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===1st Logo (April 21, 1964-December 2, 1967)=== | ===1st Logo (April 21, 1964-December 2, 1967)=== | ||
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</gallery>'''Nickname:''' "The Early 2s" | |||
'''Logo:''' A series of black and white stripes cross each other then reform further from the screen to make two bands. Two boxes, one containing a large white "2" and the other containing the BBC logo of the time, then slide in from the top and bottom respectively, and place themselves on the bands. | '''Logo:''' A series of black and white stripes cross each other then reform further from the screen to make two bands. Two boxes, one containing a large white "2" and the other containing the BBC logo of the time, then slide in from the top and bottom respectively, and place themselves on the bands. | ||
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*Another logo would run in tandem with the animated one during this era. The design consisted of the following: on the left, there was a divided dark grey box with a white border, housing the "2" within the top division and the BBC logo within the bottom. On the right was a longer, lighter grey rectangle with white stripes running across it. The logo, printed on cardboard, would flip over to reveal a large,white solitary "2" on a black background. | *Another logo would run in tandem with the animated one during this era. The design consisted of the following: on the left, there was a divided dark grey box with a white border, housing the "2" within the top division and the BBC logo within the bottom. On the right was a longer, lighter grey rectangle with white stripes running across it. The logo, printed on cardboard, would flip over to reveal a large,white solitary "2" on a black background. | ||
*There was also a static variant. | *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 | *There is an in-credit version used on ''Match Of The Day'' with the BBC logo extended with the number "2" in a fourth parallelogram. | ||
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'''Editor's Note:''' None. | '''Editor's Note:''' None. | ||
===2nd Logo (December 2, 1967-December 28, 1974, 1993, April-May 2012)=== | ===2nd Logo (December 2, 1967-December 28, 1974, 1993, April-May 2012)=== | ||
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'''Nickname:''' "The Striped 2" | '''Nicknames:''' "The Turning 2", "BBC 2 In Color", "2-Cube" | ||
'''Logo:''' Three dots, colored green, red and blue respectively, appear on a black background. They shrink and merge into one white dot just above the center of the screen. Ablue"'''2'''" is then drawn around the dot, and when it is completed, the word "'''COLOUR'''", in white, appears below. The "'''2'''" then starts rotating around, and one at a time, three more "'''2'''"s (in the same style) appear, colored red, green and white respectively, before the blue"'''2'''" reappears. The rotation continues for the rest of the logo. | |||
'''Trivia:''' Although the logo itself was introduced on 2 December 1967, the animated ident did not appear until 15 November 1969, the same day BBC 1 and ITV began colour broadcasting. Until then, holding slides with the logo were used to introduce programming. | |||
'''Variants:''' | |||
* Accompanying clock ident: Same as before, but the entire thing was chroma-keyed to cyan, and the "2-cube" with the BBC 2 logo and "COLOUR" below it tacked on to the side. This was used from 1967 to 1969. From then, they just used the BBC 1 clock with the BBC 2 branding and colors. | |||
* Circa 1972, the logo underwent considerable change. All the "'''2'''"s, plus the dots in them, were colored light blue; the font for "'''''COLOUR'''''" was altered in the same manner as for BBC 1's mirror globe logo of the time; and a white horizontal line was added between the word and the "'''2'''"s. | |||
* By 1973, further changes had taken place, with the background color now dark blue and "'''''COLOUR'''''" and the horizontal line in light blue to match the "'''2'''"s. | |||
* A final change took place during 1974, with the "2"s in bright blue against a navy background, and "'''''COLOUR'''''" and the horizontal line reverting to white. This variant was briefly brought back in 1993 during BBC 2's 70's season. | |||
<blockquote>'''Christmas Idents:''' | |||
