Westward Productions

Credits

Descriptions by
Camenati

Captures by
Camenati

Editions by
Tabit and Michael Kenchington

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

Background

This is the production arm of Westward Television.

1st Logo (April 29, 1961-1965)

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Visuals: This is just the print version of the 1961 ident either on a black background or superimposed on the end credits.

Variant: On one programme, the logo shares the screen with the ATV logo, with "PRODUCTION" shown below the logo.

Technique: A still model.

Audio: The ending theme of the programme or none.

Availability: Unknown. ^[Examples?]

2nd Logo (1965-1972)

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Visuals: A still version of the 1965 ident with the bottom text reading "A WESTWARD PRODUCTION".

Variants:

• Sometimes, the text is stacked.
• In 1971, the background became blue with the start of color television.

Technique: A still model.

Audio: The ending theme of the programme or none.

Availability:

• Like many ITV franchises, Westward's programming from this period was wiped out and are rather obscure compared to the bigger names.
• These include We Love Monkton Wyld, Britannia, and The Privileged: The Pawns.
• BFI Player may have a few of the channel's programmes intact such as the latter.

3rd Logo (May 22, 1971-December 31, 1981)

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Visuals: On a blue background, the ship from the 1972 ident, now orange, is above the stacked text "A WESTWARD PRODUCTION" and a copyright stamp.

Variants:

• The text may read "A WESTWARD PRESENTATION" instead. Plus, "in Colour" may also be seen underneath.
• Later on, a copyright with Roman numerals appeared below instead.
• On one programme, the logo is position on the bottom left with "Independent Television" and "For Schools and Colleges" on top and to the right of the symbol respectively.

Technique: A still model.

Audio: The ending theme of the programme or none.

Availability:

• Like before, Westward's lineup is not well known and are difficult to find due to their obscurity and wiping over the past several decades.
• It is so far only known to appear on early series of One Per Cent of Us.

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