BBC Worldwide

From the Audiovisual Identity Database, the motion graphics museum

Logo descriptions by LogosSuper142 and TPercival

Background

BBC Worldwide is the commercial arm of the British Broadcasting Corporation (the BBC).

1st Logo (1996)

Logo: We see the CGI version of the 1988 BBC logo from the 1990-1997 BBC Video logo, except "WORLDWIDE" is seen underneath. "DISTRIBUTED THROUGH" is also seen above the logo.

FX/SFX: None, unless you count the logo fading in.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme from the closing credits.

Availability: Appears at the end of the 1996 TV movie of Doctor Who.

Editor's Note: TBA.


2nd Logo (2001-2002)

Logo: We see the BBC logo. "Worldwide" is to the right of it.

Variant: Sometimes, the logo is in-credit.

FX/SFX: None, unless you count the logo fading in.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the show.

Availability: Appears on several shows such 2001 revivals of Bill and Ben and Andy Pandy. Also seen on non-remastered prints of The Big Knights.

Editor's Note: TBA.


3rd Logo (2009-2018)

Logo: Same as the 2009 BBC Video/DVD logo, except that it is shorter, and sometimes a copyright notice appears below.

Variants:

  • "Worldwide Sales & Distibution" sometimes appears below the BBC logo.
  • Another version of the "WS&D" logo exists on non-Australian prints of early season 1 episodes of Bluey, (through episodes 1 to 26) in which the above text "PRODUCED IN ASSOCIATION WITH AND DISTRIBUTED BY BBC WORLDWIDE" and the below text "Bluey © 2018 Ludo Studio" fades in.
  • Sometimes, "Worldwide Channels" replaces "Worldwide Sales & Distribution".
  • Another version exists with the word “Worldwide” inside the rectangle. An in-credit variant of this also exists.

FX/SFX: Same as the 2009 BBC Video/DVD logo, except that it is shorter, and "Worldwide Sales & Distribution", "Worldwide Channels", or a copyright notice fading in on the variants. None on the in-credit version.

Music/Sounds: Same as the 2009 BBC Video/DVD logo, but shorter.

Music/Sounds Variant:

  • The ending theme can be played over the logo sometimes.
  • Sometimes on Bluey, the logo's music and the finishing of the episode's ending theme plays at the same time.

Availability: Seen on some shows from BBC Worldwide, such as Clangers. One of the shows with the in-credit logo is Hey Duggee. The "Worldwide Sales & Distribution" logo can be currently seen on Bluey.

Editor's Note: TBA.

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