I seen it on TV before it aired on PBS local stations : British Comedies on Saturday Nights including "Keeping Up Appearances" and "As Times Go By", right here on THIRTEEN PBS. : )
I was actually out of the country for the pandemic, and this is the first time I'm seeing the idents from that time. It's interesting how much the tone and purpose of these idents shifted towards being a force of consistency and comfort for people.
Hi everyone. Just want to say thanks for the support over the last 2 weeks. It's very interesting to see some people commenting on which idents they grew up with, and other things, and it's nice to see some Gen X hanging about. I've been interested in logos and idents ever since I was about 8, and I still love digging into idents at the age of 15.
The 97-02 indents were very high quality with some time being spent with the Music being calming and inviting with keeping the globe for the last time around. These ones were great and the bbc with this new logo was a turning point for them. As an american these are very calm with most US networks wanting to rush indents due to advertisers. Well done overall.
25:32 And now BBC One hurtles through space and time. Come with us for the trip of a lifetime. Aliens you have been warned. Christopher Eccleston is the new, Doctor Who!
I was lucky enough to have a long telephone conversation with Martin Lambie Nairn back in 2005 as part of my graphic design degree dissertation. His company designed the BBC news identities from the mid 1990s, along with the BBC TV idents from 1997 including the famous '2', the hot air balloons and the main box BBC logo used from then. Fascinating man.
That's awesome! You are one lucky man! His company did indeed design the BBC 2 idents from the 1990s! The hot air balloon idents are my favorites from BBC One. Thanks for watching.
@@JontyMaster It was about an hour long phonecall, and he also arranged for a copy of his book to be sent to me (I had previously seen it offered on eBay for over £300 - 17 years ago!! He was very humble about his achievements, and a sad loss to COVID recently.
@@gaelenski_ He was much about the way the BBC had no real 'corporate identity' when he was approached to design the idents for the news bulletins, and he managed to persuade the top management from that time that the whole corporation needed a unifying identity - which he then was asked to do.
@@JontyMaster It was a long time ago that we spoke, but I remember him saying the BBC 2 character was his favourite. He was also very proud of the Castle Urquhart balloon scene. I think I still have a transcript of the conversation somewhere. I was amazed when he agreed to speak to me, but it just shows, if you ask, the answer MIGHT be yes!
The ident from Christmas Day 1991 will always be my favourite. The Batman emblem was used in the clouds on the moon and it was such a faithful representation by the graphics team that never left me. It was so well done at the time and loved how it gave you the feel before the 1989 film began. A great history of logo designs and ideas; thank you for uploading these. 🌟
Reflecting the pandemic era with separated and isolated clips was quite touching, I'm glad they brought back the circle in the most recent iteration tho
I don't know why, but whenever I saw the Noddy logo or any old Christmas logo with that anthem over it, it brings me a sense of nostalgia. I was never born in the UK, I live in New York, but I did go to London for the first time back in 2022, and for some reason, it makes me miss London. I think when I'm in my gap year before college, I think I'll just move to the UK entirely.
BBC television is only 86 as of 2/11/22. The oldest broadcasting company in the world is CBS in the US, which first launched as radio station KQW in 1909.
