BBC Two 50th Year Presentation

Don't worry must viewer don't care.

Agreed. The reason given undervalues the scope of moods the set was intended to encompass (which continued right through to the final additions).


Because the 2 doesn't move around the screen enough. *sigh*

Can't wait for someone important to die and BBC 2 being introduced by a static....er...woodpecker?

Confident they'll have a contingency in place.

I still don't like the box in the corner, regardless of whether it says "BBC TWO" or "50 Years". It makes me long for the 1997 to 2000 days when the logo was centralised on all BBC channels, didn't vary in font or colour and was big enough to read properly!

I was, yes thanks!

Why does the 2 have to move so much to be credible? Has our attention span gotten so bad this century? It's a nonsense qualifier to me.

*saves to Clarity*

Adding something like Powder to the set would help a lot (the 2 does all of the moving, although I guess it might look ropey in HD) as something to use to go into more serious programmes. Are they using Swan into Newsnight generally?

I think they often use Paint Pot into Newsnight.

Do they have original film that they can go back to for any of these idents or was tape used for any/all of them?

Even if the film exists transferring it won't be cheap. They're doing this on the cheap so I don't see that being an option.

The original ones like powder are dated though. The ones they are using are more in keeping with where the channel is right now.