I seen it on TV before it aired on PBS local stations : British Comedies on Saturday Nights including "Keeping Up Appearances" and "As Times Go By", right here on THIRTEEN PBS. : )
I was actually out of the country for the pandemic, and this is the first time I'm seeing the idents from that time. It's interesting how much the tone and purpose of these idents shifted towards being a force of consistency and comfort for people.
The 97-02 indents were very high quality with some time being spent with the Music being calming and inviting with keeping the globe for the last time around. These ones were great and the bbc with this new logo was a turning point for them. As an american these are very calm with most US networks wanting to rush indents due to advertisers. Well done overall.
Hi everyone. Just want to say thanks for the support over the last 2 weeks. It's very interesting to see some people commenting on which idents they grew up with, and other things, and it's nice to see some Gen X hanging about. I've been interested in logos and idents ever since I was about 8, and I still love digging into idents at the age of 15.
I was lucky enough to have a long telephone conversation with Martin Lambie Nairn back in 2005 as part of my graphic design degree dissertation. His company designed the BBC news identities from the mid 1990s, along with the BBC TV idents from 1997 including the famous '2', the hot air balloons and the main box BBC logo used from then. Fascinating man.
That's awesome! You are one lucky man! His company did indeed design the BBC 2 idents from the 1990s! The hot air balloon idents are my favorites from BBC One. Thanks for watching.
@@JontyMaster It was about an hour long phonecall, and he also arranged for a copy of his book to be sent to me (I had previously seen it offered on eBay for over £300 - 17 years ago!! He was very humble about his achievements, and a sad loss to COVID recently.
@@gaelenski_ He was much about the way the BBC had no real 'corporate identity' when he was approached to design the idents for the news bulletins, and he managed to persuade the top management from that time that the whole corporation needed a unifying identity - which he then was asked to do.
@@JontyMaster It was a long time ago that we spoke, but I remember him saying the BBC 2 character was his favourite. He was also very proud of the Castle Urquhart balloon scene. I think I still have a transcript of the conversation somewhere. I was amazed when he agreed to speak to me, but it just shows, if you ask, the answer MIGHT be yes!
Reflecting the pandemic era with separated and isolated clips was quite touching, I'm glad they brought back the circle in the most recent iteration tho
The ident from Christmas Day 1991 will always be my favourite. The Batman emblem was used in the clouds on the moon and it was such a faithful representation by the graphics team that never left me. It was so well done at the time and loved how it gave you the feel before the 1989 film began. A great history of logo designs and ideas; thank you for uploading these. 🌟
BBC television is only 86 as of 2/11/22. The oldest broadcasting company in the world is CBS in the US, which first launched as radio station KQW in 1909.
25:32 And now BBC One hurtles through space and time. Come with us for the trip of a lifetime. Aliens you have been warned. Christopher Eccleston is the new, Doctor Who!
_Happy 100th anniversary, BBC!_ Excellent evolution of idents from BBC Television and BBC One, Jonty! BBC! The greatest television channel in the UK since 1922! Some of their greatest shows include Doctor Who, and some of their children's shows like Teletubbies (1997)! The most memorable idents from BBC One are the globe idents from the 1960s until 2002. Some of my favourite idents from BBC One would be: - the 1966 ident (the one with the logo that looks like a stopwatch) - the 1969 ident (colour) - the 1986 ident (the one with the computer-generated globe) - the 1991 ident (also known as "The Virtual Globe") - the 1997 "balloon' idents (probably the best idents from BBC One) - the 2002 ident (also known as "Rhythm and Movement") - the 2006-2016 idents - the Christmas idents from 2021 (34:43) However, if I had my least favourite idents from BBC One, then it would be the Oneness idents of 2017 (the given reason is: lack of creativity). At least the Rhythm & Movement idents are better than the Oneness idents. The 2022 idents are a huge improvement over the Oneness idents. And last, _rest in peace to HM Queen Elizabeth II. Gone, but definitely not forgotten._
Thanks, Man, and yes, happy 100th anniversary to the British Broadcasting Corporation. There are a lot of classic shows on the BBC. Some more shows include Monty Python's Flying Circus, Casualty, Top of the Pops, Pointless, The Magic Roundabout, and EastEnders. I agree with your picks. The globe idents are fascinating. The concept might be simple, but it took hard work to create the mechanical globes. The 1985 ident is a great introduction to CGI in the BBC One industry. The 1997 ident is probably my favorite also. I'd love to go riding in that balloon. Unfortunately, I would have to disagree. There isn't really a lack of creativity in the Oneness idents. Sure, some might be awkward (for example The old Swimmers variant), but there are some which are very upbeat (for example Excercise class and Steel Pan Band). The 2022 idents are great and have beautiful scenery. And yes, rest in peace to HM Queen Elizabeth II. Gone, but definitely NOT forgotten indeed. Thanks for watching, and stay tuned for my logo history on BBC Two.
Thanks for this! All these years I thought I imagined the One Balloon floating through on the backdrop of Walking with Dinosaurs! My late mother thought it was ridiculous. “What’s an air balloon doing there? They hadn’t even invented it yet!” She struggled with the concept of branding! 😂 Thanks for the memories 😀
BBC One é o principal canal de televisão da British Broadcasting Corporation no Reino Unido, Ilha de Man e Ilhas do Canal da Mancha. Foi inaugurado a 2 de novembro de 1936 como BBC Television Service («Serviço de Televisão da BBC»), e foi o primeiro serviço regular de teledifusão com um alto nível de resolução.[1] Foi renomeada BBC TV em 1960 até 1964, quando o lançamento do segundo canal público obrigou à mudança para BBC1, e que desde finais dos anos 90 é escrito da forma atual (com o número por extenso).
This is so fucking wonderfully geeky. I afore UK TV identity. There is a great BBC Christmas Idents Video out there. And one showing the Radio Times Christmas front covers. Thanks so much for this Ant p uk teacher retired
I'm currently at uni and my lecturer who worked on and off for the bbc in the 80 and 90s, was once given the task of delivering the new (at the time) collection of logs/ transitions. He said that they where stored on Laser Disc to transport them they where 4 disks made one for each area the BBC covered. Each disc cost 30K. Also i think you missed some from 2018.
That's interesting. Thanks for sharing. Also, I decided NOT to add every single ident because then the video would be way too long and some viewers might go to sleep.
Never seen those. And yeah some of the Christmas idents can creep some people out, but the one which I think is the creepy one would be the two faced santa ident from 1978.
Watching the 1960-1963 ident where they say "This is BBC television", they pronounce the word "television" the same way as the Queen pronounced it in Her 1957 Christmas speech, the first to be televised. I think that now the British pronunciation of that word has changed.
It's funny how BBC2 has managed to have the same superb and iconic logos for 30 years, yet BBC1 has had loads and never succeeded with any. The balloons came close, but they were very short lived and never indicated "1" in the way the "2" logos do. Some text at the bottom of the screen over some random image can never work, as it's not directly associated with what's on screen or even the channel number on the TV itself.
I'm sitting here waiting for my brain to fire up an old memory and scream I REMEMBER THESE . the second the 91 to 97 one kicked in all I could see was coming home from school sitting down with my tea at my nans and watching cartoons
Interesting, how the vowels of the presenters begin to slide from about the mid-1980s. And now, we are firmly stuck with Duncan Middlemarsh, who likes to pronounce the channel as “Baybursurgh Wun” 😬😬
