BBC Two 50th Year Presentation

I've never seen that HD/NI transition before on the box! That's such a simple but clever way of dealing with such a specific problem.

I think the transition has been used since the March 2013 refresh - do correct me if I'm wrong. But I still agree with you, it's a very nice touch.

Can I please send 6x kudos for that Thals & Kahled anno.

I believe they can be exchanged for 70 nectar points but don't quote me on that.

Saw BBC TWO finish up last night and caught my interest that they went into the clean-symbol overnight loop with Predator... So thought I'd record the rest.

The programme clips are the same, however the 50 Years 1990s symbols now appear between all of them, in differing lengths.

Most of these are quite short inserts, but a few run for longer - notably Paint Pot.

Whether done in error or not, it may be worth mentioning NI and Wales have shown the following idents with clean audio:

NI:
Swan (17"), 6:30pm Tue 22nd July

Wales:
Duck (15"), 11:20pm Thur 31st July
Predator (19"), 2:45pm Wed 13 Aug

Ducks sting shown on NI, before The Belgium Grand Prix (12:55pm).

Description in The TV Room: "BBC Two sting - Ducks. Not a lot of animation in this one. The '2' is static whilst the numerous ducks bob up and down in the bath; lots of squeaking."

edit ... Jaws sting, before Flog It!

The TV Room: "BBC Two sting - Jaws. The third in this family of shorts. This one features the duck '2' swimming through the bubble bath squeaking the theme from Jaws."

and:

Dr Who ident ('Dalek' version), before Two Tribes.

Great to see the Woodpecker sting on network tonight

I never knew there was one but just seen it on the live catch-up. It was very charming

Ah now there's a nice surprise, I take it it's (they've?) replaced those very occasional bouncy 2 window stings that were still being shown last week?

Just those pesky endboards to go...

I saw that one and tried to rewind to record it but my Sky box buggered up.

I've also just realised that all of the stings being shown so far are related to the idents being used.

Great to be able to see Swan Change Mind sting, shown again on NI, before Dragons' Den. I'm glad they've made the decision to show these stings without any logo. I do prefer them like this.

Shown on Network too, even though the Zapper ident was used during that break. Still holding out for the Woodpecker sting, haven't seen that one before.