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<div class="WPC-editableContent"><font size="3"><i><font color="#ffa500">Logo descriptions and captures by</font> mr3urious</i><br/><i><font color="#ffa500">Editions by</font> Mr. Logo Lord</i><br/><i><font color="#ffa500">Video captures courtesy of</font> matipionki, emh16, TvTimes1966, BelfastGav, jkmac1973, matipionki, dragonarchive, wrmorrell, paulhatfield69</i><br/><br/><br/><u>Background</u>: Harlech Television won the ITV franchise for Wales and the West of England in the 1967 franchise round and began broadcasting early, on May 20, 1968, after [[Television Wales and the West]] (TWW) had quit in bitter circumstances in March and a temporary service, Independent Television Service for Wales and the West, had been run in the meantime. The name change to HTV came with the introduction of colour in 1970, when "Harlech" was deemed to be too Welsh for viewers in the England part of the region. Despite promising a fresh approach when it first came on air, the channel proved to be little different to TWW, even after all Welsh-language programming transferred to the newly-created S4C network in 1982. After suffering financial problems in the early 1990s, the company was acquired by United News and Media in 1996 and sold on to [[Granada Television|Granada]] in 2001 (though for competition reasons its broadcast facilities and license passed to [[Carlton Television (UK)|Carlton]]). Subsequently, HTV lost its on-air identity on October 28, 2002 when all the ITV franchises in England and Wales adopted a single "ITV1" brand, and in 2006, the HTV name disappeared altogether, when the company was renamed ITV Wales &amp; West.<br/><br/><br/>1st Logo<br/>(May 20, 1968-1970)</font><div><font size="3"><br/></font><div align="center"> <font size="3">[[File:FVCr1pi8sxKqE-suGHf xQ74804.jpeg|286px|Harlech/HTV - CLG Wiki]]<iframe frameborder="0" height="214" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/unknown/ded6990260a995853dfdcfb4f0c69a24b1535d38" width="262"></iframe></font></div><font size="3"> <div><font size="3"><u><br/></u></font></div><div><font size="3"><u>Nicknames</u>: "The Moire Pattern", "Harlech Moire"</font></div><br/><u>Logo</u><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#333333">: We see two sets of lines, one black and one </font><font color="#808080">white</font><font color="#333333">, turning at opposite directions. The lines then zoom-out as they turn parallel and form the words "</font></font><font face="Impact">HARLECH</font><font face="Arial">" in a Helvetica Inserat font.</font><br/><br/><u>Trivia</u><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">: The logo was designed for the 405-line television broadcast system that predated the 625-line PAL system (lines being the resolution of television broadcasts). When viewing this on a 405-line television set, the moir</font><font color="#333333">é effect did not appear, while it appears on a 625-line television set.</font><br/><br/><u>Variants</u><font color="#333333">: There are two known variants:</font><br/> </font><ul> <li><font size="3">  There is a extended version which was simply a slowed version of the film.<br/> </font></li><li><font size="3">  There was a nighttime variant which was simply the negative of the film.</font></li></ul><font size="3"> <br/><u>FX/SFX</u>: The turning lines (the Moire pattern). Amazing animation, but the effect is more or less eye-grating.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: A warbly Moog synthesizer tune that culminates in a two-note synth-horn fanfare, being in some cases slightly high pitched.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sound Variants</u>: In the extended version, the music plays as normal. Then two long horn notes play into the music, then the synth plays again and at the end is a cut version of the two-note synth-horn fanfare ending.<br/><br/><u>Availability</u>: Extinct.<br/><br/><u>Editor's Note</u>: The music can be ominous, but it's mainly the animation that will be a big problem here.