BBC ONE 2000 (Millenium) Idents

I know this was over 5 years ago, but does anyone remember the special BBC1 idents for the countdown to 2000, IMO I though they were quite good, the music was also powerful I wish BBC1 would do something similar.

(Sorry if it sounds a bit sad, but I had to get it off my chest. )

I vaguely remember those idents ... leading up when the nation celebrated the new millennium ... 12 months early!

There was only one BBC ONE Millenium ident - the balloon over the Dome. The others on the day were stings played out by news.

I seem to remember pebbles with 200 written on them... Or have I finally flipped?

They were part of 2000 today. I think there was a separate sting of a dandelion or something being blown from right to left with MM and various letters flickering away to form MILLENNIUM or sommat.

That Dome ident still had one of the fab remixes of the theme though!

I only learnt not that long ago that 2000 Today was actually a production of over 50 broadcasters and the BBC were the main broadcasters and co-ordinated the worldwide broadcast. In America ABC broadcast 2000 Today.

There was a sting of the head of a dead dandelion (a dandelion cock) with all the seeds coming together and then exploding apart as the years counted down in roman numerals. It was used for anything vaguely millennium related in 1999 and 2000:
http://www.thetvroom.com/images-bbc-one/bbc-one-97/01-millennium.jpg

Lots of us who were working on millennium night got a framed picture of the dandelion: http://www.rp-networkservices.com/tvforum/uploads/dandelion.jpg

dandelion clock

That'll be it, hence the millennium connection

It's all falling into place now 6 years after the event!

Although mark didn't renew the domain, so the sites not lost forever, you can view it here: http://web.archive.org/web/20050305102731/www.2000today.com/media_presentation.html#new

The Dandelion ident was designed by Martin Lambie-Nairn and was has been mentioned was used after the network symbol and before any programme with a milennium link. The pebbles were part of the title sequence for 2000 Today, the international programme produced by the BBC and shown around the world (though for rights reasons, not actually shown by BBC World!) Finally of course there was the Milennium Dome Baloon BBC 1 Symbol.

I've still got mine somewhere - it's quite a nice souvenir in a way! Also, staff working on the night itself had to have a special ID badge which also incorporated the dendelion. TV Centre was crawling with security on the night ISTR - and in the end nothing out of the ordinary happened except a few fax machines which got rather confused...