On February 18, 1985, at 7pm, BBC1 unveiled a revolutionary new ident known as COW – Computer Originated World. Though originally slated for a January 1, 1985 debut, Michael Grade opted to postpone the launch to align with sweeping schedule modifications planned for the channel.
BBC1’s mirror globe had been a fixture since the advent of colour broadcasting. Over its fifteen-year tenure, television technology had progressed exponentially, rendering it the sole surviving mechanical symbol by 1982, one that required frequent recalibrations. Initiating the development of COW in 1983, the BBC marshalled an interdisciplinary team, comprising the Computer Graphics, Graphic Design, and Designs Departments. The COW emanated from a specialised black box housing multiple circuit boards, each responsible for one layer of animation – be it the BBC1 logo, the blue background, or other elements. Interestingly, the output maintained a 5:4 aspect ratio and was subsequently cropped for broadcast – a technique that predates the modern prevalence of cropping.
The end product was a visually stunning, three-dimensional revolving world, fully anti-aliased and so lifelike that it’s still hard to believe it wasn’t a physical model. Oliver Elmes, the creative mind behind the new graphics, had previously designed BBC2’s electronic ident six years earlier.
BBC1 COW Symbol Launch – February 18th 1985
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
18th February 1985
Views: 448
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
18th February 1985
Views: 2456
Likes: 6
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
18th February 1985
Views: 972
Likes: 4
Format: 4:3
BBC1 Continuity
New, it's not
Quality: ST
25th January 1985
Views: 429
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
19th February 1985
Views: 618
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
19th February 1985
Views: 468
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
20th February 1985
Views: 414
Likes: 4
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
21st February 1985
Views: 448
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
23rd February 1985
Views: 432
Likes: 4
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
25th February 1985
Views: 395
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
29th March 1985
Views: 610
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: LQ
31st March 1985
Views: 420
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
Peter Bolgar
Views: 78
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
9th April 1985
Views: 518
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
7th May 1985
Views: 474
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
9th May 1985
Views: 469
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
15th July 1985
Views: 124
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
30th July 1985
Views: 108
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
19th August 1985
Views: 450
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
22nd August 1985
Views: 570
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
24th August 1985
Views: 254
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
25th October 1985
Views: 428
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
Lorna Thomas
Views: 60
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
16th December 1985
Views: 321
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
23rd December 1985
Views: 500
Likes: 4
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
24th December 1985
Views: 641
Likes: 4
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
24th December 1985
Views: 281
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
24th December 1985
Views: 291
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
25th December 1985
Views: 380
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
circa December 1985
Views: 379
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
circa December 1985
Views: 284
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
circa December 1985
Views: 287
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
circa December 1985
Views: 228
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
1986
Views: 355
Likes: 4
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
2nd January 1986
Views: 228
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
11th February 1986
Views: 346
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
20th February 1986
Views: 170
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
17th March 1986
Views: 714
Likes: 4
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: LQ
30th March 1986
Views: 407
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
8th June 1986
Views: 583
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
26th August 1986
Views: 224
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
15th September 1986
Views: 137
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
28th September 1986
Views: 471
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
13th October 1986
Views: 500
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
circa December 1986
Views: 401
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
circa December 1986
Views: 230
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
circa December 1986
Views: 190
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
circa December 1986
Views: 239
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
circa December 1986
Views: 364
Likes: 4
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
circa December 1986
Views: 332
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
28th December 1986
Views: 249
Likes: 5
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
31st December 1986
Views: 77
Likes: 4
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
24th February 1987
Views: 98
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
9th March 1987
Views: 837
Likes: 4
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
7th May 1987
Views: 677
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
23rd May 1987
Views: 164
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
21st July 1987
Views: 403
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
5th August 1987
Views: 235
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
6th August 1987
Views: 443
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
26th August 1987
Views: 466
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
23rd October 1987
Views: 1484
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
8th December 1987
Views: 344
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
22nd December 1987
Views: 387
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
24th December 1987
Views: 337
Likes: 4
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
25th December 1987
Views: 347
Likes: 4
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
25th December 1987
Views: 199
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
25th December 1987
Views: 200
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
25th December 1987
Views: 185
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
25th December 1987
Views: 197
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1987
Views: 348
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
31st December 1987
Views: 416
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
16th April 1988
Views: 201
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
22nd April 1988
Views: 79
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
6th May 1988
Views: 372
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
24th December 1988
Views: 362
Likes: 4
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
24th December 1988
Views: 241
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
circa December 1988
Views: 288
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
circa December 1988
Views: 267
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
circa December 1988
Views: 200
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
26th December 1988
Views: 410
Likes: 4
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
1989
Views: 440
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
27th April 1989
Views: 261
Likes: 6
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
27th May 1989
Views: 210
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
13th August 1989
Views: 200
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
20th September 1989
Views: 167