<br/><br/><br/>2nd Logo<br/>(1970-1987)</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font><div align="center"> <font size="3">[[File:RHQzK97LcaDAsNu-Quf3Aw3587.jpeg|192px|HTV (1970-1987)]][[File:--XRa8B2OjtRV3EO-YlcMw7355.jpeg|211px|Harlech/HTV - CLG Wiki]][[File:CgYzybdxqlbuQ UDXfN2NA19081.jpeg|192px|Harlech/HTV - CLG Wiki]][[File:I1EdqAFgPU24NLvS992 KQ25654.jpeg|192px|Harlech/HTV - CLG Wiki]][[File:UAzHdI3KwgpScG99 cfvig5550.jpeg|195px|HTV (1970-1987)]][[File:VTBmBcSzbU1TdVaWMgHuDw33424.jpeg|191px|HTV Cymru (1977)]][[File:RYN2gp0gnMwGA3YLn7cB6g24046.jpeg|218px|HTV/Primetime Television Ltd. (1986)]][[File:16e4414e5cbede3eaab81cbe78b6e260.png|195px|Newland-Raynor Productions / HTV / The Callender Company (1984, in-credit)]][[File:F2077881c09611101b60f230bfadbc04.jpeg|260px|HTV Cymru Wales Colour Presentation]]</font></div><div align="center"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><font size="3"><u>Nicknames</u><font color="#333333">: "The Aerial", "The Antenna"</font><br/><br/><u>Logo</u><font color="#333333">: Against a </font><font color="#0769f2">navy blue</font><font color="#333333"> background, we see two slanted white lines coming in from the top and bottom of the screen; the left one going up, and the right one going down. They stop moving, and a third horizontal line "unfolds" vertically in the center. The lines retract and grow into a conjoined, italic "</font><i><b>HTV</b></i><font color="#333333">", resembling a TV aerial/antenna. For Wales, the words "</font><i>CYMRU WALES</i><font color="#333333">" appear below the T (or just "</font><i>CYMRU</i><font color="#333333">" for Welsh-language programmes), and for the West of England, "</font><i>WEST</i><font color="#333333">" appears above.</font><br/><br/><u>Variants</u><font color="#333333">: </font><br/> </font><ul><li> <font size="3">Following the transfer of all Welsh-language programmes to the S4C network in 1982, HTV Wales removed the word "<i>CYMRU</i>" from its logo and placed "<i>WALES</i>" at the top (though the Cymru Wales tag was briefly revived for use in the 4th logo). At the same time, the background on both this logo and HTV West's was changed to royal blue.   </font></li><li> <font size="3"><font color="#333333">The HTV logo may also appear in a pale shade of </font><font color="#0000ff">blue</font><font color="#333333">.</font> </font></li><li> <font size="3">An in-credit variant with the text "Produced by" above the logo and "In association with <b>PRIMETIME TELEVISION LTD.</b>" and the copyright notice below it. This was seen on the 1986 Disney Channel mini-series <i>Return to Treasure Island</i>.</font></li><li><font size="3">Another in-credit variant has the logo and the word "<font face="Times">LIMITED<font face="Arial">" next to it to make it read "HTV LIMITED" under the Hemisphere Productions Limited and the Sidney Glazier Productions text, superimposed in the background of a man praying. This can be seen in the 1973 TV movie <i>Catholics</i>.</font></font></font></li><li><font face="Times"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial" size="3">Another in-credit version has the "Produced by<font face="Arial">" text on the side of the logo<font face="Arial"> with "A <font face="Impact">NEWLAND-RAY<font face="Impact">N</font>OR PRODUCTION<font face="Arial">" <font face="Arial">above it and "in association with The Callender Company" below it. Th<font face="Arial">is was seen in the 1984 TV movie <i>Arch of Triumph</i>.</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></li><li><font face="Times"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><font face="Impact"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial">At the end of<i>The Great Little Trains of Wales</i>, the words "colour production" appear below the words "<i>CYMRU WALES". </i>This variant may have been seen on other programs too.</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></li><li><font face="Arial, sans-serif">There does exist a version in which the animation is more cohesive, with the lines not changing sizes.</font></li><li><font face="Arial, sans-serif">A rare production variant had the HTV logo beside the text "</font><i>LIMITED</i><font face="Arial">", in which "and" can be seen below. There's another one with "Ltd" in a much plainer font located beside it.</font></li></ul><font size="3"><font><font><u>FX/SFX</u></font></font>: The lines drawing in, which were primitive Scanimate effects that were starting to become dated by the mid '80s.</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: Same as the 1st logo, except the pitch is lower.</font><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><u>Music/Sounds Variant</u>: The long version has the long version of the previous logo.<br/><br/><u>Availability</u>: Rare, can be seen on some VHS and DVD releases of HTV programming. It can be seen on the VHS of <i>Robin Hood... the Legend</i>.<br/><br/><u>Editor's Note</u>: The animation is a lot tamer than before, but the presence of the music may still cause some scares.