STV Studios

Credits

Compiled by
Camenati

Editions by
Blue2000 and Michael Kenchington

This article is about the production logos used by STV. For the TV idents, see Scottish Television/STV.

Background

STV Studios is the production arm of the STV Group plc. It was originally founded on August 31, 1957 as Scotish Television Enterprises by Roy Thomson. In 2000, they were reorganised into SMG Productions before being renamed to STV Productions in 2008. The "Scottish Television Enterprises" name was still used on several programmes until 2005. In 2019, the company renamed to its current name. Some of their most well known programmes include Taggart and Take the High Road.

STV Productions

Contents 1st Logo (2008-2009) 2nd Logo (2009-2014) 3rd Logo (2013-2020)

STV Studios

Contents   (2020-)

STV Productions

1st Logo (2008-2009)

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Logo: On a white background, the 2006 logo is seen without "stv" inside the larger "s". Rather, said text appears below the letter and is in dark blue while next to "productions". Underneath is the copyright year in dark blue and the byline "part of the stv group plc".

Technique: None.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the programme.

Availability: Unknown. ^[Examples?]

2nd Logo (2009-2014)

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Logo: Mainly consists of the text "stv productions". The latter word is in a different font and the "o" in said word has an arrow in it.

Variants:

• Sometimes, the logo is placed on a custom background.
  • On Gràdh a Bhàis, the logo is on a black-dark blue gradient background. A byline was also added, reading "From Scotland to the World".
• A print version of the 2009 logo with the triangle can be shown in dodger blue colour.
• On Perez Hilton: Superfan, the logo is colourised with "stv" in dark blue and "productions" in cyan. It is also inside a white box.
• On All That Lies Behind Me, "productions" is grey.
• It also sometimes shares the screen with other logos including the 2013 ITV logo.

Technique: None.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the programme.

Availability:

• Can be seen on some original programmes from the company such as Fake Reaction, Gràdh a Bhàis, very early episodes of Catchphrase, and the final few series of Taggart.
• It also appeared at the end of a December 27, 2022 airing of S27E01 of Taggart on Drama as well.

3rd Logo (2013-2020)

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Logo: While "Productions" fades in one letter at a time, to the left is "tv" within a metalic triangle pointing right glowing cyan and yellow-green colours. Coming into view and sliding to the right, an "s" slides out of the triangle.

Variants:

• On backgrounds with high contrast, "tv" is white and "Productions" is black.
• On Britain's Biggest Warship, the logo is inside a white box.
• As with the first logo, it sometimes shares the screen with other logos including the 1997 BBC and 2013 ITV logos.

Technique: The letters sliding and fading in.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the programme.

Availability:

• It has appeared on the revival of Catchphrase and the first four series of its celebrity series, plus The Victim, as well as many factual programmes like Inside Central Station and Britain's Biggest Warship.

STV Studios

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Logo: A 2D version of the 2014 logo in teal is positioned above "Studios"

Variants:

• In its earliest years, the triangle is in the style of the previous logo. This time, however, it is glowing teal.
  • On series 3 of Inside Central Station, the "s" is just like how it was in the 2014 STV Productions logo.
• On Elizabeth is Missing, the logo is white.
• Sometimes, this logo also shares the screen with other logos including the 1997 BBC and 2013 ITV logos.

Technique: None.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the programme.

Availability:

• Appears on more recent episodes of the celebrity specials of Catchphrase as well as Bridge of Lies, Murder Island, Screw, among several others.

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STV Studios