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Nostalgic Touch During Ceefax

with a fab new year closedown (December 2004)

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RO
roo
So the BBC TWO logo and URL isn't burnt onto the ident?
PT
Put The Telly On
Just like the old days
DA
DAS Founding member
Barney Boo posted:
So the BBC TWO logo and URL isn't burnt onto the ident?


Probably is burnt - but when they shove the overlays on top, there's no need to make it pretty round the edges.
IS
Inspector Sands
DAS posted:
Barney Boo posted:
So the BBC TWO logo and URL isn't burnt onto the ident?


Probably is burnt - but when they shove the overlays on top, there's no need to make it pretty round the edges.


Sort of, they make up a master tape of all the idents and then make versioned copies from that (England, Scotland, Wales etc) for transmision.

Because the logo stays on screen for the whole ident (with a couple of exceptions) they super-impose the logo onto the whole tape. There's no point in going to the bother of taking it off screen inbetween - no-one will normally see the slate.
AS
Asa Admin
Great closedown last night - even with the dodgy sound levels! Has anyone else seen the non cutdown version of Snow this Christmas though? Every junction I've seen it, it's started with the 2 already next to the snow.

Nice opening anno wishing us a Happy New Year too this morning - I think the youngsters will have been a bit confused though as the CBeebies presenters said it was still December! Surprised
MJ
MattJ
Yes, both on Welsh BBC Two & network BBC Two all junctions that I have seen have been the short version, with the Two starting off right by the snow pile.
I think they must have withdrawn the long version from use...
NS
NickyS Founding member
James Hall posted:
tvmercia posted:
DialUpBorg posted:
Very nice announcement, but what's "Direct Television." Confused


Quote:
early transmissions were famously introduced by one of the very first presenters, Elizabeth Cowell with the words “This is direct television from Alexandra Palace”.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/heritage/buildings/alexandra_palace.shtml


ooh and a rather nice opening anno too ..

Arrow BBC 2 OPEN 31/12/04


I thought it was Deadly Alancoat at first..... (those who don't know, that's Alan Deadicoat).

It's def Dean .. and it's Alan Dedicoat (voice of the balls). Interesting anorak fact - both Dean and Alan worked at Radio Devon. Although Alan has never been a BBC One announcer (unless you count the pre-recorded intro's he did for various regional news programmes), although it the 80's and 90's he was regular promo voice on BBC One - in the days when they sometimes did the promo's live.
DE
denton
Asa posted:
Has anyone else seen the non cutdown version of Snow this Christmas though? Every junction I've seen it, it's started with the 2 already next to the snow.


Try watching BBC 2 NI's intro to The Flight of the Phoenix just after 3:15pm Wink
PE
Pete Founding member
Returning to the subject of buring on logos, can't they fix the Remote ident so the BBC TWO logo bounces like it used to?
DE
denton
Hymagumba posted:
Returning to the subject of buring on logos, can't they fix the Remote ident so the BBC TWO logo bounces like it used to?


That might involve them making the BBC TWO logo non-transparent with smooth edges. Shocked
TV
tvarksouthwest
Asa posted:
Great closedown last night - even with the dodgy sound levels! Has anyone else seen the non cutdown version of Snow this Christmas though? Every junction I've seen it, it's started with the 2 already next to the snow.

If anyone has a full, 16:9 version of the closedown could they please contact me, as I missed the beginning. Many thanks.
AS
Asa Admin
denton posted:
Try watching BBC 2 NI's intro to The Flight of the Phoenix just after 3:15pm Wink


Wonderful stuff. I've now got all 3 in DVD format!

And nice touch with the next slide - why oh why does Network not bother with what they have available! I always wonder just how much material was created but never used for the old BBC One balloon era...

Cheers, Asa

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