[sparky_75]

Carlton's idents were always quite charming (bar the first one). It's a shame that from what I hear, the same couldn't be said for their actual programming.

Staff Relations & HR were debateable too.

They upped their shares in Central - sold everything off, sacked a majority of the staff, and then axed programmes.
Not in that order.

The way staff were sacked was less than tactful - all staff were hauled to a conference to be shown a 5minute film about being made redundant.
Those that could get to the conference were kindly sent a copy on VHS.

I could write pages on Carlton politics......

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For me - Central's 1982 package; used from their opening was great.
I loved the Film Animated globe and purpose composed music.

The 1985 re-brand moved it all with the times; though I wan't set on the library music to accompany it.

The orignal 1982 Central globe ident was rather bland. It ended with simply a shadowed sphere.

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They didn't really introduce any colour until later that year, and later to the 'cake'.

Animated by David Speed. Using an 2 halves of an 8" plastic sphere, hinged at the bottom.
Look close enough, you'll see the join as it used two seperate  peices of animation!

The Coloured globe was part of the 1982 brand - as it was used at the start of the morning start up and used to accompany the digital clock used in links before the news.
The Minale Tattersfield Design brief from 1981, included the coloured globe; for some reason - on screen they used the Blue/white sphere throughout 1982 & 1983.

The animated Coloured globe was worked on during 1983 - and didn't go into use until the end of '83, so was first seen on screen in 1984.
The 'Cake' was part of the Autumn 1985 re-brand.