TSW: 1986-1992

A new ident was introduced in 1986, which would remain in use until TSW’s demise in 1992. Seasonal idents were introduced in 1989 to run alongside the main ident.

Main ident
Winter ident
Autumn ident
Summer ident
In September 1989, when the ITV network introduced a new corporate logo and national on-air identity, TSW was one of the five regions that didn’t use the generic idents that were designed for the region, preferring to stay with its local idents instead.

Westcountry Television won the South West region franchise and took over from TSW at midnight on 1 January 1993. On 31 December 1992, TSW marked its final day of transmission with a number of special programmes and continuity links. Continuity announcers Sally Meen and Tristram Payne shared the daytime announcing/newsreading shift with Ian Stirling and Ruth Langsford taking over for the last few evening shifts. The day’s schedule included the final edition of Gus Honeybun’s Magic Birthdays, a repeat of the award-winning documentary, A Day in the Life of…Beryl Cook and a one-hour TSW Today special featuring the last regional news bulletin and an expansive look back at TSW’s programming. Along with other ITV broadcasters, with the exceptions of TVS, which broadcast its own farewell special, Goodbye to All That, and both Scottish Television and Grampian Television which broadcast the traditional Hogmanay, the last ever programme broadcast on TSW was Thames Television‘s own farewell programme, entitled The End Of The Year Show.

After that show’s closing credits, the final sign-off announcement was made by Ian Stirling and Ruth Langsford at 11.55pm, bidding farewell to the departing station by thanking the viewers and paying tribute – after which, TSW handed over to ITN for the news headlines and midnight chimes of the Big Ben in a brief news bulletin entitled Into the New Year. At the end of the bulletin, the transmission was switched to Westcountry.
Presentation
In-vision continuity
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