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The 1990s
Announcer Glen Thompsett with a voice-over-ident announcement from the early 1990s. (Right) Trish Bertram, from the same era, leading into the night's big movie, Dirty Dancing.


A Friday evening welcome to LWT from veteran announcer Peter Lewis. (Right) Trish Bertram introduces Jim Rosenthal and The Big Fight.


Peter Lewis talks up the new series of Cadfael, starring Derek Jacobi as Ellis Peter's crime-busting monk. (Right) A new look for LWT in 1996. Here, Glen Thompsett leads into a classic repeat of The Sweeney.

Trish Bertram hands over to Anna Maria Ashe and Angus Scott with London Tonight. (Right) The new look features an angled holding ident for pre-break announcements which Trish Bertram puts to good effect trailing Des O' Connor.



The 1990s - LWT's 30th Birthday - August 1998


Long-serving chief announcer Peter Lewis left the station in 1996 to pursue his business interests. For the station's 30th anniversary he was tempted back to commemorate the event. He pre-recorded a series of in-vision links which were played throughout the birthday weekend.

LWT's in-vision studio had gone by then so Peter used GMTV's newsdesk to record the announcements. The weekend also featured several special shows, including Simply The Best which incorporated clips of viewers' favourite shows.


More 30th birthday continuity, this time from Trish Bertram. '30 Years Young - This Is LWT'.
The 1990s


LWT adopted the ITV hearts identity for a short time from 1999. Here's announcer Glen Thompsett with a Friday welcome from LWT. (Right) Glen previews London Tonight which is coming up after the break.


Glen introduces London Tonight, but takes time out to remind us about the next day's An Audience With Cliff Richard. (Right) It's announcer Roger Tilling with a hand-over to London Tonight.