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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
'''Thames Video''' was the home video imprint of [[Thames | '''Thames Video''' was the home video imprint of [[Thames|Thames Television]], the weekday franchise holder for ITV in London. The division was founded in 1978, and later merged with newly-founded distributor [[Video Collection International|The Video Collection]] in 1985, reducing the Thames name under a label titled Thames Video Collection, which later reverted back to Thames Video in 1991, which VCI continued to use even after Thames lost their ITV franchise, and continued to release videos under their name until 1999, when VCI's deal with [[Pearson Television|Pearson Television]] expired. | ||
===1st Logo (1978-1982)=== | ===1st Logo (1978-1982)=== | ||
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'''Availability:''' Rare. | '''Availability:''' Rare. | ||
* Seen on UK VHS releases featuring programmes produced by Thames Television (including ''The Benny Hill Show'', ''The Sooty Show'', ''Rainbow'', ''Danger Mouse'', ''Button Moon'', ''The Wind in the Willows'', ''Alias the Jester'', ''Creepy Crawlies'', and ''Count Duckula'' to name a few). | * Seen on UK VHS releases featuring programmes produced by Thames Television (including ''The Benny Hill Show'', ''The Sooty Show'', ''Rainbow'', ''Danger Mouse'', ''Button Moon'', ''The Wind in the Willows'', ''Alias the Jester'', ''Creepy Crawlies'', and ''Count Duckula'' to name a few). | ||
* You may also find this logo paired with that of [[Lollipop Video | * You may also find this logo paired with that of [[Lollipop Video|Lollipop Video]] on certain tapes of the sixth and ninth shows, given that they were aimed primarily at children. | ||
* The final UK VHS release to use this is ''Benny Hill's One Night Video Stand''. | * The final UK VHS release to use this is ''Benny Hill's One Night Video Stand''. | ||
* Like its successor (which was the fourth logo), the still variant was used to plaster over the usual Thames Television endboard. | * Like its successor (which was the fourth logo), the still variant was used to plaster over the usual Thames Television endboard. | ||
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'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
* At the end of videos of certain shows like ''The Bill'', ''Mr Bean'' and ''Rainbow'', among others, a still version of this logo is seen instead of the usual Thames Television end board, with the final seconds of the show's theme being heard in place of the fanfare. | * At the end of videos of certain shows like ''The Bill'', ''Mr Bean'' and ''Rainbow'', among others, a still version of this logo is seen instead of the usual Thames Television end board, with the final seconds of the show's theme being heard in place of the fanfare. | ||
* The videos of ''Truckers'' (which edited the thirteen episodes together to form a movie) and ''Victor and Hugo: Bunglers in Crime'' (which only contained three episodes from the first series of 1991) also featured this logo at the end, instead of [[Cosgrove Hall Films | * The videos of ''Truckers'' (which edited the thirteen episodes together to form a movie) and ''Victor and Hugo: Bunglers in Crime'' (which only contained three episodes from the first series of 1991) also featured this logo at the end, instead of [[Cosgrove Hall Films|Cosgrove Hall]]'s third logo. | ||
'''FX/SFX:''' The three differently-colored versions of the logo flying by to reveal the gold one, and the background changing from black to navy blue. | '''FX/SFX:''' The three differently-colored versions of the logo flying by to reveal the gold one, and the background changing from black to navy blue. | ||