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Background

Collingwood & Co. is a British animation studio based in London that was founded in 1988, when it was initially called Tony Collingwood Productions. The company would be renamed to Collingwood O'Hare in 1998 when the company teamed up with Christopher O'Hare. When he left, the company was renamed to its current name in 2014.

Logo (February 14, 2015-)

Visuals: On a white background, two blue blobs shapes pop in and grow before merging into one thing. Then, the word "Collingwood" pops in letter-by-letter. This word, in a cartoony font, has its first "o" with a spark shape as its counter, an arrow within the letter "g", and the other "o"s resembling googly eyes. After that text appears, a white blob shape grows underneath the "w" with the words "& Co." inside and a light blue arrow point towards the left stretches towards the white blob. The eyes in the logo briefly stares at the bottom text before looking back at the screen. While the logo is forming, the "©(Year)" appears at the bottom-right of the logo. The eyes wink and move. Then the eyes gets back to the normal position as they wink again.

Variants:

An in-credit variant exists.
There is a version with a copyright notice that appears at the bottom right of the screen during the last few seconds.

Technique: 2D animation.

Audio: The animated version has the sounds of a wand and a twisting noise before ending with a calm sting similar to Virgin Media logo. Otherwise, the closing theme of the show is used.

Availability: It can be seen on Ruff-Ruff, Tweet and Dave.

