Prior to the widespread use of computer graphics, the on screen identities ('idents') of BBC TV channels were generated mechanically. Mechanical clocks were also seen regularly, often before ...

1991: The COW globe was replaced with a new on-screen image designed by Lambie-Nairn (who worked on the Nine O’Clock News ident). The design was a swirling world of shadows and reflections.

1991 - The COW globe was replaced with a new on-screen image designed by Lambie-Nairn (who worked on the Nine O Clock News ident). The design was a swirling world of shadows and reflections.

YOU might have spotted some familiar lanterns on ITV this week. Community arts charity Same Sky, which produces the Burning The Clocks event in Brighton every year, as well as the annual Children ...

From the show's inception until 1996/97, it began at midnight, preceded by a BBC Two alarm clock ident, and went straight into Auld Lang Syne played by the Pipes and Drums of the Scots Guards.

Prior to the widespread use of computer graphics, the on screen identities ('idents') of BBC TV channels were generated mechanically. Mechanical clocks were also seen regularly, often before ...