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Granada plc was a British conglomerate with interests in theatre, TV and radio rental, and motorway services, originally founded in 1930. It was perhaps best known for its Manchester-based subsidiary Granada Television, one of the biggest broadcasting studios among other ITV-based brands. The station was launched on May 3, 1956 as the franchise holder for the North of England (both the North West and Yorkshire regions), although it lost the latter region to Yorkshire Television in the 1968 franchise round. Granada provided a large amount of TV series and movies to ITV's national programming, including Coronation Street, University Challenge and World in Action, among many others.
In 1994, Granada plc bought out ITV franchisee London Weekend Television, making it the company's first TV expansion beyond its namesake station. This was followed two years later by the launch of a media subsidiary Granada Media Group plc, encompassing Granada Sky, Granada Television and LWT. This was followed by three more ITV franchise acquisitions, including Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Enterprises on June 26, 1997, the television arm of United News & Media in July 2000 and Border Television in July 2001. Following its merger with Carlton Communications on February 2, 2004, Granada became known as ITV plc, saving its former name for the North West broadcast area and its production arm (until 2012).
Station ID: On a grey background, a black arrow moves upwards from the bottom of the screen. When it gets near the top it stops, and the words "from the North" appear in italics. Then, seven white squares spin round to face the viewer. Each square has a black letter on it forming the word "GRANADA" in Clarendon. After that, the word "PRESENTS" appears letter by letter.
Accompanying clock ident: An analogue clock is used with a full set of numbers, spokes for each minute, and is foil-printed directly onto a cloudy background. Originally, the second hand was a sweeping-type and the numbers were displayed in a serif font, but were changed to a sans-serif font and a juttering-type second hand in the mid-60s.
Variants:
A static variant was being phased in by the end of the 1950s.
A version exists where the logo is reanimated, the arrow is thicker than before, the “From the North” text is replaced with “From round the Globe”, and the “PRESENTS” text just appears instead of appearing letter by letter.
An inverted version exists.
A version exists where a “TRAVELLING EYE” text is added above the “PRESENTS” text; this was only used on Outside Broadcast programmes made by Granada around this time. A superimposed version of this version also exists.
A version exists where the logo is seen on a curtain, then a jester pops out of it and looks around.
A version exists where the logo is on a grey background instead of a black one.
A rare Welsh variant exists, where the “From the North” and “Presents” text are in Welsh.
Technique: Cel animation. The static version appears to be a printed card.
Audio: None, or the opening and closing of the show’s music.
2nd ID (November 5, 1956)
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The missing variation(s) is/are: The animated version.
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Visuals: On a black background, the word "GRANADA" in Clarendon appears at the top of the screen. An arrow moves upwards from the bottom of the screen until it disturbs the "N", which bounces three times before settling again. The word "Presents" in a sans serif font then appears under the point of the arrow.
Variant: A static variant was phased in after only a few weeks, reportedly because company boss Sidney Bernstein was unhappy with the way the animation in the original variant portrayed his company.
Technique: Traditional cel animation. The static version appears to be a printed card.
Audio: None to accompany either variant; Granada were known for producing idents without any accompanying jingle until the late 1980s.
Availability: So far, this has only been known to have appeared on the program What the Papers Say.
3rd ID (1959-1964)
Visuals: A map of Great Britain is shown on the left of the screen, with most of the remainder being just a grey background. A black arrow points to the company's base. Above the arrow are the "GRANADA" squares from the previous logos, while "presents" is written in white below it.
Technique: A still graphic.
Audio: None, or just the opening or closing of the show’s music.
4th ID (1968-1969)
Visuals: The visuals consist of the word "GRANADA" in Clarendon and with a drop-shadow, between two horizontal black lines on a grey background.
Variant: An animated variant is known to exist, which was used only before local programmes.
Technique: A still graphic.
Audio: None, or just the opening or closing of the show’s music.
Availability: Used on the channel and its programmes for only a short time due to the introduction of the next logo.
It appeared on programmes like Nice Time, Big Breadwinner Hog, and Football.
It might have appeared on 1960s episodes of Coronation Street, but just like the previous logos, it has also been affected by plastering, so it may be hard to find.
5th ID (1968-1990)
Visuals:
Station ID: On a black background, the word "GRANADA" is written in the same typeface and colour as before. Below the word is Granada's symbol, which is a letter "G" with an arrow pointing upward from the end of its middle line. This is also in white.
