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Updated: February 11, 2020
Presenting to you
the very best of Channel 5's idents over their short history. Five distinctive
sets of idents have been made in Channel 5's 8 year history; here they all are..
Channel 5 launched with a DOG and a new style of television presentation to terrestrial television.
These three examples are all inter-linked by the use of the images as featured in the clips. Others were produced and shown, in a lift, a dancer, and the actual Channel 5 logo revolving around itself!
Also a quick look at some Channel 5 continuity from this era. These images come from Christmas 1998. The last slide shows how Channel 5 rates its films in a unique fashion, as it is the only terrestrial station to explicitly use guidance in this fashion. It was the only thing that I can remember that was praised on Channel 5; at least you knew what was to come on Channel 5 next!
After 2 and a half years, Channel 5 ditched its ident set for idents featuring its many stars of Channel 5. Bradley Walsh, Dr. Fox and its news team all featured in a new style of television presentation. It's quite rare that presenters of a programme should feature in corporate branding of a TV station. Times are changing!
Channel 5 continued on the theme of having Channel 5 stars featuring within the idents, just tweaking the style of the idents slightly...
New for 2002, Channel 5 continue to use their colour bars motif strongly in this sequence, however the station becomes the last national analogue terrestrial channel to present 16:9 identification.
How ironic, as Channel 5 looses its "channel" status, the full return to "live" idents. A hark back to the old days of cardboard cut-outs, live identifications are a sign of the change of times. From the mechanical, to the computer, "five" has now joined the revolution of people idents, with ITV1 yet to follow. Could *that* also be a sign of the times?
Moving away from "live" action idents and on to more sophisticated computer animation; replicated by Channel 4 in the following months.
CGI & live-action in vogue. 1997 material supplied with permission from Steve Hackett (TV Ark). Sep 1999 videos donated by TV Home. |
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