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New Menus on BBC TWO

(June 2005)

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cylon6
duke1401 posted:
cylon6 posted:
The problem with these new '2's is that because they have to have a yellow background, be white & be computer animated, there's not much room for creativity.


Precisely - it's not really in its 'heyday' anymore, but I think sometimes, at least they kept the 2 in its same form, even if the colour scheme is too limiting. When this current branding 'era' of BBC TWO ends, I hope it is decided to build on that famous 90's ident style (same level of variety, special themed idents - although TBH the likelihood is low), or maybe even base it on the old short stings they used to use before trailers...

..but, at the very least, don't ditch the numerical 2!


The '2' only really became a character when those animated 2's shown before trailers were introduced, and think I'm correct in saying they weren't by Lambie-Nairn but a company called Artem. They also did the same with the BBC '1' logo. Now that was another missed opportunity they should have made the '1' the main logo they did so much with it at Christmas and then just ditched it. FOOLS!!
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A former member
As a sideline to that, I've always wondered how they developed the 1 and the 2 logos - after all, they are both completely different in style.

The 2 was based on the Gill 2, yet the 1 with the vertical cut out was from a totally separate design.
PC
Paul Clark
Now there's an ident I haven't seen in a while....The Big Read. I forgot all about that.

Andrew Wood posted:
The 2 was based on the Gill 2


Really? Didn't know that....
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Asa Admin
Caught a couple of examples last night with the announcer being able to say "...on two" as opposed to "...on BBC Two" A relaxation of the branding rules and nod towards the old days?
JV
James Vertigan Founding member
Who is that announcer? Every time I hear her do a closedown she seems to read from the same (or a similar) script!
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Asa Admin
James Vertigan posted:
Who is that announcer? Every time I hear her do a closedown she seems to read from the same (or a similar) script!


Funnily enough I was thinking the exact same thing when playing back the tape! "x in the Learning Zone from 2 but from the late team here on BBC Two it's goodnight" Every single time. Where's Becky Wright when you need her?!
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r2ro
duke1401 posted:
Now there's an ident I haven't seen in a while....The Big Read. I forgot all about that.


I never realised Big Read was still in use. I thought it was specific for The Big Read. Rather annoying really; closedown was scheduled for 01.35 so I got up at 01.32 (thinking that BBC TWO always runs late) and by the time I switched on Ceefax had all ready started. Oh well, thanks for the capture.

As for the menus - I've only seen them once but they're all right then again I noticed that the old style menus on BBC TWO weren't shown that often, definitely not as much as the menus on BBC ONE.
JV
James Vertigan Founding member
Asa posted:

Where's Becky Wright when you need her?!


Or, even better, Mr Lydiate!
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Dan Founding member
Asa posted:
Caught a couple of examples last night with the announcer being able to say "...on two" as opposed to "...on BBC Two" A relaxation of the branding rules and nod towards the old days?


I don't think anyone's monitoring what the announcers say any more.
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tvarksouthwest
James Vertigan posted:
Who is that announcer? Every time I hear her do a closedown she seems to read from the same (or a similar) script!

Peter Brook was the same (And the time is... and BBC1 is closing down.) In the early 1980s he would name-check at closedown, ten years on he never did.
NH
Nick Harvey Founding member
Dan posted:
I don't think anyone's monitoring what the announcers say any more.

Only us!

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