Thanks for this! All these years I thought I imagined the One Balloon floating through on the backdrop of Walking with Dinosaurs! My late mother thought it was ridiculous. “What’s an air balloon doing there? They hadn’t even invented it yet!” She struggled with the concept of branding! 😂 Thanks for the memories 😀
_Happy 100th anniversary, BBC!_ Excellent evolution of idents from BBC Television and BBC One, Jonty! BBC! The greatest television channel in the UK since 1922! Some of their greatest shows include Doctor Who, and some of their children's shows like Teletubbies (1997)! The most memorable idents from BBC One are the globe idents from the 1960s until 2002. Some of my favourite idents from BBC One would be: - the 1966 ident (the one with the logo that looks like a stopwatch) - the 1969 ident (colour) - the 1986 ident (the one with the computer-generated globe) - the 1991 ident (also known as "The Virtual Globe") - the 1997 "balloon' idents (probably the best idents from BBC One) - the 2002 ident (also known as "Rhythm and Movement") - the 2006-2016 idents - the Christmas idents from 2021 (34:43) However, if I had my least favourite idents from BBC One, then it would be the Oneness idents of 2017 (the given reason is: lack of creativity). At least the Rhythm & Movement idents are better than the Oneness idents. The 2022 idents are a huge improvement over the Oneness idents. And last, _rest in peace to HM Queen Elizabeth II. Gone, but definitely not forgotten._
Thanks, Man, and yes, happy 100th anniversary to the British Broadcasting Corporation. There are a lot of classic shows on the BBC. Some more shows include Monty Python's Flying Circus, Casualty, Top of the Pops, Pointless, The Magic Roundabout, and EastEnders. I agree with your picks. The globe idents are fascinating. The concept might be simple, but it took hard work to create the mechanical globes. The 1985 ident is a great introduction to CGI in the BBC One industry. The 1997 ident is probably my favorite also. I'd love to go riding in that balloon. Unfortunately, I would have to disagree. There isn't really a lack of creativity in the Oneness idents. Sure, some might be awkward (for example The old Swimmers variant), but there are some which are very upbeat (for example Excercise class and Steel Pan Band). The 2022 idents are great and have beautiful scenery. And yes, rest in peace to HM Queen Elizabeth II. Gone, but definitely NOT forgotten indeed. Thanks for watching, and stay tuned for my logo history on BBC Two.
BBC One é o principal canal de televisão da British Broadcasting Corporation no Reino Unido, Ilha de Man e Ilhas do Canal da Mancha. Foi inaugurado a 2 de novembro de 1936 como BBC Television Service («Serviço de Televisão da BBC»), e foi o primeiro serviço regular de teledifusão com um alto nível de resolução.[1] Foi renomeada BBC TV em 1960 até 1964, quando o lançamento do segundo canal público obrigou à mudança para BBC1, e que desde finais dos anos 90 é escrito da forma atual (com o número por extenso).
I'm currently at uni and my lecturer who worked on and off for the bbc in the 80 and 90s, was once given the task of delivering the new (at the time) collection of logs/ transitions. He said that they where stored on Laser Disc to transport them they where 4 disks made one for each area the BBC covered. Each disc cost 30K. Also i think you missed some from 2018.
That's interesting. Thanks for sharing. Also, I decided NOT to add every single ident because then the video would be way too long and some viewers might go to sleep.
This is so fucking wonderfully geeky. I afore UK TV identity. There is a great BBC Christmas Idents Video out there. And one showing the Radio Times Christmas front covers. Thanks so much for this Ant p uk teacher retired
Never seen those. And yeah some of the Christmas idents can creep some people out, but the one which I think is the creepy one would be the two faced santa ident from 1978.
It's funny how BBC2 has managed to have the same superb and iconic logos for 30 years, yet BBC1 has had loads and never succeeded with any. The balloons came close, but they were very short lived and never indicated "1" in the way the "2" logos do. Some text at the bottom of the screen over some random image can never work, as it's not directly associated with what's on screen or even the channel number on the TV itself.
Watching the 1960-1963 ident where they say "This is BBC television", they pronounce the word "television" the same way as the Queen pronounced it in Her 1957 Christmas speech, the first to be televised. I think that now the British pronunciation of that word has changed.
Umm Jonty? I have a correction. For BBC TV service, the first logo's date should be (1936-1939, 1946-1953). Because BBC shut down in 1939 due to WWII. It returned in 1946.
When I clicked on this video, I expected it to be a documentary or at least a discussion about the evolution of the branding. I was actually a little disappointed to find it was just a collection of clips
I'm sitting here waiting for my brain to fire up an old memory and scream I REMEMBER THESE . the second the 91 to 97 one kicked in all I could see was coming home from school sitting down with my tea at my nans and watching cartoons
The ones with the balloon are the ones I remember most and I'm most nostalgic for.
Those are the best idents from BBC One in my opinion.
I remember those early 2000s ? I was age 7 to 9 then . Be nice to have the years printed thi of broadcast
I only remember 2022
Maybe the Russian NTV took this idea in 2003 from BBC, but the balloon was green
I seen it on TV before it aired on PBS local stations : British Comedies on Saturday Nights including "Keeping Up Appearances" and "As Times Go By", right here on THIRTEEN PBS. : )
As an American I love the calm and slightly snarky announcers.
