Eldorado (BBC soap 1992-93) titles/credits

I don't normally do this kind of thing, but I created these mocks for a Facebook group for fans of the short-lived BBC soap opera Eldorado. On the group we constantly mourn the show's passing and wonder what it would be like if it were still around today, or if it were to be recommissioned.

I was quite pleased with how my mocks turned out, so thought I'd share them on here.

Here are the original 1992 graphics:



I've tried to take into account how the EastEnders titles have evolved, whilst always staying true to the originals, over the course of several decades.

I always thought the original logo looked a bit "clunky" and some of the polygons just looked a bit wrong, somehow. By redrawing the logo with slight tweaks and using it in outline form, it seems to work far better.

I've kept the original Optima font for the credits for the sake of provenance, and because I can't see a good reason to change it.

One thing I would suggest is using Reith instead of Gill Sans in the copyright text. Apart from that though, a great effort bringing the titles into the modern day.

I see BBC Breakfast used your mock this morning!

No, that's slightly different. The sun is in the center and said sun is yellow, not white. Sorry.

The logo itself is the one I recreated - they wanted to use a background they created themselves but asked me if they could use the logo I did, so I supplied it to them as a PNG on a transparent background.

Just curious, did they contact you on here or somewhere else?

They contacted me on the Facebook group that I originally created them for - www.facebook.com/groups/return.to.eldorado/

Anyone interested in the show is more than welcome to join. Some of the members are former cast and crew. In the last couple of weeks there have been interviews with 4 cast members and an urbex-type video of the set, going inside the bar, shops, restaurant, characters' villas, etc.

So does the BBC STILL own the backlot set even to this day?

No the whole complex was sold off.

I do like this and is a great way to modernise the look and feel.

Just one question though, did you try any other fonts for the logo? It does look a lot better how you've used the outline version of the font, but the font as a whole isn't a nice font and still looks quite old fashioned, just wondering what it looks like with other potential fonts or did nothing else seem to suit?

EastEnders' font is old fashioned too - would you change that?

Isn't the Eastenders font Times New Roman?