Brit ...
'' and game shows including ''
Bullseye
Bullseye or Bull's Eye may refer to:
Symbols
* ◎ (Unicode U+25CE BULLSEYE), in the Geometric Shapes Unicode block
* (Unicode U+0298 LATIN LETTER BILABIAL CLICK), the phonetic symbol for bilabial click
Animals and plants
* Bull's Eye, '' Eury ...
'' and ''
Family Fortunes
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''. Original programming included comedy series such as ''
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
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'' (more recently revived by the BBC) and the multi award-winning ''
Spitting Image
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'', drama series ''
Boon
Boon may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Boon (game), a trick-taking card game
* ''Boon'' (novel), a 1915 satirical work by H. G. Wells
* ''Boon'' (TV series), a British television series starring Michael Elphick
* The Ultimate Boo ...
'' and game shows such as ''
The Price is Right
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'' and '' Blockbusters''.
Perhaps the station's most successful drama title was its adaptations of the ''
Inspector Morse
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'' novels, produced by its subsidiary Zenith Productions. Central also produced the critically acclaimed film ''
Walter
Walter may refer to:
People
* Walter (name), both a surname and a given name
* Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–1968)
* Gunther (wrestler), Austrian professional wrestler and trainer Walter Hahn (born 19 ...
'' – starring
Ian McKellen
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– for
Channel 4
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's first night of transmission. Less successful was one of Central's first networked contributions – the ''
Tiswas
''Tiswas'' (; an acronym of "Today Is Saturday: Watch And Smile") was a British children's television series that originally aired on Saturday mornings from 5 January 1974 to 3 April 1982, and was produced for the ITV network by ATV.
It was ...
'' spin-off '' O.T.T.'', which drew high viewing figures but also heavy criticism for its racy adult content. It was axed after one series and replaced by a low-budget sequel entitled '' Saturday Stayback''. The company also attracted ire with the 1987 sitcom ''
Hardwicke House
''Hardwicke House'' is a seven-episode sitcom produced by Central Independent Television for the ITV network. It was originally produced in the beginning of 1987. It was so negatively received that only the first two episodes were transmitted. ...
'' (starring
Roy Kinnear
Roy Mitchell Kinnear (8 January 1934 – 20 September 1988) was a British character actor. He was known for his roles in films such as The Beatles' ''Help!'' (1965), Clapper in '' How I Won the War'' (1967) and Planchet in ''The Three Musketeer ...
) about an anarchic comprehensive school. The first two episodes received so much public condemnation that the remainder were never transmitted.
Central also formed numerous international partnerships to produce major drama and documentary series – including ''Legacy of Civilization'' with
Maryland Public Television
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, ''Nuclear Age'' with
WGBH-TV
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(another key PBS affiliate) and
NHK
, also known as NHK, is a Japanese public broadcaster. NHK, which has always been known by this romanized initialism in Japanese, is a statutory corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee.
NHK operates two terrestr ...
and ''
Edens Lost
''Edens Lost'' is a 1989 Australian mini-series based on the novel of the same title by Sumner Locke Elliott, produced by Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and
Central Independent Television.
Gillian Armstrong and Margaret Fink had ...
'' (1989) with
ABC
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ABC or abc may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Broadcasting
* American Broadcasting Company, a commercial U.S. TV broadcaster
** Disney–ABC Television ...
.
In the field of news and current affairs, Central had enhanced and bettered on ATV's reputation as a regional news provider by becoming the first British television station to offer three distinct services for different parts of the transmission area. It was also a major contributor to current affairs locally and nationally – from its documentary output such as ''Viewpoint'', ''30 Minutes'' and ''England Their England'' to more populist series, including ''
The Cook Report
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'' and the long-running debate show '' Central Weekend'', which ran for 15 years in the Midlands on Friday nights. The programme was also the first on British television to examine seriously the AIDS virus, leading to a drama series on the topic, called ''Intimate Contact''. Central also first reported on the Ethiopian famine in July 1984 with the documentary ''Seeds of Despair''. In the same year, the company completed production on one of its more controversial programmes ''Question of Leadership'', a four-part series directed by
Ken Loach
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about trade unions' responses to government actions. The IBA was concerned it breached balance guidelines, while the unions criticised it as defamatory. Even after several re-edits, the series was never transmitted, which was described as political censorship.
