BBC Two Logo History

[@JontyMaster]

What are your favorite idents from BBC Two?

[@hlcstv8176]

Hello jonty Master

[@mikey1313saveukraine]

the first one

[@SmileyRobloxium]

1991 and 2018

[@THE2NDCARLTONBOY]

The car and the dog

[@DynamicDinoBirdy]

The cube, the stripes, the computer generated 2, the neon, & the swan are my favourite BBC2 idents

[@adamj1367]

I’m a teenager from Wisconsin, so I don’t exactly have any memories of BBC 2. But those ‘90s idents are genuinely beautiful. They have such a unique aesthetic that I find so calming and oddly nostalgic. I don’t know who made them, but whoever they are they did a masterful job.

[@apeculiarmingvase3800]

The 90's idents is probably one of the best idents ever made in British television. Circles from BBC One is perhaps a close second, followed by Channel Four's Floating 4.

[@JontyMaster]

Agreed. One of my favorite television ident series of all time, to be honest.

[@hayleywaalen2612]

This 2 has a lot of personality.

[@Styxx_the_Fox]

That's why one of the ident sets is called the Personality 2's

[@vmbmbraz]

30:14

[@vmbmbraz]

32:20 bbc two

[@vmbmbraz]

10:00

[@marklopez7775]

Hello. Good afternoon. My name is Brian López. So, what is your favorite Katy Perry song? Please let me know in the comments down below.

[@Tulf42]

I'm so glad you chose to use the remote control car from the 90s idents for the video thumbnail, as this was my first TV ident in childhood. Great compilation of the ident history.

[@ManF3]

Amazing ident history of BBC Two, Jonty! BBC Two has a lot of great and memorable idents for people that watched the channel in the UK, and I like the idents from 1991-2001 the best! The Paint ident is the most memorable ident from BBC Two, as it's the first ident from the set (1991-2001) to air, and seeing that blue paint splash against an "2" is satisfying to watch. Not only that, but it's also creative, as they rotated the camera 90° to look like that paint is falling sideways! Also, the music in the 1991-2001 idents is nice to listen to. 16:46 The Halloween idents contains blood. Viewer discretion is advised. The 2018 idents, while not as good as the 1991 idents, and even though people may see the idents as bland, they are really creative and, overall, a great successor.

[@JontyMaster]

Thanks again, Man! Absolutely agreed. The Paint ident is very creative, and they used clever techniques for most of the 1991-2001 idents. The diary ident (which wasn't shown due to the reason in the description) was filmed with only one page flying away, but they actually looped it so it looked like multiple pages were flying. They were originally going to make more than one page fly away without looping, but the strings got tangled. The 2018 idents are quite nice and are very psychedelic. Stay tuned for my ident history on BBC Three.

[@Moshia13]

In 17:54, this music definitely gonna made me feel sad😢 This little adorable fluffy number 2.

[@FacebankMan]

Happycorn's best friend

[@valeriorodrigues3351]

its nickname is "fluffy dog" because of their dog acting

[@superkoopa3695]

The 1990’s 2 idents had so much personality.

[@JontyMaster]

Indeed. Probably one of, if not, THE most creative television idents of the 90s.

[@CowboysNo1Fan]

​@@JontyMasterAnd they were cute ones too

[@ILoveReptiles07]

​@@CowboysNo1Fan Yes. :3

[@leahrowden3939]

You can say that.

[@43Main]

Is it wrong to feel kinda nostalgic for channels you haven't even watched? The first time I've known of BBC was through PBS. Anyway, if BBC doesn't bring back the 1991 idents for their 60th anniversary I might riot.

[@arizona_nice]

No.

[@superkoopa3695]

It’s not wrong at all.

[@sonicfan617]

Your right

[@manicmonochrome7098]

Strange sense of comfort seeing these again.

[@thebigloc1]

Thanks for these great memories of them from 12 mins 51 on. We got bbc2 where I was in Ireland in 1988

[@JontyMaster]

Those idents are an absolute classic in British television. Martin Lambie-Nairn was a genius.

[@thebigloc1]

@@JontyMaster I remember one evening in the early 2002 they showed how they created some of those bbc2 indents. It was very clever.

[@JontyMaster]

@@thebigloc1 Very clever indeed. The diary ident (which wasn't shown due to the reason in the description) was filmed with only one page flying away, but they actually looped it so it looked like multiple pages were flying. They were originally going to make more than one page fly away without looping, but the strings got tangled.

[@thebigloc1]

@@JontyMaster wow, I love hearing things like that. So cool. I think they are the best indents. I love watching videos on do different indents. Sound wise I love the RTÉ1 indent music and lorimar one.

