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Background

Talkback is a production company that is part of Fremantle UK. It was formed on January 1, 2012, after FremantleMedia split Talkback Thames into four companies: Talkback for comedy, Thames for entertainment, Boundless for factual and Retort for scripted comedy. The name was derived from the former Talkback Productions, which was owned by FremantleMedia between 2001 and 2006.

1st Logo (January 1, 2012-September 1, 2018)

Visuals: On a black background, there is a green glowing circle with a grey outline and a big white "t". The word "talkback" with the "t" in the Gill Sans Ultra Bold font (reused from the 2006 Talkback Thames logo) than the other letters appears below with a byline reading "Part of FremantleMedia UK". The circle rotates twice, and then it glows as the circle stops rotating.

Variants:

Sometimes, this logo also shares the screen with other logos (including the 1997 BBC and 2013 ITV logos).
On season 1 of Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier, the logo appears during the UKTV Original Production logo.

Technique: Computer animation.

Audio: The ending theme from any show or none.

Availability: Seen on shows by Talkback from the time period until September 2018.

It can be seen on shows created by the former Talkback and Talkback Thames, such as Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Celebrity Juice and QI, among others.

2nd Logo (September 13, 2018-)

Visuals: On a dark grey (or black) background is "TalkBac" with the "Bac" backwards. A sideways chevron shape comes in and pushes the "Bac" into the "K" in "Talk." The word "Back" then emerges from the "K", this time the right way around revealing "TalkBack" in a similar style to the 1984-2000 Talkback logo, except that the gears in the "a"'s are now hexagons. The hexagons also spin throughout the logo's duration.

Bylines:

2018-2021: "Part of Fremantle"
2021-: "A Fremantle Label" with "Fremantle" being said company's logo.

Variants:

There is a still in-credit version.
Sometimes, this logo also shares the screen with other logos (including the 2013 ITV logo).
The Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier variant is the same as last time, except with this logo.
On Too Hot to Handle starting with season 2, the logo appears on the bottom and the Thames logo appears beneath, making it similar to the Talkback Thames logo.

Technique: 2D animation by Venturethree.

Audio: The sound of a VHS tape being inserted into a player, the ending theme from any show, or none.

Availability: It debuted on season 20 of Celebrity Juice and appears on recent seasons of said show. It also appears on other shows such as QI, Too Hot to Handle and Alan Carr's Epic Gameshow, among others.