Central also played a major role in the ITV network's infrastructure – not only producing children's and schools programming, but also providing scheduling and presentation services with its dedicated
Children's ITV
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and
ITV Schools
ITV Schools (full name: Independent Television for Schools and Colleges) was the educational television service set up in 1957 by the Independent Television Authority, broadcasting learning programmes for children ages 5 to 18 across ITV-affil ...
' strands – the latter moving to Channel 4 in 1987.
With the creation of a dedicated
ITV Sport
ITV Sport is a sport producer for ITV. It was formed following the merger between Granada Sport and Central Sport.Gary Newbon. The station produced nearly all of ITV's football coverage for over a decade – including the
FA Cup
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,
UEFA Champions' League
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, the
FIFA World Cup
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, the
UEFA European Championship
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and Premier League highlights, as well as extensive live regional coverage of Football League matches involving Midlands clubs in ''The Central Match''. The station also played its part in coverage of key European athletics meetings and world championship boxing with ''
The Big Fight Live
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'' as a long-standing Saturday night fixture. In 2004, the department was moved to London and merged with the
London News Network
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's operations to form
ITV Sport
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'' (1994-1995)
*''
The Adventures of Portland Bill
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'' (1983, co-produced with
Filmfair
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FilmFair
FilmFair was a British production company and animation studio that produced children's television series, animated cartoons, educational films, and television advertisements. The company made numerous stop motion films using puppets, clay animat ...
Filmfair
FilmFair was a British production company and animation studio that produced children's television series, animated cartoons, educational films, and television advertisements. The company made numerous stop motion films using puppets, clay anima ...
)
*''
Bernard's Watch
''Bernard's Watch'' (informally known as ''Bernard'' in the reboot series) is a British children's drama series about a young boy who could stop time with a magical pocket watch. The show was created by Andrew Norriss and was produced for seven ...
'' (1997–2005)
*''
Bill the Minder
''Bill the Minder'' is a book and television series that tells of the adventures of a 15-year-old boy and his cousins Boadicea and Chad. In the process of their adventures they meet many strange people and help solve their unique problems with ...
'' (1986, co-produced with Bevanfield Films)
*'' The Blunders'' (1986, co-produced with
Filmfair
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)
*''
Dramarama
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'' (1983–89, Contributions)
*''
The Dreamstone
''The Dreamstone'' is a British animated television series that ran for four series, with 13 episodes per series between 1990 and 1995. The original concept and artwork were created by Michael Jupp, and the series was written by Sue Radley ...
'' (1990–95, co-produced with
Filmfair
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)
*''
Emu's World
Emu is a British television puppet, modelled on the Australian flightless emu bird and operated by the performer Rod Hull. After appearing on a number of variety shows, he was given his own television series on the BBC, then on ITV.
Cast
...
'' (1982–84)
*''
Emu's All Live Pink Windmill Show
Emu is a British television puppet, modelled on the Australian flightless emu bird and operated by the performer Rod Hull. After appearing on a number of variety shows, he was given his own television series on the BBC, then on ITV.
Cast
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The Gingerbread Man
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"The Gingerbread Boy" first appeared in print in the May 1875, is ...
'' (1992, co-produced with
FilmFair
FilmFair was a British production company and animation studio that produced children's television series, animated cartoons, educational films, and television advertisements. The company made numerous stop motion films using puppets, clay animat ...
/David Yates)
*''
Grotbags
''Grotbags'' is a children's television programme which ran for three series between 1991 and 1993 about a fictional witch named Grotbags, a spin-off of multiple earlier Rod Hull and Emu shows. Very much in the mould of the traditional pantomi ...
'' (1991–93)
*''
Harry's Mad
''Harry's Mad'' was a children's television programme that was shown on CITV in the United Kingdom between 4 January 1993 and 11 March 1996. It is based upon a book written by Dick King-Smith. Steve Attridge originally adapted the book and wrote ...
'' (1993–96)
*''
Huxley Pig
''Huxley Pig'' is a British stop-motion animated children's television series based on a series of picture books authored by Rodney Peppé.
The series was produced by FilmFair for Central TV, with narration by Martin Jarvis. 26 episodes air ...
'' (1989, co-produced with
FilmFair
FilmFair was a British production company and animation studio that produced children's television series, animated cartoons, educational films, and television advertisements. The company made numerous stop motion films using puppets, clay animat ...
