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Old 26th Jun 2019, 4:41 pm   #14
LukeG83
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Default Re: BBC website page on their TV idents

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Originally Posted by whiskas View Post
Remember when the local ITV stations had a live presenter introducing the TV programmes?
That made the interface to the TV station more personable, I wonder why that stopped?
Now you only get a voice over job - a robot could do it.
As usual the old ways are usually best..
Colin Weston was a favourite on Granada. And, of course, Charles Foster. Granada stopped in-vision announcements in the late 1990's (think 1996) - which I understand was late compared to other companies. It probably stopped when Leeds took over from Manchester for continuity.
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