Draft:Channel 5

Credits

Descriptions by
Unnepad

Captures by
wolfie14 and Operaghost

Background

Channel 5 is a privately-owned TV channel from the UK, being considered the fifth analogical channel created in the country. Through its years it had different owners; on 2002, it was partially rebranded as Five once the RTL Group bought the channel; its current company owner, ViacomCBS, bought the channel in 2014.

Channel 5 (1st Era)

1st Bumper (March 30, 1997-September 1999)

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  Ident A
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  Ident B
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  Ident C
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  Ident D
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  Ident E
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  Ident F
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  Ident G
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  Ident H
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  Christmas Ident A
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  Christmas Ident B

Logo: The idents center around complex neon (and sometimes flashing) images with the Channel 5 logo, which was a circle containing the number "5". No specific names were given, although they can be still described.

Variant:

• Christmas Idents:
  • Christmas 1997: TBA
  • Christmas 1998: TBA

FX/SFX: Likely a combination between live-action and computer animation.

Music/Sounds: Mostly varies between the idents.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Bumper (September 1999-September 10, 2000)

Main Ident:

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Christmas Idents:

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  Christmas Ident A
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  Christmas Ident B
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  Christmas Ident C

Nickname: "Celebrities"

Logo: The screen moves on a white background composed by several metal pieces. A hole is seen on the left side, in which some green and yellow pieces containing the previous Channel 5 logo are displaced to shown another complete piece, while 5 colored lines (blue, orange, magenta, yellow, green) zoom out on the other side in sync with the music. Once everything is centered, the screen blurs and the Channel 5 logo seen in the green piece pops-up.

Variants:

• There was another ident in which the metal pieces from the background are replaced by filmstrips. This version was likely used before movies.
• Most of the idents actually centered around different scenarios with the same logo appearing on a hole (on different materials, such as paper). Various celebrities from the channel are shown doing different things in it, before the logo pops-up.
• Christmas Idents:
  • Christmas 1999: TBA

FX/SFX: CGI Animation. The celebrities idents featured live-action.

Music/Sounds: A calm 5-note synth tune.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

3rd Bumper (September 11, 2000-March 4, 2002)

Main Idents:

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  Pink
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  Orange
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  Green
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  Blue

Other Idents: Christmas Idents:

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  Christmas Ident A
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  Christmas Ident B
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  Christmas Ident C

Logo: On a light green, blue, purple or orange background, we see one of the holes of paper seen in the previous ident. The Channel 5 logo just appears on it while several light rays are flying in the hole, while the same lines from the previous ident flash in below.

Variants:

• Besides the aforementioned main colors, other idents featured different designs of the background.
• Like the previous graphic package, some idents featured different celebrities of the channel doing something, before the Channel 5 itself shows up.
• Christmas Idents:
  • Christmas 2000: TBA
  • Christmas 2001: TBA

FX/SFX: CGI Animation.

Music/Sounds: A simplified version of the previous ident's tune.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

4th Bumper (March 4-September 16, 2002)

Dark Blue Ident Of Channel 5 From 2002

Logo: TBA

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: Another remix of the previous idents' tunes.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Five

1st Bumper (September 16, 2002-January 23, 2006)

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Logo: The idents now center around live-action footage of different scenarios or activities. Then, the Five logo appears on a side of the screen with a blur effect while moving slightly.

FX/SFX: Live-action footage, and the Five logo appearing.

Music/Sounds: Depends on the variant.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Bumper (January 23, 2006-2008)

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  Five
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  Free
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  Life

Logo: TBA.

FX/SFX: TBA.

Music/Sounds: TBA.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

3rd Bumper (2008-2010)

Channel 5 Original (2008-2010)

'Logo: On a brown background, we see the new Five logo (a circle with the word "FIVE" inside) on the center of the screen. Some blue/purple auroras appear around the circle.

Variant:

• Another version of the main ident featured a more complete animation: TBA
• There was a series of idents that featured a random live-action or animated scene. The Five logo appears at the beginning, animated as usual, before fading out.

FX/SFX: The auroras around the Five logo. The live action footage/animated scenes in the variants.

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extinct.

4th Bumper (2010-2011)

Channel 5 Original (2010-2011)

Logo: On a dark green BG, several auroras move in circles on the top-right corner of the screen, until the same Five logo from the previous ident (now red and glossy) is revealed. Some ripples emit from it, while the auroras still move.

FX/SFX: Same as the previous logo.

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Channel 5 (2nd Era)

1st Bumper (2011-2016)

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  Channel 5 Original (2011-2016)
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  Channel 5 Original (2014-2016)

Logo: On what looks like the inside of a studio, we see a screen showing the new Channel 5 logo (a red circle with the number "5" inside) animated by a series of ripples, on a maroon background.

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Bumper (2016-2020)

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  Dogs
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  Rainbows

Logo: The idents show a certain live-action scene, that ends with a person looking at a group of 5 objects/people/animals (the Channel 5 logo is absent).

Variants: Some of these idents include:

• Dogs: A man is driving a truck through a dry landscape. He looks at the mirror, revealing that he is also carrying 5 dogs.
• Rainbows: A car drives through a mountainous terrain. We see a bored child sitting inside and looking out the window, smiling as he sees 5 rainbows on the horizon.

FX/SFX: A combination of live-action scenes and CGI animation.

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

3rd Bumper (2020-)

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Logo: On a single-colored background, we see different views of the pieces of the Channel 5 logo appear ascending and descending. Light appears inside the gaps on the logo parts. Eventually, a centered and full view of the logo is shown at the end.

Variants: The idents feature one of the following colors: Dark blue, dark green, pink, light blue, light green, orange and black.

FX/SFX: The pieces of the Channel 5 logo ascending and descending.

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Brand new.

Editor's Note: None.