BBC Two: new idents from Sunday 18 February

I also preferred it when the BBC channels had the same logo, but of course had very different looks, which is why my favourite era was the '90s, especially towards the end with the balloon, the 2, Choice idents, Knowledge idents and all the rest of them.

Yes, the complete ident set is now in use on all platforms. It's actually the first time that we've had completely local branding on both channels.

Second item down:: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/eta/

The current top item would suggest last years xmas ident again

(not sure if this has been posted before, can't be bothered to look through 17 pages)

To be honest i'd be very surprised if they do have new Xmas idents with a whole new package coming soon in the New Year. BBC2 often seems to recylcle them and 2005's were new last year.

Last Years BBC 2 idents were far better than previous "yellow christmas idents" though.

not a fan of recycling myself but at least 2005's ident was much better than the 01/02/03 yellow ones.

My comment has been highlighted, and apparently I get "misty-eyed" over the idents after 1991.

So the "2" is going then from the from the sound of it? "well our cheeky little ident is being revamped. While we're sorry to see him go,"

I couldn't work that one out. It's a bit ambiguous. Revamping the 'cheeky little ident', could imply it's staying, but with a new look.

Maybe the current 'character' 2 is going, hence the 'sad to see him go' but the 2 will appear in a new format?

Difficult to draw any conclusions.

i think it means the character '2' is going but its not clear whether the '2' is staying or being replaced.

Presumably, the one guarantee is that the superimposed text will be in the centre of the screen approximately like this:

[ B ][ B ][ C ] two

...if you see what I mean. (i.e. exactly like BBC One!)

It would perhaps be a bit daft having something as "focal point"-y as a figure of "2", in and ident where the text is utterly central (and therefore the text kind of is the focal point). Therefore, I wouldn't be surprised if the "2" is indeed going to be ditched.

I assume that BBC Three will be going for something utterly dissimilar to the current "orange blobs".

I hope that BBC Four sticks with the current 4-quarters split-screen, as they've not had it for all that long, and it's so good. Just replace the centralised black box with a

[ B ][ B ][ C ] four

instead. Which means we'll be able to see the centre where the four seams meet, for the first time! And that there won't be all that "sliding around" at the start and end of trailers.

i hope they dont ditch the numerical '2'. 4's managed to keep its '4' since launch and look at wot their turning out now. Remember the last set of idents which had the word TWO as the focal point...