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 ===Background===
 '''Collingwood & Co.''' is a British animation studio based in London that was founded in 1988, when it was initially called Tony Collingwood Productions. The company would be renamed to Collingwood O'Hare in 1998 when the company teamed up with Christopher O'Hare. When he left, the company was renamed to its current name in 2014.
+===Logo (February 14, 2015-)===
-==Tony Collingwood Productions==
-===(February 5, 1995-June 25, 1996)===
-<gallery mode=packed heights=200>
-Tony Collingwood Productions (1996).png
-Tony Collingwood Productions (1995).png
-</gallery>
-{{YouTube|id=fUOmxxFs64k|id2=Es3Zap1Rirs}}
-'''Logo:''' On a black background, we see "A Tony Collingwood Production" in white and an Arial font above the company's logo, consisting of "TONY COLLINGWOOD" in blue, a serif font, and "PRODUCTIONS LIMITED" with the same format except is more name. A red line separates the two blue words. Next to them are two sheep wearing a red hat while holding a yellow flag that has "ZZZ" in red written over it.
-'''Variant:''' There exists an early, in-credit version where the whole logo is a white outline on a blue background. "{{font|Times New Roman|Produced in Association With}}" would be placed above the text.
-'''FX/SFX:''' None.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' The closing theme of the show.
-'''Availability:''' Rare. It debuted on ''Daisy-Head Mayzie'' and can be seen on ''Oscar's Orchestra'' and series 1 of ''Dennis and Gnasher''.
-==Collingwood O'Hare Productions==
-===1st Logo (February 13-May 7, 1998)===
-<gallery mode=packed heights=200>
-Collingwood OHare Productions (1996).png
-</gallery>
-'''Logo:''' Same as the previous logo except the blue text is replaced with "{{color|blue|{{Font|Times New Roman|COLLINGWOOD O'HARE}}}}" and "PRODUCTIONS" respectively and the white text on top is excluded.
-'''FX/SFX:''' None.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' The closing theme of the show.
-'''Availability:''' Rare. It was only seen on series 2 of ''Dennis and Gnasher''.
-'''Editor's Note:''' None.
-===2nd Logo (May 22, 1998-October 27, 2007)===
-<gallery mode=packed heights=200>
-Collingwood OHare Productions (1998).png
-Collingwood OHare Productions (2001, in-credit).png|In-credit
-Channel 4 Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment Ltd and Eva Entertainment (2000) (From - Pond Life S2E02).png|''Pond Life'' (series 2)
-Collingwood OHare Productions (2000, The Magic Key).png|''The Magic Key''
-Collingwood OHare Productions (2001, Eddy and the Bear).png|''Eddy and the Bear''
-Collingwood OHare Productions (2005, Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs).png|''Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs''
-Collingwood OHare Productions (2005, Gordon the Garden Gnome).png|''Gordon the Garden Gnome''
-</gallery>
-{{YouTube|id=9f-pDDy13SY|id2=5Hs6msIKtn4}}
-'''Logo:''' On a blue background, we see four, smaller drawn stars and a bigger star, both of which are in orange, above "COLLINGWOOD O'HARE ENTERTAINMENT LTD.". A copyright notice is seen below the company's name. Beginning 2001, the entire logo is white and appears in the end credits of various shows.
-'''Variants:'''
-*On ''The Magic Key'', the logo appears as an in-credit notice with the 1998 variant contained in a blue box.
-**The same variant was seen on series 2 of ''Pond Life'' except the text is closer to the stars.
-*The logo may sometimes share the screen with other logos during end credits.
-*On most episodes of ''Eddy and the Bear'', the logo has a dark outer glow effect and the stars are aligned to the right.
-*On ''Gordon the Garden Gnome'', the logo has a black shadow effect.
-'''FX/SFX:''' None.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' The closing theme of the show.
-'''Availability:''' Fairly common. The on-screen logo was first and only seen on ''Animal Stories'' whereas the in-credit variant was used on ''The Magic Key'', ''Eddy and the Bear'', ''Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs'', among others.
-'''Editor's Note:''' None.
-===3rd Logo (August 7, 2010-2015)===
-<gallery mode=packed heights=200>
-Collingwood OHare Productions (2010).png
-</gallery>
-{{YouTube|id=hH3INaE_W3E|id2=7utmvpY0lzs}}
-'''Logo:''' On a navy blue background, the stars from the previous logo fly in from the left portion of the screen and shine once finished. Simultaneously, the background zooms out and becomes a bar shape while being tilted once done with its animation. The text "'''COLINGWOOD O'HARE'''" then slides in from the right with "'''PRODUCTIONS'''" moving at the same direction albeit slightly delayed.
-'''Variant:''' A still version exists.
-'''FX/SFX:''' Basic Flash animation.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' The closing theme of the show.
-'''Availability:''' Only seen on ''The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!''.
-'''Editor's Note:''' None.
-==Collingwood & Co.==
-===(February 14, 2015-)===
 <gallery mode=packed heights=200>
 Collingwood and Co (2015).png
 Collingwood and Co (2015, Ruff Ruff Tweet and Dave).png
 </gallery>
+'''Visuals:''' On a white background, two blue blobs shapes pop in and grow before merging into one thing. Then, the word "Collingwood" pops in letter-by-letter. This word, in a cartoony font, has its first "o" with a spark shape as its counter, an arrow within the letter "g", and the other "o"s resembling googly eyes. After that text appears, a white blob shape grows underneath the "w" with the words "& Co." inside and a light blue arrow point towards the left stretches towards the white blob. The eyes in the logo briefly stares at the bottom text before looking back at the screen. While the logo is forming, the "©(Year)" appears at the bottom-right of the logo. The eyes wink and move. Then the eyes gets back to the normal position as they wink again.
-{{YouTube|id=a3AsxQ54A3Q}}
-'''Logo:''' On a white background, two blue blobs shapes pop in and grow before merging into one thing. Then, the word "Collingwood" pops in letter-by-letter. This word, in a cartoony font, has its first "o" with a spark shape as its counter, an arrow within the letter "g", and the other "o"s resembling googly eyes. After that text appears, a white blob shape grows underneath the "w" with the words "& Co." inside and a light blue arrow point towards the left stretches towards the white blob. The eyes in the logo briefly stares at the bottom text before looking back at the screen. While the logo is forming, the "©(Year)" appears at the bottom-right of the logo. The eyes wink and move. Then the eyes gets back to the normal position as they wink again.
 '''Variants:'''
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 *There is a version with a copyright notice that appears at the bottom right of the screen during the last few seconds.
-'''FX/SFX:''' 2D animation.
+'''Technique:''' 2D animation.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' The animated version has the sounds of a wand and a twisting noise before ending with a calm sting similar to [[Virgin Media (UK)|Virgin Media]] logo. Otherwise, the closing theme of the show is used.
+'''Audio:''' The animated version has the sounds of a wand and a twisting noise before ending with a calm sting similar to [[Virgin Media|Virgin Media]] logo. Otherwise, the closing theme of the show is used.
-'''Availability:''' Current. It can be seen on ''Ruff-Ruff, Tweet and Dave''.
+'''Availability:'''  It can be seen on ''Ruff-Ruff, Tweet and Dave''.
+{{Chronology|[[Collingwood O'Hare Productions]]}}
 [[Category:British animation logos]]
-[[Category:British logos]]
+[[Category:United Kingdom]]
 [[Category:Animation logos]]
+[[Category:English-language logos]]