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* This was used as a placeholder before the 2nd logo was created. | * This was used as a placeholder before the 2nd logo was created. | ||
* Found on a Betamax of ''The Best of The Benny Hill Show Vol. 1''. | * Found on a Betamax release of ''The Best of The Benny Hill Show Vol. 1''. | ||
===2nd Logo (1982-1992)=== | ===2nd Logo (1982-1992)=== | ||
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'''Audio:''' A fairly ominous-sounding six-note jingle, with the last few notes held out a bit longer. | '''Audio:''' A fairly ominous-sounding six-note jingle, with the last few notes held out a bit longer. | ||
'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' Appears on later Thames Video releases distributed by [[HBO Home Entertainment|HBO Video]].{{AvailabilityExamples}} | ||
===4th Logo (UK and Australia) (1991-1999)=== | ===4th Logo (UK and Australia) (1991-1999)=== | ||
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* The best tapes to find with this logo are PAL-format ones from the UK and Australia. | * The best tapes to find with this logo are PAL-format ones from the UK and Australia. | ||
* | * Appears on VHS releases of programmes produced by Thames Television during their "twilight" years from 1991-1999 (including the last few series of ''The Sooty Show'' and ''Rainbow'', ''Truckers'', ''The Bill'', ''Mr. Bean'', and ''Victor and Hugo: Bunglers in Crime''). | ||
* Starting in late 1993, the full logo appears at the end of UK VHS releases. | * Starting in late 1993, the full logo appears at the end of UK VHS releases. | ||
* This was, however, seen in the U.S. on a 1997 VHS release of ''Benny Hill: Golden Laughs''. It may or may not have shown up on some other American releases. | * This logo was, however, seen in the U.S. on a 1997 VHS release of ''Benny Hill: Golden Laughs''. It may or may not have shown up on some other American releases. | ||
* It also appears on the 1993 UK VHS re-release of ''The Wind in the Willows'' (1983), and the 1994 UK VHS | * It also appears on the 1993 UK VHS re-release of ''The Wind in the Willows'' (1983), and the 1994 UK VHS re-releases of ''Learn with Sooty: Be Safe'', ''Learn with Sooty: Have Fun with Numbers'', ''Learn with Sooty: How Things Work Simple Science'', and ''Learn with Sooty: Start to Read'', respectively. | ||
* 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. | * 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. | ||
* The still version of this logo also appears on the DVD prints of the unaired ''Mr. Bean'' sketches "The Library" and "The Bus Stop", due to them being taken from the 1991 UK VHS masters of ''The Amazing Adventures of Mr. Bean'' and ''The Exciting Escapades of Mr Bean'', respectively. | * The still version of this logo also appears on the DVD prints of the unaired ''Mr. Bean'' sketches "The Library" and "The Bus Stop", due to them being taken from the 1991 UK VHS masters of ''The Amazing Adventures of Mr. Bean'' and ''The Exciting Escapades of Mr Bean'', respectively. | ||