I’m in the uk
Same
🇬🇧
This channel is uk only I’m in uk
@@IDKMANTECHWell then, how do you explain BBC America?
I was actually out of the country for the pandemic, and this is the first time I'm seeing the idents from that time. It's interesting how much the tone and purpose of these idents shifted towards being a force of consistency and comfort for people.
Hi everyone. Just want to say thanks for the support over the last 2 weeks. It's very interesting to see some people commenting on which idents they grew up with, and other things, and it's nice to see some Gen X hanging about. I've been interested in logos and idents ever since I was about 8, and I still love digging into idents at the age of 15.
2023-
0:15 My Favorites
@JontyMaster Wheres the blobs
The 97-02 indents were very high quality with some time being spent with the Music being calming and inviting with keeping the globe for the last time around. These ones were great and the bbc with this new logo was a turning point for them. As an american these are very calm with most US networks wanting to rush indents due to advertisers. Well done overall.
So crazy when you saw the title said "BBC 1 COLOUR" but there's still no colour
I like how you included the closing variants from two of my favourite BBC programmes, “Doctor Who” (1963) and “The Magic Roundabout” (1965)
25:32
And now BBC One hurtles through space and time. Come with us for the trip of a lifetime. Aliens you have been warned. Christopher Eccleston is the new, Doctor Who!
I was lucky enough to have a long telephone conversation with Martin Lambie Nairn back in 2005 as part of my graphic design degree dissertation. His company designed the BBC news identities from the mid 1990s, along with the BBC TV idents from 1997 including the famous '2', the hot air balloons and the main box BBC logo used from then. Fascinating man.
That's awesome! You are one lucky man! His company did indeed design the BBC 2 idents from the 1990s! The hot air balloon idents are my favorites from BBC One. Thanks for watching.
What sort of things did he say? Love his ideas
@@JontyMaster It was about an hour long phonecall, and he also arranged for a copy of his book to be sent to me (I had previously seen it offered on eBay for over £300 - 17 years ago!!
He was very humble about his achievements, and a sad loss to COVID recently.
@@gaelenski_ He was much about the way the BBC had no real 'corporate identity' when he was approached to design the idents for the news bulletins, and he managed to persuade the top management from that time that the whole corporation needed a unifying identity - which he then was asked to do.
@@JontyMaster It was a long time ago that we spoke, but I remember him saying the BBC 2 character was his favourite. He was also very proud of the Castle Urquhart balloon scene. I think I still have a transcript of the conversation somewhere.
I was amazed when he agreed to speak to me, but it just shows, if you ask, the answer MIGHT be yes!
The balloon idents are far and away the best set BBC 1 will ever have!
The ident from Christmas Day 1991 will always be my favourite. The Batman emblem was used in the clouds on the moon and it was such a faithful representation by the graphics team that never left me. It was so well done at the time and loved how it gave you the feel before the 1989 film began. A great history of logo designs and ideas; thank you for uploading these. 🌟
Glad you enjoyed it, mate. I quite like that Ident too. Very beautiful.
This was amazing. I absolutely love the Christmas ones. Wow. So great. Thanks for this
So glad you enjoyed! I also like the Christmas ones because of their creativity.
@@JontyMaster Yes extremely creative I must say.
Wow! The amount of work, time and clips this would have taken! This is truly fantastic I love it
Thanks for the support!
@@JontyMasterCan you Do CBBC?
Reflecting the pandemic era with separated and isolated clips was quite touching, I'm glad they brought back the circle in the most recent iteration tho
That was yet another amazing logo history. Really love this.
i swear i see you everywhere
so much nostalgia. I wish I could go back and relive the 90s and early 2000s :(
Happy 100th Anniversary BBC 🇬🇧📺
I miss the BBC1 Balloon Idents 1997-2002 and BBC1 Circles Idents RIP😭😢😥🥺😿
Circle indents were so underrated, especially the ocean and lawn mower one
All of them done brilliantly. The globe from the sixties on are my memories.
