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2 unusual facts about BBC Two 'Window on the World' idents


BBC Two 'Window on the World' idents

Electric Proms 2007 - A number of neon style lines at the bottom of the screen that bend to form a 2.

Electric Proms 2008 - A 2 made out of bended neon style lines.


BBC North East and Cumbria

The on-screen name was adapted slightly to BBC NE & Cumbria in 2002, following the adoption of the Dancer idents for BBC One, as the regional name needed to fit inside the box logo.

BBC One 'Balloon' idents

Produced by Aardman Animations, The three toys used were all connected to BBC One's Christmas Day schedule that year, so there was a dog (the terrestrial premiere of Toy Story), a dinosaur (the dramatic epic The Lost World) and a Reliant Robin van (the comeback of Only Fools and Horses after it had last aired in 1996).

BBC Two 'Personality' idents

A special ident to introduce The Armstrongs featured a leather style 2 being looked after by the title characters.

BBC Two 'Two' ident

This look also marked the first time that the regions could opt out of the main BBC2 schedule, following the move of some programming to the channel from BBC1.


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