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Background

Mentorn Media is a British television production company, initially established in 1985 by Tom Gutteridge as Mentorn Films. They would go on and produce many documentaries and several successful programmes for various networks such as Robot Wars, Question Time, Traffic Cops, and An Idiot Abroad. In 1996, the company purchased and merged with Barraclough Carey Productions, becoming Mentorn Barraclough Carey from 1996 to 2000, when it was sold by Gutteridge to The Television Corporation in which it became simply Mentorn. The Television Corporation would later by purchased by Tinopolis.

Mentorn

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1st Logo (2001-2002)	2nd Logo (2002-May 26, 2008)

Mentorn Media

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Logo (May 11, 2008-)

Mentorn

1st Logo (2001-2002)

Visuals: It is identical to the Mentorn Barraclough Carey logos where an orange ball falls and causes a ripple effect. However, the background is now a dark blue gradient color and the ball reveals the white text "mentorn", followed by the byline "a television corporation company" fading in and additional credit information underneath.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: The ending theme of the programme.

Availability: This was seen on a December 2, 2001 BBC2 airing of an episode to Robot Wars.

2nd Logo (2002-May 26, 2008)

Visuals: On a black background, a blue lens flare flies in from the right, revealing the same "mentorn" text from before. Afterwards, the byline from the previous logo wipes in. In the middle of the unveiling of the bottom text, the lens flare stops next to the left of the company name, transforming into an orange 3D ball.

Variants:

A variant has the logo set on a dark blue background where the lens flare is orange and another lens flare, albeit smaller, is seen unveiling the byline.
A still version as well as a split-screen variant exists.
On programmes co-produced with Channel 4, the logo is to the left of the 1999 Channel 4 logo.
- On India Calling, the side featuring the Mentorn logo is colored dark blue and shares the section with the Hypnotic Films logo.
On Paradise Hotel, the byline was omitted and a copyright notice, reading "© Mentorn 2008", fades in underneath.
On the pilot episode of Paradise Hotel USA, the "in association with" text (in dark gray) appears underneath.
On Ashes Fever, the logo shares the screen with the Sunset+Vine logo.
Some shows that were produced by the company's Midlands division has said region next to the company name.
On Terror in Moscow and Big Ideas That Changed the World, the logo is stretched.
On The Boy Who Gave Birth To His Twin, "production" is added underneath the Mentorn logo.
On The Man Who Ate His Lover, the logo, excluding the lens flare, is in grayscale.
On the 2005 Imagine (TV Series) documentary "Fantastic Mr Dahl", the copyright notice, reading "© Mentorn Media MMV", fades in underneath.
On Half Ton Man, the "mentorn" text as well as the orange ball is smaller.
Starting in 2006, the byline was removed.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A synth tune or the ending theme of the programme. On the 2005 Imagine (TV Series) documentary "Fantastic Mr Dahl", it's silent.

Availability:

Seen on plenty of programmes from this period, including the Robot Wars franchise, Big Ideas That Changed the World, season 1 of Paradise Hotel, among many others.
The dark blue background variant was seen on the aforementioned Robot Wars spin-offs on TNN and Nickelodeon as well as Techno Games, Britain's Worst Driver, and the Horizon documentary "The Hawking Paradox".
The 2006 variant can be seen on Paradise Hotel season 1, Tory! Tory! Tory!, Sven The Coach, the Cash and His Lovers, among others.

Mentorn Media

Logo (May 11, 2008-)

Visuals: There is the text "mentornmedia" flipping in letter by letter. After all the letters appeared, a minimalist 2D outline of a hand flies in next to the logo.

Variants:

An early version consists of just "mentorn" in a stretched format and the hand itself.
Like before, the logo may appear in a split-screen or superimposed format.
Sometimes, the words "a" and "production for" in the same color as the logo itself will be added if a co-producer is seen underneath.
Beginning in 2016, the logo was given a byline relating to its status as a subsidiary of Tinopolis. Here, the Tinopolis logo is seen underneath the Mentorn Media logo with the text "a Tinopolis company" next to the symbol.
- On Inside London: Fire Brigade, the symbol lacks a red box.
Starting in 2019, the logo is in teal.
On An Idiot Abroad, the additional credit info, specifically "Sky Television" is in the same color as the logo.

Technique: 2D animation.

Audio: The ending theme of the programme.

Availability:

It appears on later seasons of Paradise Hotel, An Idiot Abroad, Inside London: Fire Brigade, among many others.
The teal variant was seen on Inside The Force 24/7 and recent series of Traffic Cops as well many new shows from 2019 onwards.

