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A high tempo programme line-up from LWT in 1981. Thanks to regular contributor Mark for this excellent clip. Click the image for a video.

Here's a promotion for LWT's award-winning, in-house London Community Unit which used to provide information, advice and publicity for community groups across the London area. Click the image for a video.

Brian Terry is a designer who regularly worked for LWT's presentation department in the 1980s. Here is a complete, 'clean' copy of the Christmas presentation and promotions package he prepared for LWT in 1987. Click on the image for the video. Copyright Brian Terry/LWT/ITV plc.

Here's a later version of the Snowdon promo, complete with elongated version of the 1986 'white background' ident jingle.

A 'New For 87' promotion from London Weekend Television, trailing The Newlywed Game.

Here's a Saturday night promotion from 1983 and featuring clips of Punchlines and Game For A Laugh.
And here's a Sunday night line-up from the same era with special mention of The Professionals.
A selection of animated stings used for themed programming on LWT.
And (right) LWT looks forward to a new season of top-rated entertainment coming for 1985.

		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.
		The 'Keep In Touch' promotions showcased the station's serious side.
		With featured programmes including hard-hitting local investigative series such as The London Programme.
		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 ...
Here's Tarby again and then Saint and Greavsie with yuletide good wishes for LWT's audience.
A promotion showcasing the best of LWT drama (left) and one focusing on the excellent work of LWT's London Community Unit.
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.

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.

In tandem with the launch of LWT's new white/red/blue network and local ident in 1986, this rather marvellous promotion was aired, plugging the company's best programmes. It includes a longer version of the ident jingle. Click on the image to see a video.

LWT 'Makes the Weekend' was a promotion used in 1986, soon after the introduction of the new red/white/blue look. Click on the image to see a video.

Memorable moments featured in this LWT 'one to watch' promo from 1987/1988. Click on the image to see a video.

A series of LWT Christmas image/promotions from the late 1980s. Festive felicitations from: Shaw Taylor, Denis Norden, Gloria Hunniford, Saint & Greavsie, and Pam Royle.

Here's a later version of the Snowdon promo, complete with elongated version of the 1986 'white background' ident jingle.

A 'New For 87' promotion from London Weekend Television, trailing The Newlywed Game.

		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.
		The 'Keep In Touch' promotions showcased the station's serious side.
		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.