BBC One: Difference between revisions

===Background===

'''The British Broadcasting Company, Ltd.''' was founded in London on Wednesday October 18, 1922 and became a commercial radio broadcaster licensed by the British General Post Office. On Saturday January 1, 1927, the company was granted a Royal Charter and was renamed the '''British Broadcasting Corporation''' (commonly abbreviated to '''BBC'''). The BBC commenced experimental television broadcasts on August 22, 1932, using a 30-line system developed by John Logie Baird, the inventor of the television. It officially launched the world's first regular high-definition television service at 3pm on November 2, 1936, broadcasting from Alexandra Palace in London. The service initially used two systems - the Baird 240-line system, and the 405-line system developed by Marconi-EMI (named after Guglielmo Marconi, inventor of the radio). From February 1937, only the 405-line system was used. The service was suspended upon the outbreak of World War II on September 1, 1939, and resumed on June 7, 1946. Transmissions switched to a new site at Crystal Palace on March 28, 1956, and the service was renamed '''BBC One''' on 20 April 1964 when [[BBC Two (UK)|BBC Two]] was launched.

==BBC Television Service==

'''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:'''

*A slightly modified variant was introduced in the Summer of 1969.

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

*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.

'''Local Idents:'''

** 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.

*'''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.

* 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.

*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.

*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.

*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.

*Café – Cup Winners: A group of people celebrating about winning a cup in a café. The lens rotates to reveal a group of builders having a food break in the café and a couple having their first date in the café.

*Café – First Date: A couple having their first date in a café. The lens rotates to reveal a group of people celebrating about winning a cup in the café and a group of builders having a food break in the café.

'''FX/SFX:''' Live-action with some editing by BBC Creative and ManvsMachine.