BBC Oneness - idents and presentation

Nice to see a 2015/16 type sting back for CIN

Did Strictly accidentally cut in a shot from rehearsals tonight when introducing Dave Arch and his orchestra? They're usually all very dressed up and you could see they were in Gloria Estefan's opener, but were all dressed in normal clothes when Tess introduced them, and they cut away from the shot too early, as if they'd realised the error?

The opening was clearly pre-recorded, given how quickly all the props disappeared.

At least an hour before the show, yes, as Gloria was out and on her way back to London before six.

Took this whilst watching last week’s Apprentice last night. Was literally on screen for a few frames, no more. I pass no comment but thought someone else might find it interesting…

New xmas pres launching next weekend???

Ie around doctor who?

Since Saturday is December 1st, I think it'd launch with that day's Strictly.

Yep I would say that's a fair assumption. I would agree and say next Saturday evening.

Last year's stop-motion Christmas idents for BBC One were an unexpected surprise and a welcome change from the standard Oneness idents. Even the newer non-Christmas ones are very, very slightly better than the initial batch. I'm intrigued to know what we'll be getting this year. And I'm especially looking forward to the first BBC Two Christmas ident since the re-brand.

I asked the BBC when can we expect this year's festive idents, and they would not give a date. They said there was no announcement yet from presentation, and that was on 22nd November, so it is a wait and see. Don't expect much from them, as each year, thinking of new idents for Christmas seems to be a strain now for them, which is why ITV reuse their same batch from 2013 with little updates.

Completely unsubstantiated statement.

Opinion Joe, just an opinion, not fact.