Accompanying clock idents:
Starting in the mid '70s, an analog clock with a thick ring of colour surrounding it is seen, along with a Granada logo below it (contained in a box), the "GRANADA" text, and an underline as well. The colour combination differs greatly from time to time, ranging from black background/white and green ring to blue BG/white and yellow ring.
Starting in 1985, the background is black with a yellow ring, though the lower section is blue and has the Granada logo in yellow and "GRANADA" beside it; this even had a "transparent" variant.
In 1987, the clock was changed one final time, turning it into a digital clock with no ring, a black/blue gradient background, and the "GRANADA" text below it, though it was also white during the final year of its usage.
Trivia: Although the symbol was used as early as 1968, it wasn't copyrighted until 1971.
Variants: There were several variants:
A version exists where the background is white and the word and symbol are black.
From 1969 onward, with the advent of colour television, the background was made blue and the "G-Arrow" symbol was made yellow.
There exists a colour version where "GRANADA" is yellow and the "G-Arrow" symbol is white.
Some season variants exist, with a different colour scheme depending on what season currently was when in use.
From 1986-1987, the ident was upgraded with a blue gradient background, and the word and symbol were rendered in gold.
From 1987-1989, the word and symbol became platinum instead of gold.
After 1989, the word and symbol changed back to white and yellow, but upgraded with a purple gradient background.
During Christmas time, a version of the logo covered in holly and rendered in gold was used. "Christmas on" in a Roman font is displayed above "GRANADA".
Technique: A still graphic.
Audio: None, the continuity announcer, or the closing theme. Also uses startup and closedown music with "Drifting" (by Kevin Peek), "Easy Go" (by Nick Glennie-Smith) and "New Station March" (by Keith Mansfield).
6th ID (1986)
Visuals: Over a black background, the ident starts with several close-up shots of a birthday cake that turns out to be in the shape of the Granada symbol. The entire cake is then seen and the Granada logotype fading in below it, together with two white lines below the logotype, each drawing out a digit of the number "30" in a stylised italic font.
Technique: Live-action.
Audio: A celebratory fanfare.
7th ID (1986)
Visuals: On a gradient blue background, there is a yellow trail forming the Granada symbol. The Granada logotype fades in above.
Variants:
Sometimes, the background is pixelated.
An extended version has the first logo appear on a black background before zooming into the camera and transitioning into the trail animation.
Technique: CGI.
Audio: A cheerful synth orchestral fanfare with horns and drums, similar to the one in the 6th ident.
8th ID (March-August 1989)
Visuals: Over an implied globe showing Granada's broadcast area, a two-dimensional ring containing people's faces floats in from the top left corner of the screen. A north-pointing arrow, in a similar style, then comes in from the bottom. As the arrow positions itself on the top of the ring, two right-angled triangles, coloured gradient turquoise and forming a rectangle with a diagonal from the top left to the bottom right, rotate into view behind them. The arrow and ring then turn into the Granada symbol, coloured red, and as this happens, the logo zooms out and a gradient grey background fades in in place of the globe. Finally, a white flash moves through the aforementioned diagonal from the bottom right, filling it in in the same colour, before a large red arrowhead fades in at the top left; at the same time, the serif words "GRANADA" and "in the North West" fade in below the logo.
Technique: Computer animation.
Audio: A simple brass fanfare, complete with a violin and synthesised drumbeats.
9th ID (September 1989-March 1990)
Visuals:
Station ID: There is some sped-up footage of a cloudy sky, while a transparent version of Granada's symbol with a hot air balloon flying inside unfolds from the centre of the screen.
Accompanying clock ident: On a different cloudy sky, a red digital clock can be seen in the centre, along with "GRANADA" in gold serif below. The Granada logo can be seen poking out on the left, containing an image of a hot air balloon in it.
Variant: Sometimes, there is a bank and some barbed wire fence against the cloudy sky.
Technique: A mix of live-action and computer animation.
Audio: A dreamy synth chime/string tune with two notes of a ride cymbal before the last chime/string note. This is a sped up version of "Reminiscience (C)" by Wolfgang Kafer, a library music piece that was also used by the IBA to precede their engineering announcements during the 1980s.
Visuals: The 9th ID plays as normal before stretching down over a black background. It then fades to a "river" of various images of ITV shows flying by from the right to the left, such as the Elizabeth Tower, a white bird, a basketball player, etc. "GRANADA", in the Palatino font, is below the river, albeit shifted a bit upward from other regional variants of this ident. As these images fly by, the letters "I" and "T", followed by half of the letter "V", fade in one by one. Finally, a vertical blue triangle with three lines cut into its left side (a la the then-current VIVA Films logo) appears in place of the other half of the "V". The river fades out.
