Prospect Pictures

Background

Prospect Pictures is a British production company founded in 1988 and best known for its lifestyle and cooking programmes such as ITV's Cooks!. In the late 2000's, they were acquired by DCD Media.

1st Logo (1989)

Logo: On a dark marble background, we see the stacked text "A Prospect PICTURES PRODUCTION". "Prospect" is in a written font with the "o"'s hole colored red, two thin lines are over and underneath "PICTURES" and two dots are next to said word. Underneath contains additional in-credit notices including a co-producer's name, the 1988 BBC Wales logo and the copyright notice.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the programme.

Availability: So far, it was seen on The BBC Diet Programme.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (1993-1995)

Logo: Similar to the previous logo except the background is white with a fog-like texture, "A" is inside a red sphere, the dots next to "PICTURES" is removed, and "PRODUCTION" is red

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the programme.

Availability: Extinct; seen on early episodes of The Good Sex Guide and There's No Business, neither of which have known exposure on home media.

Editor's Note: None.

3rd Logo (1995-2012)

Logo: A shell resembling the letter "P" is inside a blue box with the spaced out text "PROSPECT" inside a red rectangular box. Over and underneath the logo will typically read "A PROSPECT PICTURES PRODUCTION".

Bylines:

Before 2008: None.
2008-2012: "Part of DCD media" with said company's logo next to its name.
2010: "part of DCD Media"

Variants:

Sometimes, the boxes are colored purple and green with the shell intact.
On some programmes, the boxes are not only blue and orange respectively, but the shell image was replaced with a metal object resembling the same letter.
- This variant may also come in a different color scheme like blue and red.
On I'm Your Number One Fan, the "P"-resembling image consists of metallic and curvy object.
Programmes produced by the company's Welsh offices adds "CYMRU" underneath "PROSPECT".
Likewise, the above variant may read "PROSPECT FILMS".
Sometimes, the DCD Media byline is squished.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the programme.

Availability: Despite it being used for more than 15 years, this logo is very rare due to many of its programmes no longer being reran and are hardly found via off-air prints.

Was seen on lifestyle programming such as Nigella, Daily Cooks Challenge, Good Food Live, and several documentaries such as The Tallest Tower: Building The Shard, The True Story of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and My Brilliant Britain.
This logo hasn't been used since 2012 as the company hasn't released any new programmes.