The globes are very interesting. And the process of the ident is interesting too.
26:08 OMG THIS ONE IS SO NOSTALGIC!!!
FR THE MUSIC ALONE NEARLY BOUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES WTF
0:35 Bumper Speed and Good Afternoon is Forward.
😂🎉
This is awesome! Even the 12th (and 13th logos) are nostalgic for me.
Because, I was born in 2007. Good video!
Glad you enjoyed it! I was also born in 2007.
@@JontyMaster as someone born in 2005 thanks for making this
I love the cat one where they are all napping.
Same.
@@JontyMaster I bet one is cuddling up with another kitty.
I don't know why, but whenever I saw the Noddy logo or any old Christmas logo with that anthem over it, it brings me a sense of nostalgia. I was never born in the UK, I live in New York, but I did go to London for the first time back in 2022, and for some reason, it makes me miss London. I think when I'm in my gap year before college, I think I'll just move to the UK entirely.
Wow, this was a really interesting history of BBC One. I did a video about BBC One before, I liked this video a lot!
Thanks again!
12:28 forgot the BBC1 1985-1991 logo (I was hearing when Simon parody starts, which is in Saturday night live with Macaulay Culkin)
The life on Mars one from 2006/07 went straight into a skit about Gene Hunt “kicking in a nonce” 😂😂
I didn't know BBC was that old! Now from today BBC is 100!
in terms if you count the early days, if we only do modern BBC only then the 100-year anniversary won't come until 2036
I actually didnt know that ans sorry if im 5 months late,
PLEASE READ THE NOTES IN THE DESCRIPTION!
What are your favorite idents from BBC One?
The Steel Drums and Lens.
the 1991-1997 logo
All
the 1997-2002 and 2002-2006 ones.
The 1974-1981 mirrored globe, the 1981-1985 mirrored globe, the 1969-1974 mirrored globe, & the 1985-1991 COW globe are my favourite BBC1 idents
Thank you for this so much-well done too of course!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@JontyMaster guaernon -idk, someone in the stream??
Wonderful too for sure!!
Wow. BBC is the oldest Broadcasting company in the world. And this is first channel! Happy 100th birthday 🎂🎉
BBC television is only 86 as of 2/11/22. The oldest broadcasting company in the world is CBS in the US, which first launched as radio station KQW in 1909.
@@oldblueshirtguy CBS was founded in 1927, five years after the BBC.
@krashd NBC was the oldest. 1926 to be exact was when it was founded
@@CowboysNo1FanBBC beats NBC by four years. This is counting the British Broadcasting Company, which the corporation replaced in 1927.
0:35 First known BBC glitch and certainly not the last!
LOL yes indeed. BBC had one too many Monster Energy.
Good Afternoon at 0:35
Lol
nice logo history, cant wait to see more
Thanks for this! All these years I thought I imagined the One Balloon floating through on the backdrop of Walking with Dinosaurs! My late mother thought it was ridiculous. “What’s an air balloon doing there? They hadn’t even invented it yet!” She struggled with the concept of branding! 😂
Thanks for the memories 😀
No problem, mate. The CGI in the Walking with Dinosaurs series is rather impressive for 1999. The series budget was 6.1 million pounds!
Love this video I’m sure it was alot of work very much appreciated thank you
It sure was! It takes days of research and clip finding to create a logo history. Thank you.
20:15 a police balloon, that's something you don't see every day
_Happy 100th anniversary, BBC!_
Excellent evolution of idents from BBC Television and BBC One, Jonty!
BBC! The greatest television channel in the UK since 1922! Some of their greatest shows include Doctor Who, and some of their children's shows like Teletubbies (1997)!
The most memorable idents from BBC One are the globe idents from the 1960s until 2002. Some of my favourite idents from BBC One would be:
- the 1966 ident (the one with the logo that looks like a stopwatch)
- the 1969 ident (colour)
- the 1986 ident (the one with the computer-generated globe)
- the 1991 ident (also known as "The Virtual Globe")
- the 1997 "balloon' idents (probably the best idents from BBC One)
- the 2002 ident (also known as "Rhythm and Movement")
- the 2006-2016 idents
- the Christmas idents from 2021 (34:43)
However, if I had my least favourite idents from BBC One, then it would be the Oneness idents of 2017 (the given reason is: lack of creativity). At least the Rhythm & Movement idents are better than the Oneness idents. The 2022 idents are a huge improvement over the Oneness idents.
