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Andrew Wiseman

@aswiseman
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Joined June 2009
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Duncan Newmarch@DuncanNewmarchOct 5
A hugely talented composer of TV themes, thank you George. (My favourite was Telly Addicts).
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The composer George Fenton has died at the age of 76. His music included Blue Planet, Planet Earth and multiple movies - Baftas + Emmys and received five Oscar nominations. He composed BBC TV news theme tunes including the memorable Newsnight music.
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Greg Scott@GregScottTVSep 16
Had a play with the “extend picture” feature in Photos on iOS 27…
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WEBSITE UPDATE: All these years I've never had BBC1 spinning globe re-creations on the site, but now I have two... (These are rendered live. I've tested on what I can, but I don't know how they will work on a monitor with a refresh rate of above 75 Hz.) 625.uk.com
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WEBSITE UPDATE: I've never re-created a globe ident before, but with D3.js, some free map data and help from Claude, I now have a working BBC1 Olympics ident from 1984. 625.uk.com/tv_logos/svg/bbc1…

BBC 1 Olympics Ident - 1984

The BBC 1 Olympics ident from 1984, reproduced in SVG format for viewing on phones and tablets.

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Dave Jeffery@KecskeBakAug 7
A long and winding blogpost about a lovely discovery made by @aldupres.bsky.social kecskebak.hu/?p=633 #inkscape #thegimp #blender3d
Mark a Polo

Mark a Polo

This post covers several of my favourite subjects, so it will ramble all over the place. Apologies for that, but here we go… Sticking some kind of disc over the centre of an onscreen clock mechanism...

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WEBSITE UPDATE: Go back in time with the BBC - a update focusing on re-creating the look of the BBC. There are six more clocks. There is schools presentation from when programmes were temporarily shifted from BBC 1 to BBC 2. And more! 625.uk.com
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Dave Jeffery@KecskeBakJul 29
A short blogpost about making the 1972 BBC1 Olympic Symbol thing. #inkscape #blender kecskebak.hu/?p=588
Whirled Off Sport

Whirled Off Sport

Another bit of revision to remind me of stuff I used to know how to do. There were two Olympic events held in 1972; the Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan and the ill-fated summer Olympics held in...

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Dave Jeffery@KecskeBakJul 24
A boring blog post to look at, and there's a font you can download if you feel like it. kecskebak.hu/?p=552 Many thanks to @aswiseman.bsky.social for the inspiration and the source material. #inkscape #fontforge
Prospero of the great globe itself

Prospero of the great globe itself

A diary of my return to the world of typography, for the first time in many, many years. Just before the first edition of Wogan, on 7pm the 18th February 1985, BBC1 introduced it’s first computer...

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Adam Beckwith@AdamNostalgiaJun 25
This show is what must be a very rare Carlton Production for Channel 4, are there any others?
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The TV Room
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🟥 REWIND | A recent HD recreation of the BBC One on-screen clock from 1991 - 1997 accentuates an eerie face that was there in plain sight amongst the coloured swirls. >> Loads of TV clock recreations here: mcmweb.co.uk/
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WEBSITE UPDATE (2/2): A mechanical Yorkshire clock as seen in 1983, but I wonder if it was introduced in 1982 when Yorkshire updated its ident? Possibly the last mechanical clock before the electronically-generated one? The hour markers are plant pot tags. 625.uk.com/tv_logos/svg/york…
Yorkshire Clock - 1983

Yorkshire Clock - 1983

Yorkshire Television's station clock, as seen in 1983, reproduced in SVG format for viewing on phones and tablets.

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WEBSITE UPDATE (1/2): In 1982 when Welsh programmes moved to S4C, HTV Wales introduced a new ident which appeared to have been bodged together from other bits. The symbol was thicker than for the WEST version! (Based on @kecskebak's Flash files.) 625.uk.com/tv_logos/svg/htv_…
HTV Wales

HTV Wales

HTV Wales ident, introduced in 1982, reproduced in SVG format for viewing on phones and tablets.

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Replying to @CameronYardeJnr
@CameronYardeJnr @DuncanNewmarch @thetvroom @tvark I want to see this little beauty today.... if you in the know ...you know! @aswiseman
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Replying to @greateranglia
@greateranglia Nightmare at Liverpool St. The platform showed the Cambridge train on P9, but the train claimed it was going somewhere else. Then the train pulled in next to it insisted *it* was going to Cambridge. Staff explained the trains were wrong, but only when asked. ☹️
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On the positive side the driver on the Cambridge train was brilliant and explained what had happened. He was still explaining later when the train insisted there was a fire on board and he had to stop. (There wasn't a fire, thankfully.) Software's great, isn't it? 😁
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50 YEARS AGO TODAY: Michael McIntyre is born. For some reason he was amongst the group of kids by the side of Five Star when they were taking Eliot Fletcher's entreaties on Going Live! in 1989 and got to ask them a less rigorous question of his own. youtube.com/watch?v=H2xHbnLW…
Michael McIntyre aged 13 on Going Live

Michael McIntyre aged 13 on Going Live

In 1989, pop group Five Star appeared on Going Live. Infamously, on...

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It looks like there were two versions of the 1983 Christmas closedown clock. The blue one and the black one... I've had a go at the black one, not sure it's quite there yet, though... (Real one from @tvark)
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Also Make the Bonus: BBC1 Clock Christmas 1983
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WEBSITE UPDATE: Here's the 1984 electronic clock that was adapted for the festive season... 625.uk.com/tv_logos/svg/bbc1…. It may be this was reserved for closedowns only. And the white 'snow' shadow appeared in a slightly different position every night!
BBC 1 Clock - Christmas 1984

BBC 1 Clock - Christmas 1984

The BBC 1 Christmas clock from 1984, reproduced in SVG format for viewing on phones and tablets.

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Did You See?@TvDidYouSee15 Oct 2025
#OnThisDay 15 October 1986 SQUARE EYED BRITAIN GETS ALL-DAY TV Telly-mad Britain will get all-day viewing when the BBC launch a new non-stop service. Out go cosy old favourites like the Breakfast Time sofa and Frank Bough's sweaters. A sharper, newsy look will spearhead . . .
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WEBSITE UPDATE: On this day in 1997, the balloon idents launched, on which the BBC showed off its new corporate logo. To celebrate, here's the balloon-era clock from Northern Ireland re-created. Thanks to Nathan Dane for the background image. 625.uk.com/tv_logos/svg/bbc1…
BBC1 Northern Ireland Balloon Clock

BBC1 Northern Ireland Balloon Clock

The BBC1 Northern Ireland clock, based on the network clock introduced in October 1997, reproduced in SVG format for viewing on phones and tablets.

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Oct. 4th 1997 was also the first day of the main network's new name: "BBC ONE". (A similar update befell BBC2.) Here's the main network clock... 625.uk.com/tv_logos/svg/bbc1…
BBC1 Balloon Clock

BBC1 Balloon Clock

The BBC1 network clock, introduced in October 1997, reproduced in SVG format for viewing on phones and tablets.

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