BBC Two: Difference between revisions

===1st Logo (April 21, 1964-December 2, 1967)===

'''Nickname:''' "The Early 2s"

*There was also a static variant.

*There is an in-credit version used on ''Match Of The Day'' with the BBC logo with the number "2" in the same rectangle.

'''FX/SFX:''' The stripes moving and forming, the boxes sliding in.

===2nd Logo (December 2, 1967-December 28, 1974, 1993, April-May 2012)===

'''Nicknames:''' "The Turning 2", "BBC 2 In Color", "2-Cube"

===3rd Logo (December 28, 1974-April 1979, April-May 2012)===

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'''Editor's Note:''' None.

===4th Logo (December 1978, April 1979-March 31, 1986, May 2010, October 10-22, 2012, 2013)===

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===5th Logo (March 31, 1986-February 16, 1991, May 2010)===

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===6th Logo (1990, unused)===

'''Logo:''' On a dark green background, a box can be seen forming, which then splits neatly like an elevator effect and forms the number "II" on each side, which is in letters instead. The finished product is then completed with the BBC logo underneath.

===7th Logo (February 16, 1991-October 4, 1997)===

'''Nicknames:''' "The 1991 2s", "The 2", "The 2s: Part One", "2 Returns"

*Diary: We see a white "2", with several paper layers peeling off and drifting away in different directions through blue and orange lighting.

*Steam: We see a viridian, metallic "2" at a hot temperature. Several drops of water splash on the "2", evaporating in steam.

**Made in Japan: The animation starts with the Japanese numeral for "2 (二)". A smoke effect billows out, and the Japanese "2" dissolves through to the usual "2" you see in the final image on the left.

**Pop Art: Apparently, pop art animation; at the end, the "2" zooms in. It's unknown what actually happens as there is no description of this ident apart from the fact that it has the same audio as "Glass".

**Mars Weekend: The ident starts in close-up on the "2" Martian surface, then zooms out to reveal the full scene, with the flying saucer blipping in and out of view. There were two versions - one with the flying saucer, and one without. This was the final new ident before the channel's revamp in October 1997.

**Tug Of War: A rope with a "2" in the middle is constantly being tugged at both ends in front of a stone wall. The sounds of the rope being stretched are heard. This was an exclusive to BBC Wales.

**Christmas 1991: A reference to Georges Méliès' ''A Trip to the Moon'', over a night-time cloudy sky, we see a cloud in the center with a star inside. It sprinkles star dust on the BBC logo until the star and the cloud suddenly transforms into a wrapped-up "2" in a quick explosion. A rocket then flies over the "2". A short version of the ident has the star absent and only features sound effects.

**Christmas 1992: A red "2" appears as fairy lights on a Christmas tree.

*Diary: Entitled "Harmonic Beauty". A gentle harp theme, in E-Minor, plus very faint, high-pitched strings.

*Steam: An atmospheric theme consisting of four synth notes, in D#.

'''Music/Sounds Variant:''' On the idents' first few weeks (February 16, 1991-March 1991), the music on the original 11 idents sounded slightly different than later showings, with the music being much weaker. The music was later updated in March 1991, with a remastered soundtrack.

===8th Logo (October 4, 1997-November 19, 2001)===

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*A few years later, the idents started to be adapted to widescreen (16:9).

*From December 1990, the URL to the official BBC website was added atop the BBC Two logo. These version were officially introduced in June 2000.

**Christmas 1997: On a blurry blue room with a table, a snow "2" appears on a snow globe, which also contains many trees, mountains, and a snowman. Another version has three people reflections looking at the snow globe.

**Christmas 1998: TBA

===9th Logo (November 19, 2001-February 18, 2007)===

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**Camera: The 2's "face" transforms into a camera and takes a photo, and then proceeds to show the photo. There are two variants: One shows a painting of a fish. The other shows a landscape called "Slemish". This last one was never aired.

**Ulster Fry: The 2 moves to a table full of food; however, it instead eats the jar of pepper and leaves!

**Christmas 2001: We see the '2' sprout its robotic arms, and a glowing fairy bursts into view, with sparks flying. The fairy flies out of the '2's hands and draws a tall Christmas tree - at warp speed - out of fairy dust. She then flies around a bit before settling down onto the top of the tree, and then flies off again.

**Christmas 2002: The 2 builds a snow-2. The 2 runs off to get something, and comes back with two sticks. The 2 puts the sticks on the snow-2, so the snow-2 looks like a self-portrait.

===10th Logo (February 18, 2007-November 14, 2014)===

'''Nicknames:''' "Window on the World", "The 2s IV", "The 2s: Part Four"

===11th Logo (July 9, 2014-September 26, 2018)===

'''Nicknames:''' "The 2s V", "The 2s: Part Five", "The Return of the 1990s 2s"

===12th Logo (September 27, 2018-)===

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*Illuminating: A light is scanning around to the 2 curve in a multicoloured background and the shapes are changing while it scans, possibly inspired by the 1994 Corridor sting from the 1991 set. This is possibly the fourth generic ident of the set. First aired 20 June 2019.

*Punchy: Blue and red glass stripes are moving around until they crashed together and forming the 2 curve, inspired by the 1974 Striped 2 ident. First aired 5 October 2019.

**Magical: A snow-covered fir tree with branches forming the 2 curve shakes off some of the snow, possibly inspired by the 1992 Christmas ident.

**Glorious: Also known as Glamourous. A brightly-coloured aurora shines in a dark, starry sky, weaving into the 2 curve shape at points.