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'''Channel 5 Video''' was a significant British VHS distributor founded in 1986 as a joint venture between [[Heron Communications]] and [[PolyGram Video|PolyGram]]. The company shuttered in 1991 after PolyGram purchased Heron's stake in the business and rebranded it as the UK division of [[PolyGram Video]]. | '''Channel 5 Video''' was a significant British VHS distributor founded in 1986 as a joint venture between [[Heron Communications]] and [[PolyGram Video|PolyGram]]. The company shuttered in 1991 after PolyGram purchased Heron's stake in the business and rebranded it as the UK division of [[PolyGram Video]]. | ||
In 1997, PolyGram revived the Channel 5 brand as a children's label for their existing budget VHS imprint [[ | In 1997, PolyGram revived the Channel 5 brand as a children's label for their existing budget VHS imprint [[4Front Video]]. Following the rebranding of PolyGram Video to [[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment|Universal Studios Home Video]] in 1999, the Channel 5 brand continued to be used as a label until at least 2003. | ||
It is completely unrelated to (and not to be confused with) [[Channel 5 |Britain's fifth terrestrial TV station]]. | It is completely unrelated to (and not to be confused with) [[Channel 5|Britain's fifth terrestrial TV station]]. | ||
===1st Logo (March 1986-1990)=== | ===1st Logo (March 1986-1990)=== | ||
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* Seen on Channel 5 videos from the UK around the time period such as ''Thunderbirds'', ''Stingray'', ''Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons'', ''Joe 90'', ''Terrahawks'', ''Space: 1999'', ''The Raccoons'' and ''The Trap Door'', among many others. | * Seen on Channel 5 videos from the UK around the time period such as ''Thunderbirds'', ''Stingray'', ''Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons'', ''Joe 90'', ''Terrahawks'', ''Space: 1999'', ''The Raccoons'' and ''The Trap Door'', among many others. | ||
* It also appears on the 1986 UK VHS releases of ''It's Magic Charlie Brown/Charlie Brown's All Stars'', ''The Last Unicorn'' (1982), ''Well Done Noddy'' and ''The Wacky World of Mother Goose'', the 1987 UK VHS releases of ''Here Comes Noddy Again'', ''Pob and Friends'' and ''My Pet Monster: A Live Action Videocassette'', the 1989 UK VHS releases of ''The Ratties: The Budgie'', ''Galaxy High School: Welcome To Galaxy High School/Pizza's Honor'', ''Dougal and the Blue Cat'' and ''Jim Henson's Mother Goose Stories'' and the 1990 UK VHS releases of ''Michaela's Birthday Show for Boys'', ''Michaela's Birthday Show for Girls'', ''Spooks and Gooks'', ''Follow That Sleigh'', ''Tales of the Riverbank'' and ''Pink Floyd: The Wall'' (1982), respectively. | * It also appears on the 1986 UK VHS releases of ''It's Magic Charlie Brown/Charlie Brown's All Stars'', ''The Last Unicorn'' (1982), ''Well Done Noddy'' and ''The Wacky World of Mother Goose'', the 1987 UK VHS releases of ''Here Comes Noddy Again'', ''Pob and Friends'' and ''My Pet Monster: A Live Action Videocassette'', the 1989 UK VHS releases of ''The Ratties: The Budgie'', ''Galaxy High School: Welcome To Galaxy High School/Pizza's Honor'', ''Dougal and the Blue Cat'' and ''Jim Henson's Mother Goose Stories'' and the 1990 UK VHS releases of ''Michaela's Birthday Show for Boys'', ''Michaela's Birthday Show for Girls'', ''Spooks and Gooks'', ''Follow That Sleigh'', ''Tales of the Riverbank'' and ''Pink Floyd: The Wall'' (1982), respectively. | ||
* It also makes a surprise appearance on the 1996 UK VHS release of ''The Amazing Adventures of Morph'' from | * It also makes a surprise appearance on the 1996 UK VHS release of ''The Amazing Adventures of Morph'' from 4Front Video and Channel 5 Video as well. | ||
===2nd Logo (1986-1991, 1997-2000)=== | ===2nd Logo (1986-1991, 1997-2000)=== | ||