* Christmas 1967-1971: On a black background, we the "2-cube" from before in white/red. Underneath the two is the text "'''''B B C 2"''''', followed by the text "'''COLOUR'''" also in the color white/red. Right next to it would either be a snowflake or a Christmas tree. | |||
* Christmas 1972: The same "2-cube" is seen rotating in the screen. Separated by a line, the text "'''CHRISTMAS in colour'''" is seen below, and the sides are covered with several stars. Unknown how it was colored. | |||
* Christmas 1973: A variant of the logo lacking the large dot from the "'''2'''", with stars coming from inside the cube and a caption that stated the day ("'''Christmas Eve'''", "'''Christmas Day'''" or "'''Boxing Day'''") underneath the 2-cube. Unknown how it was colored. | |||
* Christmas 1974: Same as before, but the "'''2'''" is orange. This was the final time the 2-cube was seen. | |||
</blockquote>'''FX/SFX:''' The dots shrinking, the "2"s rotating. | |||
'''Music/Sounds:''' If you want to count the continuity announcer. | |||
'''Music/Sounds Variant:''' The 70's season variant used the jingle to the "Silk" ident in the 6th logo package. | |||
'''Availability:''' Extinct on TV. | |||
'''Editor's Note:''' None. | |||
=== 3rd Logo (December 28, 1974-April 1979, April-May 2012) === | |||
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</gallery>'''Nickname:''' "The Striped 2" | |||
'''Logo:''' A "2" consisting of {{Font color|blue|blue}} and white stripes deforms on a {{Font color|blue|blue}} background and the {{Font color|blue|blue}} stripes rotate to the left and the white to the right. They then reform with the stripe colour inverted into the "2". | '''Logo:''' A "2" consisting of {{Font color|blue|blue}} and white stripes deforms on a {{Font color|blue|blue}} background and the {{Font color|blue|blue}} stripes rotate to the left and the white to the right. They then reform with the stripe colour inverted into the "2". | ||
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===4th Logo (December 1978, April 1979-March 31, 1986, May 2010, October 10-22, 2012, 2013)=== | ===4th Logo (December 1978, April 1979-March 31, 1986, May 2010, October 10-22, 2012, 2013)=== | ||
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'''Nickname:''' "The Striped 2 Returns" | '''Nickname:''' "The Striped 2 Returns" | ||
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'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
*Accompanying clock ident: From April 1979 to | *Accompanying clock ident: From April 1979 to February 5th, 1981, it had the standard clock for the time in orange, with a flat and larger version of the BBC 2 logo at the time with longer stripes, and sometimes the 2 in orange. The clock would be replaced with the new digital one in 1980, and the logo was changed to the standard logo, but smaller and longer stripes. | ||
*Starting in 1983 with the debut of school programming, the logo was placed on a yellow background, starting with white and ending with black. | *Starting in 1983 with the debut of school programming, the logo was placed on a yellow background, starting with white and ending with black. | ||
*Christmas idents: | *Christmas idents: | ||
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'''Editor's Note:''' It's rather dated by today's standards, but it was revolutionary for its time, as this was the UK's first electronically generated ident, and probably the world's first computer animated ident. Ironic that the Christmas idents were still mechanical. | '''Editor's Note:''' It's rather dated by today's standards, but it was revolutionary for its time, as this was the UK's first electronically generated ident, and probably the world's first computer animated ident. Ironic that the Christmas idents were still mechanical. | ||
===5th Logo (March 31, 1986-February 16, 1991, May 2010)=== | ===5th Logo (March 31, 1986-February 16, 1991, May 2010)=== | ||
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'''Nicknames:''' "TWO", "The Colorful TWO", "Boring TWO", "Dull and Worthy", "The TWO Of Tepidity", "No '2'" | '''Nicknames:''' "TWO", "The Colorful TWO", "Boring TWO", "Dull and Worthy", "The TWO Of Tepidity", "No '2'" | ||
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'''Editor's Note:''' None. | '''Editor's Note:''' None. | ||
===6th Logo (1990, unused)=== | ===6th Logo (1990, unused)=== | ||
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'''Editor's Note:''' None. | '''Editor's Note:''' None. | ||
===7th Logo (February 16, 1991-November 18, 2001)=== | ===7th Logo (February 16, 1991-November 18, 2001)=== | ||