'''Variants:'''
*The amount of time between the words finishing drawing in and the parallelograms stopping may vary.
*On ''<u>101 Great Goals</u>'', the logo is superimposed onto a football match. At the end, a still of the normal opening logo with a copyright stamp is used.
*On <u>widescreen releases</u>, the words "'''This is a wide screen film'''" fade in shortly before the star stops shining.
*The copyright date (in Roman numerals) may be in a different font other than Futura. It also appears that the 1981 and sometimes 1982 versions are the only ones that appear to be "natural" as the rest appear with some kind of video effect.
*Starting in 1985, a <u>shadow effect</u> was added while the star is being drawn away.
*On a small number of tapes, such as ''Wildlife Specials'', the 1988 UK VHS release of ''The Young Ones'', as well as ''Dad's Army'' tapes from the era, it cuts to the copyright notice whereas the whole thing is silent.
*On ''<u>Watch With Mother</u>'', the logo turns {{color|grey}}-scale when the "V" comes in; the closing starts in grey-scale but turns into colour before the text is drawn away. Another version of this exists where it fades to the B&W effect as well on some other releases.
*On a <u>promo variant</u>, the logo seems to fly backwards as it finishes.
*On a trailer/promo VHS, we see the regular logo for a few seconds until we cut to a black background with a {{color|deepskyblue|blue}} book sideways with the print logo of the time. In the bottom (or in the end of the tape, the top), we see "{{color|gold|NEW VIDEO TASTIES}}" in {{color|gold|yellow}}. The closing logo starts when the text is drawn away, and the copyright date uses a 1982 version at its base, with an extra "I" added to the end of the copyright date to read instead as "MCMLXXXIII", and it fades out.
*On <u>rock concert</u> releases, we see the text "ROCK FLASHBACK" appear in black, with a white outline. Another version has this in an {{color|orange}} Revue font with a {{color|gold|yellow}} outline. The latter variant has an extra copyright added reading "Original recording © Deep Purple MCMLXXIV" below the normal copyright in a Helvetica font.
*A <u>shortened version</u> of the closing variant exists, starting from the small light flashing.
*On <u>most U.S. video releases</u> distributed by CBS/Fox Video or [[Playhouse Video]], the copyright disclaimer in the closing version is blacked out due to legal reasons.
'''Technique:''' Advanced Scanimation.
* On the ''Mister Smith's Garden'' trilogy, an extended version of the first track plays.
* On ''The Queen's Birthday Parade'', the end theme to the feature (a marching band) plays instead. The opening uses the first track.
* On ''<u>Watch with Mother</u>'', a music-box tune plays at the beginning and end.
* On the closing variant for ''Col. Culpeper's Flying Circus'', it's silent.
'''Variants:'''
*On <u>Australian releases</u>, the tape's OFLC rating certificate appears in place of the copyright info.
*Starting in late 1990, the copyright text is in a different font other than ITC Avant Garde Gothic.
*A rare <u>extended variant</u> was seen on some UK VHS releases, in which the globe turns for longer.
*On <u>BBC Video World tapes</u>, the warning text has a different layout, and the "BBC Video" text is replaced with "BBC Video World".
*On certain UK VHS releases such as ''Bill & Ben Flower Pot Men'', as the text finishes sparkling, it would cut to a promo card.
'''Music/Sounds Variants:'''
*The closing variant could rarely have the music from the 1984-1988 version of the 1st logo.
*A <u>stereo mix</u> version exists, but is rarely used. This version has been spotted on ''Blackadder Goes Forth'' as well as some 1990-1991 UK VHS tapes, including ''Fireman Sam 5: Norman's Pitfall,'' ''Fireman Sam 6: All in a Good Cause'' and ''Pingu: Barrel of Fun'', respectively.
*On some UK VHS releases such as ''Captain Pugwash: Seafaring Tales'' and the 1988 UK VHS release of ''Postman Pat's Big Video'', among others, the music would continue playing throughout the tape's title card.
'''Variants:'''
*On the 1996 UK VHS release of ''<u>Bottom Fluff</u>'', a tape containing outtakes and unused footage from the sitcom ''Bottom'', silhouettes of the show's stars, Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmonson can be seen messing around at the bottom of the screen during the second half of the logo.
*On the 1995 UK VHS release of the ''Doctor Who'' episode "<u>The Five Doctors</u>", the logo is snatched up by the Time Scoop (the device that kidnapped the Doctor's incarnations and his companions at the beginning of the story).
*Early releases with this logo have the copyright disclaimer in a different font (e.g. Helvetica or Gill Sans).
*Starting in mid-1997, the closing variant has a <u>different caption</u>, saying "Distributed under licence by BBC Worldwide Ltd." and underneath there is an copyright date saying "© BBC (in its print logo) (year in Roman numerals)".
*On ''They Think It's All Over: No Holds Barred'', the closing logo had a different copyright notice reading:
*A low tone version of the music exists. On this version, the music comes in when the {{color|#00AF00|green}} and {{color|blue}} streaks merge.
*On the "Five Doctors" variant, a spinning whirl sound is heard when the Time Scoop steals the BBC logo.
*At the start and end of the 1997 UK VHS release of ''<u>Diana: A Celebration</u>'' (one of the last tapes to use this logo), it is completely silent, which is likely to pay respect to Princess Diana, who died a few weeks prior. This also occurs with ''Poldark Series 1 Volume 1''.
**This also happens at the end of the former's USA VHS release due to the next logo appearing at the start instead.
*On some re-releases (mainly from those that originally contained the 1984 version of the 1980 logo) such as the 1994 UK VHS re-release of ''Arsenal 1886-1986'', if you listen very closely, you might hear the 1984 music from the 1980 logo playing faintly over the logo and warning screen, due to poor plastering.
'''Music/Sounds:''' Same as the previous logo.
'''Music/Sounds Variant:''' At the start of the US VHS release version of ''<u>Diana: A Celebration</u>'', it is completely silent.
'''Availability:''' Rare.
'''Variants:'''
* Sometimes, the logo can be in <u>widescreen</u>; also, the ribbons move differently. This is mostly seen on DVDs of shows with the widescreen format.
* An extremely rare <u>Italian variant</u> (presumably a prototype) exists, where the ribbon is thicker and only moves a little bit before looping. The background is also black and the BBC logo is slightly different, with shorter squares and black text.
* On ''<u>The Best of BBC Comedy</u>'', the text "BBC Worldwide & The Sunday People Present The BBC Comedy Collection" appears on the background in Gill Sans. BBC Worldwide and The Sunday People have their logos represented instead, and they, along with "BBC Comedy Collection" are much larger.
** At the end of the tape, we see a line-up of BBC Comedy videos of the time being shown on the animated ribbons background. After a while, the line-up fades over to the closing version of the BBC Video ident.
* Sometimes around 2004, the BBC copyright stamp doesn't have "BBC" in its print logo anymore.
* There is a <u>slightly altered variant</u> where the ribbons are further away; this can be seen on {{color|blue}} and black backgrounds.
* On the Polish VHS release of ''<u>The Incredible Adventures of Wallace & Gromit</u>'', the logo is shortened so that only the remaining animation (with the BBC logo) is shown. At the end of the tape, the logo is static.
* On a promo for ''Walking with Dinosaurs'', found on the US VHS release of ''Lake Placid'', a <u>rare variant</u> appears with "VIDEO" written below the logo.
'''Technique:''' Computer animation, quite modern for the time.
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