BBC Productions

Background

BBC Productions is the production arm of BBC.

1st Logo (1960-1972, October 12, 1987-1990)

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Logo: Superimposed into the end credits is the BBC logo at the time with "tv" in a wide white rhombus underneath the producer/director's credit.

Variants:

• On one show, the notice in red appears on a card.
• An on-screen variant of this logo has it black on a brink pink background.
• A promotions variant has "A" next to the logo and "PROMOTIONS RELEASE" underneath.
• On An Evening With Nat King Cole, the logo appears scrolling across the screen alongside the end credits.
• On Going for Gold, the logo appears at the top of the screen and is in gold.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the show.

Availability: Extremely rare, due to the BBC's infamous practice of taping over its old tapes. Like many in-credit notices, it is seen at the end of BBC-produced shows from this period such as the original Doctor Who series and Steptoe and Son. It made a return on the game show Going for Gold and was used for its first three series before replacing it with the 4th logo beginning series 4.

2nd Logo (Late 1960s?)

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Logo: TBA.

Variant: On The Epic That Never Was, the BBC text appears to be more blocky and thicker.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the show.

Availability: Ultra rare. It was so far spotted on a few programs, which includes Steptoe and Son and The Epic That Never Was.

3rd Logo (1971-1990)

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Logo: The BBC logo appears within a copyright notice with the copyright symbol to the left and the year in roman numerals to the right.

Variants:

• On color programs, "COLOUR" would be added next to the BBC logo.
  • On The Fight Against Slavery, the logo is in a sand color and the copyright info is separate from the logo itself.
    • Fawlty Towers would have this variant in yellow.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the show.

Availability: Rare. As with the 1st logo, it is seen on shows produced by the BBC during this period such as series 1-3 of The Rock 'n' Roll Years.

3rd Logo (1974)

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Logo: Just some simple text saying "A BBC/WGBH Co-production".

FX/SFX: None, unless you count the fade-out.

Music/Sounds: The closing theme for the program.

Availability: It was only seen on the Horizon/Nova episode "Fusion: The Energy Promise" which can be seen here.

Editor's Note: None.

4th Logo (1990-1997)

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Logo: Basically an in-credit notice containing the 1986 BBC logo and the copyright info below, structured the same way as the 3rd logo.

Variants:

• Sometimes, only the copyright notice would be included.
  • On Bottom, the copyright symbol and the logo appears to be drawn with the whole notice in black. The logo becomes inverted when the silhouette of a man overlaps with it.
• A variant exists where the notice simply consists of an outline of the logo with no fill, which can be seen alongside the Tiger Aspect Productions logo.
  • Within the same Tiger Aspect logo, one variant has the logo with a black fill. This was seen on a 1997 Oregon Public Broadcasting airing of The Thin Blue Line episode "Road Rage".
• On Sister Wendy's Odyssey, the logo has an outline.
• On Birds of a Feather, the logo (excluding the copyright notice) is colored blue.
• On The Electronic Frontier, the notice is gold.
• On Through African Eyes, the logo is in a british tan color. The BBC logo can also be seen above the text reading "A BBC/RM Arts co-production".
• On Great Railway Journeys, the text "FOR BBC TELEVISION" is within the Triple Echo Productions logo and the PBS notice. The copyright also adds "NORTH" after the BBC logo.
• On The Peacock Spring, appearing before the BBC logo is Zed Ltd's notice, reading "A ZED Ltd production for"
• On In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great, the logo appears side by side with the Maryland Public Television print logo. "British Broadcasting Corporation" is also placed above the logo.
• On Spanish prints of Season 1 of Teletubbies, the words "Una produccion de Ragdoll para" precede the notice with the logo also in the same row as "para".
• On Men Behaving Badly, this logo appears as a byline for the Hartswood Films logo. Since said logo is colored green, so is the BBC notice. The top text also reads "FOR BBC TELEVISION".

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the show.

Availability: Fairly common. This is still saved on many shows from the period.

• Shows that have the logo superimposed into the credits includes series 4 of The Rock 'n' Roll Years.
• The version with just the copyright notice can be seen on the original Absolutely Fabulous series and Bottom, among others.

5th Logo (October 4, 1997- )

Main Logos

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Superimposed in-credit variants

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In-Logo Variants

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Logo: The notice now includes the 1997 logo, consisting of three normal white squares with the company's name in Gill Sans. Text may appear on top of the logo, reading "FOR", "FOR BBC", or "PRODUCTION FOR".

Variants:

• Several shows may lack a top text for the notice.
• The font of the text may vary on several shows.
• Some shows would have "In association with" above the BBC notice.
• Sometimes, the BBC notice simply appears before the other co-producer fades in.
  • Shows such as A Very British Scandal would add the BBC name next to the "IAW" notice.
• On The Crimson Petal and the White, the top text reads "A Co-Production for".
• On one show, "Television" is placed underneath the logo.
• Several shows would have the
• On Vexed, "A Greenlit Rights Production" is added on top of "for BBC".
• Early variants of the copyright notice is similar to the one from last time but with the BBC logo at the time after the copyright symbol.
  • Later Season 1 episodes of Teletubbies has the copyright's font exactly like the one from before. Beginning around the middle of Season 2, the copyright font uses the font used by the 1997 logo.
  • Original PBS airings of Teletubbies season 1 would have the BBC copyright notice shared with Ragdoll's
• Much like the previous logos, the logo may only be included in the copyright info.
• The website link would change depending on the show or genre. For example, on Teletubbies, the website link includes said show's name after the slash.
• Sometimes, the notice would appear within other logos.
  • On early PBS airings of Teletubbies seasons 3 and 4, the logo is to the right of the Ragdoll logo.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the show.

Availability: Ultra common. This might be one of the most common in-credit notices ever thanks to its long lifespan of over 20 years and an abundance of shows produced for the BBC.

• The variant with just the BBC logo can be seen on both the UK and US versiosn of The Weakest Link, original airings of older episodes of Dog Eat Dog, Under The Wire, Korea: The Never Ending War, and the beginning of The A List.
• The last-scene credits variant is usually seen on PBS co-productions such as The Amazing Human Body, Great Performances: The Hollow Crown, and The Rockies: Kingdoms of the Sky.

6th Logo (2004-2010s)

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Logo: TBA.

Variants: TBA.

FX/SFX: TBA.

Music/Sounds: TBA.

Availability: Uncommon. Seen on some shows such as North & South

7th Logo (2009-2015)

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Logo: TBA.

Variants:

• Starting in 2014, "PRODUCTIONS" is removed.

FX/SFX: TBA.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the show.

Availability: TBA.

8th Logo (2013)

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Logo: TBA.

FX/SFX: TBA.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the show.

Availability: Rare. Only seen on Tales from the Royal Bedchamber.

9th Logo (2018)

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Logo: Just the 1997 BBC logo slowly zooming in on a black background.

FX/SFX: The logo slowly zooming in.

Music/Sounds: The opening theme of the show.

Availability: Seen on Under The Wire.

10th Logo (October 31, 2021- )

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Logo: TBA.

Variants: TBA.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the show.

Availability: Brand new.