Technique: A mix of live-action and computer animation effects, designed by English Markell Pockett.
Audio: The music from the 9th ID, except it ends before the ride cymbal and the last note play, and a rather airy synthesized flute theme that culminates in a 5-note trumpet fanfare plays, sometimes with the flute echoing at the end. Composed by David Dundas as an ITV jingle. A continuity announcement may be used, as well. The jingle was adopted from the full theme.
11th ID (December 1989)
Visuals: On a blue background, there is a bunch of paper dolls circling around. Behind them is the famous "Arrow G" made out of gold snowflakes. The tall serif word "GRANADA" in gold appears.
Technique: Possibly CGI.
Audio: Same as the ninth ident, followed by an announcer.
12th ID (March-June 3, 1990)
Visuals: A yellow "Arrow G" is seen as part of a constantly waving sea surface.
Technique: Cel animation.
Audio: Same as the ninth ident.
13th ID (June 4, 1990-January 1, 1995)
Visuals:
1990-1991: On a white background, a blue stripe descends from the top of the screen. When it gets slightly beyond the middle of the screen, it stops and the "G-Arrow" symbol fades onto the stripe. Shortly afterwards, the serif word "GRANADA" fades in at the bottom of the screen.
1991-1992: The "G" is changed to dark blue, and the background is different as well.
1992-1995: Same as the 1989 version, but the stripe starts out in a rainbow colour before changing to dark blue.
Variants:
There was a special autumn version with a leaf falling and morphing into the stripe.
A Christmas version had the stripe replaced with a swaying gift tag.
Another christmas variant exists. This time it takes place on a yellow background with red leafs in the outside corners. A red rectangle fades in and then the yellow G-Arrow glows in and shines during the rest of the logo.
A North West version had a stripe with North West scenes that zooms out. The stripe forms part of the text "NORTH WEST".
Another North West version exists where the G is wearing a medal. and "in the NORTH WEST" is under "G R A N A D A"
A version with the number "888" below the logo preceded shows with subtitles.
A special Olympics variant was used during Manchester's submission for the 2000 Olympic Games in 1992.
Technique: Computer animation.
Audio: Same as the ninth ident; from 1991 on, it was played on a celesta and the two ride cymbals before the last note were removed.
14th ID (January 3, 1994-January 1, 1995)
"SETTING THE STANDARD" Variant
"IN THE NORTH WEST" Variant
Visuals: A scene that takes place somewhere in the North West of England is shown before a flag with the Granada logo appears. The slogan "SETTING THE STANDARD" in serif appears before the logo.
Variants: Many variants were used during the ident's short lifetime.
Technique: Live-action directed by Peter Philips, with most of the photography provided by the Sprockets agency.
Audio: A newly composed jingle that varied in style from variant to variant. Composed by The Ded Good Music Company.
15th ID (January 2, 1995-November 7, 1999)
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Visuals: On a blue and purple abstract background, a large silvery version of the "G-Arrow" symbol flies away from the viewer and onto a metallic version of the stripe that fades in before the symbol lands on it.
Trivia: Instead of using CGI, a large perspex G was crafted and was filmed using a motion control rig. Multiple passes were taken and composited together to create the final look.
Technique: A combination of CGI (for the background and effects) and chroma-keyed model work, made in another collaboration between Peter Philips and Sprockets.
Audio: An orchestrated version of the last few notes of the jingle to the previous ident.
16th ID (September 1996-November 7, 1999)
Visuals: The main focus is the Granada arrow symbol appearing on its own in several different environments.
Variants:
Locomotive: There is a small model train turning in the turntable, then the train starts riding along the tracks. The scene switches inside the train, but it quickly switches into another scene, which moves around in a circle, zooms out and reveals the tracks are in the shape of the Granada arrow symbol.
Rocket: There is a gold rocket with the door open on a planet. The door closes and the symbol shaped lock turns itself to align with the arrow. The rocket takes off from the planet, leaving behind a smouldering Granada symbol burn mark on the ground where the camera zooms towards.
Fish: In the water, a goldfish is seen, who blows out a bubble coming out of its mouth, which has the Granada arrow appearing in gold inside. The camera goes above as it pans away from the fish and it reveals the Granada logo emerging from the sea and moving around in it on a sky blue background with clouds moving and sunrays.
Ice: There is a man walking towards the ice covered, and scrapes some of it off, leaving behind a Granada symbol-shaped hole.
