BBC Two Christmas 2018

I saw this coming for some time now. Between the new ident package for Two and how they blew the budget for last year’s Christmas idents it’s not hard to see why

Well I like that snowy tree Christmas ident.

Slightly off topic, but who on Earth was that announcer on BBC Two.

Only a very brief airing on BBC2 Wales but it is very nice indeed and fits in well with the current style of BBC2 idents.

Here is the network version from TV Home: https://tvhome.co.uk/bbc-two/2018/12/01/2030

Someone obviously dragged in off the street - like so many of them these days. Quality of voice seemingly of no relevance for an announcing job anymore

The BBC Two Wales version of the first Christmas ident at 8.30. They seemed to give a lot less acknowledgement to it than network did.

Think the upcoming 9pm junction is the first one where all 4 nations are back in alignment schedule-wise, so will be interesting to see if they all use the same one or not.

BBC2 Wales gave it much more breathing space at 9pm, whilst network had the Northern Lights ident: https://tvhome.co.uk/bbc-two/2018/12/01/2100

Both used the ident that matched the previous trailer.

Scotland had the northern lights and used both trailers.

I love the Northern Lights ident. Why do they insist on using the iPlayer logo on trails though? It completely messes up the smooth transition. (And to a lesser extent ‘Subtitles’)

Love the Northern Lights ident. Beautiful imagery and a lovely soundtrack to go with it.

Reminds me of BBC One's Christmas ident in 1999- minus the balloon of course!

I totally agree Phil about the iPlayer sting, can it not appear then animate back to the 'TWO' when the programme information text disappears?

I love both logos with gorgeous soundtracks, the chimes in the Northern lights ident add a little subtle detail.

Going back to the transitions before the trailers they've used a short bumper, but have used a different one to the style of the trailer, I know that it's picky, but with only the two idents it could be easily set to have the same bumper, trailer graphics and ident in the junction.

It'll be a little sad that after such a plethora of new idents if playout is restricted to just two for December. I wonder if there will be any more in the mix?