[@valeriorodrigues3351]

their idents are so creative (especially the personality 2 the window on the world and the 1991 ones)

[@dulcemoreno3959]

17:10 rip 2 :(

[@danieldawson-smith2780]

i never realised BBC2 had so many variations, a few i remember from when i was younger when i used to play in the living room

[@drdreel5559]

For some reason they used to use a handful of them ALL the time and rarely used the majority of them. Seemed to defeat the point of making them all, to be honest!

[@thebigloc1]

Love your channel and these sort of videos are great as you can watch them or just listen without watching while at work.

[@JontyMaster]

I'm glad you enjoy them :-)

[@CP1973_Productions]

Wow! This is also a really good BBC logo history video, I’m really liking these videos!

[@JontyMaster]

Thank you very much! Stay tuned for BBC Three!

[@CP1973_Productions]

Alright Then!

[@delray29]

As an American living in Ireland in the 90’s..we got the BBC there and I always loved the idents at that time on BBC 2.

[@JontyMaster]

Very cool! As a New Zealander who has been part of the logo community since the late 2010s, I can definitely say that those idents are probably one of my favorite British idents of all time.

[@BlueWormyYT]

12:24 two goes bye bye

[@danieldawson-smith2780]

i've gotta give the producers credit for how they did it back then for the 4th Logo, how they did it with primative tech between '78 and '86 is incredible to look at

[@JontyMaster]

Absolutely agreed!

[@U-Man]

BBC Two. Definitely one of my favourite/most viewed channels. Kinda missing it.

[@georgemacpherson1992]

90’s and 00’s. Need to bring back the old indents to tv

[@leahrowden3939]

Agreed.

[@tma2001]

@10:00 it's so weird seeing my handiwork after all this time!

[@arbatube6005]

27:54 What is the 2 doing?

[@valeriorodrigues3351]

eating cake at the 50th party

[@CesarPerez-m5y]

12:51 Paint 2 13:22 Water 2 13:50 Blade 2 13:57 Neon 2 14:20 Rusted 2 14:33 ??? 2 14:59 Crystal 2 15:15 ??? 2 15:44 ??? 2 15:57 Teapot 2 16:09 Moon 2 16:23 2 Wallpaper 16:35 ??? 2 16:46 blood 2 (paint 2 hallowen variant) 17:01 Franken-2 17:09 ghost 2 17:16 2 Dungeons 17:37 R2 17:54 Puppy 2 18:19 Balloon 2 18:30 2 with TNT 18:47 Glass 2 18:53 Ice 2 19:17 I dosent know this cartoon or movie so... :v 19:29 Water 2 Ver.II 20:00 2 swans (2-shaped swans is im saying) 20:27 bucket 20:35 Monster 2 20:43 Spring 2 20:48 ski 2 20:52 pump 2 21:05 Hanging 2 21:11 Bowling 2 21:16 Scooby-2 21:23 sticky 2 21:27 Chamaleon 2 21:32 2 with Speaker 21:37 Glass 2 again 21:46 Ballet 2 21:51 Thermo-2 22:00 Sand 2 22:12 Butterfly 2 & 2 plant 22:26 Mt.2 22:38 Water rising 2 23:00 Fish 2 23:13 Gravi-2 23:24 Robo-2 #1 23:39 Robo-2 #2 23:55 Robo-2 #3 24:24 Robo-2 #4 24:35 Robo-2 #5 24:52 Flashbacks 2,s (40 aniversary) 25:21 Sea 2 25:52 Cinematic 2 26:07 Coffe 2 26:24 2 Tent 27:15 Chrismas 2 27:34 Wood 2 27:49 Birthday 2 (50 aniversary) 27:59 Bucket revival 28:13 Puppy 2 revival 28:30 R2 revival 28:50 Paint 2 revival

[@walterfrancis6896]

18:18 The Balloon

[@MarkGenner1991]

BBC Two 21st April 1964 ❤

[@wiintendo9609]

The fanfare from the first BBC 2 ident is Morse code for B-B-C-2

[@JontyMaster]

Huh. I never knew that. Interesting fact.

[@CesarPerez-m5y]

interesing

[@CowboysNo1Fan]

21:24 Spider-Two

[@juanborrego7421]

Request: El Canal 2 Mexico logo history from Mexico!📺🇲🇽

[@thepumpkinlord4994]

17:15 feels like a 2 using car looking for another 2

[@WindowBloxProductions]

21:04 was that gonna explode?

[@jeanmurphy9206]

Was that the joker at 11:35

[@valeriorodrigues3351]

yes

[@timecapsule.]

I miss the "personality 2" ident package. They were great.

[@johngriffiths4373]

7th logo the best. Britpop logo for BBC2 in a way. The coolest logo and helped BBC2 with its chunky '2' a cool channel. its Friday night comedies, documentries, totp2, old classic cult shows reshown became popular again and its occasional theme nights were all required viewing in those vhs days of old.