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 ===Background===
+'''Talkback''' is a production company that is part of [[Fremantle|Fremantle UK]]. It was formed on January 1, 2012, after [[Fremantle|FremantleMedia]] split [[Talkback Thames|'''Talkback''' Thames]] into four companies: Talkback for comedy, [[Thames (2012-)|Thames]] for entertainment, [[Boundless]] for factual and [[Retort]] for scripted comedy. The name was derived from the former [[Talkback (1984-2006)|Talkback Productions]], which was owned by FremantleMedia between 2001 and 2006.
-'''Talkback Productions''' was formed in 1981 by Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones and it was one of UK's leading production companies. In July 2000, the company was sold to [[Pearson Television]] (which itself was sold and merged with CLT-UFA in 2000 to create the RTL Group and rebranded as [[Fremantle|FremantleMedia]] in 2001) for £62 million and was merged with [[Thames]] in 2003 to form [[Talkback Thames]]. On January 1, 2012, FremantleMedia UK split Talkback Thames into four companies, with '''Talkback''' focusing on comedy.
+===1st Logo (January 1, 2012-September 1, 2018)===
-{{ImageTOC
-|Talkback .jpg|1st Logo (January 31, 1984-March 17, 2003)
-|TalkbackUKendcap2004HowCleanisYourHouseChannel4.jpg|2nd Logo (February 9, 2003-2005)
-|Talkback8.jpg|3rd Logo (January 1, 2012-2019?)
-|Screenshot 2021-02-08 104806.jpg|4th Logo (2018-)
-}}
-===1st Logo (January 31, 1984-March 17, 2003)===
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-Talkback .jpg
-Talkback2.jpg
-Talkback3.png
-Talkbackendcap1999GrandDesigns.jpg
-TalkBack and BBC (1996, black BBC) (Credit - The beadierline tapes).png
-Talkback and BBC (1994) (From - the Murder Most Horrid episode Overkill).png
-Talkback and BBC (1994) (From - the Murder Most Horrid episode We All Hate Granny).png
-Talkback and BBC (1996) (From - the Murder Most Horrid episode Girl Friday).png
-Talkback and BBC (1994) (From - The Day Today episode 1).png
-Talkback and BBC (1998) (From - TV airing of the Murder Most Horrid episode Going Solo).png
-Talkback (1999, black) (From - Smack the Pony S01E03).png ‎
-Talkback4.jpg
-Talkback and Channel 5 (2003) (From - House Doctor).png
-Talkbackendcap2003GrandDesigns.jpg
-Talkback5.png
-Talkback UK and BBC (2004) (From - Acorn TV airing of Series B of QI).png
-</gallery>
-'''Logo:''' It's only an in-credit logo saying:
-<center>{{Font|Serif|A}}</br>{{Large|'''TalkBack'''}}</br>{{Font|Serif|PRODUCTION}}</center>
-with "'''TalkBack'''" in a bigger and bolder font with gear-shaped holes in the "a"'s. Sometimes, it would have "For BBC TELEVISION" or "for CHANNEL FOUR" and a copyright stamp.
-'''Variants:'''
-* Sometimes, this logo shares the screen with the other logos including the 1988 and 1997 BBC logos.
-* Sometimes, this logo would be placed outside the credits and have its own card.
-* On ''The Armando Iannucci Shows'', the logo has a byline "A Pearson Television Company", the Talkback logo and "production" are lowercase, and an in-credit [[Channel 4 Television|Channel 4]] logo is used rather than "for Channel Four". Also, all are animated: Channel 4's logo fades in first, "talkback" flips in after that, and then the rest of the text fades in.
-* One variant reads "A Talkback Features Production".
-* In 2000, the logo was slightly modified with the lowercase "t" and "b". A byline was also added, reading "A FremantleMedia Company".
-* On ''House Doctor'', the logo simply consists of the logo, the byline, and a bottom notice that reads "a talkback production for five".
-* On ''QI'' series B, the text "{{Font|Serif|a Quite Interesting}}", with "a" above "Quite Interesting", was added above the Talkback name. The text "'''~ uk'''" was also added to the logo and the background writing overlaps with it.
-* On ''The Day Today'', the logo as well as its full notice is in one row.
-* On ''Smack the Pony'', the logo is black.
-'''Technique:''' Fading effects or none.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' The end theme of the show, or none.
-'''Availability:''' Seen on such UK shows like ''Alias Smith and Jones'', ''A Life in Pieces'', ''Murder Most Horrid'', ''Da Ali G Show'' (UK episodes only) and ''Nevermind the Buzzcocks'', among others.
-===2nd Logo (February 9, 2003-2005)===
-<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
-TalkbackUKendcap2004HowCleanisYourHouseChannel4.jpg
-Talkback6.jpg
-Talkback UK BBC and Talkback Thames (2005) (From - Tubi print of the Man Stroke Woman pilot).png
-Talkback7.jpg
-Talkback UK BBC and Talkback Thames (2003) (From - Acorn TV airing of Series A of QI).png
-Talkback BBC and Talkback Thames (2005, production) (From - Acorn TV airing of QI series 3).png
-</gallery>
-'''Logo:''' On a white background with bits of {{color|chartreuse|green}} on several corners and the top, we have the "{{color|limegreen|'''talkback'''}}" name in {{color|limegreen|green}} and in bold. Below it would have the "'''{{color|limegreen|talkback}}{{color|darkblue|THAMES'''}}" logo name below and the byline "Part of the FremantleMedia Group" (or "A FremantleMedia Company"), and sometimes below that, the copyright stamp to FremantleMedia.
-'''Variants:'''
-* Some co-productions would have "'''PRODUCED BY'''" above and "'''for (name/logo of network)'''" below the Talkback name.
-* Sometimes, the Talkback name would read "'''{{color|limegreen|talkback~uk}}'''".
-* On ''QI'', the text "{{font|Serif|a Quite Interesting}}" was added above Talkback name and the background has math scribbles.
