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.
UK Gold
1st Logo (November 1, 1992-1994)
Nicknames: "Goldie"
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:
Launch: On a white background, a golden retriever (named Goldie by locals) can be seen in the middle of the screen, wagging its tail. He then becomes excited and then looks up in the sky as an sound of an airplane plays. This causes Goldie to run off screen and and then come back in later, dragging the UK Gold logo in. He then sits up and fades out, with the logo moving to the center of the screen.
Flowers: Goldie can be seen running over a purple line representing an hill as an flower pops up in the bottom right corner and disappears. Another one appears in the other corner as Goldie runs back over the line and run towards the screen. The background then turns a blue hue as the logo zooms in. Goldie then runs up to it and opens the white section like a door, revealing light, and goes inside. The logo then shuts and zooms out, with the "O" lighting up and multiple flowers appearing in front of it.
TBA.
FX/SFX: 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.
Editor's Note: None.
2nd Logo (1993-1994)
Logo: TBA
FX/SFX: TBA
Music/Sounds: TBA
Availability: Extinct.
Editor's Note: TBA
3rd Logo (1994-1997)
Nicknames: "Gold Ingot"
Logo: TBA
FX/SFX: TBA
Music/Sounds: TBA
Availability: Extinct.
Editor's Note: TBA
4th Logo (1997-1999)
Nicknames: "Falling Objects", "Falling Golden Objects"
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.
FX/SFX: 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.
Availability: Extinct.
Editor's Note: None.
5th Logo (1999-2001)
Nicknames: "Fireworks", "Pyro"
Logo: TBA
FX/SFX: TBA
Music/Sounds: TBA
Availability: Extinct.
Editor's Note: TBA
6th Logo (2001-2002)
Nicknames: "Fireworks ll", "Pyro ll"
Logo: On a black background, several events involving the use of different types of fireworks occur.
Launching: We see a close view of a firework taking off, until it flies to the sky and explodes. Other firework explosions also appear later.
Fuse: A sparkle moves around the screen (like some kind of fuse), then eventually a explosion happen, releasing gold dust.
Spiral: We see two fireworks moving to the center of the screen, like a spiral, then these explodes.
Holes: On a floor, several holes of different sizes are opening, releasing different colored sparkles.
Cylinders: Two cylinders, a green one and a blue one, appear bouncing through the floor several times.
Volcano: A volcaco shape is releasing several sparkles, then a spinning wheel with some sparkles moves over it.
Cave: Some fireworks are moving through a cave. One of them, colored blue, stops when it sees a sphere-shaped rock moving towards it, then it flies trought another tunnel while avoiding other fireworks.
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.
FX/SFX: 3D animation of the several types of fireworks.
Music/Sounds: TBA
Availability: Extinct.
Editor's Note: None.
7th Logo (2002-2003)
Nickname: "Lifestyle"
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.
FX/SFX: Its all live-action.
Music/Sounds: TBA
Availability: Extinct.
Editor's Note: TBA
8th Logo (2003-2004)
Logo: TBA
FX/SFX: TBA
Music/Sounds: TBA
Availability: Extinct.
Editor's Note: TBA
UKTV Gold
1st Logo (2004-April 3, 2007)
Logo: TBA
FX/SFX: TBA
Music/Sounds: TBA
Availability: Extinct.
Editor's Note: TBA
2nd Logo (April 4, 2007-October 6, 2008)
Nickname: "Gold Space Hoppers"
Logo: TBA
FX/SFX: TBA
Music/Sounds: TBA
Availability: Extinct.
Editor's Note: TBA
G.O.L.D.
(October 7, 2008-July 15, 2014)
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 "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.
In 2011 there's a dynamite near the end of the logo that the camera zooms into then it explodes and the G.O.L.D logo is there with all the objects attached to black strings. There was also text that said "Stick something funny on".
The Christmas 2010 variant featured christmas related items, there were lights around the G.O.L.D logo as well.