)
*''
The Legends of Treasure Island
''The Legends of Treasure Island'' is a British animated television series. It had two series of 13 episodes each and each episode runs for 22–25 minutes.
The series was loosely based on Robert Louis Stevenson's original 1883 novel ''Treasure ...
'' (1993–95, co-produced with
FilmFair
FilmFair was a British production company and animation studio that produced children's television series, animated cartoons, educational films, and television advertisements. The company made numerous stop motion films using puppets, clay animat ...
The Little Green Man
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'' (1985, co-produced with Pentagon Motion Pictures)
*''
Luna
Luna commonly refers to:
* Earth's Moon, named "Luna" in Latin
* Luna (goddess), the ancient Roman personification of the Moon
Luna may also refer to:
Places Philippines
* Luna, Apayao
* Luna, Isabela
* Luna, La Union
* Luna, San Jose
Roma ...
''
*''Molly's Gang'' (1994, co-produced with Martins Gates)
*''
Moschops
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'' (1983, co-produced with
Filmfair
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)
*''
The Moomins
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'' (1983–85, co-produced with
Filmfair
FilmFair was a British production company and animation studio that produced children's television series, animated cartoons, educational films, and television advertisements. The company made numerous stop motion films using puppets, clay anima ...
)
*''
Murphy's Mob
''Murphy's Mob'' is a British children's television series, created and written by Brian Finch which was produced and directed by David Foster for Central Independent Television, and screened in the UK on ITV for four series between 1 March 198 ...
'' (1982–85)
*''
Nellie the Elephant
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Original version
The original version, released on Parlophone R 4219 in October 1956, was recorde ...
'' (1990, co-produced with
FilmFair
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)
*''
Orm and Cheep
''Orm and Cheep'' is a 1980s British children's television series that was aimed at the younger viewers of Children's ITV. It used puppets as the main characters (Orm being a worm and Cheep being a bird) and was narrated by Richard Briers. The ...
'' (1984–87, co-produced with Tony Martin/Orm and Cheep Enterprises Ltd.)
*''
Out of Sight
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'' (1996–98)
*''
Paddington Bear
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'' (1989–90, co-produced with Hanna-Barbera)
*''Palace Hill'' (1988–91)
*'' Playbox'' (1987–92, co-produced with Ragdoll Productions)
*''
The Pondles
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'' (1987, co-produced with Chatsworth Television/Pondle Promotion Company)
*''
Potamus Park
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'' (1996–99, co-produced with Zoo Gang Productions)
*''
Press Gang
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'' (1989–93)
*''Professor Lobster'' (1987, co-produced with Mirageland Productions)
*''Pullover'' (1982, co-produced with Pullover Productions/
ITC Entertainment
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)
*'' The Ratties'' (1987–88, co-produced with Ratties, Ltd./F-Productions)
*''
Rocky and the Dodos
''Rocky and the Dodos'' is a stop motion animated television series seen on CITV in 1998 and 1999. The show was animated by Cosgrove Hall Films and created by Isabell Mills and Shanii Novak. Rocky And The Dodos aired on then-new channel Toons & ...
'' (1998–99, co-produced with
Cosgrove Hall Productions
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)
*''
Rod 'n' Emu
''Rod 'n' Emu'' is an English animated series shown on CITV in 1991.
It starred the voices of Rod Hull who created and wrote all the episodes starring as himself, with Carol Lee Scott as Grotbags and Freddie Stevens as her assistants Croc the c ...
'' (1991, co-produced with
Filmfair
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)
*''
Rosie and Jim
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Mentorn
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History
Llanelli, Wales, b ...
Starting Out
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Background
The five-night-a-week series was created by Reg Watson as the network's replacement for the long-running s ...
'' (1982–92, previously produced by ATV)
*''
Stories of the Sylvanian Families
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'' (1988, co-produced with
Filmfair
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Tales from the Poop Deck
''Tales from the Poop Deck'' is a CITV children's comedy programme about Connie Blackheart's adventures as a pirate
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'' (1992, co-produced with
Talkback Productions
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History
Talkback was sold to Pearson Television in 2000. The company merged with Thames Television in 2003 and the combined en ...
)
*''
Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends
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'' (1984–1986, co-produced with Clearwater Features and Britt Allcroft Ltd)
*''
Tiswas
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It was ...
