Kudos Film and Television is a British film and television production company formed in 1992. It has produced television series for the BBC, ITV and Channel 4, and also started a film subsidiary. In 2006, it was purchased by Shine Limited, which itself was acquired by News Corporation in 2011.
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1st Logo (February 23, 1993-1998) | 2nd Logo (1998-2005) | 3rd Logo (2005-2013) | 4th Logo (January 15, 2013-) |
Note: In this video, the logo (although incomplete) can be seen at the 0:26 mark.
Visuals: On a white background, there is a blue rectangle with the white text "kudos" falling down and slide over vertically, prompting it to move to a horizontal position. More blue rectangles appear, and extra credit appears below the logo.
Variants:
Technique: 2D computer animation.
Audio: The end theme of the show.
Availability: Most of Kudos' earlier shows are hard to find, but it was seen on Screaming Reels, Good Ideas of the 20th Century, Desperately Seeking Something, Roald Dahl's Revolting Recipes and Nigel Slater's Real Food. Still seen on sites like Screenocean and All 4.
Visuals: On a white background, we see a series of moving blue rectangles that slide over to form the Kudos logo from the previous logo, which moves in a trailing effect. Once it's finished, extra credit info appears below the logo.
Variant: A still version exists.
Technique: 2D computer animation.
Audio: The ending theme of the show.
Availability: The animated version was only seen on Psychos. The still version was seen on the first two seasons of Spooks and the first season of Hustle, available on DVD.
Visuals: The logo is the word "kudos" in white with "Film and Television" below, all on a teal rectangle. The rectangle is rigged with a five-color top crest.
Variants:
Technique: A still digital graphic.
Audio: The ending theme of the show or none.
Availability: Seen on their shows that they produced until 2013 such as Spooks, Life on Mars (including the U.S. adaptation), Hustle, The Fixer and Law & Order UK.
Visuals: Over a black background is the word "KUDOS" in Arial Rounded MT Bold. There is a white semi-circle inside the letter "K".
Bylines:
Variants:
Technique: A still digital graphic. 2D digital animation for the animated version.
Audio: Same as the last logo.
Availability: It first appeared on its continuing shows like Law & Order UK, Utopia and Grantchester, and also went on to appear on its new shows from 2013 onwards such as Tin Star, Humans and Code 404, among others.