Talkback Thames

Credits

Descriptions by
Shadeed A. Kelly

Captures by
mr3urious and Shadeed A. Kelly

Editions by
DisneyInternationalFan, Michael Kenchington and TheRealMarcel2000

Video captures courtesy of
Eric S.

Background

Talkback Thames (styled as talkbackTHAMES) was the production arm of FremantleMedia UK between 2003 and 2012. It was formed on 10 February 2003, after FremantleMedia merged their two successful television production company subsidiaries, Talkback Productions and Thames Television, into Talkback Thames (spelled as talkbackTHAMES). Both companies continued using their respective logos with the Talkback Thames logo added until 2006, when the company unveiled a new production logo combining both names. On 1 January 2012, the company was split into four separate brands under FremantleMedia UK: Thames (entertainment shows), Talkback (comedy shows), Retort (scripted comedy; until 2018) and Boundless (factual programming; until 2020).

1st Logo (placeholder logo) (November 23, 2004)

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Visuals: On a white background with bits of green and blue (the respective colours of Talkback Thames as seen on the 2003 logos) on several corners and the top after a bright light flashes at the beginning, the "talkbackTHAMES" name in green (for "talkback") and dark purple (for "THAMES") respectively, in bold, is seen when it fades in. The byline "A FremantleMedia Company" is shown underneath it in a smaller font, which is also fading in. It is also next to the 1999 Channel 4 "Square" logo.

Technique: 2D computer animation.

Audio: The ending theme of the show.

Availability: This is a placeholder logo and was only seen on the pilot episode of The Sex Inspectors.

• It is also seen below the Thames and Talkback logos at the end of shows produced by Talkback and Thames between 2003-2006 before the then-new Talkback Thames logo was introduced.

2nd Logo (November 28, 2005-December 31, 2011)

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Visuals: On a blue background, there is a lowercase green "t" inside an uppercase blue "T", both set in Gill Sans Ultra Bold. Both T's slide apart with the lowercase "t" sliding up and the uppercase "T" sliding down. The T's later turn diagonal and have the remaining letters fading in and zooming out with "alkback" above and "HAMES" below. The left side of the background turns green on the lower left-hand corner and light blue on the right side while the logo is animating and the logo zooms out into a white oval-like field. The copyright stamp "© FremantleMedia Ltd [YEAR]" fades in below.

Variants:

• An early variant exists, where the logo appears still on a white background and the byline: FremantleMedia Ltd is below. This variant can be found on the 2005 UK DVD release of The Very Best of They Think it’s all Over, following the 2005 2 Entertain logo.
• This logo appears in-credit as it zooms to the corner on co-produced shows.
• On the game Family Fortunes for NDS, the logo is made on white background.
• Sometimes, the byline "Part of FremantleMedia" (or simply "FremantleMedia") fades in below.
• Sometimes, the copyright stamp is not shown.
• Sometimes, the logo is still.
• Sometimes, this logo also shares the screen with other logos (including the 1997 BBC logo).
• On DVD releases, the logo is giving an iris effect at the beginning and end.
• On shows produced for Channel 4, the animation is pushed to the left, this variant could also be in-credit.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: The ending theme of the programme or none.

Availability:

• The standard logo was seen on such shows like QI and the final five series of The Bill, among others.
• The in-credit logo was seen on such shows like How Clean is Your House? and Minder, among others.
• This logo is also used as a de-facto home video logo on DVD releases, such as the 2007 UK/AUS DVD release of The IT Crowd Version 2.0, with their logo following the 2005 2 Entertain logo on the UK DVD release and it also follows the 2001 FremantleMedia Enterprises logo on the Australian DVD release.
• The "For Channel 4" variant of this logo is also preserved on BritBox streaming prints of The IT Crowd on Amazon Prime Video, which is then followed by the 2001 FremantleMedia Enterprises logo.

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