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'''Variants:'''

*There is a prototype variant of this logo, in which there is one large white stripe instead of three in the later version; this was seen from April to June 1966.

'''FX/SFX:''' The rotating globe.

'''Variants:'''

*Christmas 1968: The ident is unknown, but in a trailer package a giant snowflake replaces the globe. The BBC1 logo is inverted.

'''FX/SFX:''' See above.

*The colour was added electronically down the line. This was in order to save expenses on re-branding in the long term.

*The ident itself was a box 12"x9" inches, corresponding to the standard 4:3 aspect ratio used at the time. The globe itself was a small hollow ball, internally lit with a 10V festoon bulb inserted on top. The background was achieved by placing a concave mirror behind the globe. The channel ID was a transparently lit from behind, making it easily interchangeable. Normally, mechanical presentation devices such as clocks were illuminated by the lamp on the NODD camera, but this would have caused the globe's reflection to distort on screen. So an internal light source was used. Both the globe light and the ident light could be adjusted by two separate controls at the back of the device. The land masses on the globe were clear areas, while black metallic paint represented the sea. Apparently the heat from the bulb frequently caused the paint to peel, so regular touch-ups were often required to ensure the continents maintained the "correct shapes" (the logo could look subtlety different from time to time, due to this). And those numerous small "islands" in the mirror globe were actually part of the design and not caused by flaking paint or dust, as you might assume.

'''Variants:'''

*Starting in 1972, the word "COLOUR" was in an oblique serif typeface, and the BBC boxes were rounded.

*A rare variant from circa 1971/1972 had the BBC logo with rounded edges but with "COLOUR" in the Helvetica typeface. This was probably the first appearance of the 1971/1972 BBC logo.

*For junctions in-between BBC school programs during 1969-1972, a different NODD globe was used. This variant lacked the "COLOUR" caption, and was shown in monochrome, since school programming was still filmed in monochrome until 1972.

*In 2006-2007, this logo was revived for the introduction of TV series ''Life on Mars'', which fittingly takes places in the 70s.

'''Accompanying clock ident:''' An analog clock face with the hours being represented by 2 bars, getting thicker for each hour. The hands are attached to a ring with a black circle in the centre, though the second hand poked through. This clock was used from 1969-72; later variants feature an oblique serif typeface to typeset the word colour. It was actually a real clock and filmed at the correct time, often appearing just before the actual ident.

** Much like BBC Midlands, Yorkshire/North had the logo recolored and the text reading " '''{{Font|Futura|BBC 1 NORTH}}''' as well for about a year.

*On at least one occasion, the text is the same yellow as the globe. This may have been an error with the electronic coloring process used for the NODD system.

**Christmas 1975: Same as 1974's globe, save for the new Christmas BBC1 legend incorporating the new twin-striped BBC1 logo. (BBC 1's logos were inconsistent at this time.)

**Christmas 1976: A giant revolving snowflake (not unlike those hanging ones you can buy for your tree) temporarily replaces the globe with a festive {{Font color|red|red}} background behind it. The bottom caption states "'''''{{Font|Blackletter Gothic|Christmas}}''/{{Font|Futura|BBC 1}}'''", with "'''''{{Font|Blackletter Gothic|Christmas}}'''''" in a Blackletter Gothic font and "'''{{Font|Futura|BBC 1}}'''" in a striped font (like the next logo). A companion clock was also created.

**Christmas 1979: A group of Victorian carol singers stand between two low brick walls, and weirdly rotate about. The byline on the bottom states "'''{{Font color|gold|CHRISTMAS BBC 1}}'''" in a {{Font color|gold|golden}} serif font.

**Christmas 1980: Four Victorian skaters whiz around a snowman. There are daytime and nighttime variants of this ident too. (The mechanical model is bigger than it looks and takes up a whole coffee table!)

*'''Accompanying clock ident:''' Same as previous logo, but corresponds to the then-current colour scheme. The clock is {{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}} with a {{Font color|blue|blue}} background. The BBC 1 caption appears at the bottom, this time with no line above it.

