*On ''101 Great Goals'', 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 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 sometimes 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.
*On later tapesVHS releases, the closing logo has a shadow effect added when the star is being drawn away. This was originally used during 1983 and early-1984 before becoming permanent in 1985.
*On some tapesVHS releases, the closing logo is shortened, starting from when the copyright disclaimer fades in.
*On the 1987 UK VHS release of ''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, the regular logo is seen for a few seconds until it cuts to a black background with a {{color|deepskyblue|blue}} book sideways with the print logo of the time. At the bottom (or in the end of the tape, the top), "{{color|gold|NEW VIDEO TASTIES}}" is seen 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, the text "ROCK FLASHBACK" appears 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.
*On <u>most U.S. videoVHS 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.
'''Technique:''' Advanced backlit animation.
* On the shortened closing variant, the logo is silent.
'''Availability:''' SeenAppears on BBC-owned releases during the time-period until October 1988.
* '''Original Tracks''': All of these tracks appeared on a majority of Laserdiscs released by BBC Video and very early pre-cert VHS releases.
** First Track: ''Mister Smith's Vegetable Garden'', ''Mister Smith's Flower Garden'', ''Mister Smith's Indoor Garden'', ''Great Railways 1: Flying Scotsman'' (opening only), ''Sea Power'', ''The Queen's Birthday Parade'' (opening only), ''Little Nezha Fights Great Dragon Kings'', ''Snooker Century Breakers'', ''The People's Champion'', ''Botham's Ashes'', ''The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin 1'', ''Fundamental Frolics'', ''The Good Life'', ''Deep Purple: California Jam - Rock Flashback'', ''Animal Magic Presents Keeper Johnny Morris'', ''Play Golf with Peter Alliss'', ''Harry Carpenter's Videobook of Sport: Volume 1'', ''The Goodies and the Beanstalk'', ''The Gillette London Marathon'',
** Third Track: ''The Story of British Furniture'', ''Delia Smith's Home Baking'', ''Treasures Of The British Crown'', ''Lyn Marshall's Everyday Yoga'', ''All Creatures Great and Small'', ''High Noon'', ''Sky at Westminster Abbey'',
** Fourth Track: ''The BBC Videobook of British Garden Birds'', ''Falklands - Task Force South'', ''Open All Hours'', ''Abigail's Party'', ''Great Railways: Flying Scotsman'' (closing only)
* '''1984-1988 Track''': Appeared on releases from the company after replacing the original marching band tracks up until 1988. Some later reissues of tapesVHS releases (such as the 1993 UK VHS re-release of ''Animal Farm'' (1954) and the 1994 UK VHS re-release of ''Arsenal 1886-1986'', among others) from this era may plaster this with the 3rd logo instead while still keeping the 1984 track (which is faintly heard over the 3rd logo and it's warning screens due to poor plastering).
** It appears on the original ''Fawlty Towers'' tapesVHS releases, and the three ''Postman Pat'' 1986 VHS releases too.
** The opening and closing logos appear on the 1986 Playhouse Video issues of the BBC Video release of ''Doctor Who''.
** Strangely, the 5th closing variant also appeared 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.
*An extended variant exists, which appears on some UK VHS releases, in which the globe turns for longer.
*A shortened version of the closing variant also exists, which only has the ending part with the copyright text over the map (similar to the previous logo's short closing variant).
*On <u>BBC Video World tapesVHS releases</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.#
*On the 1989 UK VHS re-release of ''The Magic Roundabout'', the closing variant briefly flashes back on screen after it fades to black before fading to the copyright warning.
'''Variants:'''
*On the 1996 UK VHS release of ''Bottom Fluff'', a tape containingwhich contains 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 sayingreading "© BBC (in its 1988 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:
'''Technique:''' Simple CGI.
'''Audio:''' A sombre 9nine-note piano piece, followed by the sound of a choir holding the final note. This was composed on a Korg M1 synthesiser.
'''Audio Variants:'''
*Sometimes, the thememusic is extended.
*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 1988 BBC logo.
*At the start and end of the 1997 UK VHS release of ''Diana: A Celebration'' (one of the last tapesVHS releases 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 the 1993 UK VHS release of ''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 1993 UK VHS re-release of ''Animal Farm'' (1954) and the 1994 UK VHS re-release of ''Arsenal 1886-1986'', among others, the 1984 music from the 1980 logo can be faintly heard playing over the logo and warning screen, due to poor plastering.
'''Availability:''' Appears on some BBC programmes on UK VHS releases from the time-period until 1997, like Series 1 of ''Yes Prime Minister'', ''Postman Pat'', ''Fireman Sam'', ''Pingu'', ''Noddy's Toyland Adventures'', and ''The Animals of Farthing Wood'', among many others.
*The ''Doctor Who'' variant is also included on the 2008 DVD release of "The Five Doctors", not as the opening logo, but as an Easter egg. To find it, go to "Special Features" on Disc 2, then highlight "Nationwide" and go left.
*This logo is also intact on the DVD release of ''Wallace and Gromit in Three Grand Adventures'' from [[DreamWorks Home Entertainment]] (around 2004, but does not seenappear on the later HiT Entertainment reprint thereof).
