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*On ''Barney's Christmas Star'', the globe is bigger than the original variant. | *On ''Barney's Christmas Star'', the globe is bigger than the original variant. | ||
**This doesn't happen when the same feature was part of ''Christmas Children's Favorites'', when it was replaced by the standard version with the URL and byline. | **This doesn't happen when the same feature was part of ''Christmas Children's Favorites'', when it was replaced by the standard version with the URL and byline. | ||
*On the DVD's of at least the first two seasons of ''Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends'' (restored format only, the remastered versions use the Britt Allcroft logo), we see a white background. On the top half it says "A Britt Allcroft Company Production" with the company's logo in between the words "Britt" and "Allcroft" and on the bottom half we see the HIT Entertainment logo. In between them is the word "For". Under all that is a copyright notice that says "(C) 1984-2003 Gullane (Thomas) Limited. All rights reserved". Post-2006 releases of the DVD have this logo replaced with the next logo, with the copyright notice intact. | *On the DVD's of at least the first two seasons of ''Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends'' (restored format only, the remastered versions use the Britt Allcroft logo), we see a white background. On the top half it says "A Britt Allcroft Company Production" with the company's logo in between the words "Britt" and "Allcroft" and on the bottom half we see the HIT Entertainment logo. In between them is the word "For". Under all that is a copyright notice that says "(C) 1984-2003 Gullane (Thomas) Limited. All rights reserved". This also appears on the restored format versions of Series 3-5 as well. Post-2006 releases of the DVD have this logo replaced with the next logo, with the copyright notice intact. | ||
*A still version on a white background exists. “Consumer Products” sometimes replaces “Entertainment” in this version. | *A still version on a white background exists. “Consumer Products” sometimes replaces “Entertainment” in this version. | ||
* 2 in-credit versions exist. One is just of the logo, the other is of the logo on a white background. | * 2 in-credit versions exist. One is just of the logo, the other is of the logo on a white background. | ||
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* On one print of ''Felix the Cat'', the HiT Communications PLC (2nd logo) music was used. | * On one print of ''Felix the Cat'', the HiT Communications PLC (2nd logo) music was used. | ||
'''Availability:''' Very common. Seen on HiT shows from the period including ''Barney & Friends'' from the 2002-2006 seasons, ''Bob the Builder'', ''Angelina Ballerina'', ''Rubbadubbers'', 2003-2006 episodes of ''Thomas and Friends'', and ''Oswald''. It was also seen on the ''VeggieTales: The Ultimate Silly Song Countdown'' 2001 VHS. It also appears on the remastered versions of episodes from seasons 1-4 of ''Pingu''. The normal in-credit variant appears on seasons 5-6 of ''Pingu'', while the white background one appears on the 2003 series of ''Fireman Sam'' and at the end of games from the company. Both the “Entertainment” and “Consumer Products” white background variants appear on games of the company’s shows, and an “Entertainment PLC” version was seen on the remastered versions of the original ''Fireman Sam'' alongside the [[Bumper Films (UK)|Bumper Films]] and [[S4C (UK)|S4C]] logos. One of the last releases to use this logo was the 2007 DVD of ''Barney & Friends: Let's Go to the Firehouse!'' | '''Availability:''' Very common. Seen on HiT shows from the period including ''Barney & Friends'' from the 2002-2006 seasons, ''Bob the Builder'', ''Angelina Ballerina'', ''Rubbadubbers'', 2003-2006 episodes of ''Thomas and Friends'', and ''Oswald''. It was also seen on the ''VeggieTales: The Ultimate Silly Song Countdown'' 2001 VHS. It also appears on the remastered versions of episodes from seasons 1-4 of ''Pingu''. The normal in-credit variant appears on seasons 5-6 of ''Pingu'', while the white background one appears on the 2003 series of ''Fireman Sam'' and at the end of games from the company. Both the “Entertainment” and “Consumer Products” white background variants appear on games of the company’s shows, and an “Entertainment PLC” version was seen on the remastered versions of the original ''Fireman Sam'' alongside the [[Bumper Films (UK)|Bumper Films]] and [[S4C (UK)|S4C]] logos. One of the last releases to use this logo was the 2007 DVD of ''Barney & Friends: Let's Go to the Firehouse!''. It was also used to plaster over the 4th logo at times, and also makes a surprise appearance on the Britbox print of episode 1 of ''Dennis the Gnasher'' (1996-1998) through plastering the 4th logo. | ||
'''Editor's Note:''' A huge favorite of many thanks to the cheesiness of the logo. | '''Editor's Note:''' A huge favorite of many thanks to the cheesiness of the logo. | ||