*One Scottish variant has the "1" omitted from "BBC1" and the word "SCOTLAND" below placed between two horizontal lines

*On the ident's first two days, the blue was {{Font color|midnightblue|a very dark navy}}, and the continents were {{Font color|greenyellow|pale yellow-green}}. This was due to a severe problem with the colour scheme. Also, for its first nine months, the ident was modified a few times.

*A rare variant has an unusual form in which the globe shows an optical illusion. Shown only on ''Tomorrow's World''. This variant is nicknamed "The Brain Globe".

*For the BBC's 60th Anniversary in 1982, instead of usual text "BBC1", the lower part shows a parallelogram with the number "60" and at the right was the word "BBC Years" in a script font.

* On 23 October 2012, this logo was revived in Northern Ireland to mark both its digital switchover and the end of the analogue television era in the UK.

*'''Accompanying clock ident:''' From 5 September to approximately December 1981, the clock was similar to the 69/74 clock, aside from the colours and the new striped byline. After this, a new computerised clock was introduced with minor changes to the design. The central dot, for example, changed from a circular outline to a green dot. Wales continued to use the old mechanical clock regionally till the very end.

'''FX/SFX:''' Same as the 2nd and the 3rd logo.

*The BBC World Service used a version of this logo from 1991 until 1995, in which words "BBC1" were replaced with a small BBC logo (with lines below each box) and the words "WORLD SERVICE" appearing below.

*On the 1987 Christmas episode of the ITV satirical series ''Splitting Image'', this was shown, although it changes to the globe of "chocolate pudding". The globe talks about why it was made of "chocolate pudding", until the BBC2 logo of the time appears. The globe successfully gets rid of them, and fades to the 1983 Central Television logo.

**Accompanying clock ident''':''' The same basic clock from December 1981, with new blue and gold colours, as well as the serif caption. Note the lack of a centre dot. This was never corrected during the clock's run nationally, although regional variants have a central dot.

'''FX/SFX:''' The globe rotating, using nice looking computer graphics for its time.

*Accompanying clock ident: This clock used the GNAT (Generator of Network Analogue Time) system, resulting in the clock mimicking the movement of an analogue clock by moving the minute hand every second, rather than every fifteen seconds as was found on previous station clocks. The counters on the clocks alternated between dots and dashes pointing towards the centre, a smoky static background and included the 1988 BBC logo at the bottom of the screen, although no on-screen reference to the channel being BBC1.

**There were two variants of the clock design. The first variant, used from 16 February 1991 to mid-November 1991, had a larger design to fit the screen best, and looked more like a crystal ball. However, the size contrast between the clock and the globe resulted in difficulty at closedown, as the two do not fade easily. The second variant, used from mid-November 1991 to 4 October 1997, had a smaller clock (to allow a smoother transition to the globe) and had a brighter background.

'''FX/SFX:''' Same as before.

*One variant took place inside the balloon, and the flame can clearly be seen going off like a explosion.

*To welcome the new CBBC channel in 2002, a bug from that service's branding at the time peeks in for a bit.

'''FX/SFX:''' Just the flying balloon.

'''Availability:''' Extinct on TV. You may find this logo on old recordings of BBC One programmes from 1997-2002.

*An episode of ''Dead Ringers'' has Jon Culshaw as Tony Blair dancing in a fictional ident outside 10 Downing Street.

*In the early hours of 7 October 2006, in place of the regular promos prior to handover, a montage of all the idents (bar Hakka) was played.

'''FX/SFX:''' Depends on the scene, but the BBC One logo is still.

*Tapdogs: An upbeat theme, incorporating the sound of the troupe's tap shoes.

*Tumbler: An upbeat jingle featuring synthesised brass.

'''Availability:''' Extinct. Was last seen on 7 October 2006, but you may still find these idents on old recordings of BBC One programmes from 2002-2006.