Break bumper: There is a black glass Granada symbol shining with an orange light beam and turning anti-clockwise.
Eye: There is a woman standing in front of a TV set. The camera zooms towards her right eye and as she blinks, the Granada symbol is revealed in the iris.
Soap: There is a shot of a man's hand hanging a rope. The next shot reveals the same man wiping some steam off a glass panel, revealing a Granada symbol-shaped soap hanging on the rope as the camera zooms towards it.
Art: In an art museum, there is a red, blue and green painting on the wall. The camera then pans and zooms towards a sculpture that has an "O" shape and hole at the top. It can also see through the hole, where the Granada symbol in red and yellow appears on the painting.
Football: There is the Granada symbol in white and dressed in a blue football kit, receiving a football and heading out of the camera shot.
Formula 1: There is a few race cars speeding down a track, leaving behind Granada symbol-shaped sparkles on the ground.
Christmas 1996:
Santa: The snow-capped windows of the living room open as the camera zooms inside the house and pans towards the fireplace where the grey Granada symbol, dressed in the red Santa outfit, wiggles its way down the chimney and into the living room.
Party: In the same living room from the previous ident, the camera zooms and pans toward the stocking where part of it forms the shape of the toy train and the trumpet before a saw cuts a hole from the inside. A green Granada symbol with yellow dots burst out of the stocking on the spring and sways towards the front of the camera as colored ribbons fly past.
Technique: Either live-action, CGI or stop-motion.
Audio: Depends on each ident.
17th ID (November 8, 1999-October 27, 2002)
Visuals: A short film plays, which culminates in the appearance of a heart. The heart flashes, which transitions to a blue background with spinning heart panels segmented in three. The 1968 "G and Arrow" symbol and the word "GRANADA" in Times New Roman, appear with a blue border surrounding the logo, and at the bottom of the border in a blue square are the letters "itv".
Variants:
From December 13, 1999 to 2000, the G-Wizz URL appears on the bottom right of the screen reading "www.g-wizz.net/granadatv".
From 2000 to 2001, the URL was changed to "www.granada-tv.com".
After the name change from ITV to ITV1, the ident would be updated to reflect this.
Technique: A combination of live-action and computer animation, designed by English & Pockett.
Audio: A tense orchestrated fanfare during the initial short film/logo animation culminating in a 5-note piano fanfare and a dramatic synth fanfare, the ladder plays when the logo is fully formed. The continuity announcements sometimes accompanied the synth fanfare.
Unused ID
1st ID (1989)
Visuals: On a black background, a blue "river" is seen. On top of the river, is the yellow "G-arrow" and below it is "GRANADA" in the Palatino font. The logo then wavers and disperses into the river, and in its place, various images of ITV shows fly by from the right to the left, such as the Elizabeth Tower, a white bird, a basketball player, etc. As these images fly by, the letters "I" and "T", followed by half of the letter "V", fade in one by one. Finally, a vertical triangle appears in place of the other half of the "V", containing the upper part of the yellow "G-arrow" with a section missing, against a purple background. The river fades out.
Technique: A mix of live-action and computer animation effects, designed by English Markell Pockett.
Audio: A rather airy synthesized flute theme that culminates in a 5-note trumpet fanfare.
2nd ID (1998)
The ident starts at 6:10
Visuals: On a transitioned background (to be specific, fades and blurs. The places are changing from a studio building, to a beach to a hay bale place, then to the hays, then back to the studio building. Later in a different angle.) We see a transparent and blurred beveled square, rotating horizontally with a neon orange forming heart. Later the square becomes blue and 2D and does both zoom out and movement to the left corner, while the heart slightly changes colors. The G-Arrow and the text "G R A N A D A" fade in both in blue and yellow colors and background, swapped in and placed in the top corner next to the square. The ITV logo also fades in, but in the bottom corner, also next to the square.
Technique: A mix of Live-Action and CGI.
Audio: A cheerful, news-like orchestral theme that ends with 6 notes.
Availability Note: Only seen on the unused ITV "Heart" idents.Edit Section
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Visuals: A still version of the 1956 ident with "PRESENTS" replaced with "PRODUCTION".
Variants:
Like the ident:
An inverted version exists.
A variant has "TRAVELLING EYE" above "PRODUCTION" which also exists.
On From the North, a man has the logo tattooed on his back.
On Coronation Street, a copyright stamp is seen underneath "PRODUCTION".
Technique: A 2D graphic, live-action for the From the North variant.