And last, _rest in peace to HM Queen Elizabeth II. Gone, but definitely not forgotten._
Thanks, Man, and yes, happy 100th anniversary to the British Broadcasting Corporation.
There are a lot of classic shows on the BBC. Some more shows include Monty Python's Flying Circus, Casualty, Top of the Pops, Pointless, The Magic Roundabout, and EastEnders.
I agree with your picks. The globe idents are fascinating. The concept might be simple, but it took hard work to create the mechanical globes. The 1985 ident is a great introduction to CGI in the BBC One industry. The 1997 ident is probably my favorite also. I'd love to go riding in that balloon.
Unfortunately, I would have to disagree. There isn't really a lack of creativity in the Oneness idents. Sure, some might be awkward (for example The old Swimmers variant), but there are some which are very upbeat (for example Excercise class and Steel Pan Band). The 2022 idents are great and have beautiful scenery.
And yes, rest in peace to HM Queen Elizabeth II. Gone, but definitely NOT forgotten indeed. Thanks for watching, and stay tuned for my logo history on BBC Two.
BBC Television first launched in 1936.
@@oldblueshirtguy Yes, but he was not recognising the birthday of BBC Television.
23:55 references walking with beasts the last episode
nice video edit. brings back memories....
Glad you enjoyed it!
2:27 Clock used to announce for the ESC (Eurovision Song Contest) 1963
Interesting.
20:13 Got me lol
12:50 That was fucking clever!
Love it took a while for colour to come after the in colour and it just blue for a lot of them.
Ah, yes! BBC 1. *One* of my favorite British logos! Get it? One?
Ha! That was a good one!
@@JontyMaster that was a good one too!
I hope the bring back the balloon idents someday. Absolutely iconic and unbeaten since
@@Bille994 Absolutely!
great video Jonty my favorite was 2002 ident also happy 100 years bbc :) :) :)
I think the 2002 idents were nice, especially the tap dancing boys and the haka.
2:40 This theme shows up in the third episode of Spaced
Didn't expect to hear the Magic Roundabout theme!
My mum grew up with that show.
@@JontyMasterayy same with mine (and subsequently so did I)
BBC One é o principal canal de televisão da British Broadcasting Corporation no Reino Unido, Ilha de Man e Ilhas do Canal da Mancha. Foi inaugurado a 2 de novembro de 1936 como BBC Television Service («Serviço de Televisão da BBC»), e foi o primeiro serviço regular de teledifusão com um alto nível de resolução.[1] Foi renomeada BBC TV em 1960 até 1964, quando o lançamento do segundo canal público obrigou à mudança para BBC1, e que desde finais dos anos 90 é escrito da forma atual (com o número por extenso).
I'm currently at uni and my lecturer who worked on and off for the bbc in the 80 and 90s, was once given the task of delivering the new (at the time) collection of logs/ transitions. He said that they where stored on Laser Disc to transport them they where 4 disks made one for each area the BBC covered. Each disc cost 30K.
Also i think you missed some from 2018.
That's interesting. Thanks for sharing. Also, I decided NOT to add every single ident because then the video would be way too long and some viewers might go to sleep.
@@JontyMaster that makes sense
20:25 AYO THE TWO FROM BBC2-
I like the part where BBC goes from Radio to Television. : )
Man That Stream was good!
This is so fucking wonderfully geeky.
I afore UK TV identity.
There is a great BBC Christmas Idents Video out there.
And one showing the Radio Times Christmas front covers.
Thanks so much for this
Ant p uk teacher retired
I also adore UK television idents, especially the BBC idents and the regional idents from ITV (Granada, Yorkshire, etc). Thanks for the kind comments.
0:32 tho 💀
*_gOoD aFtErNoOn_*
Great compilation, but some of those early Christmas idents were the stuff of nightmares! Ever see the Monkey Dust take on the early 00's idents?
