Most Wanted
Can you help TVARK with the following material? If so, please contact us.
Cardboard studio endboards wanted
Do you have a vintage television ‘endboard’ that was used in studio where a TV camera would point at it at the end of a programme? Would you considering selling it? Please contact us at the link above.
News clips wanted
ITV:
- Scotland Today (1980-1989 & Jan-Jun 2006)
- North Tonight (1980-1990)
- STV News (2009-2014 Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen)
- Lookaround (1970s & 1980s)
- HTV News West (1996-1997)
- Meridian Tonight (2006-2009)
- Channel TV Report (1970s)
- Central News East (1989-1992)
- UTV Live (1995-1997)
BBC:
- BBC North East local news (1970s)
- Look East
- Reporting Scotland Sixty Minutes
- Reporting Scotland 2004 – 2007
- Reporting Scotland 2007 – 2008
- BBC London News (2005-2008)
- Spotlight Channel Islands (2005-2008)
- BBC Oxford News (2005-2008)
Five:
- Five News (2012-2014)
Branding clips wanted
BBC:
- Old continuity recordings (1960s-1980s)
- Photographs of former BBC London premises and studios
- BBC Choice: 1998: (Trumpet ident)
- BBC Choice: July – Dec 2001 (Green Blocks)
- BBC 4: Office ident from 2005/06 plus many special idents
ITV:
- Carlton London idents (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 certain idents from each sets)
- Granada idents (1996-1999: Art/Football/Soap/Rocket/Train/Sketch/Squad sometimes also referred to as “Heist”)
- LWT: 1984 – fruit machine Promo, 1987 – Summer promos and 1995 – local ident
- Scottish Television idents: (1991 – scenic scene)
- Grampian: (New 1983 black ident with revised jingle)
- Border: (Autumn 1990 ITV Pink promo ident)
- Channel TV: (2004 Presentation)
- Yorkshire: (1992 – 1993, Chess Board look, Pink look)
- Archive continuity from the Grampian, Border, Channel and Ulster TV regions
- ITV regional merchandise from the 1970s and 1980s
Channel 4:
- Grabbers (1994-1995)
- Reel Women (1995)
- Stanley Kubrick season (Summer 1996)
- Robert Altman – American Player season (Summer 1996)
- Handmade Films season (Summer 1996)
- Coen Brothers season (August/September 1997)
- India Summer
- Comedy Weekend
- Simpson idents (2004)
- People idents (1999-2003)
Five:
- 2008-2011 idents
Digital Channels:
- Challenge TV idents (1998-2008)
- Living/Sky Living idents (2004-2013)
- Yesterday idents (2009-2012)
Do you work for a broadcaster? Can you send us some pictures of your studio or building? Are you a former employee of a past TV station? Do you have any old photographs we can add to our studios and buildings section?
Personal Collections – Do you collect something for a hobby you would like share with our audience?
International TV wanted
Do you live in any of these countries? We’d love to feature TV recordings from your country! Australia, Barbados, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Botswana, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, China, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Fiji, Gibraltar, Greenland, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Jamaica, India, Israel, Luxembourg, South Korea, Malaysia, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Saint Maarten, Seychelles, South Africa, Sri Lanka or Zimbabwe.