Swings & Roundabouts UTV 1987

Swings & Roundabouts, UTV Schools, 1987. Starring Barney, the turd with moving eyeballs. May god have mercy on us all

[@ITVWeatherFans]

Nice to see the Ulster Television for ITV caption! I assume this series was transmitted locally, as an opt out, originally? If so, the caption stating its for the whole ITV network is slightly odd, unless these transmissions come from 1992-3 repeats - during the final ITV Schools branded term, all local schools programmes - notably Scottish, Grampian, Ulster and HTV's English language programmes - were fully networked.

[@mikeauld7971]

You can see the clunky frame-roll heavy opt back in at 35:58, with the music perfectly back-timed to match the network at the exact time, though quite late on! As for the “for IT\*”, it’s a curious one, but it’s obeying the style guide with the 1989 look. I think earlier series pre-89 had plain Ulster Television branding. These later series were perhaps trying to make the point that it was made for ITV and not Channel 4, and that other network companies were branding their shows in the same style. Granada, well, let’s leave that discussion for another day.

[@jamesmitchell8922]

This is before September 1992. The local opt outs ended in June 1992.

[@cerinolancerinolan7148]

Barney he's your friend What does Mr Jane say about this ?

[@cerinolancerinolan7148]

Why does Jane Cassidy talk to all the viewers like we are all 2 year olds hello boys and girls CHRIST I'm not a kid great singer though.