ITV Yorkshire Productions

{{About|the production logos|the TV idents|Yorkshire Television (UK)]]

Background
This is the production arm of ITV Yorkshire, formerly Yorkshire Television.

1st Logo (July 29, 1968-1969)
Logo: A still version of the 1968 ident with "production" underneath.

Variant: Sometimes, "production" is replaced with "network production".

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the programme.

Availability: Extinct.
 * Many programmes from this period are hard to find outside of their original airings, though some archival sites may have this logo intact.
 * It has apepared on the channel's earliest original programmes such as Where There's Bass, Parkin's Patch: The Deserter, and Jim Bullock: Miner Extraordinary.
 * For a brief time, it was used in tandem with the next logo.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (1969-1989)
Logo: Same as the 1969 ident but with a copyright notice added underneath, reading Times New Roman (year in Roman Numerals)

Variants:
 * Starting 1982, the phrase was shortened like the 1969 ident, reading "Arial"
 * Sometimes, the 1982 logo has a copyright stamp.
 * A superimposed variant exists for both the 1969 and 1982 variants.
 * On early episodes of Countdown, the white text below the yellow chevron reads "YORKSHIRE TELEVISION PRODUCTION" and the yellow text below it reads "for Channel Four."
 * On Silent Cries, the logo is smaller and in an inverted colour scheme. "IAW" text also appears below it in black.
 * On 3-2-1-, the logo has snowed.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the programme.

Availability:
 * The 1969 variant can be found on the first series of both That's My Boy and Countdown, Emmerdale Farm, among others.
 * The 1982 variant was seen on early series of Countdown as well as Silent Cries.

Editor's Note: None.

3rd Logo (January 1987-1989)
Logo: This is a still version of the 1987 logo.

Variants: A YORKSHIRE TELEVISION PRODUCTION FOR CHANNEL 4 IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION AND TELEVISION NEW ZEALAND A line separates said line of text and the copyright info.
 * Like the idents, Channel 4 co-productions has "Production" replaced with "for Channel Four".
 * On Cloud Waltzing, "Impact" is added above the logo.
 * As per the 2nd logo, episodes of Countdown would have "YORKSHIRE TELEVISION PRODUCTION" in white below the chevron and "for Channel Four" in yellow below that.
 * On the Dramarama episode "Back to Front", the endcap is flipped, so that the text is backwards.
 * Sometimes, the words "Impact" is seen above the logo.
 * A variant exists where the normal text is cheaply blacked out with the text "Times New Roman".
 * On The Riddlers, the logo is on a black background with the text from the enterprises production variant placed underneath and surrounded by two thin lines.
 * On Politics of Food, the bottom text was majorly altered to read

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the programme.

Availability:
 * Seen on Yorkshire programmes from the era such as Emmerdale Farm, The Raggy Dolls, First Tuesday, 3-2-1 and Countdown, among others.
 * This logo also appeared on Challenge reruns of 3–2–1 episodes from the era a while back.

Editor's Note: None.

4th Logo (September 1989-October 1994)
Logo: On a -black gradient background the 3D Chevron from the 1989 ident is shown with the text "Time New Roman" underneath.

Variant: On Till We Meet Again, the background is more solid, the ITV logo is colorized and the rest of the text is italicized. A copyright stamp was also added underneath it all.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the programme.

Availability: Rare. It was seen on Through the Keyhole, Wife of the Week, and Till We Meet Again.

Editor's Note: None.

5th Logo (October 1994-October 1996)
Logo: On a - gradient background, the 1994 Chevron logo is shown above the text "Times New Roman"

Variants:
 * The text may be reworded to "YORKSHIRE TELEVISION PROGRAMME", or "YORKSHIRE TELEVISION PRESENTATION", sometimes with the 1989 ITV logo below.
 * On Series 3, episode 13 of Bad Influence!, Nam Rood (played by Andy Wear) appears in the logo to wipe away a grey dot on the screen (the dot that appeared on the episode during a segment of Rood talking about grey dots appearing on old TVs). After he wipes away the dot, he gives a thumbs up, and leaves.
 * On Countdown, the text below the chevron reads as follows: Times New Roman
 * For co-productions, the logo sometimes shares the screen with other logos and the text changes reading "A YORKSHIRE TELEVISION CO-PRODUCTION".
 * On one programme, the Action Time logo is seen underneath Yorkshire's.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the programme.

