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What do you think is the scariest Ident Ever?

(January 2005)

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TVdaz
What do you think is the scariest ident of all time on any channel - home or abroad?

Such as:
BBC2 1979 (with the music)
Bravo (flames)
Yorkshire TV (with the purple faded area)
BC
BlackCat Founding member
Many of the original viridian '2's spooked me, especially Water.
JV
James Vertigan Founding member
Well I know many were scared of the old Open University trumpet music,Leonard Salzedo's "Divertimento for Three Trumpets and Three Trombones"....

And apparently some used to be scared by the Yorkshire chevron...

I believe I was a little bit scared of the old Thames fanfare too!
BC
BlackCat Founding member
How about this endcap music from Anglia (thanks to whoever posted it on TV Ark forum). It's so authoritative and ominous, it's the perfect endcap jingle IMO.
NW
nwtv2003
LWT's Night Network ident usually scares the sh*t out of me, especially if you watch it in the middle of the night.
ML
The Mock Lab
Not really an ident, but the BBC's "Testcard F" scares the living crap out of me for some reason. I literally collapse when I see it unexpectedly! Dunno why - I just find that creepy 70s era a bit - well - creepy. All those bizarre lines and colours and ... that clown!

Does anybody else find this testcard (well all testcards really) a bit dodgy?

L Confused
RU
russnet Founding member
Although not a ident or a testcard but what use to scare me as a kid was hearing the end of the News At Ten theme from growing up in the 80's. I knew by then that it was really and you should be in bed!
BH
BillyH Founding member
The 1993 4Schools opening idents used to unnerve me a little. A combination of the creepy music, the lightning in the background, the faces just staring at you, and the way the flying paper in one of the idents would loop after a few seconds...

...and, of course, Testcard F. Not just the way the girl and clown would stare at you, but that tone. Don't think I overcame it until 2001...
RU
russnet Founding member
Of course in my era of growing up in the 80's (as a kid) and 90's (obviously as a teenager) you knew that when you saw the testcard at night that television was really well and truly over!
PE
Pete Founding member
1993 GMTV Opening sting with the massive yellow blob.
RU
russnet Founding member
...and eleven years on he still presents on the sofa Smile
BB
BBC TV Centre
The BBC2 paint ident with all the 2's hitting the paintpot. The music always sent a chill down my spine ...

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