BBC Christmas Idents

I made a youtube playlist of a lot of bbc christmas idents on youtube at the link
http://www.youtube.com/user/wrestlingnewsdesk#grid/user/E3AD8F4E7E4DE485

and just wondered if u know what this years ident is gonna be.

anyway looking at some of their past idents from 70's and 80s and 90's some where cool but some seems weird
one I think is weird having a rotationg sant head.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLRulVUYj-c

Pleased to see a couple of my uploads in your list.

As for this year I'm not sure but there has been chat (on here and elsewhere) of reindeer and snow. Time will tell I suppose.

something different then I hope

Luckily, there's no distinctively big TV event this year (not to my knowledge anyway) so hopefully we should get something nice and original.

Yes, with no big Christmas Day show it allows something a bit different. All I hope is for something festive and doesnt look cheap.

I'm glad they are going for something proper this year instead of it being themed on a certain programme. Look forward to seeing it in use. BBC Two on the other hand will probably use the same one they had since 2007 and will most probably stay that way until the next rebrand. I guess they have run out of ideas for that package as I haven't seen any new regular ones added to the package.

There's other ideas that BBC Two could for "Window on the World" themed Christmas idents, including a good one I have on my mind, but I'd rather tell it to the BBC pres dept. than on here.

Oh dear...

I don't necessarily think its a case of running out of ideas; when you think about it, the possibilites of the window theme are, or at least should be, endless.

The problem is that in the wake of the last rebrand it somehow came about that instead of the 2 acting as a portal (as originally intended) it would be far easier to use it as a cut-out and stick any old **** underneath, resulting in an empty hole devoid of any personality or charm, difficult to do anything new and inventive with. And unfortunately it seems we're stuck with this mentality and the current selection of idents until the next rebrand.

Far too late now, but if they could have got back to the original premise I feel there was potential for some creative ideas to be unleashed - the Mirror and Zoetrope idents prove this. Shame really.


http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/2978/b2tt.jpg

Anybody else think, rather than a full rebrand, they should just start reintroducing tweaked versions of the 90s 2s? Keep some of the idents (Mirror at least), and just recommission some of the old ones alongside them. I think it's been long enough for them to seem fresh again.

I think the point with BBC2 is Christmas is less of a priority so even if there are other ideas, it's perhaps not worth spending money on them when 2007's works fine.

lol at that mock! Best I've seen in ages!