'' (1982, previously produced by ATV)
*''
Tots TV
''Tots TV'' is a British children's television programme, produced by Ragdoll Productions and Central. The series was first telecast in the UK on the ITV network (part of CITV) from 1993 to 1998.
Development
''Tots TV'' was written by two of ...
'' (1993–98, co-produced with Ragdoll Productions)
*''
Towser
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'' (1984; co-produced with
King Rollo Films
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)
*''
Wail of the Banshee
''Wail of the Banshee'' is a seven-part children's fantasy drama series from 1992 broadcast on CITV, and made by ITV Central, Central Television.
Plot
Centuries ago, an alien race known as the Lamia arrived on Earth, who viewed humanity as test ...
'' (1992)
*''
What-a-Mess
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'' (1990, co-produced with Bevanfield Films)
*''What's Happening?'' (1982–85)
*''
Windfalls
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'' (1989, co-produced with
FilmFair
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)
*''
The Winjin Pom
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'' (1991, co-produced with Spitting Image Productions)
*''
Wolves, Witches and Giants
''Wolves, Witches and Giants'', narrated by Spike Milligan, is a children's cartoon series of humorous adaptations of classic fairy tales, featuring a collection of villains including the wily wolf, a wicked witch and an enormous giant. It was ...
Woof!
''Woof!'' is a British children's television series produced by Central Independent Television about the adventures of a boy who shapeshifts into a dog. It was based on the book by Allan Ahlberg. It was directed by David Cobham with the screenp ...
'' (1989–97)
*''
Your Mother Wouldn't Like It
''Your Mother Wouldn't Like It'' was a children's sketch show broadcast on ITV between 1985 and 1988. A unique aspect of the show was that the performing cast were almost entirely children.
The show was produced by Central Television at their ...
'' (1985–88)
Drama
*''A Kind of Alaska'' (1984)
*''
Annika
Annika is a feminine given name. It is the Swedish pet form of Anna, similar to Anneke in the Netherlands. It is also common in Germany, Finland and Estonia, gaining popularity after 1969 from the character of that name in the ''Pippi Longstockin ...
'' (1984)
*''
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
''Auf Wiedersehen, Pet'' () is a British comedy-drama television programme about seven British construction workers who leave the United Kingdom to search for employment overseas. In the first series, the men live and work on a building site in ...
Boon
Boon may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Boon (game), a trick-taking card game
* ''Boon'' (novel), a 1915 satirical work by H. G. Wells
* ''Boon'' (TV series), a British television series starring Michael Elphick
* The Ultimate Boo ...
'' (1986–92; 1995)
*''The Bretts'' (1987–89)
*''
Cadfael
Brother Cadfael is the main fictional character in a series of historical murder mysteries written between 1977 and 1994 by the linguist-scholar Edith Pargeter under the name "Ellis Peters". The character of Cadfael himself is a Welsh Benedic ...
Connie
Connie is a given name. It is often a pet form (hypocorism) of Concetta, Constance, Cornelia, or Cornelius.
Given name or nickname
Women
* Connie Achurra, Chilean chef
* Connie Binsfeld (1924–2014), American politician
* Connie Booth ...
'' (1985)
*''
Crossroads
Crossroads, crossroad, cross road or similar may refer to:
* Crossroads (junction), where four roads meet
Film and television Films
* ''Crossroads'' (1928 film), a 1928 Japanese film by Teinosuke Kinugasa
* ''Cross Roads'' (film), a 1930 Brit ...
'' (1982–88 & 2001–03, previously produced by ATV)
*''
A Dangerous Life
''The Four Day Revolution'' (broadcast in the Philippines as ''A Dangerous Life'') is a 1988 Australian television film directed by Robert Markowitz and written by David Williamson. The story is about the journey and the love affair of an Americ ...
'' (1988) co produced with ITC, HBO, Zenith Productions, ABC Australia
*'' Dangerous Lady'' (1995)
*'' Dangerous Women'' (1992 co-produced with Grundy)
*''Drumbeat'' (1999)
*''
Edens Lost
''Edens Lost'' is a 1989 Australian mini-series based on the novel of the same title by Sumner Locke Elliott, produced by Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and
Central Independent Television.
Gillian Armstrong and Margaret Fink had ...
'' (1989)
*''
Faith
Faith, derived from Latin ''fides'' and Old French ''feid'', is confidence or trust in a person, thing, or In the context of religion, one can define faith as "belief in God or in the doctrines or teachings of religion".
