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Old 27-11-2013, 20:02
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only just noticed this, but how long have the ITV soaps (Corrie and ED) had those generic closing credits??

it used to be nice to see the village or images of the street as the credits roll.
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Old 27-11-2013, 20:36
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I believe a few years now.
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Old 27-11-2013, 20:38
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It came in early this year I think when itv changed its branding.
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Old 27-11-2013, 20:44
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They've always had the same style across the board.

From those garish green/blue backdrops, to the slideshow of images, now to the black screen.
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Old 27-11-2013, 20:51
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I used to like it when it scrolled up the screen with the weatherfield rooftops and chimneys as a background. Those were the days...
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Old 27-11-2013, 21:05
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I remember feeling a bit shortchanged as a Corrie fan when they introduced the generic credits - must be about ten years ago, right? I always wondered why Emmerdale got the overhead village helicopter shot behind their credits but we didn't even get cobbles or anything, just the generic blue background!

I want the rooftop scrolling credits back. NOW.
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Old 27-11-2013, 21:09
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I want the rooftop scrolling credits back. NOW.
I think we should start a petition...!
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Old 27-11-2013, 21:16
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I remember feeling a bit shortchanged as a Corrie fan when they introduced the generic credits - must be about ten years ago, right? I always wondered why Emmerdale got the overhead village helicopter shot behind their credits but we didn't even get cobbles or anything, just the generic blue background!
Something to do with Emmerdale negotiating a special deal with ITV or something. t was in Inside Soap yeeeears ago, I can't remember the details but there was a reason for it.

The only "generic" ITV credits I liked (ones that they used across all ITV shows) was the one with the wavy line and smoke in the background, because there were still images relative to the show on the other side of the screen. I can't find one for Corrie but here's a different one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...tWavwwI#t=1275
They also used it on Bad Girls, The BIll (I think), Crossroads, and I think Emmerdale had a green one for a very short time before they went back to their own version.

But yes the rooftop Corrie closing credits was iconic.
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Old 27-11-2013, 22:02
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Beats the STV closing credits where they cram the credits into the smallest box imaginable and advertise and shout over the top of them!
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Old 27-11-2013, 22:18
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I think we should start a petition...!
I'm all for that!

Something to do with Emmerdale negotiating a special deal with ITV or something. t was in Inside Soap yeeeears ago, I can't remember the details but there was a reason for it.

The only "generic" ITV credits I liked (ones that they used across all ITV shows) was the one with the wavy line and smoke in the background, because there were still images relative to the show on the other side of the screen. I can't find one for Corrie but here's a different one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...tWavwwI#t=1275
They also used it on Bad Girls, The BIll (I think), Crossroads, and I think Emmerdale had a green one for a very short time before they went back to their own version.

But yes the rooftop Corrie closing credits was iconic.
I wasn't a big fan of those smoky credits, they didn't look very nice. On some shows I remember the credits themselves being really small and almost illegible - I think it caused a bit of bother and they had to change them eventually.
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Old 27-11-2013, 22:37
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only just noticed this, but how long have the ITV soaps (Corrie and ED) had those generic closing credits??

it used to be nice to see the village or images of the street as the credits roll.
It's all done so they can trail things over them without squeezing the screen. Pretty pathetic to be honest. The credits are still small and disrupted.
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Old 27-11-2013, 22:38
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I think we should start a petition...!
Don't waste your time. People have been going mad over credit squeezing for decades and they don't care.
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