</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/><br/><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">3rd Logo</font><br/><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">(September 1987-September 1989)</font></font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font><div align="center"> <font size="3">[[File:IqWjMtyMi6OtZcpRJZKcug23247.jpeg|190px|Harlech/HTV - CLG Wiki]][[File:F0QN43SPSe xXwHlXPxx9w19407.jpeg|173px|HTV (1987-1993)]][[File:-WSuOdCxhQNRxvEfy3LNrQ16758.jpeg|190px|Harlech/HTV - CLG Wiki]][[File:WWf2PPlGxcVzCFNVQW8qhQ21247.jpeg|190px|Harlech/HTV - CLG Wiki]][[File:RLei ZFFUgpxlHGnw65mzw6488.jpeg|227px|HTV (1987-1993)]][[File:2kVtEYWueMYgQCGfivCIWw15115.jpeg|197px|HTV (1987-1993)]][[File:V-74rcKO6p-NVHMtvv4CKQ35834.jpeg|195px|HTV (1987-1993)]][[File:WybMISpCwLXHUqpUs4xSYw12513.jpeg|200px|HTV w/ITV]][[File:7eb0c01e4509823802d0b067f548bc46.png|190px|HTV Limited (1989, in-credit)]]</font></div><div align="center"></div><font size="3"><u>Nicknames</u>: "(CGI) Flying Blocks", "CGI Aerial", "CGI Antenna"<br/><br/><u>Logo</u>: We see a time-lapsed image of a cloudy sky. Then, the picture rotates to the left and becomes a "screen", as three large reflective blocks emerge from it (reflecting the cloudy sky image), followed shortly by three small blocks. As the screen folds out of view, the blocks revolve around to the right and zoom out to a blue background, forming the HTV logo as seen before. The logo shines several times as the word "<i><b>WALES</b></i>" or "<i><b>WEST</b></i>" zooms-out and stops in its usual place. <br/><br/><u>Variants</u>: <br/> </font><ul><li> <font size="3">A generic version, which was used for both regions, simply reads "<b><i>HTV</i></b>".   </font></li><li> <font size="3"><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">A still, silent variant at the end of programs has the HTV logo places slightly higher with "</font><i><b><font face="Courier">AN HTV CYMRU WALES PRODUCTION FOR</font></b></i><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">" and the ITV logo below.   </font></font></li><li> <font size="3">Another end variant had "Presentation" or "TRANSMITTER INFORMATION" displayed below.</font></li><li><font size="3">An in-credit variant exists with the word "<b>LIMITED</b>" next to it.<br/></font></li><li><font size="3">Another version of the "LIMITED" variant could be seen with the HTV logo, a bit more blocky than before, casting a shadow on a blue background, and "LIMITED" is seen with a shadow under the logo. "AND" can also be seen with the same look.</font></li></ul><font size="3"><br/><u>FX/SFX</u>: The flying blocks; very impressive CGI for the time. The production variant is still.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: A synthesized horn/string fanfare, ending with three synthesized notes. The production variant is silent.<br/><br/><u>Availability</u>: Extinct. The production variant can be found on shows from the era.<br/><br/><u>Editor's Note</u>: None.<br/><br/><br/>4th Logo<br/>(1989-December 31, 1992)</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/> </font><div align="center"> <font size="3">[[File:JLBifn qv QYlPHuafAgkg9515.jpeg|225px|Harlech/HTV - CLG Wiki]][[File:C0m3glxD oAr7DzxWp2Rbw23120.jpeg|234px|Harlech/HTV - CLG Wiki]][[File:AbDKAnWGZrWsvQc1lj2O5g13123.jpeg|234px|Harlech/HTV - CLG Wiki]]</font></div> <font size="3"><br/><font><u>Nickname</u>: "ITV Generic"<br/><br/>See [[ITV (UK)|ITV]] for description.<br/><br/><br/><font><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">5th Logo</font><br/><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">(January 1, 1993-February 1995)</font></font></font></font></div><div><font size="3"><font><br/><div align="center"> [[File:QNT tetzFvwaR J603kuPg35520.jpeg|248px|Harlech/HTV - CLG Wiki]][[File:7TtOgHfJyG-ulikE8vmouw34437.jpeg|326px|HTV (1993-1995)]]<br/><div align="left"> </div></div></font><font><u> <br/>Nickname</u><font color="#333333">: "Glass HTV" </font><br/><br/><u>Logo</u><font color="#333333">: Against a shimmering background of colors (mostly </font><font color="#0000ff">blue</font><font color="#333333">), the letters "</font><b>HTV</b><font color="#333333">", now made out of glass, and written in a font similar to that of the '80s ITV logo with the "<b><i>V</i></b>" composed of a smaller triangle protruding from a slightly larger triangle, slowly zoom-out and flip around from the bottom-left corner of the screen. They stop at the center of the screen.</font><br/><br/><u>FX/SFX</u><font color="#333333">: The shimmering background and flipping letters; beautiful CGI that holds up very well today.</font><br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u><font color="#333333">: A calm fanfare with a wind chime sound.</font><br/><u><br/>Music/Sound Variant</u><font color="#333333">: Before commercial breaks, a much more soothing re-arrangement was used, sometimes accompanied by a continuity announcement.</font><br/><br/><u>Availability</u><font color="#333333">: Extinct. Was used as an ident.</font><br/><br/><u>Editor's Note</u><font color="#333333">: None.