Religious people often ...
The Free Frenchman
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the ...
'' (1989)
*''
The Grasscutter
''The Grasscutter'' is a 1988 film directed by Ian Mune and written by Roy Mitchell. It was shot in the south of New Zealand, in Dunedin and Queenstown.
The music was written by Don McGlashan and Wayne Laird.
A landscape architect (Cooper) ...
'' (1989)
*''The Guilty'' (1992)
*''
Hard Cases
"Hard Cases" is the fourth episode of the second season of the HBO original series ''The Wire''. The episode was written by Joy Lusco from a story by David Simon & Joy Lusco and was directed by Elodie Keene. It originally aired on June 22, 2003. ...
'' (1988–89)
*''Heart of the High Country'' (1985)
*''Home Front'' (1983)
*''
Inspector Morse
Detective Chief Inspector Endeavour Morse, GM, is the eponymous fictional character in the series of detective novels by British author Colin Dexter. On television, he appears in the 33-episode drama series '' Inspector Morse'' (1987–2000), ...
The Last Place on Earth
''The Last Place on Earth'' is a 1985 Central Television seven-part serial, written by Trevor Griffiths based on the book ''Scott and Amundsen'' by Roland Huntford. The book is an exploration of the expeditions of Captain Robert F. Scott (playe ...
'' (1985)
*''Muck and Brass'' (1982)
*''
Peak Practice
''Peak Practice'' is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale—a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District—and the doctors who worked there. It ran on ITV from 10 May 1993 to 30 January 2002 and was one of their most ...
'' (1993–2002)
*''Picking Up the Pieces'' (1998)
*''On the Line'' (1982)
*''
The One Game
''The One Game'' is a four-part 1988 British television drama serial, produced by Central Independent Television and broadcast on ITV from 4 June to 25 June 1988. Set and filmed in Birmingham, it starred Patrick Malahide, Stephen Dillane (cr ...
'' (1988)
*''
The Other Side of Paradise
''The Other Side of Paradise'' is a 1992 miniseries about a doctor who goes to the Cook Islands. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970–1995: The Complete Guide to Tele-Features and Mini-Series'' (Melbourne: Oxford University Pres ...
'' (1992, co-produced with Grundy)
*''
Sapphire & Steel
''Sapphire & Steel'' is a British television supernatural sci-fi/fantasy series starring David McCallum as Steel and Joanna Lumley as Sapphire. Produced by ATV, it ran from 1979 to 1982 on the ITV network. The series was created by Peter J. ...
'' (1982, previously produced by ATV)
*''
Saracen
upright 1.5, Late 15th-century German woodcut depicting Saracens
Saracen ( ) was a term used in the early centuries, both in Greek and Latin writings, to refer to the people who lived in and near what was designated by the Romans as Arabia Pe ...
'' (1989)
*''
Seekers
The Seekers, or Legatine-Arians as they were sometimes known, were an English dissenting group that emerged around the 1620s, probably inspired by the preaching of three brothers – Walter, Thomas, and Bartholomew Legate. Seekers considered all ...
Soldier Soldier
''Soldier Soldier'' is a British television drama series. The title comes from a traditional song of the same name - " Soldier, soldier won't you marry me, with your musket, fife and drum?" - an instrumental version of which was used as its ...
'' (1991–97)
*''
Stanley and the Women
''Stanley and the Women'' is a British television drama miniseries starring John Thaw, Samuel West, Geraldine James, Sheila Gish, Penny Downie and Sian Thomas. This series based on the 1984 novel of the same name by Kingsley Amis and adapted ...
Tales of Sherwood Forest
Tales may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Tales'' (album), a 1995 album by Marcus Miller
* ''Tales'' (film), a 2014 Iranian film
* ''Tales'' (TV series), an American television series
* ''Tales'' (video game), a 2016 point-and-click adventure ...
'' (1989)
*''Tales out of School'' (1983)
*''TECX'' (1990)
*''
Thief Takers
''Thief Takers'' is a British television crime drama series, created by Roy Mitchell, and produced by Central Independent Television for the ITV network. The series depicts the work of a team of officers based in the Metropolitan Police Ser ...
