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LWT PROMOTIONS |  |
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The 1980s |
| Here's a Saturday night promotion from 1983 and featuring clips of Punchlines and Game For A Laugh. |  |
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| And here's a Sunday night line-up from the same era with special mention of The Professionals. |  |
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| A selection of animated stings used for themed programming on LWT. |  |
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| And (right) LWT looks forward to a new season of top-rated entertainment coming for 1985. |  |
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It wasn't all fun and games at LWT, the company was equally keen to push its local and national news and current affairs shows. |
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The 'Keep In Touch' promotions showcased the station's serious side. |
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With featured programmes including hard-hitting local investigative series such as The London Programme. |
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And its award-winning arts output such as the flagship The South Bank Show. |
| LWT liked to mark the festive season by getting its stars and celebrities to wish viewers a merry Christmas. Here's Tarby and Michael Aspel ... |  |
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| Here's Tarby again and then Saint and Greavsie with yuletide good wishes for LWT's audience. |  |
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| A promotion showcasing the best of LWT drama (left) and one focusing on the excellent work of LWT's London Community Unit. |  |
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| A look ahead to entertainment for next weekend, next Friday to be precise, and a promo heralding the return of LWT's popular Friday evening news magazine show, The Six O Clock Show. |  |
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| The Entertainers wasn't the only promotional device designed to push LWT's close links with leading stars. In 1984, the station commissioned a series of portraits by Royal photographer Lord Snowdon. These were duly turned into promotions and we present a selection here. |  |
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| Here's a later version of the Snowdon promo, complete with elongated version of the 1986 'white background' ident jingle. |  |
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| A 'New For 87' promotion from London Weekend Television, trailing The Newlywed Game. |  |
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By the end of the decade, LWT changed tack to concentrate on the high quality of its output, particularly in drama. We present a couple of promotions from 'The Best Shows' series. |
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The 'Keep In Touch' promotions showcased the station's serious side. |
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By 1989, LWT had fully adopted the ITV corporate look of that year for local promotions as well as local continuity. Here are two promos for this era - one looking at The South Bank Show and the other covering the full range of LWT programming. |
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LWT's Six O Clock Live was revamped in 1989 and here's new host Frank Bough and old favourite Danny Baker to tell you more. |
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