[@juanborrego7421]

The 1990's are having Teatime ☕🍰🍪

[@oz25]

Thank you x

[@R23911]

GBN Two (1969-1970) GBN TWO (1970-1972) GBN 2 (1972-present) Is a Entertainment/Comedy/Family TV Channel Bring you, Entertaining and Comedy/Family TV Shows, When ever you are!

[@R23911]

2 Gays

[@JAMES-qp8tz]

20:53 Pump Sting

[@kevinjuarez9252]

20:59 Pump Sting 2

[@germanempire8888]

Dog incounter 17:54 27:50 28:12

[@JoshuaGalka]

Wow!

[@alvinfredlin55]

🇬🇧 [Episode 252] BBC Two Logo History [April 20, 1964-2021]

[@tinukearuwayo1234]

Hey Caz Diuky Where Did It Wallace And Gromit Come From?🤨 19:17

[@leahrowden3939]

0:50 Where’d that come from?

[@MarkGenner1991]

60 Years Ago.

[@millertime97jm]

I think we all know which ID, or I should say group of IDs, was the superior one.

[@SolarMechanic]

I grew up with those 90's ones and am ashamed to say this is the first time I noticed they're all turquose.

[@leahrowden3939]

0:38 BBC Two.

[@decimatorentertainmentstud8523]

There are so many

[@octaviogutierrez5355]

Thinking: (Where am I?)

[@half-dusted]

are the 2018 idents still used alongside the 2021 ones or are the 2018 ones gone?

[@JontyMaster]

Yes, they are still used alongside the 2018 ones, just with the 2021 logo.

[@half-dusted]

@@JontyMaster nice

[@germanempire8888]

Bbc 2 jumpscare 0:38

[@ALNFour]

21:09 HEELP-

[@CesarPerez-m5y]

21:11 Nobody The 2: oh hell no

[@joannaclark5644]

Early 90s were the best

[@JoséalbertoCasados]

17:10 rip 2

[@EdwardAndrewOliver]

25:52 is this a future?

[@Cleanwall-xd7dr]

15:15 My favorite one.

[@omarirqi]

نعم

[@spidersuitminecraftii3920]

28:30

[@spidersuitminecraftii3920]

17:35

[@spidersuitminecraftii3920]

20:35

[@hayleywaalen2612]

The Simpsons aired on this channel.

[@ThisChannelsDeleted]

Yep

[@hayleywaalen2612]

@@ThisChannelsDeleted There's a hamster on that show.

[@ThisChannelsDeleted]

@@hayleywaalen2612 ahh nibbles the hamster😆

[@ThisChannelsDeleted]

Of course the nibbles from the Simpsons.

[@hayleywaalen2612]

@@ThisChannelsDeleted But now he's dead.

[@drunkenhobo4696]

Stay Puft Is My Favorite Id And So Is Cliffhanger.

[@ПЛАМИЕНЧЕВА]

I LIVE 2!!!🤩🤩🤩

[@whoversubisapig]

Request: Network Ten

[@NatsukiHoshiko_Reimu]

BBC Three Logo History please?

[@JontyMaster]

Guess what? That's next!

[@NatsukiHoshiko_Reimu]

@@JontyMaster Thanks, dude holy cow, I'm now featured in the next vid

[@tadc345fan]

What did you say that?

[@CesarPerez-m5y]

20:51 *Insert crash sound*

[@IdentsProd.]

Request: BBC 3 Please

[@twittbythetwit4835]

0:33 Spooky

[@julianpaulodomingotomkenny]

What logo is 0:00

[@gardeniaangel4403]

When are you gonna do logo history

[@sorryiforgotthis]

0:15

[@derekmcclelland865]

0:34 BBC Two jumpscare

[@FacebankMan]

17:53 IT IS SOOO GOFY AAAAAA! LOK DAT 2 IS SO WEIRD FLUFFY IS LIKE HAPPYCORN THEY ARE BEST FRIENDS!!!1!1!1111!!!!!!111 THIS IDENT AND HAPPYCORN SHARE THE SAME RELATIONSHIP!!!???!??!??!?!

[@barryp9463]

Were you an bbc engineer, how did you get these logo

[@JontyMaster]

No. I'm not a BBC engineer, I'm too young to be XD (I'm 15). I got all the footage from KZbin clips. :-)

[@barryp9463]

@@JontyMaster lol sorry to insult you, you done a good job compiling these clips 👍👍👍👍

[@JontyMaster]

Lol no need to apologize. I don't think that was an insult. Thanks for the support! :-) 👍

[@gloomyvale3671]

Allo Allo and Are you being served, in a 60s BBC2 ident ? Is this a parody or Am I missing something ?

[@Northern_Mapper]

Why would they remove the 2? WHY!?

[@diaquallo]

All they have is the curve..

