BBC Three: Difference between revisions

'''BBC Choice''' was a BBC TV station which launched on September 23, 1998 and closed on February 9, 2003, when it was succeeded by BBC Three. It was the first British TV channel to broadcast exclusively in digital format, as well as the BBC's second non-terrestrial channel launch (following on from the BBC News channel in 1997).

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'''Logo:''' On a {{Font color|red|red}}/black gradient, {{Font color|green|green}}, {{Font color|blue|blue}}, or {{Font color|red|red}} background, we see three things that belong to the same word but have different appearances/meanings. The camera faces the things, and when the camera cuts one last time, we fully see the things with the BBC Choice logo below.

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'''FX/SFX:''' Animation that involved some parts of the last logo, which was designed in-house by BBC Broadcast.

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'''Logo:''' We see three {{Font color|orange|orange}} boxes doing various things, such as moving or punching, around a {{Font color|green|green}} background. The BBC Choice logo (the BBC logo next to the word "Choice") is seen at the bottom.

'''Variant:''' From December 2001, the background color was {{Font color|blue|blue}}.

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'''Logo:''' There is a {{Font color|gray|gray}} construction site with a {{Font color|blue|blue}} scaffolding, an "UNDER CONSTRUCTION" sign and two builders working inside the scaffolding. The BBC Choice logo (same as the last 3 idents) is at the bottom.

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'''Logo:''' The idents take place in a black-{{Font color|blue|blue}} gradient environment and prominently feature a set of {{Font color|orange|orange}} blobs and a towering "THREE" in the background. The BBC Three logo appears via a transition shortly after.

 

* The orange blobs parallel the CBBC green blobs used at the time and the CBeebies yellow blobs which are still used to this day, and show a progression through age groups.

* These IDs won the Royal Television Society Craft & Design Award for Best Trails and Packaging in 2003.

* A prominent sting showed one blob standing in front of the figure 'THREE' shouting "Three!", before another 'THREE' rises up from underneath the original, toppling it.

* Idents may feature a snowy environment for the winter season.

* To promote the sketch series ''Little Miss Jocelyn'', some idents are interrupted by the main character Jiffy, stating to give the blobs a ticket.

'''FX/SFX:''' The blobs, which are created by Stefan Marjoram at Aardman Animations, and may appear in different genders and costumes. The box containing the logo appears in many transitions, and range from dropping, bouncing, pulsing, and blurring.

'''Music/Sounds:''' Almost all of the variants have spoken lines for the blobs, provided by the BBC Sound Archive. Music plays after the logo transitions, and may range from a rendition of "Three is a Magic Number" from ''Schoolhouse Rock!'', an instrumental version of "In The Morning" by indie rock band Razorlight, an electronic tune, an instrumental of Promiscuous by Nelly Furtado or a cowbell beat (in the case of the yodeling ident). On February 12th, 2008, before the channel's first rebrand, the usual music was replaced with music that follow the topic of leaving. Examples include "Release Me" by Engelbert Humperdinck, "Bye Bye Baby" by The Four Seasons and "So Long, Farewell" from the movie ''The Sound of Music''.

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'''Logo:''' We start out looking at the world as the straw is passing through the pipes. Various objects and people can be seen as the "BBC '''{{Font color|deeppink|three}}'''" logo can be seen as the liquid passes by.

'''Availability:''' Same as before.

'''Editor's Note:''' TBA.

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'''Availability:''' Same as before. First used in September 15, 2013, 14 days prior to the channel's rebrand on October 1, 2013.

'''Editor's Note:''' TBA.

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'''Editor's Note:''' TBA.

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'''Music/Sounds:''' A whoosh, then 1 second later some sound effects play while a announcer talks.

'''Availability:''' Was seen on BBC One until 2021.

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===7th Logo (January 10, 2022- )===

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'''Availability:''' TBA.

'''Editor's Note:''' TBA.