It was certainly after Stephen Mulhern's time. Was it 2004 or 2006 that IVC ended in Birmingham? (apologies if it was mentioned in the thread) but I saw this on You Tube at least 2+ years ago now.
There was a You Tube video a while back which had the final IVC link which had the presenter walking out the studio or possibly around the studio but mentioned it was the final link from Birmingham.
You're right. It was Andy Jaye who said something along the lines of "From everyone at our Birmingham studios, it's goodbye for now" before walking off the small white set in Gas Street.
The YouTube video seems to have been taken down since.
What was the reason for CITV leaving Birmingham? I always assumed that Central wanted the studio space to accommodate the second studio for the East Midlands. But IVC never returned after then so I'm not sure why the whole Children's operation wasn't left with Central?
What was the reason for CITV leaving Birmingham? I always assumed that Central wanted the studio space to accommodate the second studio for the East Midlands. But IVC never returned after then so I'm not sure why the whole Children's operation wasn't left with Central?
Presumably because ITV were in the process of winding down the Midlands production hubs having already got rid of Lenton Lane they didn't need a massive studio just for the regional news so presumably it was a deliberate decision to go out of vision on CITV and it could therefore come from anywhere.
All that lives on at Gas Street IIRC is the Viewer Enquiries and the regional news. Central transmission was moved to Leeds as well in the same year so presumably all the technical broadcast stuff that Central used was taken out as well?
All that lives on at Gas Street IIRC is the Viewer Enquiries and the regional news. Central transmission was moved to Leeds as well in the same year so presumably all the technical broadcast stuff that Central used was taken out as well?
Spot on, Gas Street was demoted and CITV was moved to Manchester.
The Sept 2003 idents were in use after the Autumn 2004 overhaul when new promo and idents come in to use, which confused matters. I have seen 2003 ident in use in until Nov/xmas 2004, so there was some overlap it seems partly because itv1 identveas about to change.
24 August 2004 there still had it.
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The logo and presentation package was bright, colourful and distinctive. CITV was not just a continuity slot to me, it was more of an event. Not only did I use to look forward to seeing my favourite programmes after school but also the presenters too.
As a then 12-year-old when I worked out that in-vision continuity had been dropped, I was not happy about it, though I continued to watch CITV regardless.
Favourite idents for me include:
* The Weekend Opening/Closing Ident of 2000-2002 (You knew the weekend had begun when this ident appeared at the beginning of SM:TV Live!)
*Christmas Opening/Closing Ident of 1998-2000 (Back when Christmas was a magical time to me, and this ident made the anticipation more special!)
Looking back, the White Knuckle Tour was a genius idea. Freshened up children's TV in the summer months.
For me the first year doing Friday’s live links from a different theme park with the main presenters worked more as an event, but the second year having it packaged up as a pre recorded series most probably looked better on screen.