*This also appears on former Netflix prints of ''A Blackadder Christmas Carol'', possibly due to using a video master; presumably, it also appeared on PBS broadcasts of the same, as the CBS/Fox release followed this with the 1991 [[Lionheart Television|BBC Lionheart Television]] logo.
*It can also sometimes plaster previous logos on re-releases, and is seen on all ''Pingu'' VHS releases at the time in the UK (''Barrel of Fun'' used the last logo though, although a rare print contains this logo instead which also exists).
**However, the next logo appears instead at the beginning of the latter.
*This logo also appears on the 1993 UK VHS release of ''The Very Best of the Clangers'', the 1994 UK VHS releases of ''The Little Polar Bear: The Ice Floe'', ''Blinky Bill: The Movie'', ''The Very Best of Fireman Sam 2'' and ''BBC Children's Christmas Cracker'', the 1995 UK VHS releases of ''Felix the Cat: The Leprechaun King',' ''The New Adventures of Skippy'', and ''William's Wish Wellingtons: William and Barksure'', and the 1997 UK VHS releases of ''Dino Babies: When Dinos Soar'', ''Teletubbies: Here Come The Teletubbies'', ''Teletubbies: Dance with The Teletubbies'', ''Toybox 1'' and ''Toybox 2'', respectively, among many others.
*So far, the only known appearance of this logo on DVD during its lifespan was at the end of a UK promotional DVD release for ''Wallace and Gromit: A Close Shave'', released by Panasonic in June 1997, most likely usingreusing the original 1995 video master.
*In the logo's final month, it was used in tandem with the 5th one.
*It was also used in tandem with the next one on North American tapesVHS releases, with North American tapesVHS releases using this at the end of tapesVHS releases that have the next one at the start.
'''Legacy:''' This logo is rather infamous among the logo community for its nature, its piano piece and its limited animation. The ''Doctor Who'' variant is also infamous for its appearance of the Time Scoop and sounds.
'''Audio:''' Same as the previous logo.
'''Audio Variant:''' At the start of the U.S. VHS release version of ''Diana: A Celebration'', itthe logo is completely silent.
'''Availability:''' It appears at the beginning of some CBS/Fox and Fox Video North American home video releases of BBC programmes (with the closing variant of the previous logo appearing at the end), such as ''Absolutely Fabulous''.
*The only known UK VHS release to use this logo was of ''Red Dwarf V''.
*In the logo's final months, it was used in tandem with the next one.
*One of the last tapesVHS releases to contain this logo was volume 3 of ''To the Manor Born''.
*This logo is also retained on the ''Wallace and Gromit'' short "A Close Shave" on the 1999 U.S. DVD release of ''Wallace and Gromit: The First Three Adventures'', likely because a VHS master print was usedreused.
===5th Logo (November 3, 1997-2009)===
* An <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 1997 BBC logo is slightly different, with shorter squares and black text.
* 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 also much larger.
** At the end of the tapeUK VHS release, a line-up of BBC Comedy videos of the time is shown on the animated ribbons background. After a while, the line-up fades over to the closing version of the BBC Video ident.
* Starting in 2001 on widescreen releases, the BBC copyright stamp doesn't have "BBC" in its print logo anymore.
* There is aA slightly altered variant exists, 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 1997 BBC logo) is shown. At the end of the tapeVHS release, the logo is staticstill.
* On a promo for ''Walking with Dinosaurs'', foundwhich appears on the U.S. VHS release of ''Lake Placid'', a <u>rare variant</u> appears with "VIDEO" written below the logo.
'''Technique:''' Computer animation.
* On ''The Best of BBC Comedy'' variant, an announcer says "You're watching The Best of BBC Comedy, a hilarious compilation prepared exclusively for readers of The Sunday People."
** At the end of the tape, the same announcer says "We hope you enjoyed this selection of ''The Best of BBC Comedy'', specially compiled for the readers of the Sunday People. Why not watch them in full with your very own collection of BBC comedy videos? Available from all good video retailers." After he finishes, the BBC Video theme plays out over the closing.
* On the Polish VHS release of ''The Incredible Adventures of Wallace & Gromit'', the ''Wallace & Gromit'' theme plays over the logo. At the end of the tapeVHS release, it is silent.
'''Availability:''' SeenAppears on VHS and DVD releases released by the company from 1997the time-period tountil 2009. One example is the 2003 DVD release of ''Great Wildlife Moments with David Attenborough''.
* One of the last releases to use this logo was the Warner/2 Entertain Region 1 DVD of ''Fawlty Towers: The Complete Collection - Remastered''.
* The 2000 closing variant is also strangelyappears seen on the 2005 Region 4 DVD Release of ''Wallace and Gromit: 3 Cracking Adventures'' (possibly because the master is likely taken from the original 2000 UK DVD release, it is also likely a reprint of the original 2001 region 4 DVD).
* The 2020 ''Doctor Who: The Collection - Season 26'' (UK/Australia)/''Doctor Who: Sylvester McCoy Complete Season Three'' (U.S.) Blu-ray box set also retains this logo on the alternate 1998 VHS cut of the ''Doctor Who'' serial "Battlefield".
* Surprisingly, the 2006 closing variant also appears at the start of the 2006 Australian DVD release of ''BBC Children's Favourites''.
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