'' (1995–97)
*'' The Shell Seekers'' (1989)
*''The Waiting Time'' (1999)
*''The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady'' (1984)
*''
The Widowmaker
''The Widowmaker'' is a 1990 made-for-television film directed by John Madden and starring Annabelle Apsion, Alun Armstrong, David Morrissey and Kenneth Welsh. The film deals with a woman whose husband has been arrested after going on a killi ...
'' (1990)
*''
The Woman in Black
''The Woman in Black'' is a 1983 gothic horror novel by English writer Susan Hill. The plot concerns a mysterious spectre that haunts a small English town. A television film based on the story, also called '' The Woman in Black'', was produced ...
*''A Kind of Living'' (1988–90)
*'' About Face'' (1989–91)
*''All Cricket and Wellies'' (1986)
*''All in the Game'' (1993)
*'' And There's More'' (1985–88)
*''
Astronauts
An astronaut (from the Ancient Greek (), meaning 'star', and (), meaning 'sailor') is a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member aboard a spacecraft. Although generally r ...
'' (1982–83, previously produced by ATV)
*'' Barbara'' (1999–2003)
*''Bushell on the Box'' (1996)
*''The Cabbage Patch'' (1983)
*''Cool Head'' (1991)
*'' Comedy Firsts'' (1995)
*'' Constant Hot Water'' (1986)
*''Cue Gary'' (1987)
*'' Cuffy'' (1983)
*''
Des O'Connor Tonight
''Des O'Connor Tonight'' is a British light entertainment variety show hosted by Des O'Connor. It was originally broadcast on BBC Two
BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It ...
'' (1993–99)
*''
Dead Ernest
''Dead Ernest'' is a 1982 UK TV supernatural sitcom set in heaven starring Andrew Sachs in the role of Ernest Springer. It was broadcast on ITV from 15 February 1982 and was the first sitcom made by the newly formed Central Television.
Ernest w ...
'' (1982)
*''Eh Brian! It's a Whopper'' (1984)
*''Father Charlie'' (1982)
*''Freddie Starr'' (1993–98)
*''Gas Street'' (1988)
*'' Girls on Top'' (1985–86)
*'' Gone to the Dogs/Gone to Seed'' (1991–92)
*''Good Night And God Bless'' (1983)
*''
Hardwicke House
''Hardwicke House'' is a seven-episode sitcom produced by Central Independent Television for the ITV network. It was originally produced in the beginning of 1987. It was so negatively received that only the first two episodes were transmitted. ...
'' (1987)
*''I Thought You'd Gone'' (1984)
*'' The Joe Longthorne Show'' (1988–91)
*'' Just a Gigolo'' (1993)
*''Les Girls'' (1988)
*'' Married for Life'' (1996)
*''Mike Reids, Mates and Music'' (1984)
*''Mog'' (1985–86)
*''
Mr. Bean
''Mr. Bean'' is a British sitcom created by Rowan Atkinson and Richard Curtis, produced by Tiger Aspect and starring Atkinson as the title character. The sitcom consists of 15 episodes that were co-written by Atkinson alongside Curtis and R ...
'' (1993-1995, previously produced by
Thames Television
Thames Television, commonly simplified to just Thames, was a franchise holder for a region of the British ITV television network serving London and surrounding areas from 30 July 1968 until the night of 31 December 1992.
Thames Television broa ...
)
*''
New Faces
''New Faces'' is a British television talent show that aired in the 1970s and 1980s. It has been hosted by Leslie Crowther, Derek Hobson and Marti Caine. It was produced for the ITV network by ATV, and later by Central.
Original series: 197 ...
'' (1986–88)
*''The Nineteenth Hole'' (1989)
*''
The Old Boy Network
''The Old Boy Network'' is a British comedy television series which first aired on ITV in 1992.Newcomb p.1303 Created by the writing team of Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, it is a parody of various spy films and series.
Main cast
* Tom Conti a ...
'' (1992)
*'' The Other 'Arf'' (1982–84, previously produced by ATV)
*''
Outside Edge
''Outside Edge'' is a play written by Richard Harris about a village cricket team trying to win a game of cricket whilst sorting out their various marital problems.
Plot
Roger is having trouble getting a team together for the afternoons fixtu ...
Roll Over Beethoven
"Roll Over Beethoven" is a 1956 hit song written by Chuck Berry, originally released on Chess Records single, with "Drifting Heart" as the B-side. The lyrics of the song mention rock and roll and the desire for rhythm and blues to replace clas ...
