Channel 4: Difference between revisions

|Cfour4.jpeg|1st ID (2 November 1982-10 October 1996)

|Cfour29.jpeg|2nd ID (11 October 1996-1 April 1999)

|Cfour34.jpeg|3rd ID (2 April 1999-30 December 2004)

|Cfour52.jpeg|4th ID (31 December 2004-28 September 2015)

||5th ID (29 September 2015-30 October 2017)

|C4-2016-ID-GRANDPRIX-1-A.jpg|6th ID (29 September 2015-29 April 2023)

|C4-2017-ID-KICKABOUT-1-3.jpg|7th ID (31 October 2017-14 June 2023)

|C4-2023-ID-MULTICOLORED2.png|8th ID (2 November 2022-)

||9th ID (14 June 2023-)

|Unused Idents|

===1st ID (2 November 1982-10 October 1996)===

*Station ID: Eight blocks of different sizes but matching colours: {{color|dodgerblue|blue}}, {{color|mediumvioletred|purple}}, {{color|gold|yellow}} and {{color|lime|green}}, with a single {{color|red}} bar, form the number "'''4'''" on a black background. There are several animations on how this happens:

**Round And Back: The logo, already formed, spins around, the blocks, in turn, spinning before setting back into place.  

**Space Squad: Hundreds of multicoloured blocks fly in from the right side of the screen, flying past the camera in some cases. The camera shifts around to reveal the blocks forming the logo.

**Starting in July 1994, the clock was given a hazy {{color|grey}} ring around the hour hands, and the logo is also pushed further into the corner as well.

* At the time, "Fourscore" was the shortest musical piece to be copyrighted, and a full version, originally played on launch day, was released as a single on vinyl records. The album's reverse side also featured a calmer, synthesized version of the jingle (not related in any way to the 1992 version), also composed by David Dundas, called "Fourscore II". This version was used to accompany stills where there was a technical fault and was also used to fill up the time allotted for commercial breaks if a region's ITV franchise had not sold enough commercials to fill the timeslot.

* During the 1980s, back when there were no rules about advertising tobacco products on TV in the UK, an advert for Hamlet's cigars aired that was a parody of the 4 ident, though it was still produced and animated by the same company behind the standard logo.

* This ident was also reused on 28 December 2020 as a tribute to Martin Lambie-Nairn, who had died on Christmas Day.

* Similar to the above, the ident was also reused (specifically the "Round And Back" variant, though it slowly zooms in as well) throughout the day on 22 January 2021, alongside other '80s era presentation animations, to promote the show ''It's A Sin''. The on-screen bug and break bumpers seen during shows were also modified to show this logo's colours.

* These logos had unique variations for certain programmes, such as American football (the blocks forming an American football player wearing a helmet) and ''Football Italia'' (a football strikes the formed logo, turning it into the colours of the Italian flag).

* 2 November 1982-1 November 1992: A bombastic four-note fanfare called "Fourscore" composed by David Dundas, who also composed the regional ident music for ITV. Various versions of the jingle were used. The still version was silent aside from the continuity announcer.

* 2 November 1992-10 October 1996: A new fanfare was introduced, based on the original one. It would feature various reprises of the same basic tune, usually accompanied by four chimes, and also features a loud gong at the end. This version was brought in to replace the original jingle, as it was costing the channel too much to keep in use - David Dundas was paid £3.50 every time the original jingle was used, amounting to him earning around £1000 a week.

* It partially returned for Channel 4's 25th birthday in 2007, on some adverts on C4 and its sister channel E4 as well.

* The clock as a whole was used from 1982-1994, but also reappeared on 22 January 2021, for ''It's A Sin''.

===2nd ID (11 October 1996-1 April 1999)===

===3rd ID (2 April 1999-30 December 2004)===

* January 2002-30 December 2004: Another ident set created by Spin. This time the animation was focused on different ambiances, rather than just the rectangles. The Channel 4 logo still has different ways to appear. Starting in May 2002, the Channel 4 URL "channel4.com" is added below the logo.

* January 2002-30 December 2004: Different sort of synth tunes.

===4th ID (31 December 2004-28 September 2015)===

* ''Bowls'': There is a group of people playing lawn bowls outside as hedges in the shape of the Channel 4 logo parts fly around. Most of them don't notice, but one elderly lady on a bench turns around to see the sights in front of her. The Channel 4 logo is briefly made out of the shadows of the levitating hedges. This ident was often used to introduce live cricket coverage live tests and highlights. There is also a shorter version of this ident, which was only shown before a ''Deal or No Deal'' episode aired on 21 September 2009.

===5th ID (29 September 2015-30 October 2017)===

===6th ID (29 September 2015-29 April 2023)===

* A ''Simpsons'' variant is aired before episodes of ''The Simpsons'', although not all the time. In this one, the blocks, all coloured {{color|gold|yellow}}, keep moving toward different parts of the {{color|blue}} background, along with a pair of circular shapes resembling eyes with small black pupils. Although new bumpers were introduced on 19 June 2017, this one is still used in one way or another, either still being used before an episode, or as a bumper between episodes.

* Beginning on 19 June 2017, all new break bumpers were made, this time actually showing the logo being formed in some matter before being thrown about.

* In the event of a death in the Royal Family or other emergency matters, a more somber, all-{{color|grey}} bumper will be used instead. The background has a unique shimmer to it as the blocks silently move slightly in the lower-right corner.

===7th ID (31 October 2017-14 June 2023)===

===8th ID (2 November 2022-)===

* On 3 May 2023<ref>https://www.tvhome.co.uk/idents/channel-4/modern-britain/multicoloured-2</ref>, to help promote the Channel 4 corporate rebrand, the ident was updated to feature a more dramatic jingle, different soundscape, and replaced the white Channel 4 logo with a neon {{Color|green}} logo.

* On 7 May 2023<ref>https://www.tvhome.co.uk/idents/channel-4/giant/streaming-service</ref>, a new ident was created to promote the Channel 4 streaming service. This ident opens with a living room containing a television displaying a home screen reminiscent of the Apple TV home screen. After the Channel 4 app is opened, a collage of shows available on the streaming service is panned around the screen.

===9th ID (14 June 2023-)===

*Like before, these are also the first idents since 2004 to feature the full "4" logo for longer than a split second.

==Unused Idents==

'''Availability:''' It was never transmitted on the main channel, as it would still use the 1982 ident.