Availability:
 * Can be seen on Yorkshire programmes such as A Touch of Frost, Heartbeat, Countdown, Emmerdale and Raise the Roof, among many others.

Editor's Note: None.

6th Logo (October 1996-November 7, 1999)
Logo: A still version of the 1996 ident where "PRODUCTION" is added underneath the company name and the background, while retaining its cloudiness, has multiple transparent "3"'s.

Variants:
 * The text may be reworded to the following:
 * "YORKSHIRE TELEVISION PROGRAMME"
 * "YORKSHIRE TELEVISION PRESENTATION"
 * "YORKSHIRE TELEVISION PRODUCTION FOR ITV"
 * "YORKSHIRE TELEVISION PROGRAMME FOR ITV"
 * "YORKSHIRE TELEVISION PRESENTATION FOR ITV". The 1989 ITV logo is below on the latter three variants until October 4, 1998.
 * The logo may appear as an in-credit logo, sometimes with "CO-PRODUCTION" added underneath.
 * Another variant appears on Yorkshire programmes for Channel 4 features the Yorkshire chevron logo and the words "YORKSHIRE TELEVISION PRODUCTION FOR CHANNEL 4", except that the background does not feature the warped figure '3's.
 * One variant used on Countdown lacks the warped "3"'s in the background and also has a copyright stamp reading, "© CHANNEL 4 TELEVISION CORPORATION [year in Roman numerals]."
 * Another Countdown variant has text below the yellow chevron that reads "YORKSHIRE TELEVISION STUDIOS".
 * On Bruce's Price is Right, the Fremantle UK Productions logo appears within Yorkshire's logo.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the programme.

Availability: Rare.
 * Saved on old shows, like Heartbeat, A Touch of Frost, and Emmerdale, among others.

Editor's Note: None.

7th Logo (November 8, 1999-October 27, 2002)
Logo: Similar to the previous logo, it is a still version of its respective ident. Here, the chevron is placed in the top center and the text "A YORKSHIRE TELEVISION PRODUCTION" is added underneath.

Variants:
 * Programmes produced for Channel 4 from 2000 to 2002 has the logo positioned on the left. Plus, the text changed to "A YORKSHIRE TELEVISION PRODUCTION FOR CHANNEL FOUR".
 * On one programme, the Excelsior logo appears within Yorkshire's.
 * On Harold Shipman: Doctor Death, the logo is paired with the Chameleon Television logo.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the programme.

Availability: Can be seen on episodes of Emmerdale, Heartbeat, Countdown, and Touch of Frost from this period, alongside many others.

Editor's Note: None.

8th Logo (October 28, 2001-2004)
Nicknames: "Purple Chevron"

Logo: 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 Yorkshire chevron symbol, and the square has the white Yorkshire chevron inside with the text reads "A Yorkshire Television Production".

Variants:
 * For programmes that they produced for Channel 4 such as Countdown, the 1999-2004 Channel 4 logo appears alongside the logo.
 * A rare variant of the Yorkshire Television variant exists where it uses the same text from the main Granada logo.
 * There is another rare variant where the Granada logo underneath is replaced by the "ITV Studios Limited" text, this is seen on current ITV Studios-era prints of A Touch of Frost.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None or the ending theme to the show.

Availability:
 * Appears on shows such as Countdown, Heartbeat, Emmerdale and A Touch of Frost, among others until 2004.
 * The Yorkshire Television variant with the "ITV Studios Limited" text was used to plaster over the original version with the "GRANADA" text on current prints of A Touch of Frost episodes from that era.

Editor's Note: None.