Perhaps unintentionally amusing how, in that first junction, the jolly music and jokey panto-style announcement is immediately contrasted by Jon Briggs' deadly serious Weakest Link intro!
You're right Paul, it was a panto special so I got away with it... "oh no I didn't"
I didn't really notice much pitch difference, but you must have the Voiceover Artist's ear for such things, and possibly quality sound equipment to match!
Although my favourite Christmas ident was the wizard of 1990, here are memories of the bouncing puddings in 2004... my first annoucing shift at Christmas and no, I don't know why my voice was so high pitched.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQUhy5UGCNU
Eight years later and we're still being offered Shrek!
Is this ident set the first time a sub region has had its own version? BBC Channel Islands ident into the Ten just now.
What exactly do you mean by having "its own"?
All BBC regions/sub-regions/nations have regionally-branded Christmas idents every year, surely?
I know that the usual rest-of-the-year (non-Christmas) arrangement for the Channel Islands is for BBC One idents to be visually branded with a "South West" suffix, but with the accompanying verbal announcement saying "BBC One South West for the Channel Islands" or similar. (Similarly, Oxford is visually "South" but verbally "South from Oxford").
I would assume that these arrangements remain the same even on Christmas idents? So, what exactly are you saying is different in the Channel Islands this year? Are you saying that their Christmas idents are visually branded as "Channel Islands" rather than "South West", or what?
Yes - the Channel Islands ident had the text 'Channel Islands' in place of 'South West'. First time I've seen it, although it's been announced as 'BBC One in the Channel Islands' for some time which I'd thought quite incongruous.
Is this ident set the first time a sub region has had its own version? BBC Channel Islands ident into the Ten just now.
What exactly do you mean by having "its own"?
All BBC regions/sub-regions/nations have regionally-branded Christmas idents every year, surely?
That's what I thought, which is why I thought that any regional Christmas ident would prove the answer to be yes. Didn't realise that Channel Islands didn't normally say that on screen.
I know a lot of people have been slating the BBC for spending too much money on promos, but it didn't need to go to the other extreme.
Most viewers won't outwardly care, but on a subliminal level it makes the channel look cheap and, at times, sombre. When I saw the basic one earlier I thought it was introducing a news bulletin - it was before Doctors.
It also has the side-effect of making ITV1 look a stronger brand.
