Thames News 1990 – 1992

The last make-over came in September 1990, at the same time when Thames TV updated its logo. Just as the channel ident now formed over a triangle, so did the logo for Thames News, while the music become more triumphant and optimistic. The studio set took on an orange/beige colour scheme, with the rear wall decorated in three-dimensional reliefs of London landmarks. This was the identity that Thames News took to its grave on 31st December 1992. During this period, Andrew Gardner continued to host the early evening bulletins alongside Liz Pike, with Steve Clarke joining the team from the BBC’s London Plus. David Strahan presented occasional bulletins too.

Dartford Bridge Special.

Promos and trails.

Examples of studio presentation

Thames News Promotions

Thames News Miscellaneous Items

London Plus

The broadcaster Robin Houston wrote to TVARK in 2004, with his memories of joining the news team at the Euston Road studios, as a journalist and anchorman for Thames News: “Today ended in the summer of 1977. Andrew Gardner joined Thames TV on 1 August 1977 and for the next year – except for six weeks in the summer of 1978 – presented a six o’clock news/magazine programme, whose name escapes me (but it wasn’t Thames News). Then Thames TV – with a huge recruitment programme of journalists, crews, and support staff, and a great technical investment – set up a proper newsroom in the late summer of 1978. I joined on 5 September 1978 and launched the Lunchtime Thames News while Andrew Gardner and Rita Carter began Thames At Six. From the same date I was supposed to be presenting the Late Thames News after News At Ten as well, but union problems prevented that starting until 28 April 1980, from when it ran for nearly thirteen years.”