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Line 1: {{~~About\|the~~Other ~~British TV show\|~~uses\|Wish You Were Here (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates\|date=August 2014}} {{Use British English\|date=August 2014}} {{Infobox television \| name = Wish You Were Here...?▼ \| image = \| caption = ▲\| ~~name~~ genre = ~~Wish You Were Here...?~~[[Travel]] \| creator = \| presenter = [[Judith Chalmers]]<br />[[Chris Kelly (TV presenter)\|Chris Kelly]]<br />[[Anthea Turner]]<br />[[Mark Durden Smith]] ~~[[Adil Ray]]~~ \| company = [[Thames Television]] \| runtime = 30c. 25 minutes<br /><small>(~~including~~excluding adverts)</small> ~~\| distributor = [[Pearson Television]] <small>(1996–2001)</small><br>[[Fremantle (company)\|Fremantle]] <small>(2001–2003)</small>~~ ~~[[ITV Studios]] <small>(2022)~~ \| network = [[ITV (TV network)\|ITV]] \| country = United Kingdom \| language = English \| first_aired = {{start date\|1974\|1\|7\|df=yes}} \| last_aired = {{end date\|2003\|6\|29\|df=yes}} \| num_episodes = }} '''''Wish You Were Here...?''''' is a [[British television]] ~~show~~series that was first broadcast on 7 January 1974 on [[ITV (TV network)\|ITV]]. It was a series of 30 -minute shows about travel and holidays. The show was broadcast during peak viewing hours. The series was cancelled in 2003 after a reshuffling of the primetime Monday 7pm slot on ITV. ~~The show was cancelled in 2003 after a reshuffling of the primetime Monday 7pm slot on ITV.~~ ==''Wish You Were Here...? Now & Then''== ITV commissioned a new version of the show for 2008, ''Wish You Were Here...? Now & Then'', giving [[Judith Chalmers]]' son [[Mark Durden-Smith]] the role of main host, along with [[Sarah Heaney]],. The 25-part series saw Durden-Smith and Heaney revisit destinations featured in ~~which~~the ~~they~~original ~~visit~~series, ~~some~~to ofsee ~~Britain's~~how ~~best~~much ~~loved~~they ~~holiday~~have ~~destinations~~changed, ~~this~~and iswas filmed within production studios and not directly on location. ''Wish You Were Here...? Now & Then'' is a 25-part series where Durden-Smith and Heaney revisits destinations, originally visited by Judith and other ''WYWH?'' presenters in the original 1974 series, to see how much they have changed. The programme iswas produced by [[Talkback Thames]], and began on 14 January 2008 at 4.30pm. The full series was not screened on [[STV (TV network)\|STV]] and [[UTV (TV channel)\|UTV]]. ==Opening titles== The opening titles in the late 1970s was a ~~number~~sequence of scenes, one of which was children jumping on a bouncy castle. By January 1986, the opening sequence and theme tune also changed. By now, the opening sequence included an animation of a suitcase being closed, put on a plane and jetting off. The opening titles and theme tune were changed again in about 1988. The theme tune used then was called "The Carnival" and was performed by [[Gordon Giltrap]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.giltrap.co.uk/index.php?page=cds&category=01--CDs&display=591 \|title=Gordon Giltrap : CDs : Music For The Small Screen (re-issue) \|publisher=Giltrap.co.uk \|access-date=2013-07-24}}</ref> The ~~choice of Giltrap~~BBC's ~~music~~equivalent ~~is an interesting coincidence~~programme, ~~since the BBC~~'~~s similar-veined offering "~~'Holiday"'', ~~utilised~~used a section of Giltrap's ~~distinctive~~ "Heartsong" as its theme tune from 1978 until the end of the 1985 series. ==Sponsorships== [[Barclaycard]] (1993) [[Vernons\|Vernons Pools]] (1995) [[SEAT]] (~~1996-1999~~1996–1999) [[Dorling Kindersley]] Travel Guides (2000)<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.prweek.com/uk/news/43645/Dorling-Kindersley-sponsor-ITV-holiday-show/?DCMP=ILC-SEARCH \|title=Dorling Kindersley to sponsor ITV holiday show \| PR & public relations news \|publisher=PRWeek \|date=1999-11-09 \|access-date=2013-07-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.prweek.com/uk/news/31794/Dorling-Kindersley-sponsor-series-Wish/?DCMP=ILC-SEARCH \|title=Dorling Kindersley to sponsor series of Wish You Were Here \| PR & public relations news \|publisher=PRWeek \|date=1999-11-15 \|access-date=2013-07-24}}</ref> [[Post Office Ltd]] (~~2001-2002~~2001–2002)<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.prweek.com/uk/news/66683/ \|title=Post Office to back ITV travel show \| PR & public relations news \|publisher=PRWeek \|date=2000-08-10 \|access-date=2013-07-24}}</ref> [[Slim Fast]] (2003) [[Kellogg’s]] (2022) ==Presenters== {{Div col\|colwidth=20em}} [[Judith Chalmers]] (1974–2003){{citation needed\|date=May 2020}} Jim Lloyd Line 57 ⟶ 51: [[Heather Mills]] (1999) Davie Kirkpatrick [[Jamey Johnson]] (1988–1990) [[Gloria Hunniford]] [[Tris Payne]] (1993) {{Div col end}} [[Adil Ray]] (2022) ==See also== [[Holiday (TV series)\|''Holiday'' (TV series)]] ''[[Oryol i Reshka]]'', a [[Ukrainians\|Ukrainian]] [[Russian language]] show with a similar format ==References== Line 69 ⟶ 63: ==External links== {{IMDb title \| id=0194628 \| title=Wish You Were Here...?}}. {{Tourism in the United Kingdom}} Line 79 ⟶ 73: [[Category:1990s British travel television series]] [[Category:2000s British travel television series]] [[Category:British English-language television shows]] [[Category:Television shows produced by Thames Television]] [[Category:Television series by Fremantle (company)]]