Spitting Image
''Spitting Image'' is a British satirical television puppet show, created by Peter Fluck, Roger Law and Martin Lambie-Nairn. First broadcast in 1984, the series was produced by 'Spitting Image Productions' for Central Independent Television ov ...
'' (1984–96)
*''Starburst'' (1982–83, previously produced by ATV)
*''
Shine on Harvey Moon
''Shine on, Harvey Moon'' is a British television series made by Witzend Productions and Central Television for ITV from 8 January 1982 to 23 August 1985 and briefly revived in 1995 by Meridian Broadcasting.
This generally light-hearted serie ...
'' (1982–85, co-produced with Witzend)
*'' Tom Jones: The Right Time'' (1992)
*''Troubles and Strife'' (1985–86)
*''Valentine Park'' (1987–88)
*'' Very Big Very Soon'' (1991)
*''
The Upper Hand
''The Upper Hand'' is a British television sitcom broadcast by ITV from 1 May 1990 to 14 October 1996. The programme was adapted from the American sitcom '' Who's the Boss?''.
As in the former series, affluent single woman Caroline Wheatley ...
'' (1990–1996)
*''Young at Heart'' (1982, previously produced by ATV)
*''
Young, Gifted and Broke
''Young, Gifted and Broke'' was a 1989 British sitcom series created by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran, airing on ITV. The show stars Elena Ferrari, Cheryl Miller, Mark Monero, Jason Rush and Kate Emma Davies as five teenagers who are work ...
'' (1989)
*''Wayne Dobson- A Kind of Magic'' (1990–92)
Documentaries and features
*''24 Hours'' (1996–99)
*''30 Minutes'' (1999–2004)
*''The Album Show'' (1993–94)
*''Ancient Lives'' (1984, for Channel 4)
*''Apollo 13 to the Edge and the Back'' (1993, co-production with
WGBH-TV
WGBH-TV (channel 2), branded on-air as GBH or GBH 2 since 2020, is the primary PBS member television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is the flagship property of the WGBH Educational Foundation, which also owns Boston's se ...
)
*''Asian Eye'' (1993–2001)
*''Burp! Pepsi v. Coke in the Ice-Cold War'' (1984)
*''Central Lobby'' (1983–2006) (2015–)
*'' Central News'' (1982–)
*''Central Sport''
*''Central Week'' (1986)
*'' Central Weekend'' (1986–2001)
*''
The Cook Report
''The Cook Report'' was a British ITV current affairs television programme presented by Roger Cook which was broadcast from 22 July 1987 to 24 August 1999. The series featured the journalist investigating corruption, criminals, government so ...
'' (1987–99)
*''Chicken Ranch'' (1982)
*''Death of a Nation: The Timor Conspiracy '' (1994)
*''Eastern Mix'' (1996–2001)
*''Encounter'' (1983–93)
*''Eco'' (1984–87)
*''England Their England'' (1978–88)
*'' Find a Family'' (1989–91)
*''First Cut'' (1994–2004)
*''Gardening Time'' (1983–95)
*''Getting On'' (1982–87)
*'' God, the Universe and Everything Else'' (1988)
*''Heart of the Country'' (1989–2006)
*''Here and Now'' (1986–89)
*''Home Town'' (1988–90)
*''It's Your Shout'' (1994–2003)
*''Jesus 2000'' (2000)
*''Legacy of Civilization'' (1989)
*''Link'' (1982–99)
*''Look Good, Feel Great'' (1987)
*''Loved Ones'' (1994)
*''
Network First
''Network First'' is a wide-ranging documentary strand broadcast on ITV in the U.K. from January 1994 to December 1997, and was a part replacement for First Tuesday.
Unlike other documentary series on ITV such as ''World in Action'', ''Network ...
Respect
Respect, also called esteem, is a positive feeling or action shown towards someone or something considered important or held in high esteem or regard. It conveys a sense of admiration for good or valuable qualities. It is also the process of ...
'' (1995)
*''Royal International Air Tattoo'' (1994–2002)
*''Seeds of Despair'' (1984)
*''Seeds of Hope'' (1985–86)
*''Sob Siters'' (1989)
*''Sky High'' (2001–07)
*''Travel Trails'' (1993–1995)
*''The Night the Bombs went off'' (1999)
*''The Struggle for Democracy'' (1990, co-production with
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (french: Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television. It is a federal Crown corporation that receives funding from the government. ...
