On the web since 1996
Updated: Sa 1-Jul-23
JULY UPDATE:
This update adds another two Flash-free animated re-creations of ITV company idents. Channel Television's hexagon ident was first used when it began broadcasting in 1962. STV's ident is from the re-brand in the early Seventies.
...which brings the total number of ITV and Channel 4 Flash-free Files to 85. There are also 54 BBC Flash-free Files to look through.
There's also a new clock screensaver for your PC.
...which brings the total number of Windows Flash-free Clock Screensavers to 25.
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
Revised Sa 1-Jul-23
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 two more animated Flash-free ITV idents, a new BBC Clock Windows screensaver and an update to the BBC Gallery.
Public Information Films Index
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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