-** On series C, the "a" in "A Quite Interesting" is on the same row as the other words and "{{font|Serif|production}}" was added underneath the logo.
-'''Technique:''' None.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' The end theme of the show.
-'''Availability:''' Seen on reruns of ''Da Ali G Show'' (UK episodes), ''Nathan Barley'', ''The Sex Inspectors'', ''Nevermind the Buzzcocks'', ''QI'', early episodes of ''How Clean is Your House?'' and ''Monkey Dust'', among others.
-===3rd Logo (January 1, 2012-2019?)===
 <gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
 Talkback8.jpg
+Talkbackendcap2017.jpg
 Talkbackendcap2015QI.jpg
 UKTV Original Production (2018, Jon Richardson Ultimate Worrier series 1).png
 </gallery>
+{{YouTube|id=gonGz3RyoWo}}
-'''Logo:''' On a black background, we see a {{color|limegreen|green}} glowing ring with a {{color|darkgray|gray}} outline and a big white "'''t'''" (set in Gill Sans Ultra Bold). The word "{{color|limegreen|'''t'''alkback}}" with the "{{color|limegreen|'''t'''}}" in a bigger and bolder font than the other letters appears below with a byline reading "Part of FremantleMedia UK". The ring rotates around several times.
+'''Visuals:''' On a black background, there is a green glowing circle with a grey outline and a big white "'''t'''". The word "'''t'''alkback" with the "'''t'''" in the Gill Sans Ultra Bold font (reused from the 2006 [[Talkback Thames]] logo) than the other letters appears below with a byline reading "Part of FremantleMedia UK". The circle rotates twice, and then it glows as the circle stops rotating.
+'''Variants:'''
-'''Variant:''' On series 1 of ''Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier'', the logo appears during the [[UKTV Original Production]] logo.
+*Sometimes, this logo also shares the screen with other logos (including the 1997 [[BBC Productions|BBC]] and 2013 ITV logos).
+*On season 1 of ''Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier'', the logo appears during the [[UKTV Original Production]] logo.
-'''Technique:''' CGI.
+'''Technique:''' Computer animation.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' The end theme of the show, or none.
+'''Audio:''' The ending theme from any show or none.
-'''Availability:''' Seen on the shows created by the former Talkback, such as ''Celebrity Juice'' and ''QI''.
+'''Availability:''' Seen on shows by Talkback from the time period until September 2018.
+* It can be seen on shows created by the former Talkback and Talkback Thames, such as ''Never Mind the Buzzcocks'', ''Celebrity Juice'' and ''QI'', among others.
-===4th Logo (2018-)===
+===2nd Logo (September 13, 2018-)===
 <gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
 Screenshot 2021-02-08 104806.jpg
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 Thames and Talkback (2021, Fremantle logo) (From - Too Hot to Handle season 2).png
 Talkback and ITV (2021, Fremantle logo) (From - series 2 of Alan Carr's Epic Gameshow).png
+Talkback and the BBC (2020).PNG
 UKTV Original Production (2018, Jon Richardson Ultimate Worrier series 2).png
 </gallery>
-{{YouTube|id=pDV4fmqE9eo}}
+{{YouTube|id=QnSXsYlSvEo|id2=rqhoXoTESdM|id3=jhTy9OrICgY|t=4}}
-'''Logo:''' On a {{color|darkgray|dark gray}} (or black) background, we see "{{color|green|'''TalkBac'''}}" with the "Bac" backwards. A sideways chevron shape comes in and pushes the "Bac" into the "K" in "Talk". The word "Back" then emerges from the "K", this time the right way around revealing "{{color|green|'''TalkBack'''}}" in a similar style to the 1st logo, except that the stars in the "a" and "b" are now hexagons. The hexagons also spin throughout the logo'a duration.
+'''Visuals:''' On a dark grey (or black) background is "'''TalkBac'''" with the "Bac" backwards. A sideways chevron shape comes in and pushes the "Bac" into the "K" in "Talk." The word "Back" then emerges from the "K", this time the right way around revealing "'''TalkBack'''" in a similar style to the 1984-2000 [[Talkback (1984-2006)|Talkback]] logo, except that the gears in the "a"'s are now hexagons. The hexagons also spin throughout the logo's duration.
 '''Bylines:'''
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 '''Variants:'''
 * There is a still in-credit version.
+* Sometimes, this logo also shares the screen with other logos (including the 2013 ITV logo).
 * The ''Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier'' variant is the same as last time, except with this logo.
+* On ''Too Hot to Handle'' starting with season 2, the logo appears on the bottom and the [[Thames (2012-)|Thames]] logo appears beneath, making it similar to the [[Talkback Thames]] logo.
-'''Technique:''' 2D animation.
+'''Technique:''' 2D animation by Venturethree.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' A sound of a VHS tape being inserted into the player, the ending theme from any show, or none.
+'''Audio:''' The sound of a VHS tape being inserted into a player, the ending theme from any show, or none.
+'''Availability:''' It debuted on season 20 of ''Celebrity Juice'' and appears on recent seasons of said show. It also appears on other shows such as ''QI'', ''Too Hot to Handle'' and ''Alan Carr's Epic Gameshow'', among others.
-'''Availability:''' Current.
+{{Chronology|[[Talkback Thames]]}}
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+[[Category:Logos made by Venturethree]]
+[[Category:English-language logos]]