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*It was seen on ''Executive Stress'', the later ''French Fields'' (second season onward), series 6 (1990) of ''Danger Mouse'', series 3 (1990-1991) of ''Count Duckula'', episodes of ''The Sooty Show'', ''T-Bag'' and ''Rainbow'' from 1990 to 1992, all episodes of ''Truckers'' and ''Victor and Hugo: Bunglers in Crime'', later ''Rumpole of the Bailey'' episodes, ''This Is Your Life'', ''Mr. Bean'' (from "The Return of Mr. Bean" to "Merry Christmas, Mr. Bean"), ''Wish You Were Here...?'', the first five series of ''The Bill'', the first four series of ''Take Your Pick!'', ''Strike It Lucky'', ''Des O'Connor Tonight'' |
*It was seen on ''Executive Stress'', the later ''French Fields'' (second season onward), series 6 (1990) of ''Danger Mouse'', series 3 (1990-1991) of ''Count Duckula'', episodes of ''The Sooty Show'', ''T-Bag'' and ''Rainbow'' from 1990 to 1992, all episodes of ''Truckers'' and ''Victor and Hugo: Bunglers in Crime'', later ''Rumpole of the Bailey'' episodes, ''This Is Your Life'', ''Mr. Bean'' (from "The Return of Mr. Bean" to "Merry Christmas, Mr. Bean"), ''Wish You Were Here...?'', the first five series of ''The Bill'', the first four series of ''Take Your Pick!'', ''Strike It Lucky'', ''Des O'Connor Tonight'', ''Hope It Rains'' and the final two series of ''Never the Twain'', among many others. |
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*The first version also originally used to appear on public TV rerun prints of the ''Mr. Bean'' episode "Merry Christmas, Mr. Bean", however, it has since been removed for current broadcasts. |
*The first version also originally used to appear on public TV rerun prints of the ''Mr. Bean'' episode "Merry Christmas, Mr. Bean", however, it has since been removed for current broadcasts. |
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*The monochrome version was also seen on ''The World At War'' after its "remastering" in 1994 and has also been aired on [[BBC Two]] during December 2002. |
*The monochrome version was also seen on ''The World At War'' after its "remastering" in 1994 and has also been aired on [[BBC Two]] during December 2002. |
The Thames production company was originally the production arm of Thames Television, formed from a merger of the separate previous units ABC Television Productions and Rediffusion London Productions. Even after Thames had lost its ITV franchise in 1992 to Carlton, it continued on as a production company, which was acquired by Pearson Television in mid-1993 (itself sold to CLT-UFA in July 2000, merged to become the RTL Group, and rebranded as FremantleMedia in 2001).
On 10 February 2003, Thames was merged with another Fremantle subsidiary, Talkback to form Talkback Thames, which was then split in 2012 into four production companies, resurrecting the Thames brand to focus on entertainment shows.
Logo: Essentially a still version of the 1968 logo, with "FROM" on the top left of the logo.
Variant: On some programmes, a still variant of the black background version is used.
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Logo: It's a still version of the 1969 logo, but with the text reading "COLOUR PRODUCTION" below the logo.
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Logo: On a blue spotlight background, we see a still version of the Thames XXI logo, except the bottom triangle is wordless. Below it is text reading either "THAMES TELEVISION PRESENTATION/PRODUCTION" or "THAMES TELEVISION PRODUCTION/PROGRAMME FOR", and the 1989 ITV logo appearing below.
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Logo: Against a medium blue background is a blue and gold version of the triangular Thames logo with the words "THAMES TELEVISION" appearing on the triangle in a Friz Quadrata font. Below that is the text "THAMES TELEVISION PRODUCTION/PROGRAMME FOR" with the 1989 ITV logo. After 1992, this became the primary logo, and the 1989 ITV logo was removed.
Byline: Beginning in mid-1996, the byline "A Pearson Television Company" was added below the triangle, and "Production" was moved on to it, now also in the same font as the rest of the logo. The copyright text "© Thames Television Limited MCMXCVI" was also added at the bottom of the screen, as it was previously on the credits.
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Logo: Against a black background is a tall blue box with a whitish silhouette of the Tower Bridge. Under that are the words "THAMES" in the Copperplate Gothic font and the respective company byline.
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Logo: As we see waves on the surface of a river, the name "THAMES" in a white sans-serif font is seen in the centre of the screen. Like the "Rising Buildings", there is a reflection given to the Thames name (in a sky-bluish shade). The byline "A FremantleMedia Company" is under this.
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Technique: A still image rendered in modern CGI.
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Logo: Against a bluish/whitish background with many dots and lines, we see the word "THAMES"; below that is the "talkbackTHAMES" logo. The byline "Part of the FremantleMedia Group" (or "A FremantleMedia Company") is shown underneath it in a smaller font. Sometimes, a FremantleMedia copyright date is at the bottom.
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Music/Sounds: Just the end theme from any show.
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