The Best TV Idents

SM

smtver 23 April 2005 2:55pm

You didn't include the CBBC ones in there CBBC! Suprising with a username like that!

NE

Noelfirl 23 April 2005 5:24pm

http://thetvroom.com/images-bbc-one/bbc-one-97/01-millennium-dome2.jpg
The TV Room
It's always hard to pick, but the music with this was so damn fantastic.

After that I'd go for the Carlton hearts 99-02 and then BBC Two's ident bonanza already mentioned.

AN

Andrew Founding member 23 April 2005 5:27pm

CBBC posted:

Also, I think the whole range of the 1997-2002 style BBC idents were one of the best!
http://www.pbonline.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/idents.bmp

Well replace BBC Choice with the original versions then I'd agree. The channel name written in the middle of the screen was much better than the boxes we have today

NI

Nicky 24 April 2005 12:12am

http://www.tv-ark.org.uk/itvyorkshire/idents/yorkshire1987.jpg http://www.tv-ark.org.uk/itvyorkshire/idents/yorkshire1.jpg
Images from TV-Ark

Erm... Yorkshire, anyone? My personal chevron favourite was the 1987 Liquid Gold one. Ah, happy days.

SD

sda| 24 April 2005 4:28am

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image from an old BASF video with your parents writing on the label, saying "london docu". probably

SM

smtver 24 April 2005 10:37am

Aston posted:

How could we possibly have got this far without anyone mentioning Central? Their idents were so grand and adaptable and could be used on any occasion:

http://thetvroom.com/images-central/ident-3-a.jpg http://thetvroom.com/images-central/ident-3-b.jpg
http://thetvroom.com/images-central/ident-3-c.jpg http://thetvroom.com/images-central/ident-3-d.jpg

Video clip here

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I liked the 1997 idents aswell as the cake. It might have been in that font but they were good and some of the edits were great.

Like the tower one and the generic one.

:-(

A former member 24 April 2005 1:55pm

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Steven O 24 April 2005 2:08pm

The 1995 Border ident - proof that an old logo can, with a few tweaks, be brought bang up to date. One of the best - a shame that the fledgling corporatism of ITV consigned not only that but also the "chopsticks" to the bin after only a few years' use.

VM

VMPhil 24 April 2005 3:01pm

Ok, I've added the CBBC ident and put an original BBC Choice ident on.

GL

Gluben 24 April 2005 3:23pm

I personally think that all presentation was good around the late 1990s and up to and including 2000, particularly BBCs One and Two with the balloon and the 2. But Channel 4, ITV and Channel 5 (as they were then known!) also had good presentation, as did Sky and UK Gold. But my fave is the uniformed BBC/UKTV look around that time. It was a very simple, generic presentational style, yet at the same time each channel had their own unique, personal quality (globe-balloon, 2, hearts, fireworks, etc).

SP

Spencer 25 April 2005 2:33pm

The Mock Lab posted:

The funny thing is that my mum met one of the guys working on the idents while she was a temp at Carlton in Birmingham using one of these expensive tablet thingys.

She said she also saw a cake being blown up to be put into an ident

Okaaay....

After killing off Central's identity, the symbolism of Carlton blowing up a "cake" might have just upset a few too many people.

ST

STN 25 April 2005 3:45pm

The Carlton idents would've been OK if they weren't for Carlton! After what they did to so many regional idents.. including Westcountry - who won awards for their 'W' idents. Not bad for a regional broadcaster.

I also like the new C4 idents, hopefully they'll make a few more soon..

(April 2005)