Audio: The ending theme of the programme or none.
Availability:
It can be seen on episodes of Coronation Street from the 1960s, although some episodes are plastered by the “Granada Production” logo or the Granada Television International logo.
It was also seen on episodes of The Army Game, World in Action, and other programmes made by Granada around this time.
The inverted versions can be seen on Mr. Rose, Spindoe, and on the Camera in Action episode, “Prospect of Whitby”.
The “From round the Globe” variant was seen on The World Tonight episode “The Lunatic Olympics”.
And the jester and tattoo variants were seen on the programme From the North which aired on Channel 4 in 1985.
The “Travelling Eye” variant was, so far, only seen on two programmes titled Blues and Gospel Train and the documentary A Hill, Some Sheep and a Living.
The opening and closing variants of this logo are also preserved on the Rewind TV airings of World in Action.
2nd Logo (1959-1964)
Visuals: Same as the 1959 ident but with "presents" replaced with "production".
Variant: A darker shaded variant exists.
Technique: A still graphic.
Audio: The ending theme of the programme or none.
Availability:
Like the first logo, it was also seen on Coronation Street episodes from the 1960s, but some episodes are plastered.
It was also seen on episodes of The Army Game, the spin-off series Bootsie and Snudge, and on the On Trial episode, “Sir Roger Casement”.
3rd Logo (1965)
Visuals: On a black background, the arrow from the 1st logo is within a white tube box. Underneath it is the "GRANADA" text, again from the 1st logo, without boxes, a thin line, and "PRODUCTION".
Technique: Again, a still graphic.
Audio: The ending theme of the programme or none.
Availability: So far, it was seen on The World Tonight: The Luncatic Olympics and The Man in Room 17.
4th Logo (1968-1969)
Visuals: Same as the 1968 logo.
Technique: A still graphic.
Audio: The ending theme of the programme or none.
5th Logo (1969-1990)
Visuals: Same as the 1968 ident.
Variants:
It originally appeared in black and white.
An early version of the colour variant of this logo exists, where the "GRANADA" text is in yellow and the Granada symbol is in white.
From 1969 until 1986, the words "Colour Production" in white appear below the Granada symbol.
On international programmes, a "GRANADA TELEVISION INTERNATIONAL" caption is shown. Both colourised and black and white variants of this version exist.
On Battle for the Falklands, the logo is seen within an outlined box and is grouped with the ITN logo. Both logos are also divided by a vertical thin line.
For programmes that the company produced for Channel 4, the text appears in a different font reading "A GRANADA TELEVISION PRODUCTION FOR CHANNEL FOUR" and only the Granada Arrow logo is seen.
On Crossing to Freedom, the "G" symbol is orange, the background is black, and the text now reads "A GRANADA PRODUCTION in Association With".
Examples include Coronation Street, The Krypton Factor, The Grumbleweeds Radio Show, The Early Beatles, Victorian Scandals, The Stones in the Park, The Return of the Antelope, Once Upon a Time, Tickle on the Tum, Wincey's Pets, Graham's Ark, Our Backyard, Alphabet Zoo, The Cuckoo Waltz, Watching, Brideshead Revisited, Don't Knock the Rock, and Johnny Cash in San Quentin, among many others.
This logo was also originally seen on old earlier prints of Sherlock Holmes episodes from the era, although the 2003 digitally remastered prints plaster this with the 2001 Granada "G Without Arrow" logo, while current prints of those episodes plaster it with the 2009 ITV Studios Global Entertainment logo instead.
It is also intact on Video Treasures' 1993 VHS release of Brideshead Revisted: Book 1.
This logo is also seen at the start and end of the 1987 UK VHS release of The Life and Loves of Elsie Tanner from Vestron Video International.
6th Logo (September 1, 1989-June 3, 1990)
Visuals: On a blue-dark blue background, the 3D gold "G" symbol is above "A GRANADA PRODUCTION".
Variants:
Sometimes, "PRODUCTION" may be reworded to "PRESENTATION" (which was seen at the end of movies and imported programmes).
The 1989 ITV logo is also shown below the Granada text on networked programmes.
A filmed variant of this also exists, which was seen on season 1 of Jeeves and Wooster.
On programmes produced for Channel 4 such as The Television Village, the text is reworded to "A GRANADA PRODUCTION FOR CHANNEL FOUR".
On programmes produced by Granada for the BBC such as What the Papers Say, it lacks the G symbol, leaving the background and text intact, which sometimes reads either "A GRANADA PRODUCTION FOR BBC" or "A GRANADA TELEVISION PRODUCTION FOR BBC TV".
