Arguably its most famous use was as the symbol of Anglia Television, the ITV station for the East of England, from launch in 1959 until 1988. Shortly before the station's launch, its chairman, Lord Townshend, had spotted the trophy at the Bond Street jewellers, Asprey, and purchased it almost on impulse; Asprey subsequently added the "Anglia" pennon to the lance.[1]
The silver statue was Anglia's original ident.[2] At the end, the camera zoomed in on the pennon which showed the station's name. An arrangement by Malcolm Sargent, of Handel's Water Music was played over the film.[2] The logo became so closely identified with the station that when Anglia produced a book to mark its fortieth anniversary in 1999, it was entitled A Knight On The Box.[2] With the introduction of colour television on ITV in November 1969 (although not in the Anglia region until October 1970), the ident was remade with constant lighting, and the knight rotating on a turntable – a longer version of the ident was used at the start of the day's transmission until the mid 1980s.[2]
On 21 March 1988, the knight was replaced by a new identity.[3] It made brief re-appearances in 1999 and 2009 to celebrate Anglia's 40th and 50th anniversaries.
The trophy is usually displayed at ITV Anglia reception at Anglia House in Norwich. It was on loan to the Museum of Norwich at the Bridewell until 5 October 2019 as part of an exhibition celebrating life in Norwich in 1959.
^"Teletronic | The History of ITV - Anglia Television". www.teletronic.co.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
^ abcdBarnes, Steve. . Anglia Television. TVARK. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2011. Contains videos of Anglia Television's idents received from VHS recordings and from the company itself.
^(Norfolk) Evening Star. Tuesday 22 March 1988 "Exit the knight who has had his day..."
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anglia, knight, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, december, 2. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Anglia knight news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Anglia knight is a sterling silver trophy commissioned by William III of the Netherlands in 1850 for the Falcon Club a society that met once a year to compete in horse races falconry and other sports The trophy weighs over 700 troy ounces 22 kg 48 lbs and is modelled on the statue of Richard I dubious discuss outside the Palace of Westminster but was intended to represent the Black Prince The Anglia knight Arguably its most famous use was as the symbol of Anglia Television the ITV station for the East of England from launch in 1959 until 1988 Shortly before the station s launch its chairman Lord Townshend had spotted the trophy at the Bond Street jewellers Asprey and purchased it almost on impulse Asprey subsequently added the Anglia pennon to the lance 1 The silver statue was Anglia s original ident 2 At the end the camera zoomed in on the pennon which showed the station s name An arrangement by Malcolm Sargent of Handel s Water Music was played over the film 2 The logo became so closely identified with the station that when Anglia produced a book to mark its fortieth anniversary in 1999 it was entitled A Knight On The Box 2 With the introduction of colour television on ITV in November 1969 although not in the Anglia region until October 1970 the ident was remade with constant lighting and the knight rotating on a turntable a longer version of the ident was used at the start of the day s transmission until the mid 1980s 2 On 21 March 1988 the knight was replaced by a new identity 3 It made brief re appearances in 1999 and 2009 to celebrate Anglia s 40th and 50th anniversaries The trophy is usually displayed at ITV Anglia reception at Anglia House in Norwich It was on loan to the Museum of Norwich at the Bridewell until 5 October 2019 as part of an exhibition celebrating life in Norwich in 1959 The logo for Anglian Home Improvements also depicts a knight on horseback Television portalUnited Kingdom portalReferences Edit Teletronic The History of ITV Anglia Television www teletronic co uk Retrieved 11 May 2020 a b c d Barnes Steve Idents Anglia Television TVARK Archived from the original on 1 April 2012 Retrieved 3 September 2011 Contains videos of Anglia Television s idents received from VHS recordings and from the company itself Norfolk Evening Star Tuesday 22 March 1988 Exit the knight who has had his day This article about a sculpture in the United Kingdom is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Anglia knight amp oldid 1082731953, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
