For those of you who are not in the know, and are not from the United Kingdom; ITV, along with Channel 4 are the UK’s two private television network’s; as opposed to the BBC’s television service; along with it’s domestic radio service and international radio (World Service); are owned, operated; and controlled directly by the British government.

Below is a video of ITV promos and identifications from December, 1989.

https://youtu.be/uKDIbWA-VGs

Occurrences in the United Kingdom in the year 1989 that are as equally important as ITV running these promos and identifications as of this time are: Land Rover having introduced the Discovery, and the Discovery having gone into production for the very first time this year; how many Range Rovers Land Rover had sold this year, this being the last year that the conventional Land Rover would be known as the Ninety & One Ten before it would be given an actual name-Defender a year later; how many conventional Land Rovers the company had sold this year; the Honda/Acura Legend-based Rover 800 passenger car having replaced the SD1 (which had shared many parts with the Range Rover) a few years earlier in 1986; how many cars Volkswagen/Audi had sold in the UK this year (including Golfs, Passats; and Transporters), and how many cars Daimler-Benz had sold in the UK this year (including UK sales of the W201, W140; and W126).

Furthermore, more occurrences in the United Kingdom in the year 1989 that are as equally important as ITV running these promos and identifications as of this time are: how many Fiestas, European Escorts, Sierras, Scorpios, Transits; and P100s Ford’s European arm had sold in the UK this year.