the birth of a part-time channel
The history of this part-time channel (which is only a couple of days younger than its weekday counterpart, Thames) is too detailed to go into here and I would suggest the following link: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Weekend_Television but what I can tell you is this, that it was set up by the late David Frost and three ex-BBC staff; Michael Peacock (who was controller of BBC1), Frank Muir (assistant head of comedy) and Doreen Stephens.
For the first few years of the channel's life, it was based at the Fountain Studios in Wembley, previously home to Rediffusion (who also made television sets...isn't the history of television just SO fascinating?) It was here that On The Buses, Please Sir and Upstairs Downstairs was also made.
Now you're probably wondering what the symbol is in the top left-hand corner, framing this short-and-sweet ident from 1969. Well, at the time LWT was set up, the ITA (independent Television Authority) was the regulatory body until 1972 so to put the BBC logo in there it would have been a bit stupid, wouldn't it?
the birth of a part-time channel
The history of this part-time channel (which is only a couple of days younger than its weekday counterpart, Thames) is too detailed to go into here and I would suggest the following link: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Weekend_Television but what I can tell you is this, that it was set up by the late David Frost and three ex-BBC staff; Michael Peacock (who was controller of BBC1), Frank Muir (assistant head of comedy) and Doreen Stephens.
For the first few years of the channel's life, it was based at the Fountain Studios in Wembley, previously home to Rediffusion (who also made television sets...isn't the history of television just SO fascinating?) It was here that On The Buses, Please Sir and Upstairs Downstairs was also made.
Now you're probably wondering what the symbol is in the top left-hand corner, framing this short-and-sweet ident from 1969. Well, at the time LWT was set up, the ITA (independent Television Authority) was the regulatory body until 1972 so to put the BBC logo in there it would have been a bit stupid, wouldn't it?