Welcome to our section looking at the idents and continuity used on Thames between 1969 and 1976
Colour came to ITV in 1969 and this was how it looked on Thames. The original Thames Ident (the one used for productions coming out of Teddington) was re-imagined. Instead of being drawn, this ident was photographs of London landmarks
THAMES TELEVISION IDENT (1971)
The Thames ident featured the familiar fanfare





THAMES TELEVISION IDENT (14th APRIL 1972)
The Thames ident was from a children’s programme called Pardon My Genie and so the ident ends a bit differently






