BBC 1 Balloon Ident

Does anyone have any idea where I can get a download of the BBC One Balloon flying over the Swinside Stone Circle in Cumbria?

It has this clip in it...
http://www.meldrum.co.uk/mhp/identzone/bbc1/images/bbc1_1997_balloon_06.jpg

...and then ends with this clip, eventually zooming out...
http://www.meldrum.co.uk/mhp/identzone/bbc1/images/bbc1_1997_balloon_02.jpg

Overall, the ident goes through 4 clips of the balloon very fast (including the 2 above).
If anyone knows where I can get a download in RealPlayer format, please let me know! Thanks!

Has anyone noticed it didn't have www.bbc.co.uk above the BBC ONE logo?

It's not a conspiracy Mike! The URL isn't there because the picture was captured pre-June 2000 when the URL was added to the idents.

I think I may have that one Ryan - I'll see if I can find it.

Cheers, Asa

At first none of the idents had the url then they were updated all showing the address , I think it was when they first brought out the 'lifestyle' idents

Must be pre June 2000.

Yep, here you go Ryan.

Right-click to download (325kb)

Cheers, Asa

Thanks Asa, you can close the thread/topic now if you want.

Where did you find it anyway, was it on TV Home?

Important! That ain't just any ordinary balloon from the BBC1 collection, no; that was the first-ever ident introduced at 7.05am on 04/10/97!

Announcer (Female): 'It's <date> and welcome to BBC1... with a brand new look' and then a Saturday Night line-up promo for that night.

I can't believe none of yous didn't know that! (Or I must be an ident-freak!) Anyways, I've got a clean-copy of it on tape but that's all, I have no video-capture on my PC yet, so I'm unable to further help, I'm afraid.

Sorry Ryan .

You sure it was that? Or was it the non-fast one withdrawn in May 2000?

Non-fast, definately! (Does it matter? I mean, there's really no difference between the pair of them, if you ask me mate...)

(Edited by Conrad at 1:43 am on Aug. 1, 2001)


(Edited by Conrad at 1:46 am on Aug. 1, 2001)

I just saw a new ident.

I saw the first ident I think, and it wasn't that one, were the first ones regional?