)
*''The Tuesday Special'' (1991–97)
*''The Other Americas'' (1992, co-production with
WGBH-TV
WGBH-TV (channel 2), branded on-air as GBH or GBH 2 since 2020, is the primary PBS member television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is the flagship property of the WGBH Educational Foundation, which also owns Boston's se ...
)
*''Viewpoint'' (1986–93)
*''Vietnam'' (1983, co-production with
WGBH-TV
WGBH-TV (channel 2), branded on-air as GBH or GBH 2 since 2020, is the primary PBS member television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is the flagship property of the WGBH Educational Foundation, which also owns Boston's se ...
)
*''Workout'' (1986)
*''Xpress'' (1995)
Game shows
*''
The $64,000 Question
''The $64,000 Question'' was an American game show broadcast in primetime on CBS-TV from 1955 to 1958, which became embroiled in the 1950s quiz show scandals. Contestants answered general knowledge questions, earning money which doubled as the ...
'' (1990–93)
*''Anything for Money'' (1991–92, for Sky 1)
*'' Blockbusters'' (1983–93; 1994–95 for Sky 1)
*''Bob's Your Uncle'' (1991–92)
*''Body Heat'' (1994–96)
*''
Bullseye
Bullseye or Bull's Eye may refer to:
Symbols
* ◎ (Unicode U+25CE BULLSEYE), in the Geometric Shapes Unicode block
* (Unicode U+0298 LATIN LETTER BILABIAL CLICK), the phonetic symbol for bilabial click
Animals and plants
* Bull's Eye, '' Eury ...
'' (1982–95, previously produced by ATV)
*''
Celebrity Squares
''Celebrity Squares'' is a British comedy game show based on the American comedy game show '' Hollywood Squares''. It first ran from 20 July 1975 to 7 July 1979 and was hosted by Bob Monkhouse, then—also hosted by Monkhouse—from 8 Ja ...
'' (1993–97, co-produced with Grundy, previously produced by ATV)
*''
Dale's Supermarket Sweep
''Supermarket Sweep'' is a British game show that is based on the original American version. Originally hosted by Dale Winton, it ran for exactly 8 years from 6 September 1993 to 6 September 2001 and then revived from 12 February to 31 August 2 ...
'' (1993–2001, co-produced with Talbot Television, Fremantle Productions (UK))
*''
Family Fortunes
''Family Fortunes'' is a British television game show based on the American game show ''Family Feud''. The programme ran on ITV from 6 January 1980 to 30 December 2002. A celebrity version, '' All Star Family Fortunes'', followed from 2006 to ...
'' (1982–85; 1987–2002, previously produced by ATV)
*''Home Run'' (1990s)
*''
Lingo
Lingo, a contraction of language, often refers to jargon, but in a less formal or technical sense.
Lingo may also refer to:
Technology
* Lingo (programming language), one of several unrelated programming languages
* Lingo (VoIP Service operator ...
'' (1987–88)
*''Mida's Touch'' (1995–96, co-produced with Grundy)
*''
The Price is Right
''The Price Is Right'' is a television game show franchise created by Bob Stewart, originally produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman; currently it is produced and owned by Fremantle. The franchise centers on television game shows, but also inc ...
'' (1984–88, Sky 1 version 1989)
*'' Sporting Triangles'' (1987–90)
*'' Steal'' (1990)
*''Swot or Wot?'' (1994–95)
See also
*
Murder of Tracey Turner
Alun Kyte (born 7 July 1964), known as the Midlands Ripper, is an English double murderer and suspected serial killer. He was convicted in 2000 of the murders of two sex workers, 20-year-old Samo Paull and 30-year-old Tracey Turner, whom he kil ...
– when in 1994 ITV Central broadcast a reconstruction of a recent murder, it incited the killer
Alun Kyte
Alun Kyte (born 7 July 1964), known as the Midlands Ripper, is an English double murderer and suspected serial killer. He was convicted in 2000 of the murders of two sex workers, 20-year-old Samo Paull and 30-year-old Tracey Turner, whom he kil ...
Central
Central is an adjective usually referring to being in the center of some place or (mathematical) object.
Central may also refer to:
Directions and generalised locations
* Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known as ...
Central
Central is an adjective usually referring to being in the center of some place or (mathematical) object.
Central may also refer to:
Directions and generalised locations
* Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known as ...