Draft:BBC Two/Personality Idents

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Fish (19 November 2001-)

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  Original version

Visuals: The "2" begins still. Then, the setting becomes that of an underwater setting, and the "2" begins to float around minding it's own business. When a shoal of mackerel swim up to its "face", the '2' immediately blows bubbles at the curious group of fish, scaring them away. A smaller, solitary fish swims towards the '2' at the end.

Later Variant: Starting from January 2002, the ident was flipped around (save for the BBC Two logo), fixing the problem that was seen in the original variant in which the "2" is the wrong way around for most of the ident.

Bounce

Visuals: The '2' bounces around like a rubber ball in slow motion for the duration of the ident. It bounces in and out of frame, closer and further away at random points.

Logo/Label

Visuals: The '2' is sitting away from our point-of-view when it notices something not quite right - the BBC Two logo is backward. A blank white square sits in the place where the usual logo should be. Immediately, the '2' rushes to the scene and sprouts a pair of robotic arms. It grabs the misaligned logo with its right hand and flips it over, correcting the problem. The robotic arms fold back into the body of the '2' and it backs away, returning to its previous position.

Variants: There were quite a few variants made of this ident:

• BBC Four on BBC Two (1): The 2 flips the logo a second time to reveal the BBC Four logo. Was used beginning on 2 March 2002, the launch date of BBC Four.
• BBC Four on BBC Two (2): The standard version of the logo, but this time the BBC Four logo appears behind the white square.
• BBC Three on BBC Two: Same as the first "BBC Four" variant, but the logo this time is of BBC Three. First used on 7 February 2003, the launch date of BBC Three.
• BBC 2W on BBC Two Wales: The 2 flips the BBC Two Wales logo to the BBC 2W logo.

Domino

Visuals: A '2' turns towards a long line of other '2's, which are lined up like dominoes. The 'head 2' blows into a whistle (presumably to get the '2's to tumble over on cue) but the '2' at the front falls flat on its side. The 'head 2' gestures at the 'front 2' to get back up again, but to no avail.

Christmas Fairy (Christmas 2001)

Visuals: The '2' sprouts its robotic arms, and a glowing fairy bursts into view with sparks flying. The fairy flies out of the '2's hands and draws a tall Christmas tree - at warp speed - out of fairy dust. She then flies around a bit before settling down onto the top of the tree and then flies off again.

Screen Clean/Condensation

Visuals: There is a black speck on the screen. The 2 comes toward the speck and sprouts its arms. A breath comes out of the 2 and on the speck, it tries to fix the issue but the breath quickly clears it away. The 2 then returns to it's original position on-screen.

Drip/Water Drip

Visuals: The 2 slides around, trying to avoid the drips coming from above.

Invisible Walls

Visuals: There is '2's going into walls that are invisible.

• 40th Anniversary: Same as the Invisible Walls ident, but various idents from the past are projected onto the "2" as it wanders through the walls. The BBC 2 box turns to show the text "40 Years".
• Morris Dancers: The 2 plays an accordion. 6 other 2s come in and start dancing Morris.

Formation/Acrobats/Balancing Act ()

Visuals: The "2" gets on what looks like a homemade see-saw. Then, another 2 lands on the other end of the see-saw, sending the main 2 flying on top of eight other 2s on a ball.

Remote

Visuals: The 2 comes to a remote and sprouts its arms. It takes the remote and wonders what to do with it. As it gives the remote a shake, the 2 controls uncontrollably controls itself...even crashing into the screen. The 2 finally controllably controls itself for a bit before sending itself off-screen.

Trivia: Make sure to keep an eye on the BBC Two logo at the moment of impact. It bumps alongside the screen. However, this effect was removed in later years.

Drum

Visuals: The '2' is on a yellow-orange invisible drum.

Paintbrush

Visuals: The '2' paints a human-like painting with the logo on the bottom right as a paintbox.

Snow 2 (Christmas 2002)

Visuals: The 2 builds a snow-2. The 2 runs off to get something, and comes back with two sticks. The 2 puts the sticks on the snow-2, so the snow-2 looks like a self-portrait.

