Being a child of the nineties, my memories are more of when Carlton turned to LWT.
Both idents are notification tones on my phone.
Just looking at that Thames image instantly brings back the memories of the crappy music that accompanied it.
The main program I think of when I see it is World At War which, by the way, is an absolutely amazing TV documentary series.
The Thames one I remember as a kid. I’m American and the only show we got that had that was good ole Benny Hill good times. It might have been on old doctor who not sure though.
Oh what 3-2-1 is on!
It’s right up there with memories of some banging music that was played before educational shows on either the BBC or Channel 4
I think I’m too young, outside of the Thames logo on my Count Duckula video. Tell us more, Elder of the Internet!
What this brings back for me is the Thames logo music with the added vocals going “Here they are now, Morcambe and Wise.”
The THAMES logo made me think of Button Moon, was it on before it?? I miss Button Moon.
Yeh I remember this … Christ, I’m old.
I spent 10 minutes today in an A2 Spanish language class trying to explain to an 18 year old Frenchman what a pog and a go-go was.
He told me his first toy was a fingerboard. I told him I spent my first year of teaching confiscating the fuckers.
can still hear it
Young’uns, I dunno…
It’s Friday, it’s 5 O’Clock – it’s…… Crackerjack!
BBC, I know, but a childhood memory, and god knows I’ve not got enough of those left these days 🙂
As a northern kid I really thought the Thames TV picture was a real one
for the second one, hums theme to The Big Match.
You know as sure as anything else it was Friday and 6:30 on the dot.
And one more sleep to see Ghost Train when i woke up
The Thames logo immediately makes me think of Danger Mouse.
As a non-Londoner, I remember growing up with “London Weekend Television” just feeling like a TV company name, until I learned that those crazy people in London actually had a different weekend TV company.
Oh yes hand over to LWT on a Friday straight into the 6 O’Clock show!
LWT was the best, a whole weekend of just brilliant TV, right up to Sunday night with Londons Burning, the South Bank Show then a film.
On YouTube there’s a video of all the LWT idents.
Core memories unlocked.
“LWT, long wait for a titter”. Ken Dodd
Presumably, only Londoners
Thames TV tune should be the national anthem
All I can think of is Kenny Everett tearing through the Thames logo in reverse
Growing up in the Scottish Highlands, I was hugely disappointed on my first trip to London to learn that all these famous landmarks weren’t right next to each other.
Yes, I remember it from the 80s
Certainly do
Recalling the not the nine o’clock news spoof of Game For A Laugh
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Being a child of the nineties, my memories are more of when Carlton turned to LWT.
Both idents are notification tones on my phone.
Just looking at that Thames image instantly brings back the memories of the crappy music that accompanied it.
The main program I think of when I see it is World At War which, by the way, is an absolutely amazing TV documentary series.
The Thames one I remember as a kid. I’m American and the only show we got that had that was good ole Benny Hill good times. It might have been on old doctor who not sure though.
Oh what 3-2-1 is on!
It’s right up there with memories of some banging music that was played before educational shows on either the BBC or Channel 4
I think I’m too young, outside of the Thames logo on my Count Duckula video. Tell us more, Elder of the Internet!
What this brings back for me is the Thames logo music with the added vocals going “Here they are now, Morcambe and Wise.”
The THAMES logo made me think of Button Moon, was it on before it?? I miss Button Moon.
Yeh I remember this … Christ, I’m old.
I spent 10 minutes today in an A2 Spanish language class trying to explain to an 18 year old Frenchman what a pog and a go-go was.
He told me his first toy was a fingerboard. I told him I spent my first year of teaching confiscating the fuckers.
can still hear it
Young’uns, I dunno…
It’s Friday, it’s 5 O’Clock – it’s…… Crackerjack!
BBC, I know, but a childhood memory, and god knows I’ve not got enough of those left these days 🙂
As a northern kid I really thought the Thames TV picture was a real one
for the second one, hums theme to The Big Match.
You know as sure as anything else it was Friday and 6:30 on the dot.
And one more sleep to see Ghost Train when i woke up
The Thames logo immediately makes me think of Danger Mouse.
As a non-Londoner, I remember growing up with “London Weekend Television” just feeling like a TV company name, until I learned that those crazy people in London actually had a different weekend TV company.
Sometimes you can hear pictures. I heard this – [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikH9OLnU3ao](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikH9OLnU3ao)
Also I was expecting [Danger Mouse](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvxWsPP-v9M) to follow on from this.
Oh yes hand over to LWT on a Friday straight into the 6 O’Clock show!
LWT was the best, a whole weekend of just brilliant TV, right up to Sunday night with Londons Burning, the South Bank Show then a film.
On YouTube there’s a video of all the LWT idents.
Core memories unlocked.
“LWT, long wait for a titter”. Ken Dodd
Presumably, only Londoners
Thames TV tune should be the national anthem
All I can think of is Kenny Everett tearing through the Thames logo in reverse
Growing up in the Scottish Highlands, I was hugely disappointed on my first trip to London to learn that all these famous landmarks weren’t right next to each other.
Yes, I remember it from the 80s
Certainly do
Recalling the not the nine o’clock news spoof of Game For A Laugh