*On widescreen releases, 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.
*StartingOn inlater 1985tapes, the closing logo has a shadow effect was added whilewhen the star is being drawn away. This was originally used during 1983 and early-1984 before becoming permanent in 1985.
*On some tapes, the closing logo is shortened, starting from when the copyright disclaimer fades in.
*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 ''Watch With Mother'', 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]],{{AvailabilityExamples}} the copyright disclaimer in the closing version is blacked out due to legal reasons.
* On ''The Queen's Birthday Parade'', the end theme to the feature (a marching band) plays instead. The opening uses the first track.
* On ''Watch with Mother'', a music-box tune plays at the beginning and end.
* On the shortened closing variant for ''Col. Culpeper's Flying Circus'', it's silent.
'''Availability:''' Seen on BBC-owned releases during the time-period until October 1988.
** Strangely, the 5th closing variant also made a surprise appearance on early Netflix prints of the BBC version of ''The Secret Garden'', possibly due to using an old video master; however, it was then taken out of later Netflix prints with the 2009 logo appearing at the start of the programme instead.
** It also appears on early releases of Series 1 of ''Last of the Summer Wine'', including the first DVD releases (which have the episodes as compilation films for some reason).
** The shortened closing variant canwas beseen spotted aton the end of the1981 UK VHS release of ''Col. Culpeper's Flying Circus,'' the 1987-88 ''BBC Wildlife Specials'' releases, both 1987 ''Dad's Army'' releases (''Asleep in the Deep'' and ''The Day the Balloon Went Up''), and the 1988 UK VHS release of ''The Young Ones - Oil, Boring, Flood''.
** This logo was used concurrently with the next one from June to October 1988.
** It also appears on the 1987 UK VHS release of ''Jimbo and the Jet-Set 1'' and the 1988 UK VHS releases of ''Fireman Sam: The Hero Next Door'' and ''Fireman Sam 2: Lost Cat'', respectively.
'''Technique:''' CGI.
'''Audio:''' CalmAn ominous sounding bass drone which builds into a calm synth musictune with tribal beats. For the closing version, each section of the opening logo's music plays in reverse order. The music samples "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" by Isao Tomita while the beginning may also sound like the song "Hallelujah" by "Enigma".
'''Audio Variants:'''
* On ''The Best of BBC Comedy'', 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.
* SometimesStarting aroundin 20042001 on widescreen releases, the BBC copyright stamp doesn't have "BBC" in its print logo anymore.
* There is a slightly altered variant 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.
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