Examples include This Morning, Saturday Night at the Movies, season 1 of Jeeves and Wooster, Coronation Street, The Heat of the Day, and The Krypton Factor, among many others.
Current prints of season 1 of Jeeves and Wooster have it plastered by the 2009 ITV Studios Global Entertainment logo.
It was also originally seen on Sherlock Holmes episodes from that era.
However, later prints plaster it with either the 2001 Granada "G Without Arrow" logo or the 2009 ITV Studios Global Entertainment logo.
7th Logo (June 4, 1990-January 1, 1995)
Seen at the end of a ITV Schools programme made by Granada Television
Visuals: This is a still version of the 1990 ident with the text now reading A GRANADA PRODUCTION.
Variants:
Sometimes, the logo fades in from black, which was spotted on the In Suspicious Circumstances episode "Laugh Baby Laugh; Shadows of Doubt" as well as the 1994 Granada airings of the Friday the 13th: The Series episodes "The Pirate's Promise", "Badge of Honor", "Pipe Dream", and "Bottle of Dreams" (following the 1987 Paramount Television logo).
Starting in May 1992, the background and logo both have more shading.
Variations exist also with the text "A GRANADA PRODUCTION", "A GRANADA PROGRAMME", "A GRANADA PRESENTATION" (which was seen at the end of movies and imported programmes such as Home and Away, among others) and "A GRANADA INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION".
Sometimes, the 1989 ITV logo in black appears below the Granada text for networked programmes, but was later changed to blue starting in May 1992.
On programmes that Granada produced for Channel 4 such as The Coronation Street Birthday Lecture and Place & People, among others, the logo appears with the text reading A GRANADA PRODUCTION FOR CHANNEL FOUR which appears below.
An Olympics variant exists, showing the "G" symbol against stylised flames composed of red and blue colours. Appearing above "A GRANADA PRESENTATION" is the text "SUPPORTING THE BRITISH OLYMPIC AID".
A version with the text reading "A GRANADA PRODUCTION FOR ITV" (with ITV in its form of the 1989 logo) of the above Olympics variant also exists.
On Remote Control, the logo is paired with the Action Time logo, appearing to the right thereof and the text reading "AN ACTION TIME/GRANADA PRODUCTION FOR CHANNEL FOUR" which appears below.
On What the Papers Say and early episodes of University Challenge, the logo appears with the 1987 BBC logo.
On an unknown ITV Schools programme on Channel 4, the text is reworded to A GRANADA PRODUCTION FOR ITV SCHOOLS (and with ITV still being in the form of the 1989 logo).
Audio Variant: On a 1994 Granada airing of the Friday the 13th: The Series episode "Vanity's Mirror", the last note of the 1987 Paramount Television fanfare is heard over this endcap, carried from the said logo and due to a plastering error.
Availability:
Examples include Coronation Street, This Morning, Allsorts, and the first six seasons of You've Been Framed!, among many others.
The international version was seen on some Maigret episodes.
The presentation variant was seen on a 1992 airing of A Woman Named Jackie.
The 1990 presentation variant with the 1989 ITV logo is also retained on the 2005 UK DVD release of Jeeves and Wooster: The Complete Collection, with it retained at the end of the show's second to fourth seasons.
The 1990 production variant with the 1989 ITV logo was also originally seen on Sherlock Holmes episodes from that era, although newer prints plaster it with either the 2001 Granada "G Without Arrow" logo or the 2009 ITV Studios Global Entertainment logo.
The 1992 version with the 1989 ITV logo is also seen at the end of Noisy Mothers, BPM, and the first two seasons of Sooty & Co., respectively.
The 1992 version with the 1989 ITV logo was also seen on the original airings of the first season of Avenger Penguins, although current prints thereof plaster it with the 1990 Thames International logo instead, while it is plastered by the still version of the 1991 Thames Video logo on the 1995 UK VHS release of Avenger Penguins: Volume 2 from Arena Home Entertainment.
The 1992 version with the 1989 ITV logo was also seen on a February 15, 1993 Nighttime airing of the 1985 documentary A Painful Reminder: Evidence for All Mankind, plastering the 5th logo.
The 1992 programme variant with the 1989 ITV logo was also seen on season one of Animal Crazy, following the 1993 The Media Merchants logo.
The 1992 production variant with the 1989 ITV logo can also be found on the Talking Pictures TV airings of the Crime Story episode "Gone Too Far: The Mystery of Muriel McKay".
