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*A completely different version was used for the launch of the channel. On a stone slate background, the rectangle, which lacks any words on it, slides and rotates into taking up the whole screen before zooming out. As it zooms out, both halves revolve around on the connection to reveal the words before settling farther back into the background. The music is also different, having a synth whistling tune with an announcer saying "Welcome to UK Gold. Classic British television on satellite and cable."
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'''Music/Sounds:''' Various sounds playing out, before ending with a short whistling tune.
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'''Logo:''' On a blue background with some waves in it we see the gold left arrows flying across the screen until it stops in the middle to turn it into the same box like the first logo but with a gold outlining and gold paint inside the arrow. Then the words "UK GOLD" in the same front as the first logo appeared one by one.
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'''Music/Sounds:''' A three note fanfare.
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* There is a closedown variation were the same man is holding the same bowl of fire. Then we see a shot of the lava pouring down with fire in it and it fades into another man taking off his helmet. Afterwards it fades into the same two shots like the start-up variation. Then it fades into the same chain and a clockwork wheel panning down then it fades into the same man and woman doing the same work and fades into the same woman finished her work. Then it transitions back into the panning down with the same blue effect to reveal the same bar and text.
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'''Music/Sounds:''' A rock and synthesised theme with some sounds can be heared. Sometimes the announcer of either a man or woman can be also heard after the fanfare is finished.
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'''Trivia:''' These were designed by Lambie-Nairn, who were better known for their work creating various iconic BBC idents.
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'''Music/Sounds:''' A sort of calm synth tune. Some notes occur when the golden objects touch the floor. Sometimes the same announcer either a man or woman can be heard after the fanfare.
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'''Trivia:''' Like the previous ident set, these were designed by Lambie-Nairn.
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* Fireworks: On the sky, several fireworks are moving through it. There are 2 versions: One where the fireworks travel in curve pathways, and another (with a slighty closer view) where they travel in ondulated paths.
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'''Logo:''' Many different activities happen on the screen (such as in a hair salon, a toilet and a bath), the UK Gold logo fades in on the bottom.
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'''Logo:''' Live action scenes can be seen thoughtout then the same text "UkGOLD" appears inside a shape then other shape come around to form a yellow-orange background with some shapes can be seen.
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'''Trivia:''' This was designed by Dunning Eley Jones.
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'''Trivia:''' These were designed by Karmarama.
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'''Trivia:''' These were designed by Red Bee Media.
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'''Music/Sounds:''' A bouncy a Capella based tune.
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'''Trivia:''' These were designed by DixonBaxi.
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'''Music/Sounds:''' A cheerful guitar and xylophone tune, along with a British announcer.
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Gold (formerly UK Gold, UKTV Gold, and G.O.L.D.) is a British TV network. It was created in November 1, 1992 as a joint venture between Thames Television and BBC to show classic BBC comedy programming. Gold, as well as its sister networks, are currently owned by UKTV, which is a TV company formed in 1997, owned by BBC Worldwide.
Logo: Basically the UK Gold logo at the time, which is a white/blue rectangle with "UK GOLD" in blue/white with the rectangle formed by a triangle connection. The logo has several variants with an golden retriever interacting with the logo in a way.
Variants: Here are all of the known variants:
Technique: 2D animation. This was done by Hatmaker Films in Boston, Massachusetts.
Music/Sounds: Various sounds playing out, before ending with a short whistling tune.
Availability: Extinct.
Logo: On a blue background with some waves in it we see the gold left arrows flying across the screen until it stops in the middle to turn it into the same box like the first logo but with a gold outlining and gold paint inside the arrow. Then the words "UK GOLD" in the same front as the first logo appeared one by one.
Technique: The background waving and the arrows and letter moving.
Music/Sounds: A three note fanfare.
Availability: Extinct.
Logo: We see a man mining with a hammer in the workshop. Then it fades into the scene where we could see "UK GOLD" bar inside the machine from the man's protection mask and his face. Afterwards the bar is on fire and in a orange-yellow surface with flames on it. Then we see another man which approach to be old then it fades into another man holding an object, we could see the words in reverse on the bars. Then it changes into the two men holding carefully a lava bucket and fades into another scene where the lava is pouring into a hole. Then we see a black man cleaning his face with a cloth because of the work and the man is holding a chain and a clockwork wheel. Then it fades into the hands of a woman breaking to reveal the gold bar and fades into a background with blue light and with grey square net and the golden bar is shown reading "UK GOLD" with some dust shining around.
Variants:
Technique: Live action.
Music/Sounds: A rock and synthesised theme with some sounds can be heared. Sometimes the announcer of either a man or woman can be also heard after the fanfare is finished.
Availability: Extinct.
Logo: On a dark blue background with a gold floor, some objects (either apples, leaves or arrows) fall from the top of the screen, always bouncing or being stuck in the floor. Golden objects also fall, but go through the floor instead. The text "UK GOLD" with UK inside the White box with a line appears inside the floor.
Trivia: These were designed by Lambie-Nairn, who were better known for their work creating various iconic BBC idents.
Technique: A mix of live-action footage of the objects, with some effects like flashes when the golden object touch the floor.
Music/Sounds: A sort of calm synth tune. Some notes occur when the golden objects touch the floor. Sometimes the same announcer either a man or woman can be heard after the fanfare.
Availability: Extinct.
Logo: On a black-purple background we see the fireworks appear
Trivia: Like the previous ident set, these were designed by Lambie-Nairn.
Technique: TBA
Music/Sounds: TBA
Availability: Extinct.
Logo: On a black background, several events involving the use of different types of fireworks occur.
Technique: 3D animation of the several types of fireworks.
Music/Sounds:
Availability: Extinct.
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Logo: Many different activities happen on the screen (such as in a hair salon, a toilet and a bath), the UK Gold logo fades in on the bottom.
Technique: Its all live-action.
Music/Sounds: TBA
Availability: Extinct.
Logo: Live action scenes can be seen thoughtout then the same text "UkGOLD" appears inside a shape then other shape come around to form a yellow-orange background with some shapes can be seen.
Technique: Live action then the animation when it changes into a background.
Music/Sounds: TBA
Availability: Extinct.
Logo: The previous logo, but the logo and shape is moved to the left.
Trivia: This was designed by Dunning Eley Jones.
Technique: TBA
Music/Sounds: TBA
Availability: Extinct.
Logo: The 2004 logo emblazoned on a golden space hopper. TBA.
Trivia: These were designed by Karmarama.
Technique: TBA
Music/Sounds: TBA
Availability: Extinct.
Logo: On a white background we see the G.O.L.D logo, then the camera moves as we see the black lines stretch out and certain objects grow and appear, the majority of these objects have the text either "Laugh daily" or "Go on laugh daily" on them, when the camera zooms back we see lots of these objects and there are a few birds that fly past from the right to the left.
Variants:
Trivia: These were designed by Red Bee Media.
Technique: The animation on the doodle-pictures.
Music/Sounds: A bouncy a Capella based tune.
Availability: Extinct.
Logo: A golden ticket displaying the channel name is put over various objects.
Variants: TBA.
Trivia: These were designed by DixonBaxi.
Technique: TBA
Music/Sounds: A cheerful guitar and xylophone tune, along with a British announcer.
Availability: Current. It was used since 2014.
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