Sticky Label

Visuals: We see the BBC Two logo slanted in the middle. The two is about to correct it, but the logo is stuck on his hands. When the 2 tries flicking it off, it stays stuck to his shoulder. He then does a "crossing" pose to show it's disgust.

The Big Read

Visuals: 6 2s are seen reading books. One 2, eager to learn the plot, flicks hurriedly through its book, and slightly laughs at the result. The other 2s flick hurriedly through their books, and laugh.

Variant:

• An alternate variant of this ident titled "The Big Read Crowd" or "The Really Big Read" debuted in October 2003. This is the same ident as before but instead of six 2s reading a book, the entire screen is full of 2s.

Flamethrower

Visuals: The 2 doesn't sprout its arms...but a flamethrower on the front of it's head. It sends fire in all directions, eventually hitting the BBC2 logo. The flamethrower goes back in the 2 as it stares at the flaming BBC Two logo. Hilariously, this ident was commonly used when the channel would close down for the night.

Ice Cube (Christmas 2003)

Visuals: A large Ice Cube spins and crashes into the screen, revealing the 2 inside it, trying to find a way to escape.

Initially used for the 2003 and 2004 Christmas Seasons, but was put to regular use during the summer season of 2004.

Giants Causeway

Visuals: There is the 2 on a plain floor, but then it snaps its finger, causing the screen to shake, while the floor collapses, splits and separates into various hexagons.

Camera

Visuals: The 2's "face" transforms into a camera and takes a photo, and then proceeds to show the photo. There are two variants: One shows a painting of a fish. The other shows a landscape called "Slemish". This last one was never aired.

Ulster Fry

Visuals: The 2 moves to a table full of food; however, it instead eats the jar of pepper and leaves!

Morris Dancers

Visuals: The main "2" is preparing to play the accordion. The camera then zooms out to reveal six more "2"'s, complete with waving hankies, taking part in a Morris Dance while the music plays. They weave between one another and wave their hankies to the time of the music.

Sparkles (Christmas 2005-2006)

Visuals: Several yellow sparks fly around on black, forming the 2. Reused in 2006.

Frosty (2006-2007)

Visuals: Same as the "Ski 2" Christmas ident from 2000, but with the then-current BBC Two logo in place of the older one.

Venus Fly Trap (2006-2007)

Visuals: Same as the "Predator" ident from 2000, but with the then-current BBC Two logo in place of the older one.

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  Bounce
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  Logo/Label
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  Domino
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  Drip
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  Formation
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  Remote
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  Invisible Walls
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  Drum
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  Paintbrush
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  Sticky Label
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  The Big Read
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  Morris Dancers
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  Logo/Label (BBC 2W version)
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  Flamethrower
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  Invisible Walls (40th Anniversary)
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  Venus Fly Trap ("Predator" from the 2000 set)
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  Frosty (recycled from the "The Giant Snow 2" ident)

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  2001 (Christmas Tree)
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  2002 (Snowman 2)
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  2003 (Frozen 2)
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  2005 (Sparkles)

Visuals: This revolves around an inanimate "2" as a robot on a yellow background, with the BBC Two box logo now coloured purple.

Variants: There are several different variations of this logo:

Technique: CGI from Lambie-Nairn.

Audio: Depends on the variant, however most tracks use a variation on the same four note tune.

• Fish: Synthesized plucks, and ethnic-style percussion. A loud bubbling is heard when the "2" scares away the fish.
• Bounce: Starts with the familiar four note tune, followed by an ambient electronic piece with thud noises playing every time the "2" hits the floor. If the ident is left to play long enough, a nod to the previous ident package can be heard, with a familiar reverse cymbal from the "Paint" ident playing. Sometimes the soundtrack would have a more serious tone with a calm orchestral rendition of the piece. This variation is nicknamed "Bounce Sombre".
• Logo/BBC (Four/Three) on BBC Two: A "robotic" theme, with rhythmic bleeps, bloops, and pops. Robotic "whirring" is heard when the arms are formed.
• Domino: The sounds of the action in the logo.
• Christmas 2001: A "bursting" sound accompanies the appearance of the fairy, followed by fluttering and high-pitched giggling as the fairy sketches the tree.

Availability: Again, this was used on BBC Two right up until 2007.