Never seen those. And yeah some of the Christmas idents can creep some people out, but the one which I think is the creepy one would be the two faced santa ident from 1978.
fascinating. Please do the BBC two logo history next
I actually did one on BBC Two not long ago.
Here is the link: ua-cam.com/video/k0okR_W7-kg/v-deo.html
@@JontyMaster thanks man
0:34 This one made me laugh.
(PROCEEDS TO GO WARPSPEED)
good aFTERnoon,
4:31 well there goes the secret😅
Awesome man.
Thank you!
The "Batwings" logo has very calm music.
Agreed.
I like the purring cats
Another awesome video jonty can't wait for the next one
Thanks again!
0:36 Good Afternoon!
Noddy go left, noddy go right. Noddy go up.
0:16 Where did you find this logo?
This: ua-cam.com/video/zKlkyZE8XH8/v-deo.html
The BBC Television Service idents all belong in the 1890's 1900's
Looks like you included every single variant to me...
🇬🇧 [Episode 251] BBC One Logo History [1936-2022]
24:19 CBBC BLOB
33:05 oh god they're so cute
"Yes, I know they're cute. They don't do a lot, do they? But are are excited about tonight's live Strictly that's at 7.25[pm] AREN'T YOU?"
*m e o w*
0:21 1950s experimenting
After all these years 1985s cow ident still reigns supreme.
After BBC Two is BBC Three!
My next Request for El Canal 2 Mexico logo history as soon as possible Jonty master!
Would have been better to include the actual year of the idents.
Best logos ever!!!!
It's funny how BBC2 has managed to have the same superb and iconic logos for 30 years, yet BBC1 has had loads and never succeeded with any. The balloons came close, but they were very short lived and never indicated "1" in the way the "2" logos do. Some text at the bottom of the screen over some random image can never work, as it's not directly associated with what's on screen or even the channel number on the TV itself.
dayum the hippo one hittin different
Hang on, where's the BBC One Doctor Who indent with David Tennant riding the sleigh??
Read the description. That's why I didn't include it.
Request: nbc and abc logo history
2:44 this song is from the worlds end right? I looked through the intro but i couldn't find it
11:57 That is the poshest Northern Irish accent I have ever heard
Damn, it's already been a century of that company...
24:21 That CBBC
32:02: A song that remembers "Danza Kuduro" 😯😯😊😊
Aw I always liked the hippo one
0:32 What happened to the audio?
Gᴏᴏᴅ Aғᴛᴇʀɴᴏᴏɴ
36:24 where can I find this.
Watching the 1960-1963 ident where they say "This is BBC television", they pronounce the word "television" the same way as the Queen pronounced it in Her 1957 Christmas speech, the first to be televised. I think that now the British pronunciation of that word has changed.
I don’t even watch tv anymore
Umm Jonty? I have a correction.
For BBC TV service, the first logo's date should be (1936-1939, 1946-1953). Because BBC shut down in 1939 due to WWII. It returned in 1946.
The 1st Logo Has Scared Me And My Family,Except The 3rd Logo
Only Says “BBC One” But I’m Neutral To BBC.
I miss the hot air balloon advents.
Those are probably my favorite out of all the idents from BBC One.
BBC One 2nd November 1936 ❤
Good video! Advanced 100 Anniversary to the company itself.
Thanks and Happy anniversary indeed!
@@JontyMaster it's 100th anniversary to it's company itself today, right? right?
@@ArianesDrawingPH YAAAAAY!
Swimming Hippo's for me!
When I clicked on this video, I expected it to be a documentary or at least a discussion about the evolution of the branding. I was actually a little disappointed to find it was just a collection of clips
Logo histories most of the time are not like the documentaries you see on TV. Also, discussing and speaking about them would take a lot of time to do.
I'm sitting here waiting for my brain to fire up an old memory and scream I REMEMBER THESE . the second the 91 to 97 one kicked in all I could see was coming home from school sitting down with my tea at my nans and watching cartoons
Awesome! What cartoons did you watch?
Soon next Logo History videos are BBC Two, BBC Three (Formerly is BBC Choice), BBC Four (Formerly is BBC Knowledge), CBBC and ITV