BBC Two: Difference between revisions

*By 1973, further changes had taken place, with the background colour 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 '70s season and again in between 2012 and 2016.

**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 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 coloured.

*Accompanying clock ident: Much like before, it uses the BBC1 clock at the time, but with the BBC 2 branding and colours.

*There was a variant with a black background. This was introduced in 1978.

**Christmas 1975: A big {{color|gold|yellow}} "{{color|gold|2}}" made of two stripes (very similar to the next BBC 2 logo) on a {{color|red}} background. Unknown how it animates.

**Christmas 1976: A shiny and multicoloured sequined layout of the striped "2", which constantly moves.

**Christmas 1977: A cube of {{color|red}} "{{color|red|2}}"s composed by stripes, rotates in the same manner as the previous BBC 2 ident, above a "CHRISTMAS" caption.

**A variant introduced in 1977 has the usual deforming animation, but reforms into a map of the UK and Ireland. This was seen before ''Open Space''.

**The logo was remastered in widescreen and HD for BBC Two's '70s season in April 2012. It was also used for Afternoon Classics between October 2013 and December 2016.

*Accompanying clock ident: From April 1979 to February 5, 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.

**Christmas 1978: Six medieval trumpeters appear rotating, with the new "2" logo on the flag of the trumpets.

*** Note: This was the first time we see the 2 in this form as it came before the ident package came out in 1979. It also was lost until it was found in December of 2017.

**Christmas 1984: A pink bauble with the "2" on it remains stationary, suspended by a fuzzy green stick, while a stylized ribbon spelling "Christmas" rotating around it.

**Christmas 1985: A blue tinted, snowy landscape scene rotates around a magenta "2".

**The logo was remastered in widescreen and HD for BBC Two's '80s season in 2010. For BBC Two Wales, the ident had the word "WALES" under the "2".

** The remastered version was also used on BBC Two in October 2012, including the last ''Pages From Ceefax''. It was seen again for Afternoon Classics between 2013-2016 and last appeared during the network junction into White Gold in 2017.

'''Variants:'''

*Accompanying clock ident: The clock has the logo below, and the hours are bars emerging from the background. The hands are in the red/green/blue colours as well.

**Christmas 1986: Snow constantly covers and uncovers the "TWO" in waves going left to right.

**Christmas 1987: A transparent ball hangs in front of the camera as two people throw snowballs at each other with backgrounds of trees. The ball then pans up to reveal an all-white "TWO" logo, with a red dash above and a large green triangle stretching the entire length of the TWO above that.

**Christmas 1989: Three figures seemingly made of wrapping paper move the sections of the "TWO" into position, which themselves seem to be made out of wrapping paper in the logo colours. The end board is accompanied by a synthesised nursery tune and rotating sheep in the background.

**Christmas 1990: An upside-down triangle, square and circle burst open to reveal the letters "TWO" made out of items such as crackers, wheels and other assorted materials, accompanied by a soundtrack of two notes, the final note being dragged out for the length of the announcement. These idents were designed to follow on seamlessly from a similarly styled promotional trail.

**A "TWO" ident recoloured blue and red, with occasional powdered colours of blue and red, was used to mark a series of programs on the French Revolution.

**A version with the letter spelling "THE" was used before the first episode of ''The Late Show''.