◄	Mentorn Barraclough Carey

Mentorn Media

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 ===Background===
 '''Mentorn Media''' is a British television production company, initially established in 1985 by Tom Gutteridge as '''[[Mentorn Films]]'''. They would go on and produce many documentaries and several successful programmes for various networks such as ''Robot Wars'', ''Question Time'', ''Traffic Cops'', and ''An Idiot Abroad''. In 1996, the company purchased and merged with [[Barraclough Carey Productions|Barraclough Carey Productions]], becoming '''[[Mentorn Barraclough Carey]]''' from 1996 to 2000, when it was sold by Gutteridge to The Television Corporation in which it became simply '''Mentorn'''. The Television Corporation would later by purchased by Tinopolis.
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 ===1st Logo (2001-2002)===
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-'''Logo:''' It is identical to the [[Mentorn Barraclough Carey]] logos where an orange ball falls and causes a ripple effect. However, the background is now a {{<span class="error">Expansion depth limit exceeded</span>|darkblue|dark blue}} gradient color and the ball reveals the white text "'''mentorn'''", followed by the byline "{{<span class="error">Expansion depth limit exceeded</span>|orange|'''a television corporation company'''}}" fading in and additional credit information underneath.
+'''Visuals:''' It is identical to the [[Mentorn Barraclough Carey]] logos where an orange ball falls and causes a ripple effect. However, the background is now a dark blue gradient color and the ball reveals the white text "'''mentorn'''", followed by the byline "{{color|orange|'''a television corporation company'''}}" fading in and additional credit information underneath.
 '''Technique:''' CGI.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' The ending theme of the programme.
+'''Audio:''' The ending theme of the programme.
+'''Availability:''' This was seen on a December 2, 2001 BBC2 airing of an episode to ''Robot Wars''.
-'''Availability:'''
-*Extremely rare, as many programmes from this period are no longer reran or hardly preserved on home media.
-*This was seen on a December 2, 2001 BBC2 airing of an episode to ''Robot Wars''.
 ===2nd Logo (2002-May 26, 2008)===
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+Mentorn (2002) (From - Techno Games).png
+Mentorn (2002) (From - Robot Wars Extreme Warriors).png
+Mentorn (2002) (From - Nickelodeon version of Robot Wars).png
+Mentorn and BBC (2002) (From - BBC4 airing of Baader Meinhof - In Love With Terror).png
+Mentorn and BBC (2006) (From - Tory! Tory! Tory! episode 1).png
+Mentorn, 3Di, and BBC (2005) (From - Monsoon Railway part 1).png
+Mentorn and Channel 4 (2004) (From - June 29, 2006 Cinemax airing to The Hamburg Cell).png
+Mentorn and Channel 4 (2004) (From - SBS airing of The Man Who Ate His Lover).png
+Mentorn and Channel 4 (2003) (From - The Boy Who Gave Birth To His Twin).png
+Mentorn and Channel 4 (2003) (From - Terror in Moscow).png
+Mentorn, Martyn Gregory Films, and Channel 4 (2004) (From - The Diana Conspiracy).png
+Mentorn, Videotext, and Channel 4 (2004) (From - Extreme Archaeology).png
+Mentorn Midlands and Channel 4 (2003) (From - the Unexpected World episode Saffron Warriors).png
+Mentorn and Channel 4 (2002) (From - India Calling).png
+Channel 5 and Mentorn (2005) (From - the Big Ideas That Changed the World episode Democracy).png
+Channel 5 and Mentorn (2005) (From - original airing of the Royal Institution Christmas Lecture episode The Ape That Cooks).png
+Mentorn and Sunset+Vine (2005) (From - Ashes Fever).png
+Mentorn (2008) (Credit - LogicSmash).png
+Mentorn (2005) (From - The Man Who Slept For 19 Years).png
+Mentorn (2005) (From - The Dark Side Of Porn episode 1).png
+Mentorn (2005) (From - Half Ton Man).png
+Mentorn Oxford and Channel 4 (2006) (From - the Dispatches documentary Spinning Terror).png
+Mentorn and Alison Jackson Studios (2006) (From - Sven The Coach, the Cash and His Lovers).png
+Mentorn (2005) (From - The Girl Who Came Back From The Dead).png
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-'''Logo:''' On a black background, a {{<span class="error">Expansion depth limit exceeded</span>|blue}} lens flare flies in from the right, revealing the same "mentorn" text from before. Afterwards, the byline from the previous logo wipes in. In the middle of the unveiling of the bottom text, the lens flare stops next to the left of the company name, transforming into an {{<span class="error">Expansion depth limit exceeded</span>|orange}} 3D ball.
+'''Visuals:''' On a black background, a blue lens flare flies in from the right, revealing the same "mentorn" text from before. Afterwards, the byline from the previous logo wipes in. In the middle of the unveiling of the bottom text, the lens flare stops next to the left of the company name, transforming into an orange 3D ball.
 '''Variants:'''
-*A variant has the logo set on a {{<span class="error">Expansion depth limit exceeded</span>|darkblue|dark blue}} background where the lens flare is {{<span class="error">Expansion depth limit exceeded</span>|orange}} and another lens flare, albeit smaller, is seen unveiling the byline.
