I disagree. Look at the BBC CGI globe from 1991, or the OU animation from the same package, a bit of simple drop shadow it pretty straightforward, especially if you have all the time in the world to render the thing.
However, GMTV was never really known for consistency when it came to introducing new graphics packages. Didn't the GMTV2 ident feature the new 2000 logo way before it was introduced?
Correct, GMTV2 launched on 4th January 1999, however the logo for it first appeared on ITV2's second day, Tuesday 8th December 1998 when the coming soon filler started on the channel.
The GMTV logo on that was different than the one used in 2000, from what I remember the GMTV2 logo was used for GMTV Kids for a short while.
I'm sure the 1996 clock lasted sometime (font intact) well into 2000.
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If im correct the titles changes in july/august 1996 but the clock never until new years day 1997.
Edit. The 97 clock lasted until september until 2002. There was a minor change to it in jan2000.
Could they have been filling in for Lorraine whilst she was doing another project. I'm presuming by 1997 that Lorraine occupied the 8:40 slot.
EDIT: Here's a bit of information:
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PHILLIP SCHOFIELD and Emma Forbes are to be tried out as the new faces of GMTV.
They will front the ITV breakfast station for a week, with a view to taking over regularly.
Fiona Phillips, a former showbusiness reporter, has been promoted to work alongside Eamonn Holmes as a main presenter. But station bosses apparently hope 34-year-old Schofield and 31-year-old Miss Forbes will front the show during school holidays.
The pair - who presented the BBC children's Saturday morning programme Going Live - will officially front GMTV as a `one-off' during half-term in February.
I had no idea that a split-service existed during school holidays. Easter is obviously the same date everywhere - did the Scottish schools break up a week earlier than south of the border, or did they go back later? How often did this split service take place?
When we say 'Scotland' opted out, what does that mean exactly? STV, Grampian and all of Border, or just Border Scotland? I believe Scottish ads are seen in the Border England area on Channels 4 and 5 - did the GMTV macro mirror this?