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
10th November 1989
Views: 232
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
circa December 1989
Views: 426
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
circa December 1989
Views: 312
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
25th December 1989
Views: 450
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
26th December 1989
Views: 292
Likes: 4
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1990
Views: 425
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
1990
Views: 561
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1990
Views: 430
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
20th May 1990
Views: 193
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
24th June 1990
Views: 185
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
24th December 1990
Views: 353
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
24th December 1990
Views: 243
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
1st January 1991
Views: 165
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
1st January 1991
Views: 427
Likes: 4
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
4th January 1991
Views: 336
Likes: 5
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
15th February 1991
Views: 972
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
15th February 1991
Views: 1616
Likes: 7
Format: 4:3
BBC1 Special Idents
From this period, a collection of special idents created for BBC1.
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
1st February 1986
Views: 500
Likes: 4
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
27th November 1987
Views: 326
Likes: 13
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
3rd January 1988
Views: 398
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
5th February 1988
Views: 297
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
18th November 1988
Views: 317
Likes: 13
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
1989
Views: 257
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
17th November 1989
Views: 332
Likes: 13
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
Date unknown
Views: 161
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
Date unknown
Views: 134
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
Date unknown
Views: 71
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
Date unknown
Views: 168
Likes: 5
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
Date unknown
Views: 196
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
Date unknown
Views: 181
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
Date unknown
Views: 212
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
Date unknown
Views: 96
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
Date unknown
Views: 109
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
Date unknown
Views: 131
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
Date unknown
Views: 161
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
Date unknown
Views: 74
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
Date unknown
Views: 130
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
1985
Views: 132
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1985
Views: 189
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1985
Views: 173
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1985
Views: 167
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1985
Views: 184
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
1985
Views: 243
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
1985
Views: 203
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1985
Views: 171
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1985
Views: 154
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1985
Views: 145
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1985
Views: 88
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
1985
Views: 117
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1985
Views: 201
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1985
Views: 196
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1985
Views: 167
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
21st January 1985
Views: 17
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
8th February 1985
Views: 73
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
February 1985
Views: 86
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
February 1985
Views: 75
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
18th February 1985
Views: 30
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
18th February 1985
Views: 28
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
18th February 1985
Views: 199
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
18th February 1985
Views: 34
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
18th February 1985
Views: 72
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
19th February 1985
Views: 296
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
23rd February 1985
Views: 74
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
12th March 1985
Views: 12
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
11th May 1985
Views: 186
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
27th June 1985
Views: 69
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
12th July 1985
Views: 70
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
29th August 1985
Views: 128
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
1st September 1985
Views: 106
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
21st November 1985
Views: 59
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
22nd November 1985
Views: 276
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
23rd December 1985
Views: 48
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
26th December 1985
Views: 75
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
28th December 1985
Views: 165
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
28th December 1985
Views: 52
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
30th December 1985
Views: 26
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1986
Views: 188
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
1986
Views: 157
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1986
Views: 134
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1986
Views: 149
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1986
Views: 123
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1986
Views: 57
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1986
Views: 163
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1986
Views: 136
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1986
Views: 170
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
1986
Views: 180
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
1986
Views: 47
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1986
Views: 240
Likes: 4
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1986
Views: 235
Likes: 4
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1986
Views: 130
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1986
Views: 183
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
1986
Views: 131
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
1986
Views: 135
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
29th March 1986
Views: 41
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
10th April 1986
Views: 154
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
5th May 1986
Views: 19
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
23rd May 1986
Views: 30
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
18th August 1986
Views: 18
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
1st September 1986
Views: 13
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
4th September 1986
Views: 156
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
6th September 1986
Views: 11
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
8th September 1986
Views: 12
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
15th September 1986
Views: 15
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
29th September 1986
Views: 12
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
6th October 1986
Views: 12
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
13th October 1986
Views: 22
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
20th November 1986
Views: 57
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
25th December 1986
Views: 37
