'''Technique:''' Advanced Scanimation.
'''Music/SoundsAudio:''' There were six versions each for both opening and closing variants:
*'''Opening:'''
**(1980-1984) A big band marching band-type tune, with kettle drums, in B♭ major. Used from the beginning until 1984.
**(1984-1988) Ascending synth notes and chimes that lead into a shorter version of the opening logo's music with an extended, rather sombre ending.
'''Music/SoundsAudio Variants:'''
* 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.
'''Technique:''' All CGI.
'''Music/SoundsAudio:''' Calm synth music 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".
'''Music/SoundsAudio Variants:'''
*The closing variant could rarely have the music from the 1984-1988 version of the 1st logo.
*A stereo mix 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.
'''Technique:''' Simple CGI.
'''Music/SoundsAudio:''' A sombre 9-note piano piece, followed by the sound of a choir holding the final note. This was composed on a Korg M1 synthesiser.
'''Music/SoundsAudio Variants:'''
*Sometimes, the theme 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.
'''Technique:''' CGI.
'''Music/SoundsAudio:''' Same as the previous logo.
'''Music/SoundsAudio Variant:''' At the start of the U.S. VHS release version of ''Diana: A Celebration'', it is completely silent.
'''Availability:''' It appears on some CBS/Fox and Fox Video North American home video releases of BBC programmes, such as ''Absolutely Fabulous''.
'''Technique:''' Computer animation.
'''Music/SoundsAudio:''' A calm synth-string/harp theme with a hi-hat clash that's actually a slightly more upbeat arrangement of the 1991 theme.
'''Music/SoundsAudio Variants:'''
* For the logo's first year, the music was slightly different.
* The "prototype" variant is silent.
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