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BBC Video was formed and established in 1980 as a division of BBC Enterprises to distribute BBC television programmes for home video (later "BBC Worldwide") with John Ross Barnard as head. In 2004, BBC Video merged with Video Collection International (VCI), to create 2 Entertain, although as of 2020, BBC uses their own logos still on releases of their material. Their videos originally went through CBS/Fox Video (from 1985 to 1998) and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (from 1998-2000) for U.S. distribution. The license was taken over by Warner Home Video in 2000. Today, while Warner still owns home media rights to BBC Video, their logo has been replaced by the 2Entertain logo, except on ''Charlie and Lola''. In Australia, their videos were originally distributed by [[PolyGram Video (UK)|PolyGram Video]], before Roadshow Entertainment and [[ABC DVD|ABC Video]] (the Australian "ABC") took over in 1996. | BBC Video was formed and established in 1980 as a division of BBC Enterprises to distribute BBC television programmes for home video (later "BBC Worldwide") with John Ross Barnard as head. In 2004, BBC Video merged with Video Collection International (VCI), to create 2 Entertain, although as of 2020, BBC uses their own logos still on releases of their material. Their videos originally went through CBS/Fox Video (from 1985 to 1998) and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (from 1998-2000) for U.S. distribution. The license was taken over by Warner Home Video in 2000. Today, while Warner still owns home media rights to BBC Video, their logo has been replaced by the 2Entertain logo, except on ''Charlie and Lola''. In Australia, their videos were originally distributed by [[PolyGram Video (UK)|PolyGram Video]], before Roadshow Entertainment and [[ABC DVD|ABC Video]] (the Australian "ABC") took over in 1996. | ||
===1st Logo 1981-1988)=== | ===1st Logo (1981-1988)=== | ||
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'''Editor's Note:''' The logo is a favorite of many due to its really nice animation and catchy music, especially the 1984 music. | '''Editor's Note:''' The logo is a favorite of many due to its really nice animation and catchy music, especially the 1984 music. | ||
===2nd Logo 1988-1991)=== | ===2nd Logo (1988-1991)=== | ||
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===3rd Logo 1990-1997)=== | ===3rd Logo (1990-1997)=== | ||
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'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
*On the 1991 VHS tape ''Bottom Fluff'', a tape containing outtakes and unused footage from the sitcom Bottom, silhoutettes of the show's stars, Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmonson can be seen messing around at the bottom of the screen during the second half of the logo. | *On the 1991 VHS tape ''Bottom Fluff'', a tape containing outtakes and unused footage from the sitcom ''Bottom'', silhoutettes of the show's stars, Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmonson can be seen messing around at the bottom of the screen during the second half of the logo. | ||
*On the 1995 VHS release of the ''Doctor Who'' episode "The Five Doctors", the logo is snatched up by the Time Scoop (the device that kidnapped the Doctor's incarnations and his companions at the beginning of the story). | *On the 1995 VHS release of the ''Doctor Who'' episode "The Five Doctors", the logo is snatched up by the Time Scoop (the device that kidnapped the Doctor's incarnations and his companions at the beginning of the story). | ||
*Very early releases with this logo have the copyright disclaimer in a different font (e.g. Helvetica or Gill Sans). | *Very early releases with this logo have the copyright disclaimer in a different font (e.g. Helvetica or Gill Sans). | ||
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===4th Logo 1992-1997)=== | ===4th Logo (1992-1997)=== | ||
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===5th Logo October 1997-2009)=== | ===5th Logo October (1997-2009)=== | ||
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===6th Logo 2009- )=== | ===6th Logo (2009- )=== | ||
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'''Nicknames:''' "Flashing Box", "Colour Concentric", "Purple BBC" | '''Nicknames:''' "Flashing Box", "Colour Concentric", "Purple BBC" | ||
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===7th Logo 2017- )=== | ===7th Logo (2017- )=== | ||
<center><youtube height=270 width=480>IlaoRjD6S8Y</youtube></center> | <center><youtube height=270 width=480>IlaoRjD6S8Y</youtube></center> | ||
'''Logo:''' We see several white lines stretching and forming a star-like shape, then these separate (explode) and disappear, leaving some of the dots moving, while the BBC logo appears in the center. The dots disappear after a few seconds. | '''Logo:''' We see several white lines stretching and forming a star-like shape, then these separate (explode) and disappear, leaving some of the dots moving, while the BBC logo appears in the center. The dots disappear after a few seconds. | ||