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
25th December 1986
Views: 48
Likes: 12
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
26th December 1986
Views: 93
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
1987
Views: 51
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1987
Views: 100
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1987
Views: 139
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1987
Views: 107
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
1987
Views: 129
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1987
Views: 121
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
1987
Views: 92
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1987
Views: 105
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
1987
Views: 184
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1987
Views: 138
Likes: 14
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1987
Views: 36
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1987
Views: 137
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1987
Views: 66
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1987
Views: 178
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1987
Views: 117
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
1987
Views: 155
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1987
Views: 145
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1987
Views: 121
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1987
Views: 80
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1987
Views: 118
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1987
Views: 220
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
6th January 1987
Views: 45
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
1st March 1987
Views: 14
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
23rd May 1987
Views: 67
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
15th June 1987
Views: 132
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
8th August 1987
Views: 315
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
28th August 1987
Views: 89
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
11th October 1987
Views: 58
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
21st December 1987
Views: 36
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
24th December 1987
Views: 162
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
25th December 1987
Views: 164
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1988
Views: 58
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1988
Views: 57
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
1988
Views: 249
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1988
Views: 120
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1988
Views: 153
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1988
Views: 210
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
1988
Views: 110
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
1988
Views: 134
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1988
Views: 97
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1988
Views: 52
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
1988
Views: 74
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
1988
Views: 193
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
3rd January 1988
Views: 69
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
15th January 1988
Views: 38
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
15th January 1988
Views: 133
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
18th January 1988
Views: 165
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
29th January 1988
Views: 41
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
8th March 1988
Views: 159
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
24th March 1988
Views: 127
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
23rd July 1988
Views: 27
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
18th August 1988
Views: 86
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
21st August 1988
Views: 36
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
28th August 1988
Views: 75
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
28th August 1988
Views: 77
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
15th November 1988
Views: 811
Likes: 5
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
18th November 1988
Views: 221
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
20th November 1988
Views: 127
Likes: 3
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
13th December 1988
Views: 134
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
26th December 1988
Views: 47
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
26th December 1988
Views: 27
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
1989
Views: 121
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1989
Views: 147
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
1989
Views: 187
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
1989
Views: 136
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
1989
Views: 127
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1989
Views: 114
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1989
Views: 138
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1989
Views: 79
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
1989
Views: 160
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1989
Views: 157
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
1989
Views: 127
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
1989
Views: 110
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
1989
Views: 150
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1989
Views: 165
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1989
Views: 186
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1989
Views: 141
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1989
Views: 152
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
8th January 1989
Views: 54
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
18th January 1989
Views: 26
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
27th January 1989
Views: 260
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
1st April 1989
Views: 144
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
6th April 1989
Views: 127
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
27th April 1989
Views: 155
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
6th October 1989
Views: 20
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1990
Views: 155
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1990
Views: 117
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
1990
Views: 98
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
1990
Views: 143
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1990
Views: 155
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1990
Views: 88
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1990
Views: 155
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1990
Views: 131
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
1990
Views: 120
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
3rd January 1990
Views: 20
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
10th June 1990
Views: 120
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
4th September 1990
Views: 13
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
24th December 1990
Views: 91
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
25th December 1990
Views: 136
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
25th December 1990
Views: 135
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
26th December 1990
Views: 141
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
26th December 1990
Views: 112
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
31st December 1990
Views: 168
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
1991
Views: 215
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
6th January 1991
Views: 169
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
7th January 1991
Views: 206
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
BBC1 Holding Slides
While BBC1 boldly embraced a computer-generated world image as its new hallmark, the programme slides continued to be optically generated for an additional three and a half years using 35mm slides. This new design marked a significant departure from its predecessors, featuring the BBC1 logo prominently displayed in an upright position on the left-hand side of the screen.