The 1992 presentation variant without the 1989 ITV logo, aside from movies and imported programmes, was also seen at the end of 1994 Granada airings of the Friday the 13th: The Series episodes "Vanity's Mirror", "Double Exposure", "The Pirate's Promise", "Badge of Honor", "Pipe Dream", and "Bottle of Dreams", following the 1987 Paramount Television logo.
8th Logo (January 2, 1995-2001)
Visuals: Like the previous logo, it is a still version of its respective 1995 ident and has the text reworded to read "A GRANADA PRODUCTION".
Variants:
Sometimes, the text is reworded to read "A GRANADA PRESENTATION" (which was seen at the end of movies and imported programmes), "A GRANADA PRODUCTION FOR ITV", "A GRANADA PROGRAMME FOR ITV" or "A GRANADA PRESENTATION FOR ITV" (with the 1989 ITV logo on networked programmes on the latter three variants until 4 October 1998), or "A GRANADA PRODUCTION FOR CHANNEL FOUR" for programmes that Granada produced for Channel 4.
From late 1997 until 1998, the ITV URL reading "www.itv.co.uk" sometimes appears at the bottom right of the screen.
For shows that Granada produced for BBC such as University Challenge, The Mrs Merton Show, and What the Papers Say, the text reads "A GRANADA PRODUCTION FOR BBC" with the 1987 or 1997 BBC logos with the copyright disclaimer appears underneath.
Sometimes, the 1997 BBC logo is either transparent, reads "BBC Manchester" (for shows taped in Manchester, and either stacked or in one line), or both.
Starting in 1998, the northern lights background is replaced with a simple black one, only leaving the blue stripe and arrow. However, early episodes of The Royle Family still used the standard variant.
For programmes distributed by Granada Sky Broadcasting (now known as ITV Digital Studios LTD), it says "A Granada Television Production on (Granada's print logo) Granada Sky Broadcasting". This version also has the northern lights BG switched to a purple/pink BG.
A later version exists, where the entire wording is in lowercase and added the website reading "www.gsb.co.uk" at the bottom. This was spotted on a UK airing of The Darling Buds of May season 1 episode "When the Green Woods Laugh: Part 2" from Forces TV from 2018 (plastering over the 1989 Yorkshire Television logo) as well as ITV4 reruns of some early episodes of The Professionals (plastering over the Mark VII Productions and 1978 LWT logos).
On The Warm Up Man, the blue and purple abstract background has the iron background from the 1993 LWT Productions logo with the LWTP logo being seen below and the text below these logos reads "A GRANADA/LWTP CO-PRODUCTION".
On N V S, the merged background remains the same but the Granada symbol appears next to the 1996 LWT logo and the text below these logos now reads "A GRANADA/LWT PRODUCTION".
On early episodes of Night and Day, the text now reads "A GRANADA PRODUCTION FOR LWT" with the 1996 LWT logo.
On Tonight with Trevor McDonald, the logo appears with the text reading "A GRANADA PRODUCTION in association with ITN", which appears below.
A 16:9 version exists on early widescreen shows, such as the 2001 TV miniseries The Glass, among others.
A squished version also exists, which was seen on a 24 December 2022 airing of the In Suspicious Circumstances episode "Poisoned Whispers; The Man Who Melted Away" on Talking Pictures TV, plastering the 1992 variant of the 7th logo.
On 2000 and 2001 episodes of Science in Focus, only the text is present while positioned on the left, and it is also seen with the 1999 Channel 4 "Square" logo.
On Victoria and Albert, the logo appears in granite and appears on the same background as the Granite Productions logo and the text also reads "A Granite Film/Granada Television Production".
On the Firehouse episode "Streets of Fire", the logo appears with the text reworded to "PRODUCED BY GRANADA TELEVISION FOR THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL AND CHANNEL FOUR" appearing below which also exists.
A Coronation Street Thirty Fives Years variant also exists, which was seen on a December 8, 1995 episode of Coronation Street.
On the 1996 Coronation Street VHS game, the logo simply reads "GRANADA TELEVISION".
On the original ITV airings of Coronation Street from 1999 to 2001, the URL which reads "www.coronationstreet.co.uk" appears below the "A GRANDADA PRODUCTION" text.
During Christmas 1997, the logo is customised with the blue and abstract background replaced with the night-time winter scenery that has the snow capped pine trees and the crescent moon on the top right corner with a red Christmas stocking hanging on the end. The blue stripe in the logo is also changed to a transparent silver version with the Granada symbol changed to a glass bevelled version.
