ITV Border Productions

Credits

Compiled by
Camenati

Editions by
Michael Kenchington

This article is about the production logos. For the TV idents, see Border Television.

Background

This is the production company of ITV Border, formerly Border Productions.

1st Logo (1961-September 1, 1971)

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Visuals: Same as the 1961 ident.

Variant: Sometimes, the text says "A Border Television Network Production" below the logo.

Technique: None.

Audio: None or the ending theme of the programme.

Availability: Many early Border programmes, like most other ITV franchises, were wiped out, and are rather obscure compared to the bigger names.

2nd Logo (September 1, 1971-September 1, 1989)

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Visuals: Same as the 1970 ident. Usually, a copyright notice is added underneath.

Variants:

• A network production variant exists.
• On A Tale of Two Dales, the NRK logo appears below the Border Television logo.
• On The Living Wall, a co-production variant with Tyne Tees Television exists. The Border Television logo is also gold.
• A (.*) variant exists where the logo is paired with six other ITV franchise logos on a blue background. Border's logo appears on the bottom right.

Technique: None.

Audio: The ending theme of the programme or none.

Availability: Seen on programmes from the company from this time-period.

• Border Television has a low output of original programming which are hard to find outside of original TV airings.
• It can be seen on Groovy Fellers, A Tale of Two Dales, and later episodes of Get Fresh.
• Early episodes of the latter uses the HTV logo.

3rd Logo (September 1, 1989-September 1994)

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Visuals: On a blue background, the 1989 bowl symbol is displayed over the text "A BORDER PRODUCTION" and a copyright notice on the bottom.

Variants:

• Sometimes, the logo has the 1989 ITV logo appear underneath on some networked programmes.
• On Scottish Eye, the logo appears on a white background and is paired with the Red Herring Productions logo.

Technique: None.

Audio: The ending theme of the programme or none.

Availability: The standard logo's appearance is unknown, but the variant can be found on Scottish Eye.

4th Logo (September 1994-November 7, 1999)

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Visuals: It is a still version of the 1995 variant of the 1994 ident with the text reading "A BORDER PRODUCTION", "A BORDER PRESENTATION", or "A BORDER PROGRAMME".

Variants:

• In its early days, the logo is on a rocky background.
• On some networked programmes, the 1989 ITV logo is shown underneath. This lasted until October 4, 1998.

Technique: None.

Audio: The ending theme of the programme or none.

Availability: Can be seen on Inside Sellafield and other original programmes from this period.

5th Logo (November 8, 1999-2001)

Visuals: It's a still version of the 1999 ident, but except, the yellow text is added, reading "A" and "PRODUCTION" below the logo.

Variant: When ITV was changed to ITV1 in 2001, the text now appears below directly reading "A BORDER PRODUCTION".

Technique: None.

Audio: The ending theme of the programme or none.

Availability: Appears on most Border programmes of the time, like Lookaround.

6th Logo (2001-2004)

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Visuals: We see the same Granada purple end card with the corporate logo used by all other Granada-owned regions, however, the shadow copies are of the Border "Chopsticks in a Bowl" symbol, and the square has the white Border "Chopsticks in a Bowl" logo inside with the text reads "A Border Television Production".

Technique: None.

Audio: The ending theme of the programme or none.

Availability: Appears on programmes by Border such as Lookaround and others until 2004.