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
Date unknown
Views: 86
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
23rd February 1985
Views: 26
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
12th June 1985
Views: 29
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
1986
Views: 94
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
11th February 1986
Views: 60
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
22nd September 1986
Views: 22
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1987
Views: 51
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
19th May 1987
Views: 21
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
31st May 1987
Views: 23
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
5th July 1987
Views: 62
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
11th August 1987
Views: 59
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
22nd April 1988
Views: 21
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
24th May 1988
Views: 67
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
26th December 1988
Views: 21
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
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Going Live
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BBC2 Holding Slides
Promotional slides for BBC2 employed a distinctive ribbon design, which graced the channel from February 18, 1985, through to March 1986.
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1985
Views: 77
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
Designs on Britain
Bob Monkhouse show
The Cantor of St Thomas’s
News Review
The Group
40 Minutes
Pot Black 86
On Easter Monday of 1986, BBC Two unveiled a fresh aesthetic. In tandem with these changes, BBC1’s cross-promotional slides received an update, incorporating a white rendition of BBC Two’s signature “strip” design. The BBC Two slides were now electronic produced by an artist using a Quantel Paintbox.
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
25th December 1986
Views: 33
Likes: 1
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
26th December 1988
Views: 20
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
40 Minutes
Untitled
Bruce Forsyth And The Generation Game
Call My Bluff
Catchword
Championship Bowls
Cricket
Untitled
Dancemakers
Mission Imposible
Happy Familes
Fortunes Of War
The File on Thelma Jordan
German Festival
M*A*S*H
Madhur Jaffrey’s
Moonlighting
Untitled
The Money Programme
The Natural World
Untitled
Style Monsters
Only Two Can Play
Sign Of Disaster
Seventy Summers
Treasure Island
Waorani – The Last People
The Travel Show
One Man and his Dog
The Natural World
Screen Two
Newsnight
The Mistress
BBC Daytime holding slides used from 1987
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
25th January 1989
Views: 17
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
25th January 1989
Views: 28
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
BBC1 Day Time Holding Slide
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BBC1 Holding Slides 1988
In September 1988, another stylistic transformation took place. Holding slides were now created digitally on the Quantel Paintbox allowing lots of creative flair. The chosen typeface was Optima, a font also favoured by The Open University.
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
Date unknown
Views: 79
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
Date unknown
Views: 58
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
27th March 1989
Views: 120
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
7th October 1989
Views: 26
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
18th October 1989
Views: 52
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
9th December 1989
Views: 23
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
3rd January 1990
Views: 20
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
Khartoum
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Playbus Holding Slide
Holding Slide
Royal Variety Peformance Slide
CBBC Slide
25 years of TOTP
Gardeners’ Direct Line Slide
The Last Run Slide
Crimewatch Slide
Six O’clock News Slide
Grandstand Slide
Heart Of The Matter Slide
Tomorrow’s World Slide
BBC1 Miscellaneous Items
New, it's not
Quality: ST
4th January 1986
Views: 279
Likes: 2
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
1987
Views: 199
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1987
Views: 173
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
11th August 1987
Views: 149
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: HQ
20th January 1988
Views: 175
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3
New, it's not
Quality: ST
1st November 1989
Views: 328
Likes: 0
Format: 4:3