+*A variant has the logo set on a dark blue background where the lens flare is orange and another lens flare, albeit smaller, is seen unveiling the byline.
 *A <u>still version</u> as well as a split-screen variant exists.
 *On <u>programmes co-produced with [[Channel 4 Television|Channel 4]]</u>, the logo is to the left of the 1999 Channel 4 logo.
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 '''Technique:''' CGI.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' A synth tune or the ending theme of the programme. On the 2005 ''Imagine (TV Series)'' documentary "Fantastic Mr Dahl", it's silent.
+'''Audio:''' A synth tune or the ending theme of the programme. On the 2005 ''Imagine (TV Series)'' documentary "Fantastic Mr Dahl", it's silent.
 '''Availability:'''
 *Seen on plenty of programmes from this period, including the ''Robot Wars'' franchise, ''Big Ideas That Changed the World'', season 1 of ''Paradise Hotel'', among many others.
-*The dark blue background variant is extremely rare and was seen on the aforementioned ''Robot Wars'' spin-offs on TNN and Nickelodeon as well as ''Techno Games'', ''Britain's Worst Driver'', and the ''Horizon'' documentary "The Hawking Paradox".
+*The dark blue background variant was seen on the aforementioned ''Robot Wars'' spin-offs on TNN and Nickelodeon as well as ''Techno Games'', ''Britain's Worst Driver'', and the ''Horizon'' documentary "The Hawking Paradox".
 *The 2006 variant can be seen on ''Paradise Hotel'' season 1, ''Tory! Tory! Tory!'', ''Sven The Coach, the Cash and His Lovers'', among others.
 ==Mentorn Media==
-===(May 11, 2008-)===
+===Logo (May 11, 2008-)===
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+Mentorn Media (2019) (From - Paradise Hotel).png
+Mentorn Media and BBC (2008) (From - Russia A Journey with Jonathan Dimbleby).png
+Mentorn Media and BBC (2012) (From - The Batman Shootings).png
+Mentorn Media and BBC (2012) (From - Superstorm USA Caught on Camera).png
+Mentorn Media, Moore Television, and BBC (2016) (From - Peter York's Hipster Handbook).png
+Mentorn and Channel 5 (2008) (From - Dangerous Adventures for Boys).png
+Channel 5 and Mentorn Media (2012) (From - World's Craziest Weddings).png
+Channel 5 and Mentorn Media (2017) (From - Traffic Cops Under Attack S02E01).png
+Channel 5 and Mentorn Media (2019) (From - Inside The Force 24 7 S01E01).png
+Channel 5 and Mentorn Media (2019) (From - Traffic Cops Under Attack).png
+Channel 5 and Mentorn Media (2021) (From - Traffic Cops On the Edge S23E12).png
+Channel 5 and Mentorn Media (2024) (From - Wonka The Scandal that Rocked Britain).png
+Mentorn Media and ITV (2014) (From - Britain's Poshest Nannies).png
+Mentorn Media and ITV (2017) (From -  Inside London Fire Brigade).png
+Mentorn Media (2010) (From - the first episode of An Idiot Abroad).png
+Mentorn Media (2009) (From -  Captive For 18 Years The Jaycee Lee Story).png
+Mentorn Media (2013) (From - Crazy About One Direction).png
+Mentorn Media (2011) (From -  the Cutting Edge documentary Katie My Beautiful Friends).png
+Mentorn Media and Channel 4 (2016) (From - The Jihadis Next Door).png
+Mentorn Media and Channel 4 (2016, Mentorn Scotland copyright) (From - Saddam Goes to Hollywood).png
+Mentorn Media (2009) (From -  Close Encounters In Siberia).png
+Mentorn Media (2013) (From - Catching a Killer Crocodile Tears).png
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-'''Logo:''' We see the text "{{<span class="error">Expansion depth limit exceeded</span>|lime|'''mentorn'''media}}" flipping in letter by letter. After all the letters appeared, a minimalist 2D outline of a hand flies in next to the logo.
+'''Visuals:''' There is the text "{{color|lime|'''mentorn'''media}}" flipping in letter by letter. After all the letters appeared, a minimalist 2D outline of a hand flies in next to the logo.
 '''Variants:'''
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 *Beginning in <u>2016</u>, the logo was given a byline relating to its status as a subsidiary of Tinopolis. Here, the Tinopolis logo is seen underneath the Mentorn Media logo with the text "a Tinopolis company" next to the symbol.
 **On ''<u>Inside London: Fire Brigade</u>'', the symbol lacks a red box.
-*Starting in <u>2019</u>, the logo is in {{<span class="error">Expansion depth limit exceeded</span>|teal}}.
+*Starting in <u>2019</u>, the logo is in teal.
 *On ''<u>An Idiot Abroad</u>'', the additional credit info, specifically "Sky Television" is in the same color as the logo.
 '''Technique:''' 2D animation.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' The ending theme of the programme.
+'''Audio:''' The ending theme of the programme.
-'''Availability:''' Current.
+'''Availability:'''
 *It appears on later seasons of ''Paradise Hotel'', ''An Idiot Abroad'', ''Inside London: Fire Brigade'', among many others.
 *The teal variant was seen on ''Inside The Force 24/7'' and recent series of ''Traffic Cops'' as well many new shows from 2019 onwards.
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+{{Chronology|[[Mentorn Barraclough Carey]]|}}
 [[Category:British television logos]]