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Background

Bentley Productions Ltd is a TV drama production company located near Pinewood Studios in Iver Heath, best known as the producer of the long-running ITV series Midsomer Murders.

1st Logo (March 5, 1995-January 11, 2012)

Visuals: On a white background is a grey cloud with an orange sun on the top. With a line on the bottom is a green classic Bentley car next to the cloud, with weavy trees in grey behind the car and some behind the left of the cloud in green. Underneath the line are the words "BENTLEY PRODUCTIONS" in a Bengulat Gothic font.

Bylines:

1997-2001: "A Chrysalis Company"
2002: "A Chrysalis TV Group Company"

Variants:

There is an early variant where it reads "A BENTLEY PRODUCTION" in a Trajan font.
Another version reads "BENTLEY PRODUCTIONS LTD" in the same font as the main logo.
On The Broker's Man, this logo shares the screen with the 1988 BBC logo.
On seasons 1 to 5 of Midsomer Murders, below the logo is the text "IN ASSOCIATION WITH A&E TELEVISION NETWORKS" in the same font as the byline.
From 2003-2004, the Chrysalis TV Group logo is seen below the line.
Starting in 2005, the All3Media logo appears below the logo.

Technique: A still, computerized graphic.

Audio: The ending theme of the show.

Availability: Seen on Midsomer Murders until Series 14, The Broker's Man and Ultimate Force.

2nd Logo (February 1, 2012-)

Visuals: On a white background is a blue box with the same Bentley car and the line below it now in white, with "BENTLEY PRODUCTIONS LTD" in the same font as the first logo now stacked up above. Below the box is the All3Media logo.

Bylines:

2014-2020: "anall3mediacompany"
2021-: "An All3Media Company" with the new All3Media logo on the left.

Technique: A still, digital graphic.

Audio: The ending theme of Midsomer Murders.

Availability: Seen on Series 15 onwards of Midsomer Murders.

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+===Background===
+'''Bentley Productions Ltd''' is a TV drama production company located near Pinewood Studios in Iver Heath, best known as the producer of the long-running ITV series ''Midsomer Murders''.
 ===1st Logo (March 5, 1995-January 11, 2012)===
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-'''Logo:''' On a white background we see a grey cloud with an orange sun on the top. With a line on the bottom we see a green classic car with weavy leaves in grey on the car and some on the cloud and green which are on the left of the cloud and underneath has the words "BENTLEY PRODUCTIONS" in a 1930s-like font.
+'''Visuals:''' On a white background is a grey cloud with an orange sun on the top. With a line on the bottom is a green classic Bentley car next to the cloud, with weavy trees in grey behind the car and some behind the left of the cloud in green. Underneath the line are the words "BENTLEY PRODUCTIONS" in a Bengulat Gothic font.
-'''Bylines:''' Until 2002 the logo has a byline below.
+'''Bylines:'''
 * 1997-2001: "A Chrysalis Company"
 * 2002: "A Chrysalis TV Group Company"
 '''Variants:'''
-* There is an early variant where it reads "A BENTLEY PRODUCTION" in a Trojan font.
+* There is an early variant where it reads "A BENTLEY PRODUCTION" in a Trajan font.
 * Another version reads "BENTLEY PRODUCTIONS LTD" in the same font as the main logo.
 * On ''The Broker's Man'', this logo shares the screen with the 1988 BBC logo.
-* On seasons 1 to 5 of ''Midsomer Murders'', below the logo has the text "IN ASSOCIATION WITH A&E TELEVISION NETWORKS" in the same font as the byline.
+* On seasons 1 to 5 of ''Midsomer Murders'', below the logo is the text "IN ASSOCIATION WITH A&E TELEVISION NETWORKS" in the same font as the byline.
-* From 2003 until 2004 below, the logo has the Chrysalis TV Group logo.
+* From 2003-2004, the Chrysalis TV Group logo is seen below the line.
-* Starting in 2005, the pre-2013 [[All3Media|All3Media]] logo appears below the logo.
+* Starting in 2005, the [[All3Media]] logo appears below the logo.
-'''Technique:''' None.
+'''Technique:''' A still, computerized graphic.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' The ending theme of the show.
-'''Availability:''' Seen on the long-running show ''Midsomer Murders'' until 2012, ''The Broker's Man'' and ''Ultimate Force''.
+'''Audio:''' The ending theme of the show.
+'''Availability:''' Seen on ''Midsomer Murders'' until Series 14, ''The Broker's Man'' and ''Ultimate Force''.
 ===2nd Logo (February 1, 2012-)===
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 </gallery>
-'''Logo:''' On a white background we see a blue box with the same car and the line from the first logo now in white with "BENTLEY PRODUCTIONS LTD" in the same font as the first logo now stacked up and below it has the 2003-2013 [[All3Media|All3Media]] logo.
+'''Visuals:''' On a white background is a blue box with the same Bentley car and the line below it now in white, with "BENTLEY PRODUCTIONS LTD" in the same font as the first logo now stacked up above. Below the box is the [[All3Media]] logo.
+'''Bylines:'''
-'''Byline:''' Starting in 2014 the byline reappeared for the first time since 2002.
 * 2014-2020: "anall3mediacompany"
 * 2021-: "An All3Media Company" with the new All3Media logo on the left.
-'''Technique:''' None.
+'''Technique:''' A still, digital graphic.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' The ending theme of ''Midsomer Murders''.
-'''Availability:''' Appears on new episodes of the award-winning show ''Midsomer Murders''.
+'''Audio:''' The ending theme of ''Midsomer Murders''.
+'''Availability:''' Seen on Series 15 onwards of ''Midsomer Murders''.
 [[Category:British television logos]]
 [[Category:United Kingdom]]
 [[Category:Television logos]]
-[[Category:All3Media (UK)]]
+[[Category:All3Media]]
-[[Category:Warner Bros. Discovery]]
+[[Category:English-language logos]]
-[[Category:Liberty Global]]