BBC2 'The Wrong Mans' Ident

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Jonny 31 December 2014 1:41am

Only a subtle difference I know, but I have never taken to the fattened up, sharper hooked 2 from the dreadful (IMO) windows on the world package.

"Windows on the world" always lacked the imagination and charm of what went before it but there was a time when it at least all fit together, with a somewhat classy understatedness about it...

http://youtu.be/-2_7AAMB6Eg

...which unfortunately was never developed further. Instead the campaign regressed into a deeply confused state over its 7 years.

FI

FrancisIdents 31 December 2014 11:32am

This might be of some interest to you CentralTV - I noticed this subtle discrepancy when rewatching "It Takes Two":

http://s3.postimg.cc/n28smkqab/Untitled_1.png
One has to wonder: was an "original-style" tent created, or has it been distorted to resemble the old numeral?

Last edited by FrancisIdents on 31 December 2014 11:44am - 2 times in total

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Jonny 31 December 2014 12:12pm

Yeh, it was doctored to fit the It Takes Two title sequence which used the classic shape 2 as the main window/symbol.

It looks more aesthetically pleasing to my eye but that's all a matter of opinion.

FI

FrancisIdents 31 December 2014 12:23pm

Jonny posted:

Yeh, it was doctored to fit the It Takes Two title sequence which used the classic shape 2 as the main window/symbol.

It looks more aesthetically pleasing to my eye but that's all a matter of opinion.

Thanks Jonny. I was thinking it might be possible to distort the numeral in "Sunroof" so it would match the current ident set, but the process would most likely be far too complicated for it's own good. Shame as that and Tent match up with the 1997 set quite well.

(December 2014)