[@valeriorodrigues3351]

because bbc is tired of using the same number 2 so the curve would replace him, instantly killing 2

[@elias4407]

😮

[@DanielLave25280]

Why Can't Have Stuff Like This In the US

[@germanempire8888]

Lag 0:26

[@elias4407]

😅

[@sm64be]

what's the name of the song at 8:51?

[@caroline-janehall1984]

I love how you put in the BBC2 idents from the colour strike, so you can see that they was ment to be in colour but was made in to black and white. The engineer's did them right over😂 and it never really affected the public cause 95% only had a black and white tv anyway so they didn't care. It affected BBC and ITV massively.

[@CesarPerez-m5y]

20:12 the swan: wut?...

[@SimonZauner-jn6gx]

Anybody have thoughts on the latest 2 idents?

[@LoganSmithWestMidlands]

Do Have Zee TV Logo history

[@Thisiscomitsmecare]

2012 analog is change to digital

[@HarryPearce-e4i]

Witch logo is the 2008

[@giovannigolf1173]

The 2 is kinda cute

[@sonicfan617]

8:24

[@AnaSilva-ub1ke]

BBC 2 BBC TWO

[@elaychscrazyworld4173]

Robot wars tie ins!!!!

[@DaniloChaval]

You Got Copyright Claim

[@elizabethadams4408]

4

[@gardeniaangel4403]

You forgot unused one twos and fours

[@JontyMaster]

Read the description :-/

[@CesarPerez-m5y]

20:53 Lol 21:00 .....

[@taijones5350]

BBC 2 60S IDENTS AFTERNOON CLASSICS 60S BBC 2 IN COLOUR BBC 2 BLUE CUBE IDENTS CHRISTMAS 1975 BBC 2 1993 70S IDENT AFTERNOON CLASSICS 70S BLUE & WHITE LINES IDENTS CHRISTMAS 1976 CHRISTMAS 1977 BLUE & WHITE LINES IDENTS V2 SOUND OF THE 70S AFTERNOON CLASSICS 70S V2 CHRISTMAS 1978 BBC 2 1979 - 1986 IDENTS CHRISTMAS 1979 CHRISTMAS 1980 CHRISTMAS 1981 CHRISTMAS 1982 CHRISTMAS 1983 YELLOW OPENING UNIVERSITY ENDING CEEFAX 270 CHRISTMAS 1984 OPEN UNIVERSITY OPENING CHRISTMAS 1985 BBC 2 2010 IDENT (80S) FINAL ANALOGUE NI (2012) AFTERNOON CLASSICS 80S BBC 2 1986 - 1991 IDENTS CHRISTMAS 1986 CHRISTMAS 1987 CHRISTMAS 1987 V2 OPEN UNIVERSITY ENDING V2 CHRISTMAS 1988 CHRISTMAS 1989 CHRISTMAS 1990 LAST IDENT OF 1986 - 1991 AFTERNOON CLASSICS 80S V2 UNUSED IDENT PAINT WATER BLADE NEON COPPER CUT OUT CHRISTMAS 1991 GLASS SILK PAPER CUT OUT ENGLISH WET AND WINDY BILLBOARD POWDER HALLOWEEN HALLOWEEN V2 HALLOWEEN V3 CRIME AND PUNISHMENT CAR DOG BALLOON FIRECRACKER DARK DARK V2 STEAM CHRISTMAS 1995 WAVE DAY SWAN SWAN V2 PAINT TIN MARSHMALLOW MAN SPRING SKI JUMP BIN BIN V2 CLIFFHANGER BOWLING GHOST VELCRO ZEBRA SPEAKER DARK V3 DARK V4 BALLET ZAPPER MILLENNIUM VENUS FLYTRAP CHRISTMAS 2000 EXCALIBUR FISH BOUNCE LOGO DOMINO BIG READ CROWD FIRE CHRISTMAS 2001 40TH ANNIVERSARY (1964 - 2004) SEASCAPE ZOETROPE CAFE TENT (FESTIVAL) TENT (SUNSET) CHRISTMAS 2007 - 2009 PEOPLE 50TH ANNIVERSARY PAINT TIN (50TH) DOG (2017) CAR (2017) COLOUR PAINT PAGES BLOBS PATTERN ORANGE & PURPLE ROUGH AND SMOOTH NORTHERN LIGHTS FIREWORKS COLOURS COLOUR BALLS PAGES V2 BREAK IDENTS WHITE LINES PAINT HOT AND COLD SMOKE

[@WHUFCboy3456]

🅱️🅱️🆑2️⃣

[@ThisChannelsDeleted]

I’m 7th any way good video

[@folasadegiwa6305]

thanks so much god blessing you today am THANKS SO MUCH GOD BLESSING YOU TODAY AM................BLACK........BLACK........BLACK...........BLACK......BLACK.

[@AnaSilva-ub1ke]

This 2 has a lot of personality.

[@sakuraschool533]

27:15

[@elias4407]

😮