Technique: A still CGI render.
Audio: The ending theme of the programme or none.
Availability:
Examples include This Morning, Essex Boys, the final four seasons of Sooty & Co., Far from the Madding Crowd, Grafters, and Coronation Street, among many others.
The production variant with the 1989 ITV logo also plasters the 1992 variant of the 7th logo on a 24 December 2022 airing of the In Suspicious Circumstances episode "Poisoned Whispers; The Man Who Melted Away" on Talking Pictures TV.
The production variant with the 1989 ITV logo was also seen on Lucky Numbers, God's Gift, CITV Awards 1997, and The Grand, among others.
The programme variant with the 1989 ITV logo was also seen on the final two seasons of Animal Crazy, following the 1993 The Media Merchants logo.
The production variant without the 1989 ITV logo is also preserved at the end of both the 1996 UK VHS releases of The Best of the Mrs. Merton Show: Series One and The Best of the Mrs. Merton Show: Series Two from BBC Video, and was also seen on the 1998 documentary A Big Hand for Sooty, the first four seasons of Better Homes, Content, Mike Reid's Late Home Video Show, and a December 16, 2022 airing of episode 5196 of Coronation Street on ITV3, plastering the next logo on the latter.
The presentation variant with the 1989 ITV logo was also seen on The Beatles Anthology, following the 1993 Apple Corps Limited logo.
The production variant with both the 1987 BBC logo and 1995 copyright notice is also intact on the Rewind TV airings of season one of The Mrs. Merton Show.
The 1996 "A Granada Television Production on Granada Sky Broadcasting" variant of this logo also makes an appearance on the ITVX streaming print of S13E09 of The Krypton Factor, plastering the "A Granada Production for ITV" variant of the 6th logo.
9th Logo (2001-October 31, 2004)
Visuals: On a purple room space filled by shadow copies of the Granada "G-Arrow" symbol, there is a purple square with the white G-Arrow logo inside. Under it is "A Granada Television Production" in white.
Variants:
On Henry VIII, there is additional text beneath the "GRANADA" word reading "A GRANADA/WGBH BOSTON Co-Production In Association With POWERCORP".
On Doctor Zhivago, the "GRANADA" word is removed and the text beneath the square reads "A Granada Television/Evision/WGBH Boston Co-production".
On the UK version of Russian Roulette, the Granada Arrow square appears next to the Sony Pictures Television International logo and the text below changes to "A Sony Pictures Television International/Granada Television Production". Again, the "GRANADA" word is removed.
Similar to the previous logo, shows produced for BBC removed the standard background for a black one, leaving the square intact. The text once again reads "A GRANADA PRODUCTION FOR BBC", with the 1997 BBC logo shown underneath the text alongside a BBC copyright. The "GRANADA" word is also removed once more.
On Tonight: Major Fraud, the Granada Arrow square is next to the Celador logo and the text underneath now reads "A Granada Television/Celador Co-Production".
On the TV movie Watermelon, the text remains the same but underneath "Production" is the text "In association with Accomplice Television and TV3 Ireland with their own logos underneath the "GRANADA" word.
For programmes that they produced for Channel 4, the 1999 Channel 4 "Square" logo is seen alongside the Granada Television logo, which is pushed to the left of the background.
On Prime Suspect, the text "A Granada Television Production" is now in a different font and additional text is added reading "A co-production of Granada Television and WGBH Boston" with the copyright disclaimer below the Granada logo.
On the TV movie Lie with Me, the text now reads "A Granada Production" and appears in a different font and yet again, there is no "GRANADA" word below.
A split screen version of this logo exists.
There is a version where the logo is in 4:3 aspect ratio.
This background may also sometimes be stretched or zoomed in on some shows, movies and documentaries.
Technique: A still graphic.
Audio: The ending theme of the programme or none.
Availability:
The normal version was seen on shows that were produced by this company from the time-period until 2004, such as The Forsyte Saga, Coronation Street, This Morning, and the first season of Blue Murder, among others.
Other shows and TV movies such as the UK version of Russian Roulette, Doctor Zhivago (2002), and Henry VIII (2003), had it with the co-production byline.
It was also seen at the end of an April 8, 2023 airing of the miniseries Blood Strangers on Virgin Media Three.
Visuals: Inside a glass cube atmosphere, there is a bevel glass Granada symbol in the centre. It starts out in blackness, then a light then brightens and turns anti-clockwise in a quick one second before dimming out leaving the whole logo in blackness.
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