Bong!

ITV1 did one the only sensible things they have done in a long time and resurrected News At Ten. It's the first time since 1999 that the bongs have been heard. Of course I'm approaching it from my geeky title-sequence and branding way so I have to say I'm impressed. The whooshing from space is back, the iconic music is back and in full.

Compare and contrast this from 1988:



with this from 2008:



Update:
To see a short clip on how ITN and MPC put the new title sequence together click here

All very much deja vu, but in a good way. It brings home just how much the London skyline has changes in just 20 years too.

It's just a shame that ITN still seems to be a shadow of its former self. The bulletin had an obvious effort put into it but ITN has dumbed down so much in the last 5 years or so that they have a large hill to re-climb.