BBC Two Christmas 2011

Love BBC2 Christmas idents this year, the truly put BBC One and ITV1s to shame.

Well done to all involved with this package, one of the best Christmas packages I've seen for years, there's so much going on it in and so many different designs as well.

Just hope this means they'll start making some new standard idents in the new year (one can hope I suppose )

Good Lord! We just has a programme slide on BBC Two for Life's Too Short. The CA told us when it was on next (Tuesday at 22:00).

You do have a capture card? Right?

Yes, but I am a very busy man.

It was a rare thing to say. No '2' in sight, just a programme shot with text & the BBC Two logo, presumebly because it's airing in a different slot to the rest of the series.

And of course because Life's Too Short breaks the marketing guidelines by having 'action under the credits', otherwise we would have just got the CA talking over the credits.

As requested by Liverpool's own VirginMediaPhil....


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They're developing a reputation for moving perceived to be flagging comedy programmes' finales around (Krod Mandoon, Psychoville, Shooting Stars). Sure fire sign of no future series.

Edit: bloody hell, and a sort of right box too.

Is that because it's a HBO co-production and so they didn't necessarily have to adhere to the guidelines?

Like Extras before, I would expect there to be an HBO edit and a BBC edit of Life's Too Short so the credits we see are probably only shown on the BBC anyway. I expect it is more to do with it being a programme from a big name like Ricky Gervais who has the power to tell the marketing department to shove the credit guidelines up their IPP.

Awful sound quality on the World Cup Equestrian coverage all afternoon.