</font><br/><br/><br/><font><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">6th Logo</font><br/><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">(February 1995-March 1999)</font></font><br/></font> </font><div align="center"> </div><u><font size="3"> <br/></font></u>[[File:OzgWIleVzf419RFysOMOXQ29244.jpeg|287px|Harlech/HTV - CLG Wiki]]<font size="3"><u>Logo</u>: Against a watery <font color="#00ff00">green</font>/<font color="#0000ff">blue </font>background, several <font color="#ffff00">gold </font>lines are drawn downward and to the right, and form a series of triangles. They are then filled in and begin zooming-out, revealing themselves to be the HTV logo from before. <br/><br/><u>Variants</u>:</font><div><ul><li><font size="3">For commercial breaks, the logo would quickly fade in via a rippling effect.</font></li><li><font size="3">In 1995, a number of genre-specific idents were used, including “Comedy”, “Entertainment”, “Film”, “Factual”, and “Drama”.</font></li><li><font size="3">During 1997, a Kaleidoscope version was used: one orange and one blue in colour background.</font></li><li><font size="3">A still version exists with "Production" under it.</font></li><li><font size="3">Another still version has "An" above the logo and "Programme for ITV" under it.<br/></font></li></ul><font size="3"><u><br/>FX/SFX</u>: The lines forming triangles.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: A calm woodwind jingle or none.<br/><br/><u>Availability</u>: Ultra rare; survives on earlier VHS prints of the <i>Kipper </i>episode "The Visitor". Also used as a production logo on the second and third seasons of <i>Wycliffe</i>.<br/><br/><u>Editor's Note</u>: None.<br/><br/><br/>7th Logo<br/>(March-September 1999)<br/> </font><div align="center"> </div><font size="3"><u> <br/></u><font color="#333333">[[File:T9Q3DXohjc0i571B-8ZP1A31871.jpeg|285px|Harlech/HTV - CLG Wiki]]</font><u>Logo</u><font color="#333333">: We pan across a </font><font color="#0000ff">blue </font><font color="#333333">HTV logo against a shimmering </font><font color="#ffff00">yellow </font><font color="#333333">background from one angle. Then we fade to a </font><font color="#ffff00">gold </font><font color="#333333">HTV logo from another angle against a</font> <font color="#b700ff">purplish</font><font color="#333333">-</font><font color="#ff0000">red </font><font color="#333333">background, Then the same HTV logo zooms-out against the </font><font color="#ffff00">yellow </font><font color="#333333">background and turns </font><font color="#0000ff">blue</font><font color="#333333">.</font> <br/><br/><u>FX/SFX</u><font color="#333333">: The logo and shimmering background; nice CGI once again.</font><br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u><font color="#333333">: A calm majestic fanfare.</font><br/><br/><u>Availability</u><font color="#333333">: Extinct.</font><br/><br/><u>Editor's Note</u><font color="#333333">: None.</font><br/><br/><br/><font color="#333333">8th Logo</font><br/><font color="#333333">(1999-2001)</font></font></div><div><font size="3"><br/> </font><div align="center"> <font size="3">[[File:C1FU 2W9TAkEh7hp 5FBjg10864.jpeg|277px|Harlech/HTV - CLG Wiki]][[File:YaDt5nV3XXegcBMOeNc6Bg24198.jpeg|251px|HTV "Christmas" variant (c. 2000)]]<br/></font></div><div align="center"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><u>Nickname</u>: "TV From the Heart" <br/><br/>See [[ITV (UK)|ITV]] for description.<br/><u><br/></u><u>Trivia</u>: UNM was sold to Granada in 2001, however HTV was sold to Carlton for competition reasons. Once the sale was completed, Carlton revamped their identity, which resulted in the 9th logo.<br/><br/><br/><br/>9th Logo<br/>(2001-2002)</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><font size="3"><div align="center">[[File:JX3o7N4QjbO5LpOWytlVHQ22220.jpeg|254px|Harlech/HTV - CLG Wiki]][[File:YwxDGFy4RbzypsLJqlBwgg21227.jpeg|252px|HTV (1997-2002)]]</div><div align="center"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div></div></font><div><font size="3"><u>Nickname</u>: "Carlton/ITV Generic Mix"</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/><u>Logo</u>: One of the animations used in Carlton's ident used at the time plays. The heart on the center flashes, which transitions to the HTV logo, with the flash forming the V on the logo. The logo is placed on the same background as the ITV generic look.</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/><u>FX/SFX</u>: See above.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: The fanfare used in Carlton's indents.<br/><br/><u>Availability</u>: Extinct.<br/><br/><u>Editor's Note</u>: None.</font></div></div></div></div><br/></div>